Down on the Farm: 6/9/2026

 AAA:  Sacramento River Cats edged out the Sugarland Space Cowboys 5-4.

Will Brennan DH- 2 for 4.  BA= .364.

Matt "Tugboat" Wilkinson LHP- 5 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 BB, 9 K's.  ERA= 4.26.

Michael Fulmer RHP- 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 2 K's.  ERA= 3.46.

Giants now have 3 lefty SP's in Sacramento who are knocking on the door of the major leagues:  Carson Whisenhunt, Joe Whitman and Wilkinson.  Michael Fulmer and his veteran savvy would not be a better option than at least one of the Giants current relievers?

AA:  Harrisburg Senators shut out the Richmond Flying Squirrels 1-0.

Bo Davidson CF- 2 for 4.  BA= .270.

Cesar Perdomo LHP- 7 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 13 K's.  ERA= 3.35.

Jack Choate LHP- 1 IP, 0 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 K's.  ERA= 1.90.

Ben Peterson RHP- 1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 2 K's.  

Speaking of lefty SP's, this is the second dominant start in a row for Perdomo.  Last two starts:  13 IP, 0 R, 2 BB, 22 K's.  I saw him pitch in for the SJ Giants in 2024 and was impressed by how crisp his 3-pitch mix was.

A+:  Eugene Emeralds topped the Spokane Indians 6-5.

Trevor Cohen RF- 1 for 4, 2B, BB.  BA= .293.

Jhonny Level SS- 1 for 4, 2B.  BA= .355.

Gavin Kilen 2B- 1 for 3, 2B, BB.  BA= .280.

Dakota Jordan CF- 1 for 4, HR(8).  BA= .276.

Jancel Villaroel C-  2 for 4.  BA= .310.

Zander Darby 3B- 2 for 4.  BA= .296.

A:  San Jose Giants beat the Stockton Ports 7-1.

Junior Barajas C- 2 for 5, HR(5).  BA= .266.

Dario Reynoso 3B- 2 for 3, HBP, 2 SB(9).  BA= .313.

Jeremiah Jenkins DH- 1 for 2, 2B, 2 BB.  BA= .260.

Keyner Martinez RHP- 5 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 8 K's.  ERA= 4.57.

Mauricio Estrella RHP- 3 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 4 K's.  ERA= 3.74.

Trey Seeley RHP- 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 3 K's.  ERA= 0.00.

This was Martinez' best start since May 5.  Over his last two starts he has 17 K's and 3 BB's in 9 IP.

ACL:  Athletics blasted the Giants 12-2.

Jose Ramos 2B- 2 for 4.  BA= .300.

DSL:  Giants Black overwhelmed Red Sox Blue 15-3.

Djean Macares CF(18 yo)- 2 for 5, 2B.  BA= .286.

Franco Willias LF(21 yo)- 2 for 4, HR(1), BB, SB(2).  BA= .308.

Dennys Riera SS(21 yo)- 2 for 5.  BA= .318.

Keiberg Camacaro DH(19 yo)- 2 for 4, 2B, 2 SB(6).  BA= .308.

Diego Alambarrio C(18 yo)- 2 for 3, 2 2B, BB.  BA= .208.

Boris Sarduy 3B(19 yo)- 1 for 3, HR(1), BB.  BA= .389.

Reminder Djean Macares receieved the second largest signing bonus from the 2025 cycle, $1.1 M, after Josuar Gonzalez. 

DSL:  Giants Orange outscored the Mariners 8-7.

Yoxander Benitez RF(19 yo)- 3 for 4, BB.  BA= .423.

Albert Jimenez 3B(19 yo)- 2 for 4, HR(5).  BA= .440.

Yeison Oviedo SS(18 yo)- 3 for 5, 2 2B.  BA= .464.

Game Wrap 6/9/2026: Nationals 6 Giants 3

The Giants used a familiar formula for futility:  Failure to drive in runs and failure of the bullpen to keep it close in the late innings.  Key Lines:

Luis Arraez 2B- 2 for 5, 3B, R.  BA= .326.  Like clockwork.  Arraez has a 10-game hit streak with five 2-hit games in that span.  His efforts went for naught as the 1, 2 and 4 batters, Schmitt, Devers and Adames, went a combined 0 for 13 with 2 walks.  

Jung Hoo Lee RF/CF- 2 for 5, 2B, 2 RBI.  BA= .335.  Lee continues his torrid hitting:  .533 over his last 15 games, .374 over his last 30.  He has a 17 game hit streak.  8 of his last 12 games have been multi-hit, three 2-hit, three 4-hit and one 5-hit.  Arraez remains in second place in the race for the batting title because Otto Lopez went 3 for 5 and is now batting .341.

Bryce Eldridge DH- 2 for 3, 2B, HR(3), 2 BB.  BA= .300.  Pretty easy to see this is the guy the Giants need to build around.  What a talent!  

Overall, the Giants had 16  baserunners and 5 of their 9 hits were XBH's, yet they scored just 3 runs.  They had the bases loaded 3 times, twice with less than two outs, yet came away with zero runs to show for it.  

Adrian Houser RHP- 4.1 IP, 4 H, 3 R, 0 BB, 6 K's.  ERA= 5.54.  This is the 4'th game in a row in which Houser failed to get through 5 innings.  You know he's going to give up his 2 and 3 runs per start but you need and expect a high percentage of QS. He has just 2 out of 13.  Houser has never been a big QS guy, you say?  In 2021 he had 7 out of 26, 2022- 6 out of 21, 2023-6 out of 21 and 2025- 11 out of 21.  Yes, 2025 was a career year and an outlier and yes, he had 0 out of 7 starts, but he's way behind the other 3 seasons out of that stretch too.  Overall, the Giants rank #16 in MLB with 22 QS.  I don't have the time or patience to go through the game logs but I'm guessing most of those came in the first month of the season because I remember very few over the last several weeks.

The bullpen had it's usual suspects with Erik Miller LHP having the worst appearance with 2 walks and a single while recording 0 outs in a 2-run 7'th inning.  

Robbie Ray LHP, who has not recorded a QS since May 8, tries to prevent a Nationals sweep facing Foster Griffin LHP who comes in with a 7-2 record and a 3.63 ERA.

Down on the Farm: 6/8/2026

Full Season Leagues were all idle as usual on Mondays.

ACL:  Mariners shut out the Giants 6-0(7 innings).

Luis Hernandez SS- 1 for 2, BB.  BA= .309.

Giants managed just 2 hits in the game but at least their top prospect had one of them.

DSL:  Giants Black defeated Blue Jays Red 6-3(7 innings).

Djean Macares CF(18 yo)- 1 for 3, 2B, BB, SB(2).  BA= .261.

Franco Willias DH(21 yo)- 1 for 4, 3B.  BA= .273.

Boris Sarduy LF(19yo)- 1 for 1, 2 BB.  BA= .400.

DSL:  Giants Orange outscored the Pirates Black 10-5.

Fernando Pena 1B(19 yo)- 4 for 4.  BA= .474.

Albert Jimenez 3B(19 yo)- 3 for 4, 2 HR(4).  BA= .429.

Jonathan Valle SS(18 yo)- 2 for 4, SB(2).  BA= .381.

Maicol Santana RHP(18 yo)- 1.2 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 2 K's.  ERA= 22.50.

Game Wrap 6/8/2026: Nationals 4 Giants 3

Logan Webb pitched in front of a gassed bullpen and it cost him a win and the Giants another crushing, late-inning loss.  Key Lines:

Jung Hoo Lee RF- 4 for 5, 2 R.  BA= .333.  Lee is now tied for 2'nd place in the batting race trailing only Forever Giant Otto Lopez SS who has a .336 BA.   Lee scored 2 of the Giants 3 runs on a night they left 12 runners on base.

Bryce Eldridge 1B- 2 for 5, 2B, R, RBI.  BA= .287.  Eldridge had an RBI and scored in the top of the 8'th inning but he also contributed to the run in the 6'th by advancing Jung Hoo Lee to 3B on a single.  So Eldridge contributed to all 3 Giants runs.

Casey Schmitt LF, Luis Arraez 2B, Eldridge and Matt Chapman 3B had 2 hits each with Lee recording 4.  In spite of 5 multi-hit games, the lineup managed just one run in the first 8 innings and 3 runs total.  

The Giants used small-ball to get what should have been an insurance run in the 8'th inning with Eric Haase C bunted runners from 2B and 1B to 3B and 2B, then Jonah Cox PH/CF executed a squeeze to score Eldridge.   

Logan Webb RHP- 8 IP, 5 H, 1 R, 0 BB, 7 K's, 7/3 GO/AO.  ERA= 3.88.  Webb threw 99 pitches in 8 innings and appeared to have something left in the tank.  Tony Vitello went with Keaton Winn RHP who appears to be the dedicated Closer now.  It's just that Winn appeared in games the previous two days going a total of 2.2 IP while throwing 41 pitches.  He probably should not have been available to pitch.  What were Vitello's other options?  He could have left Webb in there to finish it or he could have gone with Dylan Smith RHP who recorded the extra-inning Save the night before and ended up getting the final out in this game.  While I think going with his Closer in the 9'th is ordinarily what 90% of Managers would do, you have to factor in Winn's fatigue and the general lack of reliability the Giants have had from the Closer role.  On the postgame show, Shawn Estes was visibly emotional while saying Winn had no business being out there and Webb should have finished the game while admitting it was a hindsight opinion.  

Keaton Winn RHP- 0.2 IP, 3 H, 3 R, HB, K.  ERA= 3.23.  Just for the record.

The Giants try to shake it off tonight with Adrian Houser RHP facing Andrew Alvarez LHP who comes in with a 3.54 ERA.

Down on the Farm: 6/7/2026

 AAA:  Sacramento River Cats defeated the Tacoma Rainiers 5-3.

Will Brennan LF- 2 for 4.  BA= .359.

Drew Cavanaugh C- 2 for 3, 2B, BB.  BA= .370.

Scott Bandura RF- 3 for 4.  BA= .279.

Aeverson Arteaga SS- 2 for 4, 2B.  BA= .289.

Blade Tidwell RHP- 5.2 IP, 4 H, 3 R, 3 BB, 6 K's.  ERA= 5.87.

Braxton Roxby RHP- 1.2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 2 K's.  ERA= 4.84.

Reiver Sanmartin LHP- 1.2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 3 K's.  ERA= 8.22.

AA:  Erie Seawolves beat the Richmond Flying Squirrels 6-3.

Bo Davidson CF- 2 for 4, HR(11).  BA= .265.

Yunior Marte RHP- 5 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 BB, 5 K's.  ERA= 2.79.

Bo Davidson hit 5 home runs in this 6-game series including one in each of the last 4 consecutive games.  He went 10 for 26 in that stretch and raised his season BA from .250 to .265.  I didn't notice Yunior Marte was promoted to AA.  He put up a line of 6-1, 3.74, 43.1 IP, 19 BB, 41 K for A+ Eugene.  He has a 2.79 ERA in 9.2 IP over 2 starts since the promotion.

A+:  Eugene Emeralds edged out the Everett Aquasox 3-2.

Trevor Cohen CF- 2 for 3, 2B, BB.  BA= .294.

Walker Martin 3B- 3 for 4, HR(7).  BA= .244.

Hunter Dryden RHP- 5.1 IP, 4 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 7 K's.  ERA= 4.29.

A:  San Jose Giants topped the Inland Empire 66'ers 5-2.

Damian Bravo DH- 1 for 4, HR(7).  BA= .273.

Dario Reynoso 3B- 1 for 4, 2B.  BA= .306.

Lorenzo Meola SS- 3 for 4, 2B.  BA= .236.

Fernando Gonzalez C- 2 for 3.  BA= .283.

Sam Bower RHP- 3 IP, 4 H, 1 R, 1 BB, 2 K's.  ERA= 4.96.

Evan Gray RHP- 3 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 0 BB, 4 K's.  ERA= 6.94.

Garrett Langrell RHP- 3 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 3 K's, 5/0 GO/AO.  ERA= 4.85.

ACL and DSL were idle.

Game Wrap 6/7/2026: Giants 2 Cubs 1

Matt Chapman singled in the designated runner in the top of the 10's and newcomer Dylan Smith held off the Cubs in the bottom of the inning for the Save.  Key Lines:

Jung Hoo Lee RF- 1 for 4, RBI.  BA= .323.  The Giants scored single runs in the 1'st and 10'th innings.  The sequence in the first inning was a walk to Devers, a single by Arraez, Adames struck out then Lee delivered the RBI single.  The Giants only had one other hit the entire game before Chapman's RBI single in the 10'th.

Trevor McDonald RHP- 5 IP, 4 H, 1 R, 3 BB, 6 K's, 4/1 GO/AO.  ERA= 4.15.  McDonald threw 87 pitches in 5 innings but allowed just one run to keep the Giants in the game.  He fell one inning short of a Quality Start.  

6 Giants pitchers threw a scoreless inning each.  Keaton Winn RHP worked the 9'th inning in a tie game and Dylan Smith got the Save in extras.  It looks like Tony Vitello is settling into a patters of Caleb Kilian RHP working the 7'th inning, Erik Miller LHP the 8'th and Winn the 9'th.

The Giants try to get some sleep on the red eye flight home. They start a home stand against the Nationals tonight with Logan Webb RHP facing Miles Mikolas RHP who comes in with a 6.39 ERA.  He pitched 4 shut out innings against the Giants on April 19 in Washington.

Down on the Farm: 6/6/2026

 AAA:  Sacramento River Cats defeated the Tacoma Rainiers 7-4.

Drew Cavanaugh DH- 2 for 4.  BA= .357.

Scott Bandura RF- 2 for 4, 2 2B.  BA= .250.

Turner Hill LF/CF- 2 for 4.  BA= .328.

Aeverson Arteaga SS- 2 for 4.  BA= .278.

Carson Whisenhunt LHP- 6 IP, 4 H, 2 R, 1 BB, 10 K's.  ERA= 3.66.

Michael Fulmer RHP- 1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 3 K's.  ERA= 3.60.

Whisenhunt rebounds from a subpar start with a dominant one.  Seems like the Giants could use Fulmer's veteran savvy in the bullpen in some capacity.

AA: Richmond Flying Squirrels topped the Erie Seawolves 8-7.

Parks Harber RF- 2 for 4, 2 2B, BB.  BA= .310.

Bo Davidson CF- 2 for 5, HR(10).  BA= .259.

Diego Velasquez 2B- 2 for 5.  BA= .271.

Manuel Mercedes RHP- 3 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 3 K's, 4/1 GO/AO.  ERA= 6.65.

Bo Davidson homered in his last 3 games and 4 of last 5.

A+:  Eugene Emeralds outlasted the Everett Aquasox 6-4(10 innings).

Trevor Cohen RF- 2 for 5, 2B, 2 SB(19).  BA= .288.

Gavin Kilen SS- 1 for 4, BB.  BA= .280.

Jancel Villaroel C- 3 for 4, 2B, HR(5), SB(1).  BA= .301.

Luis De La Torre LHP- 6 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 12 K's.  ERA= 3.64.

Quite a weekend for Giants lefty pitching prospects.  De La Torre got off to a slow start this season but picked it up his last two games:  11 IP, 1 R, 2 BB, 21 K.  

A:  Inland Empire 66'ers shut out the San Jose Giants 4-0.

Isaiah Barkett 2B- 2 for 4.  BA= .337.

Dario Reynoso 3B- 1 for 3, 2B, BB.  BA= .308.

Ricardo Estrada LHP- 5 IP, 4 H, 3 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 8 K's.  ERA= 5.35.

Alix Hernandez RHP- 2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 3 K's.  ERA= 3.51.

ACL:  Giants beat the Cubs 5-3.

Santiago Camacho C(19 yo)- 2 for 4, 2B.  BA= .282.

Evan Estevez 1B(18 yo)- 1 for 3, BB, SB(2).  BA= .228.

Angel Guzman LF(20 yo)- 1 for 3, HR(1).  BA= .077.

Leandro Rodriguez LHP- 4 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 BB, 4 K's, 4/0 GO/AO.  ERA= 3.86.

DSL:  Giants Orange blasted the White Sox 11-3(7 innings).

Albert Jimenez DH(19 yo)- 2 for 3, 2B, BB.  BA= .353.

Brandon Vasquez RF(19 yo)- 3 for 3, 2B, BB.  BA= .611.

Angelo Ugueto LF(17 yo)- 2 for 4, 2 SB(3).  BA= .267.

Frainer Mejias RHP(20 yo)- 3 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 4 K's.  ERA= 1.80.

Jhon Leon RHP(22 yo)- 2.1 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 3 K's.  ERA= 0.00.

DSL:  Rockies outscored Giants Black 11-7.

Dennys Riera 3B(21 yo)- 1 for 4, HR(1), BB.  BA= .308.

Jeremiah Jones RHP(18 yo)- 1.1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 K.  ERA= 0.00.