Down on the Farm: 7/9/2025

 AAA:  Sacramento River Cats outscored the Salt Lake City Bees 13-6.

Wade Meckler LF- 3 for 6.  BA= .300.

Tyler Fitzgerald 2B- 2 for 5, BB.  BA= .321.

Grant McCray CF- 3 for 5, 3B, HR(12), BB.  BA= .263.

Daniel Johnson RF- 2 for 6, 2B, HR(7).  BA= .293.

Osleivis Basabe SS- 3 for 5, 2 2B, HR(7).  BA= .267.

Hunter Bishop DH- 3 for 5, 2B, 2 3B.  BA= .262.

Logan Porter C- 3 for 4, HR(4), BB.  BA= .235.

Matt Gage LHP- 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 0 K.  ERA= 0.00.

Braxton Roxby RHP- 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 0 K.  ERA= 0.00.

Ryan Watson RHP- 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 2 K's.  ERA= 4.73.

PCL ballparks produce crazy boxscores.  Grant McCray's HR was an inside-the-parker.  McCray's batting line for June was .265/.311/.561 with 8 HR.  In 8 games in July it's .375/.488/.594.  The Giants cannot let this kid go without giving him at least one more legit shot at finding traction at the MLB level.

AA:  Richmond Flying Squirrels edged out the Akron Rubber Ducks 2-1.

Carter Howell CF- 1 for 3, 2B, BB.  BA= .205.

Joe Whitman LHP- 6 IP, 4 H, 1 R, 0 BB, 6 K's.  ERA= 5.15.

Tyler Myrlck RHP- 1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 K, Save(6).  ERA= 3.86.

After a string of rough starts, Whitman has allowed 3 ER in 11 IP with 13 K's in his last two.

A+:  Spokane Indians topped the Eugene Emeralds 5-4.

Cole Foster DH- 2 for 2, HR(4), BB.  BA= .153.

Shane Rademacher RHP- 7 IP, 6 H, 3 R, 1 BB, 3 K's.  ERA= 2.83.

A:  San Jose Giants defeated the Fresno Grizzlies 3-1.

Dakota Jordan CF- 1 for 4, HR(9).  BA= .302.

Robert Hipwell 1B- 2 for 4, HR(9).  BA= .246.

Nico Mazza RHP- 6 IP, 4 H, 1 R, 2 BB, 4 K's, 8/3 GO/AO.  ERA= 2.36.

Cole Hillier RHP- 2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 2 BB, 4 K's.  ERA= 3.19.

Cade Vernon RHP- 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 2 K's, Save(5).  ERA= 1.85.

All Giants affiliates in the complex leagues were idle.

Game Wrap 7/9/2025: Phillies 13 Giants 0

This game was a lot closer than the score looks.  Justin Verlander had his best stuff of the season but was hurt by uncharacteristic errors by Matt Chapman and the Giants lineup never found traction against Jesus Luzardo.   Key Lines:

Justin Verlander RHP- 6 IP, 7 H, 4 R, 2 ER, 0 BB, 7 K's.  ERA= 4.70.  Verlander looked sharp, almost electric, in this one.  Alas, between the unearned runs and lack of run support, it's all went to waste. The bullpen got pounded over the last 2 innings and had to wear it because late-inning relievers had to be spared for the Dodger series.  

Beyond that, there really isn't anything else to mention.  The lineup had just 4 hits and two walks with no XBH's.  

The Giants already clinched a series win on Bailey's crazy home run last night.  They get a day off at home to regroup then start the final series of the official first half against the Dodgers with Logan Webb RHP facing Dustin May RHP who comes in with an ERA of 4.52.

Down on the Farm: 7/8/2025

AAA:  Salt Lake City Bees stung the Sacramento River Cats 2-0.

Osleivis Basabe SS- 2 for 3, 2 2B, HBP.  BA= .261.

Daniel Johnson CF- 2 for 4, 2B.  BA= .291.

Devin Mann 3B- 2 for 4, 2B.  BA= .233.

Kai-Wei Teng RHP- 5.2 IP, 4 H, 1 R, 0 BB, 9 K's.  ERA= 4.18.

Sean Hjelle RHP- 2 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 0 BB, 4 K's.  ERA= 3.22.

Kai-Wei Teng seems to have suddenly found something as he now has 28 K's against just 2 BB's in his last 14.2 IP over 3 games.

AA:  Richmond Flying Squirrels defeated the Akron Rubber Ducks 4-2.  

Diego Velasquez 2B- 3 for 4, BB, SB(13).  BA= .271.

Victor Bericoto DH- 1 for 4, BB.  BA= .224.

Seth Lonsway LHP- 4.1 IP, 5 H, 1 R, 4 BB, 3 K's.  ERA= 3.50.

Nick Sinacola RHP- 2.2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 2 BB, 1 K.  ERA= 3.25.

Marques Johnson RHP- 2 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 0 BB, 3 K's, Save(2).  ERA= 1.08.

A+:  Eugene Emeralds topped the Spokane Indians 5-4.

Charlie Szykowny 1B- 1 for 4, HR(10).  BA= .251.

Zane Zielinski SS- 1 for 2, 2 BB, SB(23).  BA= .224.

Jose Ramos 3B- 3 for 4.  BA= .324.

Josh Bostick RHP- 7 IP, 4 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 12 K's.  ERA= 4.33.

Cameron Pferrer RHP- 1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 2 K's, Save(4).  ERA= 2.86.

Josh Bostick has the tools if we can just see a little more consistency.

A:  Fresno Grizzlies defeated the San Jose Giants 6-4.

Dakota Jordan CF- 1 for 4, HR(8), 4 RBI.  BA= .302.

A grand slam by Jordan in the third inning was the total Giants scoring.

Rookie ACL:  Giants blasted the Angels 11-2.

Jhonny Level SS- 0 for 3, 2 BB. BA= .302.

Dario Reynoso 3B- 2 for 5, 2B.  BA= .299.

Santiago Camacho C- 1 for 2, HR(4), 2 BB.  BA= .221.

Oliver Tejada RF- 4 for 5, 2B, 3B.  BA= .227.

Andy Polanco CF- 0 for 3, 2 SF.  BA= .267.

Jose Astudillo LF- 2 for 4.  BA= .333.

Ryan Reckley 2B- 2 for 4, HR(1).  BA= .333.

RJ Dabovich RHP- 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 2 K's. ERA= 0.00.

Melvin Pineda RHP- 2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 3 K's.  ERA= 0.00.

An RJ Dabovich sighting!  I thought he was long gone from the organization.  Maybe just a prolonged rehab?

DSL:  Giants Black beat Blue Jays Red 8-1.

Luis Frias RF- 2 for 4, SF, SB(8).  BA= .294.

Evan Estevez 1B- 1 for 3, 2B, 2 BB, SB(6).  BA= .294.

Yohendry Sanchez C- 2 for 5.  BA= .264.

Ricardo Crespo LF- 2 for 4, SB(3).  BA= .385.

Alberto LaRoche RHP- 4 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 3 BB, 3 K's.  ERA= 0.42.

Carlos Toro RHP- 2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 2 BB, 2 K's.  ERA= 4.22.

Lender Bracho RHP- 2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 2 K's.  ERA= 3.21.

DSL:  White Sox romped over Giants Orange 7-2(7 innings).

Miguel Caraballo DH- 1 for 3, HR(4).  BA= .261.

Game Wrap 7/8/2025: Giants 4 Phillies 3

Well, well, well!  How many of you all had an inside-the-park, walk-off, 3-run homer by Patrick Bailey as the game winner on your betting parlay, oh ye of little faith?  Yeah, me neither.   Key Lines:

Patrick Bailey C- 2 for 4, HR(2), R, 3 RBI.  BA= .194.  The Giants scratched out a run in the 2'nd inning on a walk by YtY and singles by Jung Hoo Lee CF and Dominic Smith 1B.  Bailey GIDP'd to end that rally and the Giants did not threaten again until the 9'th which they entered trailing 3-1.  I had an inkling they might have a puncher's chance when I saw Jordan Romano RHP come out for the 9'th.  And what's up with Romano?  Is he like mentally and/or physically OK?  Dude looked awful!  Anyway, Casey Schmitt 2B led off with a a ringing double into the LF corner.  Jung Hoo Lee popped out but Wilmer singled sharply up the middle with Schmitt wisely stopping at 3B.  If you are the lead runner, you don't want to get thrown out at home if your team is down by 2 runs!  That brought Patrick Bailey to the plate.  I was hoping he could slap a single or something but he crushed it to the top of the brick wall in Triples Alley.  It caromed away from the OF's and skittered along the base of the fence all the way to L-CF.  Kuip was yelling that Bailey was on the move and he was, all the way around for one of the more amazing endings to a Giants game.  Didn't Angel Pagan hit a walk-off inside-the-parker once upon a time and pull his hammy in the process?

Robbie Ray LHP- 5.2 IP, 4 H, 1 R, 3 BB, 5 K's.  ERA= 2.63.  Ray pitched well enough against a tough lineup but couldn't quite get out of the 6'th inning.  Spencer Bivens got the final out of the inning with runners on 2'nd and 3'rd.  Bivens then gave up a 2-run bomb to Kyle Schwarber in the 7'th which made the score 3-1 setting up Patrick Bailey's heroics.

Justin Verlander RHP tries for his first Win as a Giant and a series swweeeep tomorrow afternoon against Jesus Luzardo LHP who comes in with a 4.44 ERA.

Down on the Farm: 7/7/2025

Full Season Leagues had their standard Monday off.

Rookie ACL:  Giants clobbered the Brewers 9-4.

Jhonny Level SS(18 yo)- 1 for 4, 3B, BB, SB(14). BA= .308.

Dario Reynoso 3B(19 yo)- 1 for 3, HR(7), 2 BB, SB(15).  BA= .295.

Santiago Camacho C(18 yo)- 2 for 4, 2 HR(3).  BA= .216.

Javier Francisco DH(22 yo)- 1 for 4, HR(1).  BA= .205.

Oliver Tejada RF(18 yo)- 2 for 5, 2B.  BA= .208.

Keaton Winn RHP- 1 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 BB, 1 K.  ERA= 9.00.

Jose T. Perez RHP(21 yo)- 4 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 2 BB, 5 K's.  ERA= 6.39.

Although Jhonny Level is the star for the ACL Giants, don't sleep on Dario Reynoso who I also like a lot.  He had a tougher adjustment to ACL ball last season but he's come on strong this year with a terrific power, patience and speed package.  I'd like to see him get a head start on A ball before the end of the season.

DSL:  Blue Jays Blue edged out Giants Orange 1-0(7 innings).

Yulian Barreto 2B(17 yo)- 2 for 3, SB(8).  BA= .321.

Jose D. Gonzalez RHP(19 yo)- 5 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 1 BB, 3 K's.  ERA= 1.99.

DSL:  Mets Orange defeated Giants Black 5-3(7 innings).

Albert Jimenez DH(18 yo)- 1 for 2, HR(3), BB.  BA= .225.

Game Wrap 7/7/2025: Giants 3 Phillies 1

The Giants scratched out three runs while Landen Roupp and the bullpen held down a tough Phillies lineup to take the all-important first game of the series.  Key Lines:

Matt Chapman 3B- 3 for 4, 2B, 2 R.  BA= .248.  Chapman went 0 for 4 in his first game back from the IL but did not show any signs of residual hand issues tonight with 3 hits which helped him score 2 of the Giants 3 runs.  It's definitely a longer, better lineup with Chapman in it.

Willy Adames SS- 1 for 3, 2B, HBP, R.  BA= .227.  It's a whole different lineup when Willy Adames is contributing and he's definitely contributing right now, including ways that he may not prefer.  Adames led off the 8'th inning with a HBP on another heat-seeker that got away from Orion Kerkering RHP.  That was obviously not a purpose pitch but he was trying to jam Adames up and in.  After an oppo-field single by Chapman put runners at the corners, Wilmer Flores stepped up.  As Kruk pointed out, 2B was open and with Schmitt, Lee and Matos coming up, Kerkering appeared to be pitching around Flores when the count went to 3-1.  Then next pitch drilled Flores and looked to me like it was thrown right at him.  Kerkering slammed the rosin back in disgust but you have to wonder how disgusted he really was.  Whatever the case, the Giants made Kerkering pay as they plated the two winning runs out of it on a pair of fielder's choices.  

Landen Roupp RHP- 5 IP, 4 H, 1 R, 2 BB, 3 K's, 7/1 GO/AO.  ERA= 3.39.  Roupp keeps building his resume.  He faced one of the better lineups in the league as well as a hot opposing SP and didn't flinch.  He kept the Phillies batters off-balance all evening with a 3-pitch mix any of which he threw on any count.  It's an inning short of a Quality Start but we'll say it was a near-Quality Start.  How's that?  The Giants have won 11 of his 18 starts on the season.

Bullpen- 4 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 2 K's.  Doval recorded his 14'th Save.  He walked the first batter he faced on 4 pitches which is almost obligatory for him.  Then TJ Realmuto gave him an extended AB fouling off numerous pitches.  At times it appeared Realmuto was toying with Doval with prolonging the AB more of a goal than, you know, getting on base.  Casey Schmitt took care of that nonsense with a leaping catch of a soft liner at 2B.  Bryson Stott then GIDP'd with Wilmer Flores making a nifty play at 1B, stepping on the bag for out #1 then throwing out the runner with feet to spare for the game-ender.

All-Star Robbie Ray LHP tries to clinch a series win tomorrow evening against Taijuan Walker RHP who comes in with a 3.64 ERA.

Down on the Farm: 7/6/2025

AAA:  Sacramento River Cats outlasted the Reno Aces 15-13(11 innings).

Wade Meckler RF- 4 for 6, 2B, BB, SB(6).  BA= .292.

Casey Schmitt 2B- 0 for 2, 2 BB.  BA= .154.

Thomas Gavello 2B- 1 for 2, HR(1), SF.  BA= .500. 

Daniel Johnson DH- 2 for 6.  BA= .283.

Marco Luciano LF- 3 for 5, 2B, 2 HR(16), BB.  BA= .229.

Osleivis Basabe SS- 1 for 4, HR(6), SF, HBP.  BA= .255.

Zach Morgan C- 2 for 6, 2B.  BA= .263.

Trevor McDonald RHP- 5 IP, 7 H, 2 R, 1 BB, 7 K's, 6/1 GO/AO.  ERA= 4.85.

Braxton Roxby RHP- 1.1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 1 K.  ERA= 0.00.

Huge game for Luciano.  Can we have more of those?  Weird game.  16 of the 28 runs were scored in extra-innings and 21 of the 28 were scored from the 9'th inning on as the pitching completely collapsed.

AA:  Richmond Flying Squirrels destroyed the Chesapeake Baysox 12-2.

Diego Velasquez 2B- 1 for 3, BB, SF.  BA= .264.

Carter Howell DH- 2 for 5, 2B.  BA= .202.

Turner Hill LF- 1 for 5, HR(1).  BA= .214.

Sabin Ceballos 3B- 2 for 4, BB.  BA= .185.

Onil Perez C- 2 for 4, 2B, BB.  BA= .259.

Vaun Brown CF- 3 for 3, 2B, BB, SB(11).  BA= .254.

Aeverson Arteaga SS- 2 for 3, 2B, HR(4), BB.  BA= .196.

Jack Choate LHP- 5 IP, 4 H, 1 R, 1 BB, 6 K's.  ERA= 4.02.

Michael Stryfeller RHP- 2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 3 K's.  ERA= 5.13.

Signs of life from Vaun Brown and Aeverson Arteaga.  

A+:  Eugene Emeralds defeated the Hillsboro Hops 7-4.

Scott Bandura RF- 1 for 3, 2 BB.  BA= .317.

Drew Cavanaugh C- 1 for 3, 2 BB.  BA= .356.

Dayson Croes 3B- 2 for 3, 2 2B, 2 BB. BA= .347.

Jose Ramos SS- 1 for 3, 2B, 2 BB, SB(4).  BA= .267.

Dylan Carmouche LHP- 5 IP, 7 H, 3 R, 2 ER, 0 BB, 3 K's.  ERA= 2.63.

A:  San Jose Giants topped the Stockton Ports 6-5.

Dakota Jordan CF- 2 for 5.  BA= .303.

Lisbel Diaz LF- 2 for 5, 2B.  BA= .268.

Walker Martin SS- 3 for 4, BB. BA= .239.

Zander Darby 3B- 2 for 3, HR(4), BB.  BA= .307.

Darien Smith RHP- 4.2 IP, 4 H, 5 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 3 K's. ERA= 1.59.

Ricardo Estrada LHP- 3.1 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 2 K's.  ERA= 3.38.