SAN FRANCISCO -- The Giants had high expectations for Jung Hoo Lee when they signed the former KBO star to a six-year, $113 million contract in December 2023. While Lee has put together stretches of star-level production at the plate, he’s struggled to sustain that success over his first three

This story was excerpted from Maria Guardado’s Giants Beat newsletter. To read the full newsletter, click here. And subscribe to get it regularly in your inbox. SAN FRANCISCO -- After losing 97 games this season, the Giants will enter the offseason with plenty of holes to fill on their roster.

GOODYEAR, Ariz. – Miguel Mendez has signature heat, and the Padres know it well from his time in the organization that ran until this most recent Trade Deadline, when he was moved to the Giants in a deal for Robbie Ray. As part of an Arizona Fall League tripleheader at

The 34th annual Arizona Fall League season is underway, and you can watch top prospects from all 30 MLB organizations throughout October and November as AFL matchups are once again streaming for free on both MLB.com (here and on the AFL site) and MLB.TV. All but five games of the

You can only make one first impression. Organizations handle recent Draft picks in all sorts of ways. Sometimes, they’ll hold them back for lighter work at the Spring Training complex, work that continues into fall instructs or bridge-league play. Sometimes, they’ll push them out to an affiliate to get their

MLB Pipeline's latest Top 100 Prospects list is full of youth. That’s always the case when it comes to Minor League players, but that’s especially true currently. Of the top 25 players ranked, 17 are not legally allowed to drink yet in the United States (under 21) and eight are

This page will be updated throughout the offseason to reflect the team’s latest transactions and any injury updates. As a reminder, players can remain on the 60-day IL through the World Series, after which teams must account for those players on their 40-man roster.

SAN FRANCISCO -- Thirteen months after undergoing Tommy John surgery, Giants All-Star reliever Randy Rodríguez is officially back on the mound. The 27-year-old right-hander returned to action in the Arizona Fall League on Tuesday, where he pitched a 1-2-3 inning in his first start for the Scottsdale Scorpions. Rodríguez coaxed

This story was excerpted from Maria Guardado’s Giants Beat newsletter. To read the full newsletter, click here. And subscribe to get it regularly in your inbox. The Giants badly underperformed at the big league level this year, but the results were far rosier on their farm system. San Francisco’s Minor

The most important thing for prospects is development: learning how to be a professional, acquiring new skills, sharpening tools or pitches. There often can be bumps in the road along the path to the big leagues, and it's important to note that performance and production in the moment isn't necessarily

The Giants made a massive commitment to shortstop Willy Adames when they signed him to a franchise-record $182 million deal in December 2024. Despite getting off to a slow start, Adames managed to turn it around and deliver the type of production the Giants were hoping for in his first

This story was excerpted from Maria Guardado’s Giants Beat newsletter. To read the full newsletter, click here. And subscribe to get it regularly in your inbox. SAN FRANCISCO -- For the ninth time in the last 10 seasons, the Giants will be stuck watching postseason baseball at home. Their hopes

Last week, MLB Pipeline revealed its selections for Minor League Hitting Prospect of the Year and Minor League Pitching Prospect of the Year during the 2026 MiLB Awards Show on MLB Network. Brewers corner infielder Andrew Fischer won hitting honors after swatting 48 homers, the most in the Minors since

Minor League Baseball announced the 2026 winners of the Organization of the Year Award, Executive of the Year Award, Future Star Award, Driving Diversity Award and the MiLB Together Award. Nominees from each league were selected by their peers and were candidates for the overall awards.

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- On July 12, Dalton Wentz was having a terrible time on the golf course with his dad. It wasn’t so much the 9-iron or his putter that was bugging him but the fact that Day 1 of the 2026 MLB Draft had come and gone and his

On Oct. 3, 1951 -- 75 years ago tomorrow -- Jerry Austin was in the second grade at P.S. 75 in the South Bronx, counting the minutes until he could run from the classroom. The night before, he had seen a headline about a big game that would air on

It was called “The shot heard ‘round the world” – though the newspaper editors who coined it likely had no idea how right they were. While American baseball has never been shy about applying a global moniker to its domestic contests (it is called the World Series after all), Bobby

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- The Arizona Fall League always seems to be loaded with quality athletes. In its first 33 seasons, the developmental circuit featured multitooled talents such as Ronald Acuña Jr., Mookie Betts, Byron Buxton, Carl Crawford, Johnny Damon, Derek Jeter, Francisco Lindor, Andrew McCutchen, Mike Trout and Trea Turner.

The Minor League playoffs have been completed. There are only a handful of players with prospect eligibility remaining left in the Major League postseason, and there will be fewer with each passing round. Time for us in prospectdom to go into offseason mode? Not so fast, friends. The Arizona Fall

SAN FRANCISCO -- The Giants hoped to hit the ground running after making the bold decision to hire manager Tony Vitello out of the University of Tennessee last October. Instead, they never really found their stride in 2026. Hampered by an inconsistent offense, a leaky bullpen and a cascade of

Action in the Arizona Fall League kicked off over the weekend with a full slate of games, with big names already turning heads. While a lot of attention is understandably given to the high-profile prospects -- the late additions of Sebastian Walcott, Aidan Miller and Angeibel Gomez created some fun

SAN FRANCISCO -- Mike Krukow admitted that he felt a bit of melancholy when he arrived at Oracle Park to call the final game of his iconic 36-year broadcasting career with the Giants on Sunday. But it didn’t take long for his best friend and longtime broadcasting partner Duane Kuiper

The ballot for the official All-MLB Team, which recognizes and commemorates the top performances by players during the 2026 regular season, is closing on Friday at 2 p.m. ET. The selections for the All-MLB Team, which was established in 2019, will be announced on Nov. 11 during the fourth annual