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SAN FRANCISCO -- Going forward, Willy Adames and Buster Posey will have several ties binding them in Giants history. When Adames agreed to a seven-year, $182 million pact to join San Francisco, it marked Posey's first big move in his role as the club's president of baseball operations. Not only

DALLAS -- The Giants crossed the most pressing item off their offseason to-do list by finalizing a seven-year, $182 million contract with shortstop Willy Adames on Tuesday, but they departed the Winter Meetings on Wednesday with plenty of work left to do this winter. President of baseball operations Buster Posey

DALLAS -- As talks between free-agent shortstop Willy Adames and the Giants slowly shifted from informal conversations to serious negotiations, Buster Posey began to wonder: Who held the record for the biggest contract in franchise history? The answer made him chuckle. “We were kind of laughing about that,” Posey said

In its new series "Hidden Classics," MLB is digging into its archives and dusting off big games you might have forgotten about from your favorite stars of yesteryear. Stay tuned to MLB.com/HiddenClassics and MLB's YouTube channel for more Hidden Classic games.

DALLAS – In the 2009 and ‘10 MLB Drafts, the Washington Nationals had the No. 1 pick and turned those selections into a pair of franchise-changing players, Stephen Strasburg and Bryce Harper. At Tuesday’s Draft Lottery during the 2024 Winter Meetings, Washington earned another shot at the very top of

The 2025 Draft may still be seven months away but it's also in the news. MLB Pipeline released its initial Draft Top 100 late last week and MLB staged the Draft Lottery on Tuesday evening at the Winter Meetings.

The Giants’ injuries and roster moves page will be updated throughout the offseason.

DALLAS -- Camilo Doval has been the subject of some recent trade rumors, but Giants president of baseball operations Buster Posey downplayed the possibility that the former All-Star closer could find himself on the move this offseason. “I want to say on Doval, I'm pretty bullish on him coming back,”

Shortstop Willy Adames and the Giants have agreed to a seven-year, $182 million contract, the team announced on Tuesday. It's the largest contract in Giants history, surpassing the $167 million deal in 2013 for Buster Posey, who was recently named the team's president of baseball operations. With Adames in the

DALLAS -- Willie Mays’ legacy was celebrated heavily in 2024, and in 2025, Major League Baseball will continue to honor his life by focusing on the very field where he started his baseball journey. Since 2012, MLB has held a charity auction at the Winter Meetings that raises funds for

DALLAS -- The Rule 5 Draft has been the unofficial final act of the annual Winter Meetings. This year’s edition will take place on Wednesday at 2 p.m. ET to close things out, and as always, there will be players who will get the chance to make Opening Day rosters

While a solid percentage of picks in the Major League phase of the Rule 5 Draft get at least some big league time the season following their selection, it’s not so easy to stick around for an entire year.

The Giants continued to overhaul their front office by announcing four additions to their baseball operations department on Friday. As expected, former general manager Bobby Evans returned to the organization as a special advisor to president of baseball operations Buster Posey. Evans was joined by Jeff Berry, who served as

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Major League Baseball’s Draft Lottery will take place at the Winter Meetings in Dallas on Tuesday at 5:30 p.m. ET. It’s time to get to know who the 16 teams eligible for the lottery are hoping to get a chance to select. MLB Pipeline’s new 2025 Top 100 Draft Prospects

SAN FRANCISCO -- The Giants announced the hiring of a pair of assistant hitting coaches on Thursday, adding Oscar Bernard and Damon Minor to manager Bob Melvin’s coaching staff for 2025. Bernard and Minor will work under hitting coach Pat Burrell and fill the vacancies created by the departures of

Teams protected 59 prospects on 40-man rosters two weeks ago but left several others up for grabs in the annual Rule 5 Draft. That draft will take place on Wednesday, Dec. 11, at 2 p.m. ET at the Winter Meetings in Dallas. Any player who turned pro at age 18

SAN FRANCISCO -- Brandon Crawford, a two-time World Series champion who spent 13 seasons starring for his hometown Giants, announced his retirement from Major League Baseball on Wednesday. "Baseball has been a part of my life for as long as I can remember, and for the rest of my life

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A year ago, we provided one Rookie of the Year candidate for every team. How’d we do? We nailed the NL top rookie (Paul Skenes) and also picked out two others who received votes (Jackson Chourio and Mason Miller). That’s a good enough success rate to try the whole exercise

The Giants chose to retain their longest-tenured player ahead of the tender deadline Friday, agreeing to a one-year contract for 2025 with right fielder Mike Yastrzemski to avoid salary arbitration. Yastrzemski’s deal is worth $9.25 million, a source told MLB.com senior national reporter Mark Feinsand. That slots the 34-year-old Yastrzemski

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