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 knew what they were getting at the plate when they signed Luis Arraez to a one-year, $12 million deal in February. Arraez’s

PHILADELPHIA -- The Giants started Thursday by getting walked off, 3-2, in Game 1 of their split doubleheader against the Phillies at Citizens Bank Park. Somehow, it only got worse from there. The Giants blew another one-run lead in the ninth inning and couldn’t overcome a series of late mistakes

PHILADELPHIA -- Logan Webb is his own harshest critic, so it’s understandable that he wasn’t happy with the way he was pitching at the beginning of this year. The Giants right-hander entered Thursday with a 2-3 record and a 4.86 ERA, the second-highest mark of his career through his first

PHILADELPHIA -- Five years after making his Major League debut in San Francisco, Gregory Santos is back for his second stint with the Giants. Santos was selected from Triple-A Sacramento on Wednesday, allowing the hard-throwing right-hander to don the orange and black in the big leagues for the first time

PHILADELPHIA -- The Phillies and Giants tried to get ahead of inclement weather by moving Wednesday night’s start time up by 30 minutes, but there was no escaping the rain. With steady rain forecasted to fall throughout the evening, Wednesday’s matchup was postponed and rescheduled as part of a split

PHILADELPHIA -- Rafael Devers knows he hasn’t performed up to his capabilities this year. But the three-time All-Star remains confident that it’ll only be a matter of time before he starts to pick it up at the plate and reestablish himself as the impact bat the Giants expected him to

PHILADELPHIA -- The Giants appeared to draw a reeling team when they arrived at Citizens Bank Park for the start of their three-game series against the Phillies on Tuesday night. The Phillies came into the game with an MLB-worst 9-19 record, prompting the club to dismiss Rob Thomson and name

SAN JOSE, Calif. -- Jhonny Level's nickname doesn’t require much explanation. The Giants’ No. 4 prospect is known as “El Nivel,” the Spanish word for his last name. It’s always been a fitting moniker for the switch-hitting Venezuelan shortstop, but never more so now that he can’t stop leveling up

SAN FRANCISCO -- The Giants’ lineup had a slightly different look on Sunday afternoon. With shortstop Willy Adames getting his first day off of the season, manager Tony Vitello decided to slot the hot-hitting Jung Hoo Lee into the leadoff spot for the first time since March 28.

This story was excerpted from Maria Guardado's Giants Beat newsletter. Subscribe to get it regularly in your inbox. SAN FRANCISCO -- The Baby Giraffe. The self-proclaimed team captain. The man at the center of the Belt Wars. Brandon Belt carried many titles over his 12-year run with the Giants, but

SAN FRANCISCO -- Nearly a month into the regular season, right-hander Adrian Houser is still searching for his first win with the Giants. The 33-year-old veteran continued his rough start to the year by surrendering a season-high eight runs over four innings in the Giants’ 9-4 loss to the Marlins

SAN FRANCISCO -- The first clash of the season between the Giants and Dodgers featured an undercurrent of tension, with Los Angeles manager Dave Roberts saying he thought San Francisco right-hander Logan Webb intentionally hit Dalton Rushing in the sixth inning of Thursday afternoon’s series finale at Oracle Park. Webb

SAN FRANCISCO -- Patrick Bailey's first home run of the season was a big one. Bailey hammered a three-run shot to snap a scoreless tie in the seventh inning and spur the Giants to a 3-0 win that clinched a series victory over the rival Dodgers on Wednesday night at

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SAN FRANCISCO -- Tony Vitello hasn’t been getting out much since he took over as the Giants’ new manager. “I've been in hiding,” Vitello said. “I'm holding out for some more wins.”

SAN FRANCISCO -- The Giants' capricious offense will be without one of its more consistent contributors for the time being, as the club announced Tuesday that Daniel Susac is expected to miss two to three weeks after landing on the 10-day injured list (retroactive to Monday) with right elbow ulnar

WASHINGTON -- The Giants have struggled to consistently play their best brand of baseball during the nascent stages of the regular season. But they saw glimpses of their most aspirational selves during their first multi-city road trip of the year.

WASHINGTON -- The Giants’ bullpen bent but didn’t break on Saturday night.

WASHINGTON -- The Giants knew they’d be without José Buttó for a while after the 28-year-old reliever was forced to undergo surgery to remove a blood clot in his throwing arm on April 3.

WASHINGTON -- Heliot Ramos needed that. With one cathartic swing, Ramos took a big step toward breaking out of his early season slump, launching a three-run home run to spark the Giants’ 10-5 series-opening win over the Nationals on Friday night at Nationals Park.

WASHINGTON -- The Giants’ catching situation underwent a notable shift on Friday. With two-time Gold Glove winner Patrick Bailey mired in an offensive rut and rookie backstop Daniel Susac swinging a hot bat, the Giants decided to start the 24-year-old Susac behind the plate in the Giants’ series opener against

CINCINNATI -- After losing four straight to sink a season-high six games below .500, the Giants were in dire need of a stopper on Thursday afternoon. Enter Landen Roupp, who fired six innings of one-hit ball to help San Francisco shut out Cincinnati, 3-0, and avoid a three-game series sweep

CINCINNATI -- Things got chippy between the Reds and Giants during Thursday afternoon's three-game series finale at Great American Ball Park, resulting in Cincinnati reliever Connor Phillips being ejected in the top of the eighth inning and both benches clearing after the final out of the Giants' 3-0 victory. The

CINCINNATI -- A pair of injuries forced the Giants to shuffle their outfield mix on Wednesday. With Harrison Bader (left hamstring strain) and Jared Oliva (left wrist hamate fracture) both landing on the 10-day injured list, the Giants recalled fellow outfielders Will Brennan and Drew Gilbert from Triple-A Sacramento and

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. CINCINNATI -- Logan Webb is used to taking the ball every fifth day for the Giants. Now he’ll be taking the mic twice a