2025 San Francisco Giants Season Thread

Originally posted by Garce:
Redoing this since 2 players got optioned....
Projected Lineup vs Pads / Darvish

1. Jung Ho Lee, CF
2. Thairo Estrada, 2B
3. Matt Chapman, 3B
4. Jorge Soler, DH
5. Lamont Wade Jr, RF
6. Michael Conforto, LF
7. Wilmer Flores, 1B
8. Pat Bailey, C
9. Nick Ahmed, SS

I think the lineup goes as Lee goes

Originally posted by Garce:

Here's the full Opening Day roster. Of note, Blake Snell is on it. He'll throw a minor league game tomorrow and could join rotation next week: pic.twitter.com/oEI37NFFvW

— Alex Pavlovic (@PavlovicNBCS) March 28, 2024

Optioning Sabol and keeping Bart is an absolute s**t move. Bart sucks ass and nobody is trading for him. Waste of a move and I could care less about options. We have been down this road before.

Originally posted by Rubberneck36:

Originally posted by Garce:

Here's the full Opening Day roster. Of note, Blake Snell is on it. He'll throw a minor league game tomorrow and could join rotation next week: pic.twitter.com/oEI37NFFvW

— Alex Pavlovic (@PavlovicNBCS) March 28, 2024

Optioning Sabol and keeping Bart is an absolute s**t move. Bart sucks ass and nobody is trading for him. Waste of a move and I could care less about options. We have been down this road before.

Perhaps Melvin is doing a bit of meritocracy. We have spring ball for a reason. Bart hit .414. Sabol .211. I think that decided it.

Originally posted by Rubberneck36:
Optioning Sabol and keeping Bart is an absolute s**t move. Bart sucks ass and nobody is trading for him. Waste of a move and I could care less about options. We have been down this road before.

Speculation is they want to sneak him through waivers after everyone sets their rosters.

Originally posted by 49erFaithful6:
Perhaps Melvin is doing a bit of meritocracy. We have spring ball for a reason. Bart hit .414. Sabol .211. I think that decided it.

It will take Bart 3 seasons to do what Sabol did in one last year.

Originally posted by Garce:
Speculation is they want to sneak him through waivers after everyone sets their rosters.

Oh I figured...I just think its a complete waste of time. Bailey is the catcher of the future. Tom Murphy is 4x the player Bart is. And Sabol is 3 x the player and can play in multiple positions and has a little speed.

Originally posted by Garce:
Projected Lineup vs Pads / Darvish - thoughts?

1. Jung Ho Lee, CF
2. Thairo Estrada, 2B
3. Matt Chapman, 3B
4. Jorge Soler, DH
5. Lamont Wade Jr, 1B
6. Michael Conforto, LF
7. Pat Bailey, C
8. Luis Matos, RF
9. Marco Luciano, SS

We made some massive upgrades this offseason, but still have Wade and Yaz in the 3 and 5 holes today.

Also, why the hell is Soler hitting in the 2 hole? SMH

Let's get to my 2024 BOLD PREDICTIONS ...again these are meant to be 100% factual predictions, I am an oracle and my word is god's word. Kneel before me.

BREAKOUT HITTER - JUNG HOO LEE
.290, 18 HRs, 70 RBI, 100+ Runs, 25 SBs
I have talked about him a long time and he was, outside Ohtani, my #1 target this offseason. This guy provides a big boost on defense with gold glove quality skills and he will be a table setter at the top of the lineup we have not had in a loooong time. Maybe since Angel Pagan? I think his power is a bit underrated and can easily see him being a 20/20 player.

The only issue is can he stay healthy? He picked up a couple minor injuries over spring, I hope he's not the type who is constantly dealing with tweaked hamstrings.

BREAKOUT PITCHER - JORDAN HICKS
140 ip, 150ks, Sub 3.6 ERA, 10 Wins
I don't think this will be your typical breakout, as I think it will be a stretch if Hicks goes for more than like 140 innings. But this guy is electric and has one of the best arms in all of baseball and converting him from the pen will turn out to be an extremely profitable and shrewd move for both parties. He will be must watch TV.

PITCHING MVP - LOGAN WEBB
200+ IP, 18 WINS, Sub 2.6 ERA, 200+ K
Enough said, not only does he win our team MVP, he wins the 2024 NL Cy Young. Our man from Rocklin has his banner year.
I said the same thing last year but he got off to a bit of a rough start, got no run support. Yet, he still finished 2nd in Cy voting. This is the year.

HITTING MVP - THE SOLER EXPRESS
.245, 32 HRS, 95 RBI
Jorge Soler is the power bat we desperately needed... he's not going to hit for a high average but he's going to hit them high and far. He finally breaks the 30 HR curse the Giants have suffered since Bonds.

ONE LAST THING - NICK AHMED
Given that Ahmed has officially beaten out Luciano as the starter, I really think this could be our most underrated signing this offseason. Ahmed hit .355 over spring, swinging a hot bat. He's never been a prolific offensive player but his major issues has always been health. If he can stay on the field, hit .240ish and 10-15 HRs while playing GG quality defense, this will be one of the best signings of 2024, hands down

RECORD - 93 WINS - Playoff Bound
This should be one of the better pitching and defensive teams in the league with two bonafide gold gloves added to the left side of the infield and a gold glove caliber defender roaming CF, the reigning Cy Young winner with the runner Up right behind him and oh ya...Former Cy Winner Robbie Ray coming in 2 months. The giants should be in almost every game and the additions to the offense should make this team much much much more fun to watch. More power, more speed. What's not to love about that? This team is built for October, absolutely nobody is going to want to see a team with this much pitching a defense.

Potential issues? What's this bullpen gonna do? It's anchored by Doval but there are a lot of question marks outside of that.

What are your guys' bold predictions?

Happy Opening Day Boys!!!!

No More Speculation.... I thought Yaz was gonna be out but love that he's in vs RHP.

The Opening Day lineup:

1. Lee CF,
2. Soler DH,
3. Wade 1B,
4. Chapman 3B,
5. Yastrzemski RF,
6. Estrada 2B,
7. Conforto LF,
8. Bailey C,
9. Ahmed SS.
   Webb RHP

F*CK YEAH! ***in Timmy Lincecum***

Originally posted by Garce:
ONE LAST THING - NICK AHMED
Given that Ahmed has officially beaten out Luciano as the starter, I really think this could be our most underrated signing this offseason. Ahmed hit .355 over spring, swinging a hot bat. He's never been a prolific offensive player but his major issues has always been health. If he can stay on the field, hit .240ish and 10-15 HRs while playing GG quality defense, this will be one of the best signings of 2024, hands down

Luciano should be the every day shortstop. Ahmed cant hit, and hasnt been a gold glove caliber player in 5 years.

Originally posted by Garce:
No More Speculation.... I thought Yaz was gonna be out but love that he's in vs RHP.

The Opening Day lineup:

1. Lee CF,
2. Soler DH,
3. Wade 1B,
4. Chapman 3B,
5. Yastrzemski RF,
6. Estrada 2B,
7. Conforto LF,
8. Bailey C,
9. Ahmed SS.
   Webb RHP

We got the sinkerballer and the vacuum cleaners in Ahmed and Chap, then Bailey catching, that's a lot of pitching and defense

Originally posted by SteveWallacesHelmet:

Originally posted by Garce:
ONE LAST THING - NICK AHMED
Given that Ahmed has officially beaten out Luciano as the starter, I really think this could be our most underrated signing this offseason. Ahmed hit .355 over spring, swinging a hot bat. He's never been a prolific offensive player but his major issues has always been health. If he can stay on the field, hit .240ish and 10-15 HRs while playing GG quality defense, this will be one of the best signings of 2024, hands down

Luciano should be the every day shortstop. Ahmed cant hit, and hasnt been a gold glove caliber player in 5 years.

outhit luciano in ST

Originally posted by Zachary:

Originally posted by SteveWallacesHelmet:

Originally posted by Garce:
ONE LAST THING - NICK AHMED
Given that Ahmed has officially beaten out Luciano as the starter, I really think this could be our most underrated signing this offseason. Ahmed hit .355 over spring, swinging a hot bat. He's never been a prolific offensive player but his major issues has always been health. If he can stay on the field, hit .240ish and 10-15 HRs while playing GG quality defense, this will be one of the best signings of 2024, hands down

Luciano should be the every day shortstop. Ahmed cant hit, and hasnt been a gold glove caliber player in 5 years.

outhit luciano in ST

I fear Luciano is just a dud, prove me wrong Marco

Originally posted by SteveWallacesHelmet:

Originally posted by Garce:
ONE LAST THING - NICK AHMED
Given that Ahmed has officially beaten out Luciano as the starter, I really think this could be our most underrated signing this offseason. Ahmed hit .355 over spring, swinging a hot bat. He's never been a prolific offensive player but his major issues has always been health. If he can stay on the field, hit .240ish and 10-15 HRs while playing GG quality defense, this will be one of the best signings of 2024, hands down

Luciano should be the every day shortstop. Ahmed cant hit, and hasnt been a gold glove caliber player in 5 years.

Luciano has not proven anything to deserve that.