2026 San Francisco Giants Season Thread

The Giants did not have a pick in rds 2 or 3 but in round 4 selected OF Dakota Jordan out of Miss. St. He was taken with the 116th pick despite being ranked # 34 by MLB.

"One of the best prep athletes in the 2022 Draft, Jordan went unselected because he planned on playing baseball and football at Mississippi State. The three-star wide receiver recruit wound up giving up the gridiron and handled the rugged Southeastern Conference well, batting .336 and bashing 30 homers in two seasons. He has improved faster than scouts expected and could factor into the first round this July as a sophomore-eligible.

Jordan may have more bat speed than anyone in the 2024 Draft, and his lightning-fast right-handed swing and strength produce huge exit velocities and at least plus power to all fields. He made strides with his pitch recognition and plate discipline as a freshman, inspiring confidence that his pop will translate at higher levels. He still needs to prove he can make consistent contact, because he swings through fastballs and chases breaking balls, weaknesses that contributed to a 29 percent strikeout rate this spring.

While Jordan has at least plus speed and may have plus-plus straight-line quickness, he's still learning how to make the most of it. He's not aggressive on the bases and is shaky in the outfield, where he spent most of his freshman year in left. His arm has gotten a little stronger since high school and now grades as average.

I like the pick. Great value. Of course catch is going to come in and remind us it takes years to get to the bigs and he might not even develop into a good hitter. Plus 12 more paragraphs

Originally posted by Rubberneck36:
I like the pick. Great value. Of course catch is going to come in and remind us it takes years to get to the bigs and he might not even develop into a good hitter. Plus 12 more paragraphs

The Giants first 4 picks were all big power college hitters. 3 outfielders and a 3B from Santa Clara. All 8 picks so far have been college players. I do like it that they are drafting for power

Originally posted by Ninerjohn:

Originally posted by Rubberneck36:
I like the pick. Great value. Of course catch is going to come in and remind us it takes years to get to the bigs and he might not even develop into a good hitter. Plus 12 more paragraphs

The Giants first 4 picks were all big power college hitters. 3 outfielders and a 3B from Santa Clara. All 8 picks so far have been college players. I do like it that they are drafting for power

Me too. They seem to be able to sign pitching, so draft power

I don't really care abut the HR derby but I turned it on last night since there was nothing else worth watching. That rendition of the national anthem was the worst I've ever heard from someone that's a professional singer. She was a 4 time grammy award winner. It was so bad that players and fans were laughing. The only one's I've heard that were worse were from Rozanne Barr who was almost trying to make a joke of it and Carl Lewis and neither of them is a professional singer.

Originally posted by Ninerjohn:

Originally posted by Rubberneck36:
I like the pick. Great value. Of course catch is going to come in and remind us it takes years to get to the bigs and he might not even develop into a good hitter. Plus 12 more paragraphs

The Giants first 4 picks were all big power college hitters. 3 outfielders and a 3B from Santa Clara. All 8 picks so far have been college players. I do like it that they are drafting for power

They finally realized they need it because they aren't going to entice any big name power hitter to come to SF.

Originally posted by CatchMaster80:
I don't really care abut the HR derby but I turned it on last night since there was nothing else worth watching. That rendition of the national anthem was the worst I've ever heard from someone that's a professional singer. She was a 4 time grammy award winner. It was so bad that players and fans were laughing. The only one's I've heard that were worse were from Rozanne Barr who was almost trying to make a joke of it and Carl Lewis and neither of them is a professional singer.

She was nominated 4 times, and now we know why she still hasnt won.

Originally posted by VaBeachNiner:
She was nominated 4 times, and now we know why she still hasnt won.

How was she nominated is the real question

Not Roseanne terrible but Carl Lewis like

Team PR is going all out for Heliot. You love to see it.

Midseason Review: ]
Record 47-50

The story has been they waited too long to replace deadweight, Slater... Daulton Jefferies.... Keaton Win.... too many ABs for Yaz etc..

That and the rotation has been a complete mess. I may have been too harsh a critic on Bob Melvin, as he's had one good pitcher all year and a converted reliever as his 1-2 option and a bunch of s**t. So now that we have Snell back and he actually looks good we can finally see this team take the next step? Then you have Robbie Ray and potentially Alex Cobb waiting in the wings, all the sudden we would have a competent rotation. All that and we are only 3 games under .500... commendable I suppose.

I've documented the fall of Thairo Estrada since earrrly in the season. Dude is swinging at too many pitches outside the zone, normal for him, but the difference is between years past is he is not hitting them. They've been giving reps to Luciano at 2B in sac. Is a change imminent?

What's up with Camilo Doval? Too many outings in non-save situations? I just saw an article suggesting we trade him.

Helio Ramos, Hayden Birdsong, Luis Matos. Andrew Bailey. Kyle Harrison. Loving this.

Then you have Chapman, Soler, Snell... all on what looks like to be pretty bad contracts. I think Soler and Snell are fine. I've been hating the signing of chapman since before it happened, I didn't want him, I still don't want him. He's overpaid and blocking Casey Schmitt.

What else?

Originally posted by Ninerjohn:

Originally posted by Rubberneck36:
I like the pick. Great value. Of course catch is going to come in and remind us it takes years to get to the bigs and he might not even develop into a good hitter. Plus 12 more paragraphs

The Giants first 4 picks were all big power college hitters. 3 outfielders and a 3B from Santa Clara. All 8 picks so far have been college players. I do like it that they are drafting for power

The Giants seem to pass on a lot of local prospects. How many countless times have we faced players who killed us and they say "Hes a Bay Area product". Obviously some were guys we didn't have the chance to draft, but theres been a ton of great players from the area. I feel like we should be doing a better job of drafting those players since we have the first look at them.

Originally posted by Niners99:
The Giants seem to pass on a lot of local prospects. How many countless times have we faced players who killed us and they say "Hes a Bay Area product". Obviously some were guys we didn't have the chance to draft, but theres been a ton of great players from the area. I feel like we should be doing a better job of drafting those players since we have the first look at them.

Theyve spoken about this and have emphasized this in the last couple years. I think Hunter Bishop probably killed that though. Kyle Harrison is local

Originally posted by Niners99:
The Giants seem to pass on a lot of local prospects. How many countless times have we faced players who killed us and they say "Hes a Bay Area product". Obviously some were guys we didn't have the chance to draft, but theres been a ton of great players from the area. I feel like we should be doing a better job of drafting those players since we have the first look at them.

I'll take BPA all day. I don't care where they are from. Posey wasn't local and he's the damn goat. 🐐

(it's awesome if they end up being local but I wouldn't be worried about)

Originally posted by Rubberneck36:

Originally posted by Niners99:
The Giants seem to pass on a lot of local prospects. How many countless times have we faced players who killed us and they say "Hes a Bay Area product". Obviously some were guys we didn't have the chance to draft, but theres been a ton of great players from the area. I feel like we should be doing a better job of drafting those players since we have the first look at them.

I'll take BPA all day. I don't care where they are from. Posey wasn't local and he's the damn goat. 🐐

(it's awesome if they end up being local but I wouldn't be worried about)

Crawford grew up and played high school ball inthe Bay Area. He ended up being the best SS in Giants history. Chris Speier was another really good SS from the Bay Area. Of course we had Barry Bonds but they didn't draft him.

The Bay Area, especially the East Bay has turned out a lot of terrific athletes in all sports. Baseball has produced Frank Robinson, Joe Morgan and so many more. It's not surprising that we see so many players on other teams given the great talent pool that the area is. The Giants certainly can't draft them all.