2026 San Francisco Giants Season Thread

Originally posted by TheXFactor:

Originally posted by CatchMaster80:
The Giants are going to start the year with Wade and Florers at first. If Wade struggles or gets hurt then we might see Eldridge sooner than later. Otherwise he will probably spend most of the year in AAA learning 1st base. He may never be as good as Belt on defense but if he can be a little above average then his bat will make up for any shortcomings in the field.

I can't remember where I read it, but I heard that Wade may get some time in RF?

Why? I don't think that makes any sense. Unless he gets hurt Yaz is clearly a better defensive player. Both are left handed hitters. Matos is there to platoon when they want a right handed hitter. When Eldridge gets brought up they'll likely try and trade Wade.

Originally posted by CatchMaster80:

Originally posted by TheXFactor:

Originally posted by CatchMaster80:
The Giants are going to start the year with Wade and Florers at first. If Wade struggles or gets hurt then we might see Eldridge sooner than later. Otherwise he will probably spend most of the year in AAA learning 1st base. He may never be as good as Belt on defense but if he can be a little above average then his bat will make up for any shortcomings in the field.

I can't remember where I read it, but I heard that Wade may get some time in RF?

Why? I don't think that makes any sense. Unless he gets hurt Yaz is clearly a better defensive player. Both are left handed hitters. Matos is there to platoon when they want a right handed hitter. When Eldridge gets brought up they'll likely try and trade Wade.

Let's all hope Matos wins the RF job and never gives it back.

this guy might not be meant to play again

Originally posted by TheXFactor:

Originally posted by CatchMaster80:

Originally posted by TheXFactor:

Originally posted by CatchMaster80:
The Giants are going to start the year with Wade and Florers at first. If Wade struggles or gets hurt then we might see Eldridge sooner than later. Otherwise he will probably spend most of the year in AAA learning 1st base. He may never be as good as Belt on defense but if he can be a little above average then his bat will make up for any shortcomings in the field.

I can't remember where I read it, but I heard that Wade may get some time in RF?

Why? I don't think that makes any sense. Unless he gets hurt Yaz is clearly a better defensive player. Both are left handed hitters. Matos is there to platoon when they want a right handed hitter. When Eldridge gets brought up they'll likely try and trade Wade.

Let's all hope Matos wins the RF job and never gives it back.

I'm fine with him platooning. Yaz is still very good on defense and plays the Oracle right field as good as anyone. He can also provide a little left handed power which this team lacks.

Originally posted by VaBeachNiner:
Love his swing.

Bryce Eldridge hit a 450-foot homer to center in his first spring training game 👀 pic.twitter.com/y3l2B6SlHI

— Alex Pavlovic (@PavlovicNBCS) February 22, 2025

He's already our best 1B option, I don't want to see LWJ out there... he needs to be a utility/late game PH option at best

Originally posted by DeepNinerValue:

Originally posted by VaBeachNiner:
Love his swing.

Bryce Eldridge hit a 450-foot homer to center in his first spring training game 👀 pic.twitter.com/y3l2B6SlHI

— Alex Pavlovic (@PavlovicNBCS) February 22, 2025

He's already our best 1B option, I don't want to see LWJ out there... he needs to be a utility/late game PH option at best

He had 18 errors in 100 games last year. He can't play on the majors if he fields like that. He needs to cut that number in half. People forget how many runs and extra bases a good first baseman can save. Scoopng up low throws. Stopping liners down the right fileld line. Going into the hole and turning to throw to the pitcher. For years Brandon Belt was one of the best fielding 1st basemen in the league. Wade and Flores are both pretty good fielders.

They can't be in too big of a hurry to get him to the majors. We all have high hopes for him but they don't want to mess him up like they did with Luciano. It won't hurt him to spend at least half the season in AAA. If he shows his fielding is improved then they can trade Wade if the move him up and keep Flores as a utility man or backup or DH.

Lee homered. Looks like his shoulder will be ok.

Originally posted by CatchMaster80:
He had 18 errors in 100 games last year. He can't play on the majors if he fields like that. He needs to cut that number in half. People forget how many runs and extra bases a good first baseman can save. Scoopng up low throws. Stopping liners down the right fileld line. Going into the hole and turning to throw to the pitcher. For years Brandon Belt was one of the best fielding 1st basemen in the league. Wade and Flores are both pretty good fielders.

They can't be in too big of a hurry to get him to the majors. We all have high hopes for him but they don't want to mess him up like they did with Luciano. It won't hurt him to spend at least half the season in AAA. If he shows his fielding is improved then they can trade Wade if the move him up and keep Flores as a utility man or backup or DH.

We didnt "mess up" Luciano. The jury is still out on him. Good players figure it out regardless if they have to go up and down to the minors a couple of times.

I dont expect to compete, so I dont care if Bryce isnt a star defender right now. If he has a great Spring Training, put him on the roster. Its not like we should be competing for a title this year anyway.

Originally posted by VaBeachNiner:
Lee homered. Looks like his shoulder will be ok.

JH Lee!

Rooting for this guy to come back strong after what happened to him early last year.

Originally posted by SteveWallacesHelmet:

Originally posted by CatchMaster80:
He had 18 errors in 100 games last year. He can't play on the majors if he fields like that. He needs to cut that number in half. People forget how many runs and extra bases a good first baseman can save. Scoopng up low throws. Stopping liners down the right fileld line. Going into the hole and turning to throw to the pitcher. For years Brandon Belt was one of the best fielding 1st basemen in the league. Wade and Flores are both pretty good fielders.

They can't be in too big of a hurry to get him to the majors. We all have high hopes for him but they don't want to mess him up like they did with Luciano. It won't hurt him to spend at least half the season in AAA. If he shows his fielding is improved then they can trade Wade if the move him up and keep Flores as a utility man or backup or DH.

We didnt "mess up" Luciano. The jury is still out on him. Good players figure it out regardless if they have to go up and down to the minors a couple of times.

I dont expect to compete, so I dont care if Bryce isnt a star defender right now. If he has a great Spring Training, put him on the roster. Its not like we should be competing for a title this year anyway.

Luciano struggled at short and then t second. It took them 5 seasons tofigure out he can't plat the infield. He hit .211 with no HRs in SF and only .250 with 10 HRs in Sac. His hitting suffered because they shuffled him up and down and sat him on the bench for days at a time. I don't think that's the way to develop what once was theier #1 prospect.

I would rather see Eldridge plying everyday at frst for the entire seson If part of it is at AAA I'm okay with that. If they're willing to let him learn 1st base at the major league level then that's okay too but I don't want them to bench him or start moving him up and down like they did Marco.

Originally posted by CatchMaster80:

Originally posted by SteveWallacesHelmet:

Originally posted by CatchMaster80:
He had 18 errors in 100 games last year. He can't play on the majors if he fields like that. He needs to cut that number in half. People forget how many runs and extra bases a good first baseman can save. Scoopng up low throws. Stopping liners down the right fileld line. Going into the hole and turning to throw to the pitcher. For years Brandon Belt was one of the best fielding 1st basemen in the league. Wade and Flores are both pretty good fielders.

They can't be in too big of a hurry to get him to the majors. We all have high hopes for him but they don't want to mess him up like they did with Luciano. It won't hurt him to spend at least half the season in AAA. If he shows his fielding is improved then they can trade Wade if the move him up and keep Flores as a utility man or backup or DH.

We didnt "mess up" Luciano. The jury is still out on him. Good players figure it out regardless if they have to go up and down to the minors a couple of times.

I dont expect to compete, so I dont care if Bryce isnt a star defender right now. If he has a great Spring Training, put him on the roster. Its not like we should be competing for a title this year anyway.

Luciano struggled at short and then t second. It took them 5 seasons tofigure out he can't plat the infield. He hit .211 with no HRs in SF and only .250 with 10 HRs in Sac. His hitting suffered because they shuffled him up and down and sat him on the bench for days at a time. I don't think that's the way to develop what once was theier #1 prospect.

I would rather see Eldridge plying everyday at frst for the entire seson If part of it is at AAA I'm okay with that. If they're willing to let him learn 1st base at the major league level then that's okay too but I don't want them to bench him or start moving him up and down like they did Marco.

Luciano killed it for a month (albeit no homeruns), and then was inexplicably sent down. He didnt have much success in the Majors after that (got hurt, then came back and had a brutal september).

I agree with you, having him sit for days at a time is no way to develop their #1 prospect. He should have been playing every single day, as we were a 4th place team going no where. We lost nothing by putting him on the lineup card every day.

Same for Eldridge. If he has a great Spring, he should be up and playing regularly. I also agree with you that he shouldnt be bouncing up and down from AAA to the Majors. The problem is we need to be ok with a slump at the MLB level and not send him down at the first sign of struggling.

I wasn't a fan of sending Luciano up and down, especially when his numbers that month were good.

But the 5 years to at SS and 2B is missing a lot of context. Luciano was a kid when they drafted him, and his body had not matured. He got older and bigger. Had he went the college route, to the minors, they would have had more time to figure out where he is supposed to play.

Also, a ton of star players changed positions. That didn't mean they messed that player up. The player has to adapt and get better in the field.

Originally posted by Rubberneck36:
I wasn't a fan of sending Luciano up and down, especially when his numbers that month were good.

But the 5 years to at SS and 2B is missing a lot of context. Luciano was a kid when they drafted him, and his body had not matured. He got older and bigger. Had he went the college route, to the minors, they would have had more time to figure out where he is supposed to play.

Also, a ton of star players changed positions. That didn't mean they messed that player up. The player has to adapt and get better in the field.

They for sure did him a disservice by not moving him sooner.

Sleeper agent farhan ruined the best giants prospect of the last 10+ years.

the bigger issue is he's never been able to stay healthy. I'm already ready to move on from him. Hopefully, like Ramos last year, he proves me wrong

The fact that you are ready to move on gives me hope for Luciano since you are almost always wrong.

Here's the Lee HR.