2025 San Francisco Giants Season Thread

Sounds like private equity is running our team

private equity usually means the death knell

Originally posted by ads_2006:
Sounds like private equity is running our team

private equity usually means the death knell

i dont understand, the giants have had the same owners for a long ass time - they are private equity and have multiple owners, that hasnt changed.

We are going to be .500 forever.

Originally posted by CatchMaster80:
The Giants used to use the excuse that they were still paying for the stadium. That ended a few years ago. Now with the As effectively gone they have the entire Bay Area to thenselves so they should be drawing better than ever. They have no excuses other than they just don't want to spend the money to compete with the Dodgers.

There was a time when people that owned baseball teams made their money from them. That's not the case anymore. They're all billionaires that earn their money from other sources. When they buy a sports team it's either to make money when they sell the team or because they're sports fans and are doing it for enjoyment. If they aren't willing to spend enough to win then they shouldn't own a team.

I've been saying that since the Oracle park existence. Here is the problem with the Giants ownership, its structure. The biggest stakeholder only has 25% or so of the team. Besides several stakeholders are the Corps themselves, the majority of stakeholders are holding very small stakes of the team and in it as pure investors. That means they are not as much interested in small (by their standards) profits when they sell the team 200 years down the road, but in the year-to-year team profit. You are correct, it is either passionate billionaire, billionaires making tons of money on other endeavors and know they recoup everything and then some (big, big some) or both (see GS Lacob). Not with the Giants. They have to produce year to year profit and in order to do that, red line on their spendings, the biggest one of which is always payroll. Meaning money in to the point of money out. As usual, you will hear them being on on every nine digit guy on the market, like the rumor they are interested in Schwarber. But that interest is where it will end and in reality, it will be exactly who we sense they'll get (the likes of Wiemer) and the hard sell on them really helping the team. Especially now when they need a ton of pitching and got 4 anker contracts in the lineup already and are not losing ton of money this offseason.

Originally posted by DeepNinerValue:

Originally posted by ads_2006:
Sounds like private equity is running our team

private equity usually means the death knell

i dont understand, the giants have had the same owners for a long ass time - they are private equity and have multiple owners, that hasnt changed.

Rockies ass

padres getting sold and probably won't contend this year

dbacks trading their all-star

we can be competitive in west and ownership is like naw

Ron Washington is joining the staff.

Originally posted by VaBeachNiner:
Ron Washington is joining the staff.

Former Los Angeles Angels manager Ron Washington is finalizing a deal with the San Francisco Giants to be their major league infield coach.
Washington, an infield guru, could have the most impact of any free agent this winter with his expertise.

— Bob Nightengale (@BNightengale) December 4, 2025

Very smart hire for a management staff lead by someone with no MLB experience.

Chandler Simpson to the Giants would be nice, fastest man in baseball.
https:https://aroundthefoghorn.com/rays-latest-signing-could-open-up-an-interesting-trade-possibility-for-sf-giants//aroundthefoghorn.com/rays-latest-signing-could-open-up-an-interesting-trade-possibility-for-sf-giants

Originally posted by jimrat:
Chandler Simpson to the Giants would be nice, fastest man in baseball.
https:https://aroundthefoghorn.com/rays-latest-signing-could-open-up-an-interesting-trade-possibility-for-sf-giants//aroundthefoghorn.com/rays-latest-signing-could-open-up-an-interesting-trade-possibility-for-sf-giants

I 'm down. Didn't we sign Billy Hamilton at some point or am i tripping lol

Random but I remember us getting Alex Sanchez and I was excited because I liked him on the brewers. Then I think he was caught for roids or something

Originally posted by Zachary:

Originally posted by jimrat:

Chandler Simpson to the Giants would be nice, fastest man in baseball.
https:https://aroundthefoghorn.com/rays-latest-signing-could-open-up-an-interesting-trade-possibility-for-sf-giants//aroundthefoghorn.com/rays-latest-signing-could-open-up-an-interesting-trade-possibility-for-sf-giants

I 'm down. Didn't we sign Billy Hamilton at some point or am i tripping lol

Random but I remember us getting Alex Sanchez and I was excited because I liked him on the brewers. Then I think he was caught for roids or something

Yes we did, except Simpson can hit.

Luciano claimed by the Pirates. So we lost our former top prospect for nothing…🙄

Originally posted by Niners99:
Luciano claimed by the Pirates. So we lost our former top prospect for nothing…🙄

He should have been traded long ago.

So did I hear this right? The giants are broke?

Trade Eldridge! Gotta play the percentages.

Originally posted by Niners99:
Luciano claimed by the Pirates. So we lost our former top prospect for nothing…🙄

Saw that coming