2026 San Francisco Giants Season Thread | Page 1993

Dec 29, 2025 at 10:12 PM

DeepNinerValue
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Originally posted by DertyDonahue:
Guys that needed more development and made the adjustment: Matt Williams. Helios Ramos.
then the other side of the list…
bowker, schierholtz, meckler etc

Jonathan Sanchez never learned how to throw strikes, for example. Stuck in the bigs.
Hunter Strickland had hittable high velo stuff, stuck in the bigs.

Not sure what your point is but okay.

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Dec 30, 2025 at 6:34 PM

#29882

Niners99
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Originally posted by DertyDonahue:
Guys that needed more development and made the adjustment: Matt Williams. Helios Ramos.
then the other side of the list…
bowker, schierholtz, meckler etc

Jonathan Sanchez never learned how to throw strikes, for example. Stuck in the bigs.
Hunter Strickland had hittable high velo stuff, stuck in the bigs.

I mean, Jonathan Sanchez has the highest career K/9 in Giants history, so I feel like he learned to threw strikes effectively enough..

Dec 30, 2025 at 11:50 PM

#29883

Zachary
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Originally posted by Niners99:
I mean, Jonathan Sanchez has the highest career K/9 in Giants history, so I feel like he learned to threw strikes effectively enough..

That feels like it can't be true lol

edit that's crazy. Just a hair above Timmy. Jeff Samardzija is 8th. Who would've thunk

[ Edited by Zachary on Dec 31, 2025 at 2:21 PM ]

Jan 1, 2026 at 12:02 PM

#29884

VaBeachNiner
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Tatsuya Imai headed to the Astros, 3-yr $63 mil.

Well at least it wasn't the Dodgers but I'm sure the Giants could have afforded that contract.

Jan 1, 2026 at 11:44 PM

#29885

ads_2006
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Originally posted by VaBeachNiner:
Tatsuya Imai headed to the Astros, 3-yr $63 mil.

Well at least it wasn't the Dodgers but I'm sure the Giants could have afforded that contract.

If dodgers passed at that price, it means he prolly isn't worth it.

-Posey

Jan 2, 2026 at 12:19 PM

#29886

Niners99
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Originally posted by ads_2006:

Originally posted by VaBeachNiner:
Tatsuya Imai headed to the Astros, 3-yr $63 mil.

Well at least it wasn't the Dodgers but I'm sure the Giants could have afforded that contract.

If dodgers passed at that price, it means he prolly isn't worth it.

-Posey

lol do you honestly believe not paying up for bigger name free agents was Posey's choice? He just spent nearly $600 million on 3 players last year. They probably told him we aren't spending big this year.

Jan 2, 2026 at 1:00 PM

#29887

ads_2006
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Originally posted by Niners99:

Originally posted by ads_2006:

Originally posted by VaBeachNiner:
Tatsuya Imai headed to the Astros, 3-yr $63 mil.

Well at least it wasn't the Dodgers but I'm sure the Giants could have afforded that contract.

If dodgers passed at that price, it means he prolly isn't worth it.

-Posey

lol do you honestly believe not paying up for bigger name free agents was Posey's choice? He just spent nearly $600 million on 3 players last year. They probably told him we aren't spending big this year.

Of course not but Buster is the one that is going to be sacrificed by ownership

Jan 6, 2026 at 8:32 AM

#29888

CatchMaster80
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Giants are in Korea. Let's hope they can find some talent there. I doubt they went there just to eat kimchee.

Jan 10, 2026 at 5:22 AM

#29889

DertyDonahue
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Originally posted by DeepNinerValue:

Originally posted by DertyDonahue:
Guys that needed more development and made the adjustment: Matt Williams. Helios Ramos.
then the other side of the list…
bowker, schierholtz, meckler etc

Jonathan Sanchez never learned how to throw strikes, for example. Stuck in the bigs.
Hunter Strickland had hittable high velo stuff, stuck in the bigs.

Not sure what your point is but okay.

context was Luciano dfa'd by two teams in a month, and a typical lament regarding "development " being messed up by the coaches when a top prospect doesn't boom. few figure it out with more time, even if they own aaa however many times they get sent back. Luciano didn't even do that

but that is maybe a page back

not sure what your point is but okay

Jan 10, 2026 at 5:36 AM

#29890

DertyDonahue
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Originally posted by Niners99:

Originally posted by DertyDonahue:
Guys that needed more development and made the adjustment: Matt Williams. Helios Ramos.
then the other side of the list…
bowker, schierholtz, meckler etc

Jonathan Sanchez never learned how to throw strikes, for example. Stuck in the bigs.
Hunter Strickland had hittable high velo stuff, stuck in the bigs.

I mean, Jonathan Sanchez has the highest career K/9 in Giants history, so I feel like he learned to threw strikes effectively enough..

You watched him pitch?

I did, the games dragged.

he had great pitches. Horrible tempo. Lot of walks, bad misses. Seemed like a struggle to get 5 innings every start with 100 pitches. Maybe that's ineffectively wild compared to lincecum being effectively wild. sanchez had borderline ace stuff, command though- not his forte

i didn't realize he was a top that list. But maybe if he threw more strikes he could have been like Blake snell instead of just another backend rotation piece.

Jan 14, 2026 at 11:14 AM

#29891

CatchMaster80
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I heard some team reportedly offered Kyle Tucker $50 million per year. He's a good player but $50 mil? His numbers were likely inflated somewhat because he played in Houston which is an offense friendly park and then Chicago last season.

Jan 15, 2026 at 8:11 AM

#29892

CatchMaster80
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The Giants just signed another supposedly #1 prospect out of Venezuela. He's a 17 year old SS. Sound familiar?

Jan 15, 2026 at 1:02 PM

#29893

VaBeachNiner
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Couple of days old.

The San Francisco Giants are aggressively pursuing a second baseman and have been engaged with Chicago on Nico Hoerner and St. Louis on Brendan Donovan, sources tell ESPN. An infield of Matt Chapman, Willy Adames, Donovan or Hoerner and Rafael Devers would be among MLB's best.
— Jeff Passan (@JeffPassan) January 13, 2026

Jan 15, 2026 at 1:21 PM

#29894

FaTaL
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Dang, Luciano just got released by the Orioles

Jan 15, 2026 at 1:38 PM

#29895

CatchMaster80
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Originally posted by FaTaL:
Dang, Luciano just got released by the Orioles

He could be working as an Uber driver soon. Really kind of sad that a player once thought of so highly is bouncing around the league trying to find a home.