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The San Francisco Giants knew just how crucial their four-game set against the Atlanta Braves was going to be for their playoff hopes. The Braves are their direct competitor for a playoff spot after all. Alas, the Braves won the first three meetings thanks to dominant pitching in the first two games and some incredible […]

Try as the San Francisco Giants might to hang in the playoff race, losses like the 11-5 defeat they suffered against the Washington Nationals on Tuesday won’t help matters whatsoever. The Giants could not have started the game off on a much better note; they scored four in the top of the first inning courtesy […]

There is not much hope for the San Francisco Giants to reach the postseason. Bob Melvin does not quite have the firepower on defense to rival NL West squads like the Los Angeles Dodgers, San Diego Padres, and Arizona Diamondbacks. So, it looks like a lot of teams are looking at an angle to pick […]

It hasn’t been easy sledding for the San Francisco Giants lately and that stung even more following the death of franchise icon Willie Mays last week. The Giants have played through several tributes for Mays over the last week but struggled, losing five in a row on the road. As it turns out, a trip […]

Thursday night’s game between the San Francisco Giants and St. Louis Cardinals at Rickwood Field in Birmingham, Ala., is loaded with rich baseball history. Not only did the late Giants legend Willie Mays play there, but outfielder Mike Yastrzemski’s family did, too. San Francisco manager Bob Melvin even asked Yastrzemski if he wanted to play […]

The San Francisco Giants took on the Texas Rangers on Saturday night for their opening game of the series. San Francisco took home the win, giving them their 31st win on the season. However, all eyes were on managers Bob Melvin and Bruce Bochy, as the two have quite the history together. Melvin was the […]

San Francisco Giants pitcher Blake Snell has had a rough go of it so far in the 2024 MLB season. After already spending time on the injured list back in April, the two-time Cy Young award winner is headed to the IL again after prematurely ending his start for the Giants on Sunday against the New York Yankees […]

The San Francisco Giants are on a free fall. On Tuesday, they failed anew to break out of a slump, as they suffered an 8-5 loss in the second game of their three-leg set on the road versus the Arizona Diamondbacks. San Francisco manager Bob Melvin feels that he’s seen enough, and he let everyone […]

The San Francisco Giants are currently one of the worst pitching teams in Major League Baseball with a team ERA of 4.50. On Friday, it was announced that Bob Melvin’s team decided to pick some pitching help in the form of a player who once pitched for California teams San Diego and Oakland, Drew Pomeranz. […]

The Oakland Athletics have been the talk of the town in the MLB, as the franchise is eventually going to move to Las Vegas. But before that happens, the club will be playing Sacramento for two or three seasons. Now, former manager, Bob Melvin, breaks his silence on what’s going on in Oakland. Melvin, who […]

Bob Melvin replaced Gabe Kapler as the manager of the San Francisco Giants this past offseason. Melvin is set to bring his manager prowess to San Francisco in hopes of leading the Giants back to the postseason. He’s also making some eye-opening non-baseball decisions. Melvin is reportedly requiring everyone in the Giants dugout to stand […]

The San Francisco Giants are trying their best to reach the peak of baseball immortality for the 2024 MLB season. The first step in their pursuit was acquiring Mark Williams and placing him on the staff led by Bob Melvin. But, huge things are on the horizon as they are setting their sights on both […]

Bob Melvin is rounding out his coaching staff after getting hired as the next San Francisco Giants’ manager. As announced by the team on Friday, Ryan Christenson is taking over as the bench coach, Matt Williams will be the next third base coach, and Pat Burrell is set to be SF’s new hitting coach. All […]

The San Diego Padres are in search of a new manager after Bob Melvin took over as skipper of the San Francisco Giants. And while there appears to be some logical internal candidates for the Padres, they’re also looking elsewhere. The organization has interviewed ex-Los Angeles Angels manager Phil Nevin for the job opening, as […]

Bob Melvin left the San Diego Padres to manage the San Francisco Giants. Both National League teams fell short of making the MLB Playoffs. However, the latest MLB rumors hold that Melvin wanted to trade star left-fielder Juan Soto amid the Padres’ middle-of-the-road season. Would trading Juan Soto have caused Bob Melvin to stay with […]

The San Francisco Giants held a press conference to announce their new hire, Bob Melvin, as the team’s next manager. The injection of new blood in the franchise’s leadership was accompanied by a re-commitment to its current front office, as president of baseball operations Farhan Zaidi received a contract extension. Zaidi’s contract will now take […]

The San Diego Padres are set to interview Ryan Flaherty and Mike Shildt to replace manager Bob Melvin, according to Dennis Lin of the Athletic. ‘Mike Shildt is expected to interview for the Padres’ managerial opening tomorrow, sources tell me and @Britt_Ghiroli. Ryan Flaherty’s interview is scheduled for Friday.’  Flaherty, a former infielder with the […]

The San Francisco Giants hired former San Diego Padres manager Bob Melvin to take over for Gabe Kapler. The move isn’t a huge surprise as Melvin was the favorite to take over the Giants’ vacant position. Melvin leaves San Diego after two seasons with the Padres and one playoff appearance. He opened up about departing […]

Could Bob Melvin become the new manager of the San Francisco Giants? The buzz has intensified especially after the Giants made an important announcement on Tuesday, per The Athletic’s Andrew Baggerly. “Just got this advisory: ‘Giants to hold press conference tomorrow to make big announcement.’ (I do not think this is about the Cruise uniform […]

The San Francisco Giants missed the playoffs and decided to part ways with manager Gabe Kapler. Now, the Giants are headed towards hiring San Diego Padres manager Bob Melvin after he was allowed to interview with the team, per Andrew Baggarly of The Athletic. ‘After a swift interview process, they are poised to announce the […]

In a somewhat stunning turn of events, it appears the San Diego Padres are going to need a new manager with incumbent Bob Melvin interviewing for the San Francisco Giants job. It would be an unexpected way to lose a manager, but the Padres seem willing to move on from Melvin after just two seasons. […]

The San Francisco Giants are currently searching for a new manager after parting ways with Gabe Kapler. It appears that they have found a lead candidate without going outside of the National League Division, with the San Diego Padres giving manager Bob Melvin permission to interview for the said job opening in the Bay Area, […]

After a managerial career that spanned more than a quarter of a decade, Cleveland Guardians skipper Terry Francona is finally deciding to call it quits. In 11 seasons with the Cleveland franchise, Francona led the team to six playoff appearances, including a World Series appearance in 2016. During this stretch, Francona had just two losing […]

The San Diego Padres entered the 2023 season with a ton of expectations after going to the NLCS in the 2022 postseason. However, they finished the year with an 82-80 record and missed out on the playoffs despite a world of talent on the roster, and there are a lot of people to blame. As […]

The San Francisco Giants are in a weird spot. Their recent dismissal of Gabe Kapler suggests they have big ambitions, but the current roster does not really support that notion. Furthermore, retaining president of baseball operations Farhan Zaidi after he failed to make the necessary moves to build a postseason-caliber roster just adds more confusion […]

While the MLB doesn’t exactly have its own version of the NFL’s “Black Monday” – where a siege of coaches get the boot immediately after the regular season ends – there are typically plenty of managerial openings that pop up throughout the month of October. The San Francisco Giants got the ball rolling this year, […]

There are certain times when optics are so bad that credentials and circumstances cease to matter. No excuse will be enough to justify the massive shame that ownership is feeling, due to its wildly miscalculated expectations. Humiliation often demands retaliation, fair or not. The 2023 San Diego Padres (79-80) are one of the biggest failures […]

The San Diego Padres have officially hit rock bottom and are losing hope quickly. After a sweep against the Milwaukee Brewers, the Padres enter Monday eight games back of a Wild Card spot, and the offense has been so bad that there is basically no hope left. After the loss on Sunday, Padres manager Bob […]

The San Diego Padres are doing whatever it takes to earn a Wild Card spot amid a disappointing season. Yet, somehow, they are still alive, and Fernando Tatis Jr. is one of the reasons why the train won’t stop churning. On Wednesday against the Baltimore Orioles, Tatis had a magical steal of home plate that […]

Much of the San Diego Padres’ disastrous 2023 season can be traced to the team’s poor performance in close games. The Padres are winless in 10 extra-inning games. San Diego owns an MLB-worst 6-19 record in one-run games. It’s an area in which Padres manager Bob Melvin believes he’s failed his team. In Bob Melvin’s […]

The San Diego Padres will look to complete a three-game series sweep of the Los Angeles Angels at home Wednesday night, but they might have to do it without closer Josh Hader seeing action on the mound. Hader has pitched in the first two games of the series, so that’s two days in a row […]

The San Diego Padres were expected to be a serious World Series title contender before the 2023 MLB season. But it’s hard to tell that was the case based on where Fernando Tatis Jr. and company are at the moment — second to last in the National League West division. Their frustration grew bigger Sunday […]

San Diego Padres manager Bob Melvin, who was ejected for arguing a catcher’s violation call on Gary Sanchez in the fifth inning of Wednesday’s loss to the San Francisco Giants, was not pleased with the umpires after the game. Speaking to reporters after the contest, Melvin called it “one of the worst calls I’ve seen […]

The San Diego Padres fell to 27-32 with a 7-1 loss to the Chicago Cubs, as the team’s inconsistency continues to be a theme in the 2023 season, and manager Bob Melvin spoke on the team’s inability to go on a winning stretch. “It seems like we’re about to turn a corner, and then we […]

Manny Machado is eligible to come off of the injured list for the San Diego Padres on Friday when they face the New York Yankees in the Bronx, but Bob Melvin said that it would be tough for him to play in New York this weekend, as he still deals with a fractured bone in […]

The San Diego Padres are off to a forgetful start to the 2023 season. Sitting at 21-26, the Padres are playing well below expectations and their star-studded lineup hasn’t helped the cause much this season. The Padres have the worst team batting average in the league, hitting for a .222 average. They’ve scored the second-fewest […]

For the first time since late April, the San Diego Padres are sitting at the .500 mark. The Padres dropped to a 19-19 record on the season following their 5-3 road defeat to the Minnesota Twins on Thursday. San Diego built a 3-2 lead in the contest, but its mere one hit with runners in […]

The San Diego Padres were fighting for their season in the top of the ninth inning on Sunday night. With a runner on first and second with one out, Padres manager Bob Melvin reached into his bag of tricks and had batter Trent Grisham bunt. To some extent, the move worked. The two runners advanced […]

The Philadelphia Phillies shut the door on the San Diego Padres in the 2022 NLCS in just five games, using a comeback win in Game 5 to secure the series victory. The decisive moment of the game came via a Bryce Harper home run, as the Phillies star gave them a late 4-3 lead which […]