Official San Francisco Giants Thread (stadium, MVP, star, tickets)

[echo7tango]

Thank you Buster Posey. This has been your team and we wish you well.

Buster Posey is the last of the ‘core 8’ players who were on all three championship teams, 2010, 2012, and 2014. They are:

Buster Posey
Pablo Sandoval

Tim Lincecum
Madison Bumgarner

Jeremy Affeldt
Santiago Casilla
Javier Lopez
Sergio Romo

[RMESMH]

MLB.com - 17 Bold Free Agent Predictions

1. Carlos Correa will sign with the Tigers.
2. Corey Seager will sign with the Yankees.
3 The Giants will sign Max Scherzer AND (the AND in all caps on MLB.com) Justin Verlander.
4. Trevor Story will sign with the Astros.
5. Kris Bryant will sign with the Rangers.
6. Marcus Semien will sign with the Mariners.
7. Freddy Freeman will resign with the Braves.
8. Clayton Kershaw will resign with the Dodgers.
9. Chris Taylor will sign with the Phillies.
10. Nick Castellanos will sign with the Marlins.
11. Starling Marte will sign with the Guardians.
12. The Mets will keep their dudes (Baez, Stroman, Syndergaard, and Contorto)
13. Kyle Schwarber will sign with the Cardinals
14. Robbie Ray will sign with the Angels.
15. Kevin Gausman will sign with Blue Jays.
16. Carlos Rodon will resign with the White Sox.
17. The Twins will bring back Nelson Cruz.





Where will the NY Post's top 40 free agents go, and for how much:

1. Carlos Correa - Astros to Tigers - 10 years - $350 million
2. Corey Seager - Dodgers to Rangers - 10 years - $305 million
3. Freddy Freeman - Stays with the Braves - 6 years - $200 million
4. Max Scherzer - Stays with the Dodgers - 3 years - $110 million
5. Marcus Semian - Blue Jays to Yankees - 5 years - $140 million
6. Robbie Ray - Stays with the Blue Jays - 5 years - $125 million
7. Trevor Story - Rockies to Astros - 5 years - $110 million
8. Kevin Gausman - Stays with the Giants - 5 years - $110 million
9. Javier Baez - Stays with the Mets - 7 years - $150 million.
10. Starling Marte - A's to Mets - 3 years - $75 million.
11. Kris Bryant - Giants to Mariners - 6 years - $140 million
12. Chris Taylor - Dodgers to Giants - 5 years - $100 million
13. Marcus Stroman - Mets to Astros - 5 years - $100 million
14. Clayton Kershaw - Stays with the Dodgers - 3 years - $80 million
15. Nelson Cruz - Rays to Mariners - 1 year - $11 million
16. Nick Castellanos - Reds to Guardians - 5 years - $85 million
17. Brandon Belt - Stays with the Giants - 3 years - $70 million
18. Kyle Schwarber - Stays with the Red Sox - 5 years - $80 million
19. Justin Verlander - Astros to Yankees - 1 year - $20 million
20. Kyle Seager - Mariners to Rangers - 3 years - $35 million
21. Carlos Rodon - Stays with the White Sox - 5 years - $75 million
22. Anthony DeSclafani - Stays with the Giants - 1 year - $18.4 million
23. Raisel Inglesias - Stays with the Angels - 4 years - $60 million
24. Michael Conforto - Mets to Phillies - 6 years - $140 million
25. Zack Greinke - Astros to Padres - 1 year - $13 million
26. Eduardo Rodriguez - Stays with the Red Sox - 1 year - $18.4 million
27. Anthony Rizzo - Stays with the Yankees - 2 years - $32 million
28. Aaron Loup - Stays with the Mets - 3 years - $27 million
29. Kenley Jansen - Dodgers to Phillies - 3 years - $40 million
30. Noah Syndergaard - Stays with the Mets - 1 year - $18.4 million
31. Mark Melancon - Stays with the Padres - 2 years - $20 million
32. Avisail Garcia - Brewers to Royals - 2 years - $30 million
33. Steven Matz - Blue Jays to Twins - 3 years - $36 million
34. Jon Gray - Rockies to Blue Jays - 3 years - $36 million
35. Brett Gardner - Yankees to Marlins - 1 year - $4 million
36. Seiya Suzuki - Japan to Marlins - 3 years - $21 million
37. Andrew Chafin - A's to Yankees - 3 years - $21 million
38. Rich Hill - Mets to Angels - 1 year - $6 Million
39. Corey Kluber - Yankees to Retirement
40. Albert Pujols - Dodgers to Cardinals - 1 year - $3 million

[Hannah5555]

Originally Posted by echo7tango

Thank you Buster Posey. This has been your team and we wish you well.

Buster Posey is the last of the ‘core 8’ players who were on all three championship teams, 2010, 2012, and 2014. They are:

Buster Posey
Pablo Sandoval

Tim Lincecum
Madison Bumgarner

Jeremy Affeldt
Santiago Casilla
Javier Lopez
Sergio Romo

[echo7tango]

WE GET SWEPT BY THE D-BACKS? REALLY???

We’ve lost 7 in a row on this road trip. Something is seriously wrong. Especially after last season’s 107 wins. What do you think it is?

(sigh)

[echo7tango]

Thank you Sergio Romo

GO GIANTS!! And then there was one…

https://imgur.com/a/BTGkygx

Thank you Sergio Romo for your contributions to the San Francisco Giants dynasty of 2010, 2012, and 2014. With your retirement last night, only one player remains active out of the ‘Giants Core 8’, the eight players who played in all 3 World Series: Madison Bumgarner. The other seven have finished their playing careers.

There was the Core 8, and yet there is a ninth player* who has all three rings. Can you name him? See the end of this post.

The Core 8 by last name and position are:
Posey Sandoval Lincecum Bumgarner Affeldt Casilla López and Romo.

The first to retire was Jeremy Affeldt. By dates of their last games, here are the Core 8:

● #40 LHP Madison Bumgarner (remains active)
● #54 RHP Sergio Romo — last game 2022-07-14; final appearance 2023-03-27 (spring training game)
● #28 C Buster Posey — last game 2021-10-03
● #48 3B Pablo Sandoval — last game 2019-09-01
● #46 RHP Santiago Casilla — last game 2018-07-13
● #49 LHP Javier López — last game 2016-09-29
● #55 RHP Tim Lincecum — last game 2016-08-05
● #41 LHP Jeremy Affeldt — last game 2015-10-04

* — the ninth player to have all three World Series rings is #18 RHP Matt Cain. He did not play in the 2014 postseason but he received a 2014 World Series ring. Matt Cain finished the 2014 season on the disabled list after having surgery on 11 August 2014 to remove bone chips in his pitching elbow. Anticipating this, the Giants picked up former NL West nemesis Jake Peavy on 26 July 2014.

■ #18 RHP Matt Cain — last game 2017-09-30

Thank you to Sergio Romo. GO GIANTS!!

#sergioRomo #sanFranciscoGiants #SFGiants #foreverAGiant #busterPosey #timLincecum #madisonBumgarner #pabloSandoval #jeremyAffeldt #santiagoCasilla #javierLópez #mattCain

[RMESMH]

Giants are hanging in there.

If the season ended today (8/12/23), the Giants would make the postseason .

They're currently in second position among the three Wild Card spots.

[Gerania]

Oops.

[RMESMH]

End of play Tuesday 8/29/23.....

Giants now hold the third/last Wild Card spot in the NL (would again...after slipping out....qualify for the playoffs if the season ended now).

They're a half a game ahead of Arizona.

And they're only one game behind the Cubs re the second Wild Card spot.

[echo7tango]

I love the back-to-back pitching performances!

[RMESMH]

As of the end of all 9/10 games....

The Giants are still hanging in there.

Four teams are competing for the third and last Wild Card spot.

Only 1.5 games separate the first team from the fourth team, and the Giants are third out of those four teams.