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Giants, Nationals at forefront to sign Mark Melancon [report]
It looks like Giants general manager Bobby Evans is trying to come through on his repeated claims that signing a big-name closer is priority number one this offseason.
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Giants offer contracts to six arbitration-eligible players
The San Francisco Giants continued their trend of avoiding arbitration hearings, offering contracts to all six of their arbitration-eligible players on Friday evening, and agreeing to one-year deals with two of them.
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Despite Bobby Evans’ claims, Giants exploring all avenues for power outfield bat [report]
Giants general manager Bobby Evans told KNBR that the club was not pursuing a big name outfielder, but a multitude of reports on Thursday and Friday seem to be refuting that claim.
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Will Clark to be considered in Hall of Fame vote
Clark, along with 10 other former players, managers and executives including Mark McGwire, will be reconsidered for Cooperstown this weekend by a 16-person panel of experts dubbed the “Today’s Game Era Committee.” Nominees need to receive at least 75 percent of the vote from the committee to earn induction into the baseball Hall of Fame.
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Giants add former All-Star pitcher to coaching staff [report]
Though they haven’t made any additions to the roster so far this offseason, the Giants have been fairly active when it comes to their coaching staff. That trend continued on Thursday, with Scott Miller of Turner Sports reporting the club’s acquisition of former All-Star pitcher Bob Tewksbury, who will act as the Giants’ mental performance…
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The Audible: What does the new CBA mean for the MLB All-Star Game?
The MLB All-Star Game no longer determining home-field advantage in the World Series is the biggest change to come from the signing of a new collective bargaining agreement on Wednesday. Drew Hoffar, Kevin Frandsen and Rudy Ortiz from KNBR 1050’s The Audible share their thoughts on the change, and the All-Star Game in general.
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A compilation of Buster Posey walking away before the umpire calls a strikeout
Buster Posey is a very good catcher. So good, in fact, that sometimes he doesn’t need the umpire to tell him what is a strike and what isn’t.
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How home-field advantage has affected the Giants in the World Series
With today’s big news that Major League Baseball will no longer determine World Series home-field advantage by which league wins the All-Star game, it got us thinking about how the Giants have been affected by the home field advantage in the World Series over the years. After all, San Francisco has been in the fall…
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Brandon Crawford named to U.S. provisional roster for World Baseball Classic [report]
Crawford was named to Team USA’s provisional roster for the 2017 World Baseball Classic on Thursday, according to a report by MLB Networks’ Jon Morosi.
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Bobby Evans: Giants not targeting free-agent outfielder, ‘comfortable’ with Williamson and Parker in 2017
Giants general manager Bobby Evans joined Garry and Larry on Thursday morning.