Turning a triple play is hard enough in Major League baseball. Getting one in spring training almost feels impossible. But the San Francisco Giants pulled it off on Sunday at Scottsdale Stadium against the Chicago Cubs, and it’s one of the stranger triple plays one will see.
Blade Tidwell got two lucky breaks in 2025. He was traded to the San Francisco Giants, and he got a new manager, one he’s quite familiar with. On Saturday, he got his first chance to pitch for his new manager, Tony Vitello, and his new team, in a spring training game against the Seattle Mariners.
The San Francisco Giants turned one of the most bizarre triple plays imaginable during their spring training game against the Chicago Cubs on Sunday. The Cubs put two on with nobody out in the game at Scottsdale Stadium in Scottsdale, Az.
The San Francisco Giants are just beginning their exhibition game schedule at spring training, which isn’t even at the halfway point. Assembling a pitching staff is a tall task.
After opening up the offense in Saturday’s spring training opener, the San Francisco Giants will open their home slate at Scottsdale Stadium against the Chicago Cubs on Sunday.
The 2026 MLB season is right around the corner, and it is never too early to start thinking about how it might unfold. Seemingly, every year, we have a decent handle on who should contend and who is likely to struggle, which makes looking ahead to the trade deadline inevitable.
The San Francisco Giants found themselves down five runs after the first inning but rallied to beat the Seattle Mariners, 10-5, in their spring training opener on Saturday afternoon in Peoria Ariz.
San Francisco Giants manager Tony Vitello managed his first spring training game in the big leagues on Saturday. Vitello, the Tennessee Vols' head baseball coach from 2017 to 2025, saw his team get down 5-0 in the first inning against the Seattle Mariners on Saturday in Cactus League action.
Spring Training is a funny time. It’s funny for a lot of reasons, but it’s funny first and foremost because games aren’t binary. In the postseason, you either win or you lose; there’s no in between.
Willy Adames entered last season, his first with the San Francisco Giants, with high expectations and in many ways he delivered. He signed a seven-year deal worth $182 million, which broke a franchise record set by Giants president of baseball operations Buster Posey.
The San Francisco Giants made Luis Arraez their top addition of the offseason after signing a one-year, $12 million contract earlier in the month. Adding the three-time batting champion completes a superstar-filled infield for the Giants this year.
The San Francisco Giants shook the baseball world when they traded for Rafael Devers. The deal didn’t pay off with a playoff berth. But president of baseball operations Buster Posey and general manager Zack Minasian saw it as a long-term play.
The new MLB season brings opportunities as players head into their walk years and try to rebound from subpar performances. These 25 players stand out heading into 2026.
Luis Arraez is a throwback to the way baseball used to be played. Instead of trying to drive the ball in the air and looking for extra base hits while being unafraid to strike out, Arraez wants to get base hits and hit more than .300.
Carson Whisenhunt’s taste of Major League Baseball was brief last season. The San Francisco Giants hope he sticks around for opening day. For that to happen, there are areas where he must improve.
This is the second season the San Francisco Giants will build their opening day roster under the leadership of president of baseball operations Buster Posey.
The San Francisco Giants are a team driven by aggressiveness under president of baseball operations Buster Posey. The former Giants catcher has wasted no time putting his imprint on the franchise.
We’re so close to two very pivotal things! The start of baseball, and the end of the Willie McCovey Memorial Community Prospect List. On Saturday, the San Francisco Giants play their first Cactus League game of the year.
Former Tennessee Vols baseball coach Tony Vitello went viral earlier this week after he opened a media session by questioning when reporters first learned that he was taking the San Francisco Giants' manager job.
The San Francisco Giants' top pitching prospect from last year is generating some buzz early in spring training. Carson Whisenhunt, San Francisco's No.
The cameras are not doing Rafael Devers any favors during Spring Training. Major League Baseball’s official X account posted a video of the San Francisco Giants slugger Devers taking grounders on Thursday ahead of the team’s spring opener on Saturday against the Seattle Mariners.
Longtime Oakland manager Bob Melvin has rejoined the Athletics as a special assistant in baseball operations. Melvin, 64, "will serve as an adviser to the front office on baseball matters," the team announced on Thursday.
San Francisco Giants manager Tony Vitello, the fan favorite former Tennessee Vols baseball coach, has had an eventful week. Vitello has been the victim of a media firestorm this week that arose simply because the former Tennessee coach spoke his mind about some reporting from last fall that he didn't agree with.
Saying that an organization has a good problem sounds like an oxymoron, but that’s exactly where the San Francisco Giants currently sit with their first base situation.
The San Francisco Giants enter Spring Training 2026 facing rotation questions that could define their season. Camp in Scottsdale will reveal how stable the staff truly is, and no player carries more uncertainty than Hayden Birdsong.