Logan Webb texted his thoughts on joining what's turning into an all-time great Team USA pitching staff for the WBC. The Giants are less enthused, as you know, but they couldn't exactly stand in the way. And it's a comfort to know longtime SF trainer Dave Groeschner will be the head trainer for USA.

Now official: Giants acquired C Daniel Susac from Twins for teenage C Miguel Caraballo+cash. The Twins had taken Susac with the 4th pick in the Rule 5 draft from the A's and flipped him. Rule 5 provisions still apply to Susac, a 2022 1st-round pick who will compete to be Patrick Bailey's backup.

Congrats to Joe Buck on winning the Ford C. Frick Award. Duane Kuiper’s day will come.

Back in 2018, I wrote an in-depth history about the decision that a rookie GM made to trade away a franchise player. Brian Sabean got death threats for dealing Matt Williams. He also got Hall of Famer Jeff Kent. www.nytimes.com/athletic/720...

Going live with Glen Kuiper in a few! Join here: Live Tuesday 12/02/2025 at 6 PM PST! Kuiper & Baggarly on Giants Needs, Moves, and MLB Offseason Storylines youtube.com/live/TC0j7OB... via @YouTube

Interesting stuff via @andrewbaggarly.bsky.social -- it was always tough to see the Giants getting too involved in a big bidding war for Imai (especially with Boras attached) www.nytimes.com/athletic/685...

Cody Ponce is going to Toronto on a 3-year, $30 million deal that crushed industry estimates, via @ken-rosenthal.bsky.social . Giants were involved but market got beyond them. Jays moved quickly to replace Chris Bassitt and Max Scherzer with Dylan Cease and Ponce. Will one or both be SF-bound now? 🤔

I'd been hearing that Tony Vitello was trying to bring his Tennessee pitching coach, Frank Anderson, with him to San Francisco. Now Baseball America is reporting that it's going to happen. Justin Meccage and Anderson (father of former A's LHP Brett Anderson) will lead the Giants pitching staff.

The Giants didn't shield any eligible players from the Rule 5 draft by adding them to the 40-man prior to the reserve list deadline. The Giants are at 40 but had several DFA candidates. The bigger issue: former 1st rounders like Will Bednar, Reggie Crawford and Hunter Bishop haven't panned out.

My colleague Dan Hayes is reporting that the Twins are hiring Mark Hallberg to be their bench coach. Buster Posey had mentioned on Tuesday that several clubs were talking to Hallberg, his former college roommate, who had been a base coach under Gabe Kapler and Bob Melvin in SF.

The Giants are hiring Quentin Eberhardt as their new director of performance, according to Mike Wilson of the Knoxville News Sentinel. Eberhardt was the director of baseball sports performance at Tennessee and previously worked for the Cubs.

Terrific insights from our four MVP voters on why they went Judge or Raleigh. There really isn't a "right" answer. I just wish two Judge voters had flipped to Cal so they could've finished as co-MVPs. That would have been the most satisfying outcome, imo! www.nytimes.com/athletic/679...

As mentioned in last night’s story, and as our Mitch Bannon confirms, Toronto Blue Jays assistant hitting coach (and former minor league coordinator) Hunter Mense is joining Tony Vitello’s staff in San Francisco. www.nytimes.com/athletic/679...

Future HOF manager Bruce Bochy tells me he's content with taking the uniform off and rejoining the Giants in an advisory role. It took just 90 minutes at a Nashville restaurant with Tony Vitello to convince Bochy that Buster Posey made a smart hire to manage. www.nytimes.com/athletic/678...

Hearing that former Padres manager and Twins bench coach Jayce Tingler has agreed to join Tony Vitello's staff in San Francisco. Tingler and Vitello were college teammates at Missouri and have remained close friends, so this is a very predictable outcome.

The Giants have officially declined their $4m option on Tom Murphy. Just a totally unforced error of a signing by Farhan Zaidi. Murphy gets a 250k buyout.

Loving the conversation that's come out of Game 7 especially on the topic of IKF's baserunning. Really great, fun, thoughtful, and (mostly) respectful discussion. As Justin Turner+others have pointed out, a runner at 3B has a different level of aggressiveness when it's a force vs. tag play at home.

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It's such a privilege and thrill to cover Game 7 of the World Series. I'll always be grateful that I got to experience it. And I'm grateful for the Wayback Machine, since unfortunately, most of my work in 2012-14 for Comcast is no longer archived on their site. web.archive.org/web/20141102...

Logan Webb on Tony Vitello: "I'm super excited. I know the guys are super excited. I think it's going to be a healthy energy boost to our team and our clubhouse."

Tony Vitello will wear No.23.

Tony Vitello: "It is a dream come true but it is a very recent dream. As much as I'd love to sit up here and promise things and pound my fist on the desk, really all I want to do is to do a good job."

Buster Posey on Tony Vitello: "Tony's a teacher, he's a motivator, a tireless worker and somebody who knows how to build culture." Said he will impact more than the clubhouse but also the community and organization.

Talk about a perfect potential addition to Tony Vitello's staff. The Mets had the worst average sprint speed in MLB but created the second most baserunning runs (behind Milwaukee) and Richardson was a huge part of that. It's an area that's an imperative for the Giants (minus-6, 28th) to improve.

I guess only time will tell. www.barstoolsports.com/blog/3553886...

Drew Gilbert is just a little bit fired up (!!) about Tony Vitello managing the San Francisco Giants. Gilbert also can appreciate more than anyone just how much Vitello is leaving behind in Knoxville. Story: www.nytimes.com/athletic/674...

Drew Gilbert, as you might imagine, is just a little bit fired up today after his college coach became his major league manager (although he'll have to get used to not calling him "Coach Vitello" anymore):

Tremendous column from our Joe Rexrode, who witnessed the full Tony Vitello Experience™️ in Knoxville and writes about how his audacity will translate to Major League Baseball. www.nytimes.com/athletic/673...

Logan Webb reacts to the hiring of Tony Vitello: "I think Tony will bring a ton of energy and passion to our team and organization. As players we’re all excited to see what he brings to S.F."

Vitello will be introduced in a press conference Oct. 30. No terms were announced but we're hearing it's at least a three-year deal and possibly four.

The Giants have made the Vitello hiring official.

Within are exclusive comments from Max Scherzer, who has been close with Tony Vitello since they were at Mizzou. Plus reaction from U of Arizona coach/former DBacks manager Chip Hale, former UT player Ben Joyce, and what Pat Murphy said when asked about Vitello yesterday (via the NY Post podcast).

Breaking news story on the Giants being in agreement with Tony Vitello, making him the first head coach with no pro baseball experience to leap directly to a major league managerial position: www.nytimes.com/athletic/673...

Giants source confirms they will announce they are in agreement with Tony Vitello agreement to become their next manager. Huge move, huge day for the entire baseball industry.

Assuming Giants and Tony Vitello can agree to salary terms, there will be a lot of ripples to this news. Let's get ahead of one: If Max Scherzer wants to pitch next season, it'll be no surprise at all if he signs with the Giants. He and Vitello have a special relationship going back to Mizzou.

Breaking news from @ken-rosenthal.bsky.social, @brittghiroli.bsky.social and me: www.nytimes.com/athletic/672...

#Royals third base coach Vance Wilson interviewed for San Francisco’s managerial opening this month and is a candidate for the manager’s job in Minnesota, too, according to a source. Twins have him on their interview list.

Despite what some are speculating, I can report with confidence that the Giants have not sought to hire Stephen Vogt away from Cleveland, where he is under contract through 2026 (and likely about to receive an extension).

Buster Posey said he spoke to Bruce Bochy and told him that he doesn’t view him as a managerial candidate given the direction they want to go, but there will always be a role for him with the Giants if he wants it.

The Giants have relieved Bob Melvin of duties

Giants finish in the .500 doldrums, and Bob Melvin faces an uncertain future www.nytimes.com/athletic/667...

List of players to score 150+ runs in a season, post WWII: 1949 Ted Williams, 150 2000 Jeff Bagwell, 152 2025 Shohei Ohtani? (141 with 7+ to play)

Here's a gallery of the all-time leaders in winning percentage. Yeah, Clayton Kershaw is a little bit of a throwback.