Story updated with Tony Vitello’s contract details – three years, $3.5 million a year with a vesting option for a fourth year.

Padres seem to win every offseason and every trade deadline but don't win in October and then bring in new managers every two years. Maybe they should try what the Rangers successfully tried three years ago and hire Bruce Bochy, who has experience turning teams into champions.

RIP to a baseball lifer/icon, Sandy Alomar Sr., father of Roberto and Sandy Jr. Beyond 15-year playing career, he served as long-time coach and in '80s was together with sons in Padres organization, always extremely helpful and kind to this scribe for which I was always grateful.

Big opener from @sfstandard.com's new sports podcast, "Section 415," hosted by ... I forget his name, but he talked to Buster Posey.

Buster Posey on Bruce Bochy managing in SF: "I talked to Boch a couple of days ago and told him where we are currently ... the door's always open here for some sort of role, but the way things are coming into the picture in my mind ... I don't see us going that route with Boch."

Willie Mays auction has generated more than $5 million so far for the Say Hey Foundation

Final Giants lineup of year Heliot Ramos - LF  Willy Adames - SS Rafael Devers - DH Matt Chapman - 3B Wilmer Flores - 1B Jung Hoo Lee - CF Patrick Bailey - C Christian Koss - 2B  Drew Gilbert - RF RH Logan Webb

Justin Verlander spectacular again, seven scoreless innings and another no decision as Giants score all their runs in the 11th to beat Diamondbacks 5-1, snapping losing streak at four. Now a four-gamer at Dodger Stadium. Ten left.

One of my first Standard columns was a sitdown with ... Jonathan Kuminga to discuss a resolution to his Warriors career as he headed into last season. Guess we're still waiting on that one. sfstandard.com/2024/09/20/j...

Oops I almost forgot: I think today is the one-year anniversary of my first @sfstandard.com column. I don't even want to count how many I wrote over these 365 days. But it's the best place to be and it's only getting better.

With the Giants’ pitching staff running on fumes, Trevor McDonald was called up from AAA Sacramento, Keaton Winn optioned.

Buster Posey on calling up Bryce Eldridge during the stretch drive: “I think he has the type of personality where he’ll embrace this environment. He’s not going to be a guy that’s going to shy away from having some really big at-bats for us.”

Bryce Eldridge said Bob Melvin told him he will DH against right-handers. He’ll continue his pregame reps at first base every day.

Bryce Eldridge era begins tonight. He'll wear No. 78. Luis Matos optioned to Sacramento, Brett Wisely DFA'd.

Chapman said there was no hearing. He had a case ready to go, but it was unnecessary. Simply paying fine like others ejected that day. It probably helped that he missed a full game anyway, since fracas in Denver happened top of first inning.

Matt Chapman suspension dropped.

Bingo

Happy 101st birthday to one of my favorite people on the planet, Bill Greason, Willie Mays' teammate on 1948-49-50 Black Barons and American hero three times over: fought in Battle of Iwo Jima, first African American pitcher on Cardinals, pastor in Birmingham more than 50 years.

Rafael Devers' liner into the seats down the right-field line in Denver was basically out of the park before he could get out of the box, off the bat at 114.5 mph, hardest-hit homer by a Giant since Statcast started measuring these things. Joey Bart had previous high, 114.3 mph.

More Giants injury news: Carson Whisenhunt to injured list with back strain. Kai-Wei Teng gets another call to majors.