Spring Training 2025

[LHG]

Giants To Get Wade, Luciano Time In Outfield

The Giants will get LaMonte Wade Jr. more time in the outfield. Marco Luciano will move there permanently. Read more at MLB Trade Rumors.

www.mlbtraderumors.com

 

[LHG]

So much for Murphy being healthy.

Tom Murphy To Undergo MRI Due To Back Spasms

Veteran Giants catcher Tom Murphy is scheduled for an MRI due to back spasms that have slowed him entering Spring Training, Read more at MLBTR.

www.mlbtraderumors.com

 

[tzill]

The Giants have a bit of a roster redundancy with Wilmer Flores and Jerar Encarnación that will need to play out. Both are pretty defensively limited, right-handed hitters. Production will determine who gets the bulk of the at-bats at DH, but there may not be a ton of playing time for the one who does not, especially with how Bob Melvin uses the bench. When you start to map out the position players, the Giants probably want to keep another versatile player but are limited by having these two on the roster at the moment.

If LaMonte Wade Jr. is able to play in the outfield, it could open up a few more at-bats at 1B/DH, but that might be asking a lot from him.

 

[sf1giantfan]

Can’t Jerar also be our 4th outfielder?

 

[tzill]

Can’t Jerar also be our 4th outfielder?

Good lord no.

He's a clank mitt. Emergency 6th OF only.

 

[LHG]

The Giants have a bit of a roster redundancy with Wilmer Flores and Jerar Encarnación that will need to play out. Both are pretty defensively limited, right-handed hitters. Production will determine who gets the bulk of the at-bats at DH, but there may not be a ton of playing time for the one who does not, especially with how Bob Melvin uses the bench. When you start to map out the position players, the Giants probably want to keep another versatile player but are limited by having these two on the roster at the moment.

If LaMonte Wade Jr. is able to play in the outfield, it could open up a few more at-bats at 1B/DH, but that might be asking a lot from him.

I thought Flores and Wade make a good platoon match - at least from the side that they bat. I haven't looked at their splits to see if that works.

 

[tzill]

Tom Murphy’s MRI showed a mild oblique strain, he’ll be out 7-10 days. Sam Huff is the third catcher on 40-man roster if it gets to that point, with Max Stassi and Logan Porter also in camp.

 

[LHG]

Tom Murphy’s MRI showed a mild oblique strain, he’ll be out 7-10 days. Sam Huff is the third catcher on 40-man roster if it gets to that point, with Max Stassi and Logan Porter also in camp.

Wouldn't be surprised if Stassi makes it out of camp as the backup, with Huff dfa'd and Murphy on the IL. MLB teams generally don't seem to like have both catchers youngish so that is why I think Huff is gone (or at least not on the SF roster). Of course, Stassi's health is a major wild card as well. It is possible the Giants acquire a veteran backup at the end of camp too.

 

[tzill]

Jung Hoo Lee has never been much of a high-volume base stealer as a pro but that's one way for him to add value. He has the sprint speed to steal some bags and the Giants should want to challenge him to be more aggressive on the bases.

 

[tzill]

Opening day per MLB.com

 

[tzill]

Rotation per MLB.com

 

[msgkings322]

Opening day per MLB.com
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Watch out ‘27 Yankees. Well at least we made sure to have one of the best pitching staffs to maximize our advantages like we did in the title years

 

[tzill]

 

[tzill]

Grok simulates the Giants 2025 season:

 

[LHG]

Grok simulates the Giants 2025 season:

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Why am I already disappointed in the 2025 season?

 

[msgkings322]

Why am I already disappointed in the 2025 season?

89 wins and a wildcard berth would be a major win for this team. Problem is only one team gets to win it all

 

[LHG]

89 wins and a wildcard berth would be a major win for this team. Problem is only one team gets to win it all

I was responding to the last part of it, losing in 3 games in the Wild Card round. It was tongue in cheek.

 

[msgkings322]

I was responding to the last part of it, losing in 3 games in the Wild Card round. It was tongue in cheek.

Sure, same here, we're just yakking about the Giants. Just saying even a very good year where a team overperforms and gets into the playoffs (like 2021) ends badly if there's no title. Sports are harsh that way. As I've gotten older and my teams have been winning rings I have become better at enjoying seasons for their own sake even when they don't end with a ring, which is almost always

 

[tzill]

I'd take 89 wins right phuking now....am kind of excited to see what these guys do this year:

Jerar
Roupp
Winn
Fitz
Matos

Should be interesting.

 

[LHG]

I'd take 89 wins right phuking now....am kind of excited to see what these guys do this year:

Jerar
Roupp
Winn
Fitz
Matos

Should be interesting.

Seems like make or break years for Jerar, Winn and Matos (as is Luciano). I assume, unless they face plant hard, that Fitz and Roupp will have a little more rope.