Eduardo Nunez goes from backup to All-Star to traded, as the Twins send the veteran infielder to the Giants.
The season is getting on in days. The corn is getting overripe, the kids are getting sick of midday TV, the fields have turned into kindling. Have the catchers become exhausted?
The Giants flail their way to a win, Carlos Martinez matches a career record, and Yoan Moncada puts on a show at the Futures Game.
Do 37 different deliveries make for a better pitcher?
There is no pitcher like Johnny Cueto, and he’s danged good to boot.
The improbably predictable Giants.
The 2010 Giants are back, sort of. Meanwhile, Noah Syndergaard continues his takeover of the world, while Joe Kelly flashes great stuff.
What did we learn about various players and teams this month? Less than we’ll learn in the next one.
Trevor Story can’t stop hitting home runs, Vince Velasquez nearly pulls off a no-hitter, and Bartolo Colon resurrects the panache of Willie Mays.
Tim Lincecum’s showcase remains somewhere down the road. Meanwhile, James Loney might be coming to a town near you and Trevor Story might be coming to a ROY race near you.
Ruben Tejada is released, Johnny Cueto is rattled, and Adam LaRoche is retired.
The baseball missteps of of a sitcom reboot.
You can plan a pretty picnic but you can’t predict Almonte. Meanwhile, the Cubs have balked at a long extension for Jake Arrieta, and Tim Lincecum’s unemployment shows why.
When Johnny Cueto makes his first start for the Giants, it will end a very unusual streak in San Francisco.
The Giants outbid their big-spending divisional rivals (the Diamondbacks).
Imagining a world where Barry Bonds got the Jim Thome treatment.
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