The future could be very bright for the Giants at one position. San Francisco's farm system, which is not rated highly by most prospect evaluators, does have one potential crown jewel in first baseman Bryce Eldridge. The Athletic's Keith Law released his annual top-100 prospects list ahead of the 2025 MLB season and provided his scouting report on Eldridge, who he ranked as the 29th-best prospect in baseball.

The future could be very bright for the Giants at one position. San Francisco's farm system, which is not rated highly by most prospect evaluators, does have one potential crown jewel in first baseman Bryce Eldridge. The Athletic's Keith Law released his annual top-100 prospects list ahead of the 2025 MLB season and provided his scouting report on Eldridge, who he ranked as the 29th-best prospect in baseball.

The future could be very bright for the Giants at one position. San Francisco's farm system, which is not rated highly by most prospect evaluators, does have one potential crown jewel in first baseman Bryce Eldridge. The Athletic's Keith Law released his annual top-100 prospects list ahead of the 2025 MLB season and provided his scouting report on Eldridge, who he ranked as the 29th-best prospect in baseball.

The future could be very bright for the Giants at one position. San Francisco's farm system, which is not rated highly by most prospect evaluators, does have one potential crown jewel in first baseman Bryce Eldridge. The Athletic's Keith Law released his annual top-100 prospects list ahead of the 2025 MLB season and provided his scouting report on Eldridge, who he ranked as the 29th-best prospect in baseball.

In the 2018 MLB draft, the San Francisco Giants believed they had found their contingency plan for star catcher Buster Posey. A legendary player for the franchise, the team knew that he wasn't going to be behind the plate forever, and someone would have to step into that role eventually. Replacing a player of Posey's caliber is not an easy thing to do, but it was the former Yellow Jackets star who was going to receive the first shot at doing exactly that. Encouragingly, he performed at a high level when back at Triple-A the next year, but each time he played with the Giants, he struggled to find consistency.

The future could be very bright for the Giants at one position. San Francisco's farm system, which is not rated highly by most prospect evaluators, does have one potential crown jewel in first baseman Bryce Eldridge. The Athletic's Keith Law released his annual top-100 prospects list ahead of the 2025 MLB season and provided his scouting report on Eldridge, who he ranked as the 29th-best prospect in baseball.

The reigning World Series champs just had an A+ offseason as they go for back-to-back titles.

The San Francisco Giants are looking to break through in the crowded NL West, and earlier in the offseason, they made one of the biggest signings in free agency by bringing in shortstop Willy Adames on a seven-year, $182 million contract after a few fruitful seasons with the Milwaukee Brewers. Adames is expected to bring power production and above-average defense at shortstop, being one of their biggest run producers amid the team's continued bid not to lag too far behind the Los Angeles Dodgers. The Giants, however, despite their willingness in recent seasons to splurge on the best talent available in the free-agent market (they were in on Shohei Ohtani before he decided to sign with the Dodgers), have been a few steps behind their opposition, unable to attract the kind of game-changing talent that would scare their peers in the NL West.

The San Francisco Giants have signed veteran third baseman Jake Lamb to a minor league contract, the New York Post's Jon Heyman reported Monday evening. Per Heyman, the deal includes an invitation to the Giants' big league Spring Training camp, which gets underway in February. If he makes the MLB roster at any point, he will lock in a $1 million salary for the 2025 season.

It has been a tough road as of late for the San Francisco Giants. The once proud franchise has missed the playoffs in seven of the last eight seasons and outside of an outlier 107-win season in 2021, they have largely not been competitive lately after winning three World Series banners in five years to kick off the 2010s. To make matters that much worse, their most hated rival — the Los Angeles Dodgers — are the toast of baseball. The Dodgers just claimed their second World Series title since 2020 and don't appear to show any signs of slowing down, approaching this offseason with relentless drive to get even better and chase another ring.

Comparison is the thief of joy, as they say. San Francisco, as it prepares for the 2025 MLB season, along with 28 other teams, will look to compete with the reigning World Series champion Los Angeles Dodgers, even if the talent gap between the two iconic franchises is wider than it has been in years.

Comparison is the thief of joy, as they say. San Francisco, as it prepares for the 2025 MLB season, along with 28 other teams, will look to compete with the reigning World Series champion Los Angeles Dodgers, even if the talent gap between the two iconic franchises is wider than it has been in years.

Comparison is the thief of joy, as they say. San Francisco, as it prepares for the 2025 MLB season, along with 28 other teams, will look to compete with the reigning World Series champion Los Angeles Dodgers, even if the talent gap between the two iconic franchises is wider than it has been in years.

Comparison is the thief of joy, as they say. San Francisco, as it prepares for the 2025 MLB season, along with 28 other teams, will look to compete with the reigning World Series champion Los Angeles Dodgers, even if the talent gap between the two iconic franchises is wider than it has been in years.

Comparison is the thief of joy, as they say. San Francisco, as it prepares for the 2025 MLB season, along with 28 other teams, will look to compete with the reigning World Series champion Los Angeles Dodgers, even if the talent gap between the two iconic franchises is wider than it has been in years.

Comparison is the thief of joy, as they say. San Francisco, as it prepares for the 2025 MLB season, along with 28 other teams, will look to compete with the reigning World Series champion Los Angeles Dodgers, even if the talent gap between the two iconic franchises is wider than it has been in years.

Comparison is the thief of joy, as they say. San Francisco, as it prepares for the 2025 MLB season, along with 28 other teams, will look to compete with the reigning World Series champion Los Angeles Dodgers, even if the talent gap between the two iconic franchises is wider than it has been in years.

Justin Verlander's on-field impact with the Giants likely will last just one season, but his influence on San Francisco's young arms could last entire careers. The Giants signed the three-time Cy Young Award winner to a one-year, $15 million contract earlier this month, and entering his 20th MLB season, the soon-to-be 42-year-old Verlander not only has an opportunity to prove he still has something left in the tank, but a chance to mentor a handful of young Giants pitchers who are expected to contribute to a crowded starting rotation throughout the 2025 season and for years to come. One of those young arms is 23-year-old left-handed pitcher Kyle Harrison, who made 23 starts for the Giants in 2024 and is looking to pick up a nugget or two from the future Hall of Famer.

Justin Verlander's on-field impact with the Giants likely will last just one season, but his influence on San Francisco's young arms could last entire careers. The Giants signed the three-time Cy Young Award winner to a one-year, $15 million contract earlier this month, and entering his 20th MLB season, the soon-to-be 42-year-old Verlander not only has an opportunity to prove he still has something left in the tank, but a chance to mentor a handful of young Giants pitchers who are expected to contribute to a crowded starting rotation throughout the 2025 season and for years to come. One of those young arms is 23-year-old left-handed pitcher Kyle Harrison, who made 23 starts for the Giants in 2024 and is looking to pick up a nugget or two from the future Hall of Famer.

Justin Verlander's on-field impact with the Giants likely will last just one season, but his influence on San Francisco's young arms could last entire careers. The Giants signed the three-time Cy Young Award winner to a one-year, $15 million contract earlier this month, and entering his 20th MLB season, the soon-to-be 42-year-old Verlander not only has an opportunity to prove he still has something left in the tank, but a chance to mentor a handful of young Giants pitchers who are expected to contribute to a crowded starting rotation throughout the 2025 season and for years to come. One of those young arms is 23-year-old left-handed pitcher Kyle Harrison, who made 23 starts for the Giants in 2024 and is looking to pick up a nugget or two from the future Hall of Famer.