Two months ago it looked like Blake Snell would probably return to the San Francisco Giants. The Athletic's Jim Bowden believes Snell will opt out and ranked the left-hander No. 5 in his Top 50 free agents entering the offseason. A season after Snell found nothing but disappointment in free agency, Bowden believes the 31-year-old, two-time Cy Young winner will get the deal he's looking for this time around.

As the San Francisco Giants continue making their push for a Wild Card spot, one of their past pitchers is reportedly going to make his Major League return after he wasn't picked up in free agency before the start of this season. Former Giants All-Star Johnny Cueto is expected to have his contract selected by the Los Angeles Angels according to MLB insider Hector Gomez of Z101 Digital. Nothing has been formally announced by the team, but the thought is he's going to replace injured Jose Soriano in the rotation after he was placed on the 15-day IL. 16-year veteran last pitched in the MLB with the Miami Marlins in 2023, posting a 6.02 ERA across 13 appearances and 10 starts with the majority of those outings coming in the second half of the year.

If the Boston Red Sox could make a major splash in the starting lineup this upcoming offseason they certainly would be considered contenders in the American League in 2025. Boston is loaded with exciting, young talent and has overachieved in 2024. The Red Sox were expected to finish towards the bottom of the American League East standings but their young talent has stepped up despite a plethora of high-impact injuries and are right in the mix for an American League Wild Card spot. There's a lot to like about Boston right now and adding another high-level starter could put them over the top.

Matt Chapman hit his 20th home run, Kyle Harrison pitched six strong innings, and the San Francisco Giants beat the Chicago White Sox 5-3 on Monday night. Harrison (7-5) allowed one run and five hits, striking out five and walking two as the Giants limited their opponent to three runs or fewer for the fifth straight game.

The San Francisco Giants are hoping they can find some late-season magic to get into the playoffs. Entering Tuesday, the Giants trail the Atlanta Braves by 3.5 games for the final spot in the playoffs as only the New York Mets have a better record among those National League teams who are on the outside looking in. According to Andrew Baggarly of The Athletic, the Giants are shutting down reliever Randy Rodriguez for two weeks after he was diagnosed with a a flexor strain over the weekend.

The injury-plagued Atlanta Braves have sustained another major blow, announcing Monday that third baseman Austin Riley will miss at least the rest of the regular season after breaking his right hand. Riley was struck Sunday by a 97 mph fastball from Los Angeles Angels starter Jack Kochanowicz in the first inning of Atlanta's 3-1 victory. Riley will miss six to eight weeks, which knocks him out through the regular season and likely into the playoffs should the Braves qualify. Atlanta held a 1 1/2-game lead over the New York Mets for the final wild-card spot heading into a three-game series against the NL East-leading Philadelphia Phillies that begins Tuesday.

SAN FRANCISCO — Brooks Baldwin squared around, looking to advance runners in the third inning of Monday’s game against the San Francisco Giants at Oracle Park. The Chicago White Sox second baseman placed a perfect bunt between the mound and home plate and beat pitcher Kyle Harrison’s throw to first. The hit loaded the bases for the Sox with no outs. With the top of the order due up, the Sox ...

The Chicago White Sox will call upon pride and the inspiration of two local talents when they continue a three-game road series against the playoff-contending San Francisco Giants on Tuesday night. The win allowed the Giants to move within 3 1/2 games of the final wild-card National League spot. The White Sox, who were mathematically eliminated from the American League playoff race over the weekend, took the field Monday with a goal of impacting the postseason picture over the final six weeks of the season. "There's always something to play for," interim manager Grady Sizemore noted.

The San Francisco Giants are trying to stay alive for the postseason by racking up wins against the worst teams in the MLB. First, they defeated the Oakland Athletics 4-2 on Monday, and now, the Giants beat the Chicago White Sox 5-3 for a quick two-game win streak that put them at 64-63, good enough for fourth place in the National League West. “Patrick Bailey called his side tightness 'very, very minor' and that he was a precautionary scratch,” as reported by Andrew Baggarly on X, formerly Twitter.

Chicago White Sox (30-96, fifth in the AL Central) vs. San Francisco Giants (64-63, fourth in the NL West) San Francisco; Tuesday, 9:45 p.m. EDT PITCHING PROBABLES: White Sox: Davis Martin (0-1, 3.00 ERA, 1.39 WHIP, 17 strikeouts); Giants: Robbie Ray (2-2, 6.00 ERA, 1.33 WHIP, 30 strikeouts) : LINE Giants -250, White Sox +204; over/under is 8 runs BOTTOM LINE: The Chicago White Sox look to end their three-game skid with a victory against the San Francisco Giants. San Francisco is 37-27 at home and 64-63 overall. The Giants are 31-47 in games when they have given up at least one home run. Chicago has a 30-96 record overall and a 12-52 record in road games. The White Sox have a 9-26 record in games

The Giants didn't miss a beat with backup catcher Curt Casali stepping in for Patrick Bailey during San Francisco's 5-3 win over the Chicago White Sox on Monday at Oracle Park.

SAN FRANCISCO -- - Matt Chapman hit his 20th home run, Kyle Harrison pitched six strong innings and the San Francisco Giants beat the Chicago White Sox 5-3 on Monday night. Harrison (7-5) allowed one run and five hits, striking out five and walking two as the Giants limited their opponent to three runs or fewer for the fifth straight game. San Francisco moved within 3 1/2 games of the idle Atlanta Braves for the final NL wild-card spot.

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Matt Chapman hit his 20th home run, Kyle Harrison pitched six strong innings and the San Francisco Giants beat the Chicago White Sox 5-3 on Monday night. Harrison (7-5) allowed one run and five hits, striking out five and walking two as the Giants limited their opponent to three runs or fewer for the fifth straight...

The San Francisco Giants rode a strong start from Kyle Harrison to a 5-3 victory over the Chicago White Sox on Monday at Oracle Park that nudged them back above .500.

Back in the lineup Monday night for the first time in three weeks, Thairo Estrada provided the Giants just the jolt they were seeking. Estrada's one-out single was the first of five consecutive Giants hits in a four-run fifth inning that provided all the cushion required to hand the White Sox their league-worst 96th loss of the season, 5-3. With Ryan Walker unavailable after pitching two innings in Sunday's win over the A's, manager Bob Melvin called on Jordan Hicks to record his first save since moving back to the bullpen.

Back in the lineup Monday night for the first time in three weeks, Thairo Estrada provided the Giants just the jolt they were seeking. Estrada's one-out single was the first of five consecutive Giants hits in a four-run fifth inning that provided all the cushion required to hand the White Sox their league-worst 96th loss of the season, 5-3. With Ryan Walker unavailable after pitching two innings in Sunday's win over the A's, manager Bob Melvin called on Jordan Hicks to record his first save since moving back to the bullpen.

After one of the Giants' first games of the season, Bob Melvin sat in his office in the bowels of Petco Park and raved about the potential All-Star season their second baseman had ahead of him. It hasn't panned out that way for Thairo Estrada, who was activated from the injured list before Monday's series opener against the White Sox, but perhaps not coincidentally the 28-year-old from Bejuma, Venezuela, will tell you that was the last time he was at full health. “First of all I'm very happy to be back,” Estrada said through team interpreter Erwin Higueros. Before a sprained left wrist sidelined him for the past three weeks, Estrada was batting .216/.249/.353 — a .601 OPS — and on pace for career lows in almost every offensive category.

A day after saying farewell, Matt Chapman and Mark Canha each still had a piece of the Oakland Coliseum with them. On the top shelf of Canha's locker back in home clubhouse at Oracle Park, there was a mini gatorade bottle filled halfway up with dirt, which he scooped up from around home plate after the Giants' 4-2 win in their final game at the 58-year-old multipurpose venue on the other side of the San Francisco Bay. Chapman's keepsake took up too much real estate to reside in his locker stall.

A day after saying farewell, Matt Chapman and Mark Canha each still had a piece of the Oakland Coliseum with them. On the top shelf of Canha's locker back in home clubhouse at Oracle Park, there was a mini gatorade bottle filled halfway up with dirt, which he scooped up from around home plate after the Giants' 4-2 win in their final game at the 58-year-old multipurpose venue on the other side of the San Francisco Bay. Chapman's keepsake took up too much real estate to reside in his locker stall.

The San Francisco Giants, fresh off beating one of baseball's worst teams, will face baseball's worst team, the Chicago White Sox, in a three-game series that starts on Monday at Oracle Park. The Giants (63-63) just wrapped up the Bay Bridge series with the Oakland Athletics, winning Sunday's finale, 4-2. It was San Francisco's last visit to the Coliseum, as the A's will move to Sacramento next year. The weekend was filled with nostalgia, but the Giants extracted a series split with a 4-2 win on Sunday that featured a 10-strikeout game from starter Blake Snell and extra-inning home runs from Jerar Encarnacion and Michael Conforto.