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Catching prospect on SF taxi squad for SD series; Giants make series of roster moves May 1st, 2021 Share share-square-2529034 The Giants made several roster moves on Friday, but their decisions about the taxi squad for their final road trip before the Minor League season begins were equally intriguing. Included among the five players working out with the club this weekend in San Diego are catcher Joey Bart and pitching prospect Kervin Castro. Though they aren’t on the active roster as members of the taxi squad, manager Gabe Kapler said their presence at Petco Park is anything but a formalit...

share-square-166845 SAN FRANCISCO -- The Giants used their bullpen depth to shore up their outfield corps on Tuesday, acquiring Mike Tauchman from the Yankees in exchange for left-handed reliever Wandy Peralta and a player to be named later. Tauchman will give the Giants another left-handed-hitting outfielder while Mike Yastrzemski nurses a left oblique strain, but manager Gabe Kapler said he viewed the acquisition as more of a “long-term, high-quality add” rather than a move that was made in response to Yastrzemski’s injury. Yastrzemski is expected to miss five to six games, but the Gi...

Mets' Guillorme draws 22-pitch walk vs. Cards' Hicks With his New York Mets teammates cheering, dancing and going crazy in the dugout, Luis Guillorme stood at the plate for more than 10 minutes against rocket-armed St. Louis reliever Jordan Hicks, eventually drawing a 22-pitch walk Sunday. The Canadian Press This easily could be the most amazin' at-bat of the entire season. Yep, in a spring training game. With his New York Mets teammates cheering, dancing and going crazy in the dugout, Luis Guillorme stood at the plate for more than 10 minutes against rocket-armed St. Louis reliever Jordan Hi...

Yep, in a spring training game. With his New York Mets teammates cheering, dancing and going crazy in the dugout, Luis Guillorme stood at the plate for more than 10 minutes against rocket-armed St. Louis reliever Jordan Hicks, eventually drawing a 22-pitch walk Sunday. “It’s pretty cool,” Guillorme said. Guillorme took a called strike on the first pitch, then swung and missed at the second. Quickly down 0-2, the backup infielder wound up hitting 16 foul balls -- nine in a row with a full count. Pete Alonso, Michael Conforto and the rest of the Mets got more and more animated with every ...

Giants play Cactus League debut in front of fans: 'Nice to see some live humans' FacebookTwitterEmail 6 1of6Richard Hutchinson, left, and Tammie Farris, center, get a cheer from a security worker as they enter the stadium before the San Francisco Giants played the Los Angeles Angels at Scottsdale Stadium in Scottsdale, Ariz., on Sunday, February 28, 2021.Carlos Avila Gonzalez / The ChronicleShow MoreShow Less 2of6Scottsdale fire department medics stand in the sparsely filled stadium as the San Francisco Giants played the Los Angeles Angels at Scottsdale Stadium in Scottsdale, Ariz...