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For the first time since 2009, when Buster Posey and Madison Bumgarner were prospects,...

Giants ink 34 prospects on first day of international signing period FacebookTwitterEmail San Francisco Giants president of baseball operations Farhan Zaidi speaks during a news conference at Oracle Park in the Nick Peters interview room on Tuesday, October 1, 2019 in San Francisco, CA.Lea Suzuki / The Chronicle The Giants announced the signings of 34 international prospects, including touted Venezuelan shortstop Diego Velasquez, as the signing period began Friday. Velasquez, 17, signed a $1 million deal with the Giants, according to MLB.com. The Giants had a bonus pool of $5,348,100 for this...

Until they're 21. >> yeah, i think that's good. i think that's a good adjustment. 21, it seems like the right age these days. i have no problem with that. >> well, we appreciate what you and the mets and major league baseball is doing. we will support you in it. i will find out for our viewers where we can buy those hats. you can go to mlb.com, my executive producer tells me. mlb.com is where you will be able to buy or bid on the players signed hats, stoneman douglas hats. what a way to show encouragement to this movement that i have to tell you, something we haven't seen the likes of in a lon...

19-2 record this season, leading the league with a 1.66 e.r.a. greinke leaves more than $70 million on the table opting out. >> i think he'll be all right. >> you're just lik tt guy, too, the $70 milli in. >> greinke. he's going to be a $100 million man soon. >> very good for him. and finally, remember royals' shortstop alcides he says escobar's inside-the-park home run ime one of the world ries? the memorabilia sold for more than $19,000. it's the highest price paid for a game-used ball purchased on mlb.com -- or rather the highest price was nearly 29 grand. and that was for the ball used i...

Steadily fallen. last year's series was the lowest rated series ever. that's the chart on the right. andrew mccutchen says the sport is dying in economically challenging communities. he laments few kids idolize baseball players the way he once did. major league baseball teams know it has problems keeping people's attention. they instituted new rules including a batter keep one foot in the batter box. with young people and people of color increasingly tuning out, many say it has to do more if they want to reclaim the mantle of america's past time. joining me to discuss this chicago tribune edit...