The San Francisco Giants have received a lot of negative feedback about how they handled their pitching staff this offseason. Two-time Cy Young Award winner Blake Snell opted out of his contract, hitting free agency after one year with the team.

Ray’s second Cactus League start was an encapsulation of the 33-year-old veteran at his best. He touched 96 mph with his fastball. He generated whiffs with his changeup, a pitch he learned from last year’s AL Cy Young Award winner, Tarik Skubal. He filled up the zone, landing 29 strikes on 36 pitches.

The San Francisco Giants added future Hall of Famer Justin Verlander this offseason for a number of reasons. The first is to solidify their rotation with the most storied starting pitcher that's still active in the league.

Will a future Hall of Famer bounce back for the San Francisco Giants after perhaps the worst season of his professional career?

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — The San Francisco Giants are anticipating that this will be the year when left-hander Robbie Ray recaptures his Cy Young Award-winning form on the mound. The guy who caught Ray’s dazzling three innings in Sunday’s exhibition knows better than most: Sometimes you just have to wait for it.

New president of baseball operations Peter Bandix has stripped the roster to the foundation, trading three-time batting champion Luis Arráez last May; infielder Jazz Chisholm Jr., starting pitcher Trevor Rogers and relievers Tanner Scott and A.

Justin Verlander struck out one and allowed a solo home run while pitching two innings in his spring training debut for the San Francisco Giants.

All the Tarik Skubal trade talk was supposed to have died last summer. But instead of swapping pitchers, Skubal found himself swapping pitches this offseason, from one Cy Young Award winner to another,

Skubal the Detroit Tigers’ ace, had just won the 2024 American League Cy Young Award, the changeup being ... League play on Tuesday afternoon as the Giants lost to the recently-departed A ...