The Warriors unenthusiastically engaged in a few sign-and-trade discussions, but a source says they're now out on those talks and that Jonathan Kuminga will be on the team this season. What this means and also my simple compromise proposal. sfstandard.com/2025/08/04/jon…

Giants will be getting a look now at Jerar Encarnacion, who has returned to the roster, while Luis Matos has been optioned back to Triple-A.

New "North & South" episode with Dylan Hernández -- the listeners asked for this: special guest Henry Schulman BLUE CHECK MARK renews his jousting with Dylan and much more. -Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/40HH7U… -Apple: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/nor…

Can’t describe what it means to fill-in for this man, with this team. Keep sending love and support to Greg until we are all lucky enough to have him back.

How the Giants evaluate the 7 prospects they acquired at the trade deadline sfstandard.com/2025/08/06/sf-…

AP Exclusive: MLB is promoting Jen Pawol to be the league's first female umpire. apnews.com/article/mlb-fe…

In May 2024, Annie Gaus (is on mat leave) and I investigated animal abuse allegations against a Bay Area horseback riding company. Today, Santa Clara County announced animal cruelty charges against an employee at the company. sfstandard.com/2025/08/07/cha…

“I haven’t heard anything about that, I’m not sure, I don’t think it’s something I’ll be doing this year”: Bryce Eldridge to a manolo hernandez d. question Thursday in Sacramento about if the #SFGiants have asked him to play in Winter Ball as young 1B Brandon 🟧 Belt did with the

When Jen Pawol called longtime big league ump Chris Guccione to tell him she was going to make history as a member of his crew this weekend, he started “yelling with excitement.” “Let’s go!” he said. Indeed. washingtonpost.com/sports/2025/08…

The kindhearted Chris Haft, a former Giants beat writer and good friend to many, is having a tough time covering out-of-pocket medical expenses in his battle with Parkinson’s disease. His daughters set up a GoFundMe page to help support him. gofundme.com/f/support-chri…

The Cooperstown vibes and Barry Bonds’ complex candidacy for the Hall of Fame: sfstandard.com/2025/08/08/bar…

Giants promote outfielder Drew Gilbert from Triple-A Sacramento to replace Jerar Encarnacion, who went on injured list. Daniel Johnson DFA’d.  The 5-9 Gilbert arrived from Mets in Rogers trade, plays all three OF spots, could find himself in the Yastrzemski role.

Gilbert starting in right field tonight.

“I thanked the fans. Great energy tonight. We appreciate that. You can feel the impact.” The Giants' Drew Gilbert era begins with a win and hope for the future in the outfield sfstandard.com/2025/08/09/dre…

Justin Verlander is poised to enter one of baseball's most exclusive clubs as early as today at Oracle Park (it’s quite a list), and he’s pitching his best ball of the season — 0.60 ERA in last three starts: sfstandard.com/2025/08/10/jus…

In this story, Verlander said he’d like to keep pitching after this season -- “The ball’s rolling in the right direction, and I would like to continue pitching. You never know. It’s a fickle game too, but I think the stuff is still there.”

“Those names are the real deal. You appreciate the time and history behind certain numbers.” Justin Verlander just reached 3,500 strikeouts, one of 10 big-league pitchers to do so. Here are his thoughts on that and who’s next on the list; sfstandard.com/2025/08/10/jus…

Meantime, across town …

Padres now 14-8 since ASG including 11-3 since “world-is-ending” four-game losing streak in Miami and St. Louis. Now second in West (2 back of LA) and Wild Card races (4.5 ahead of Reds for final spot) with next two weeks against Giants (7) and Dodgers (6).