With their sixth loss in their last seven games, the Giants’ playoff ambitions have all but evaporated. In short, they are four games back of the New York Mets for the third and final NL wild card spot (essentially five due to the tiebreaker) with eight games remaining.

Despite splashy additions of Willy Adames, Rafael Devers, the Giants will finish around .500 for 5th time in past 6 years.

That leaves around $60 million to go before hitting the first CBT threshold of $244 million for next season. Kawakami asked Flemming if that amount of money could lead the Giants to go after either an outfielder or a trade for a player with a big salary. Flemming said yes but sounded extremely cautious because of one big factor.

The stakes entering Tuesday were simple: If the Giants lost and the Mets won, they would be mathematically eliminated from postseason contention. Webb began his night by allowing three runs, and the Mets wrapped up a win as the Giants entered the bottom of the third trailing 3-0.

Buster Posey finds his new manager in a fiery 47-year-old who led the Tennessee Volunteers to the College World Series title in 2024.

The Philadelphia Eagles will now head into a much-needed bye week 6-2 after a 38-20 victory over the New York Giants.

At other points in the roughly two-hour show, Patteson said Drew Gilbert, the former Tennessee star who provided the Giants a big spark as a rookie, was being somewhat “selfish” for reportedly trying to help his former coach land the job with the Giants. He also made reference to a classic conservative talking point about the City by the Bay.

The 26-year-old Bailey joins Ke’Bryan Hayes (’23) and Daulton Varsho (’24) as the only players to win Fielding Bible Defensive Player of the Year since the award’s inception in 2023. He is the first catcher to win the award.