The San Francisco Giants are coming off a short two-game series against the San Diego Padres, where they lost both contests. SF will now begin a four-game series vs the Colorado Rockies. Ahead of Thursday night's game against Colorado, the Giants placed infielder Tyler Fitzgerald on the 10-day IL with a rib fracture. A major reason why Bob Melvin's squad is performing well is because they have been healthy.

San Francisco Giants general manager Zack Minasian has been impressed with the seasons Kyle Harrison and Carson Whisenhunt have had thus far in Triple-A Sacramento. If both pitchers keep it up, they could force the Giants' front office into making a tough decision about bringing them to the big leagues. Minasian would like nothing more.

The San Francisco Giants' strength over the first month of the 2025 MLB season has been their pitching staff. To remain in the mix for a playoff spot the offense has some things to figure out, such as their power outage at Oracle Park. Anchoring that starting rotation is Logan Webb, one of the most reliable aces in baseball. A true workhorse, he has made at least 32 starts in four consecutive years coming into 2025.

On paper, the Giants look like the better team. So why does this four-game series feel like a trap?

Managers and players will spend the entire season spouting the same cliches ahead of their matchups with the Colorado Rockies. Everyone will say all the right things, but the reality in this division is that it's mandatory to win every series against the last-place Colorado Rockies, and it might be borderline necessary to sweep them. The Giants are back home for four against the Rockies, who have just five wins in their first 30 games. Colorado has been swept five times already, including by both the Los Angeles Dodgers and San Diego Padres, with the latter being a string of three straight shutouts at Petco Park earlier this month.

The three-time Cy Young Award winner, just 38 victories shy of joining the 300-win club, will make his seventh start of the 2025 season on Thursday night when the Giants open a four-game series with the visiting Colorado Rockies. The 42-year-old Verlander (0-2, 4.99 ERA), who signed a one-year, $15 million free-agent contract with San Francisco following an injury-plagued 5-6 campaign with the Houston Astros, has pitched well enough to win his past two starts.

Colorado Rockies (5-25, fifth in the NL West) vs. San Francisco Giants (19-12, third in the NL West) San Francisco; Thursday, 9:45 p.m. EDT PITCHING PROBABLES: Rockies: Kyle Freeland (0-4, 5.93 ERA, 1.45 WHIP, 23 strikeouts); Giants: Justin Verlander (0-2, 4.99 ERA, 1.40 WHIP, 28 strikeouts) BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Giants -245, Rockies +201; over/under is 7 1/2 runs BOTTOM LINE: The San Francisco Giants start a four-game series at home against the Colorado Rockies on Thursday. San Francisco has a 9-4 record in home games and a 19-12 record overall. The Giants have gone 9-4 in games when they record at least eight hits. Colorado has gone 1-14 in road games and 5-25 overall. The Rockies have gone

WINNIPEG Goldeyes infielder Dayson Croes has a new baseball home after signing with the MLB's San Francisco Giants on Wednesday. It's the second time in the last 11 months that Croes received a serious look from a Major League organization.

The signs are there, particularly with Mike Yastrzemski, who played the two games at Petco Park with stubble on his chin. The next time Yastrzemski and the Giants take the field, it will be Mustache May, and some in the lineup are desperate for the calendar to turn. April was a good month for the Giants, a surprise contender early on, but it wasn't kind to everyone. The Giants essentially have nine regulars in their lineup, and they all have been healthy.

The signs are there, particularly with Mike Yastrzemski, who played the two games at Petco Park with stubble on his chin. The next time Yastrzemski and the Giants take the field, it will be Mustache May, and some in the lineup are desperate for the calendar to turn. April was a good month for the Giants, a surprise contender early on, but it wasn't kind to everyone. The Giants essentially have nine regulars in their lineup, and they all have been healthy.

The signs are there, particularly with Mike Yastrzemski, who played the two games at Petco Park with stubble on his chin. The next time Yastrzemski and the Giants take the field, it will be Mustache May, and some in the lineup are desperate for the calendar to turn. April was a good month for the Giants, a surprise contender early on, but it wasn't kind to everyone. The Giants essentially have nine regulars in their lineup, and they all have been healthy.

The signs are there, particularly with Mike Yastrzemski, who played the two games at Petco Park with stubble on his chin. The next time Yastrzemski and the Giants take the field, it will be Mustache May, and some in the lineup are desperate for the calendar to turn. April was a good month for the Giants, a surprise contender early on, but it wasn't kind to everyone. The Giants essentially have nine regulars in their lineup, and they all have been healthy.

SAN DIEGO — The Giants flew into San Diego with the second-best record in baseball. They return to San Francisco with the third-best record in the division, suffering a two-game sweep at the hands of the Padres after losing, 5-3, on Wednesday at Petco Park. So goes life in baseball's toughest division. Similar to Tuesday's loss, the Giants (19-12) fell behind early Wednesday but refused to go quietly. They trailed, 5-1, after Landen Roupp allowed four runs over 4 1/3 innings and the Padres scored another in the sixth. Roupp allowed an RBI single to Tyler Wade in the second on a curveball, then a first-pitch solo shot to Elias Díaz to lead off the third. He left the game after allowing three straight

Tyler Fitzgerald brought two torpedo bats with him to San Diego. In the fifth inning of Tuesday's 7-4 loss to the San Diego Padres, Patrick Bailey and Fitzgerald strung together back-to-back singles with Fitzgerald's torpedo-shaped models — both of which shattered. Fitzgerald's inventory is down to zero for the time being, but he will receive a shipment from Louisville Slugger in several weeks. Bailey is ordering two of his own as well.

Tyler Fitzgerald brought two torpedo bats with him to San Diego. In the fifth inning of Tuesday's 7-4 loss to the San Diego Padres, Patrick Bailey and Fitzgerald strung together back-to-back singles with Fitzgerald's torpedo-shaped models — both of which shattered. Fitzgerald's inventory is down to zero for the time being, but he will receive a shipment from Louisville Slugger in several weeks. Bailey is ordering two of his own as well.

The Winnipeg Goldeyes are losing the services of all-star infielder Dayson Croes. The Goldeyes announced on Wednesday his contract has been transferred to the Major League's San Francisco Giants after two seasons with the Fish. “The entire Goldeyes organization would like to congratulate Dayson and thank him for his two seasons in Winnipeg,” said general manager Andrew Collier in a media release.

Elias Diaz homered, singled and scored twice to help the San Diego Padres complete a two-game sweep of the visiting San Francisco Giants with a 5-3 victory on Wednesday afternoon. Fernando Tatis Jr. had three hits and scored a run in the leadoff spot, and Luis Arraez had two hits, a run scored and an RBI for the Padres, who won the series opener 7-4 on Tuesday. Padres starter Michael King (4-1) allowed one run and three hits over 5 2/3 innings, striking out six and walking one.

Elias Díaz homered and scored twice, and Fernando Tatis Jr. had three hits for the San Diego Padres, who beat the San Francisco Giants 5-3 Wednesday for a two-game sweep. The Padres leapfrogged the Giants into second place behind the Los Angeles Dodgers in the ultra-competitive NL West. Díaz homered on a line shot to left off Landen Roupp (2-2) leading off the third for a 2-0 lead.

Through one month of the MLB season, four of the best squads in MLB reside in the same division.

Winnipeg Goldeyes infielder Dayson Croes has a new baseball home after signing with the MLB's San Francisco Giants on Wednesday. “First and foremost, just thrilled for him,” said Goldeyes field manager Logan Watkins, who has previously expressed that Croes belongs in a Major League organization. It's the second time in the last 11 months that Croes received a serious look from a Major League organization. “I was kind of anticipating hardly having him much at all this year,” Watkins added.