A lack of Minor League Baseball in 2020 hurt pretty much every baseball prospect, but you could certainly make a case that it hurt 2019 draft picks the most, as they were preparing for their first full season of professional baseball. So it’s fair to wonder where a player like first baseman Logan Wyatt — the San Francisco Giants second-round pick in 2019 — would land on the 2021 Willie McCovey Memorial Community Prospect List in a more normal year with more normal development.

Hello and happy Wednesday. And happy inauguration day. The San Francisco Giants have made some decent starting pitching moves this offseason, re-signing Kevin Gausman while adding Alex Wood and Anthony DeSclafani.

There are new developments on Tuesday in a controversial political donation by the principal owner of the San Francisco Giants. The Chronicle reports that Charles B. Johnson wants a $5,600 donation to Congresswoman Lauren Boebert to be returned. Boebert has been criticized for tweeting the location of Speaker Nancy Pelosi during the violent Jan. 6 insurgence at the U.S. Capitol.

Alex Wood knew he was a good fit with the Giants dating back to last winter when he chose to sign with the Dodgers because he figured it was the best path to a World Series ring. He was right. This year, the World Series champ preferred a home in a rotation, which the Giants - and not the pitching-deep Dodgers - could provide.

It all worked out for Wood, who tossed four shutout innings in the 2020 World Series en route to earning a ring, but as he looked back on decision Tuesday, he realized he took quite a gamble. On a personal and individual level, it was a decision as far as setting myself up to make more money and things like that, the smarter decision would have been for me to go and be able to post every fifth day for sure in San Francisco,” Wood said.

The Giants gave Alex Wood a one-year deal last week, finally signing a starter Farhan Zaidi has always liked.

Buster Posey returns to a franchise that's quickly turning the page from the three-title era, but he's feeling good about where he's at and hopeful about the future.

After a year off to take care of twin daughters his family adopted last summer, Posey is returning to uncertainty for the first time in his career. "It's kind of appropriate for the time, I guess. It's the way it's felt for everyone for a year now," Posey said over the phone last week.

But Rosenthal noted that while Bart’s name has come up, the Giants are not actively shopping him. The Giants, like most clubs, are open to virtually all trade possibilities, and some in the industry speculate that Bart could bring them a controllable starting pitcher in return. But while Bart’s name is surfacing in discussions – the Indians mentioned him when the Giants inquired about Francisco Lindor, and the losers of the J.T. Realmuto sweepstakes are among the others that might have interest ...

The Giants do not have a great history of signing expensive free-agent closers. Armando Benitez, anyone? More recently, how about Mark Melancon?

Giants owner Charles B. Johnson, criticized by many of the team’s fans for supporting Rep. Lauren Boebert, said Monday night he asked for his and his wife’s donations to be returned. In a statement released by the Giants, Johnson said he and his wife, Ann, also will request refunds from others who “engaged in similar behavior. Boebert, a freshman House Republican from Colorado, has expressed her support for the QAnon conspiracy theory group and tweeted about the location of House Speaker Nancy P...

For the second straight year, the San Francisco Giants have three prospects in Baseball America’s top 100. And for the second straight year, those three prospects are shortstop Marco Luciano, catcher Joey Bart, and outfielder Heliot Ramos, in that order. Luciano rose in the rankings, climbing up from No.

So far the 2021 Wille McCovey Memorial Community Prospect List has pretty closely mirrored the 2020 list, which makes sense given the lack of Minor League Baseball least season. With 18 San Francisco Giants prospects ranked, five players have already appeared in the same spot where they were ranked last season, with another seven players within a single spot of where they clocked in a year ago.

Hello and happy Monday. And happy Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Recently Baseball America released a fun, albeit silly exercise that they do every year: try to predict lineups many years in advance.

Hello and happy Monday. And happy Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Recently Baseball America released a fun, albeit silly exercise that they do every year: try to predict lineups many years in advance.

Here’s general manager Scott Harris’ scouting report, from his appearance on The Chronicle’s Giants Splash podcast, on the seven newcomers: Starting pitcher Anthony DeSclafani (free agent, $6 million): “The first thing you notice about Anthony is he has a big arm, which should give us three starters with DeSclafani, Gausman and (Tyler) Beede, when he’s back, who can touch the upper 90s with their four-seam fastballs. I think that’ll create some margin for error.

Even with the Wood signing, the Giants are thin on rotation depth and should keep looking to upgrade. Add a left-handed outfielder Right-handed pitchers gave the Giants fits last year, and Zaidi has gone on record saying the team was short a left-handed bat all season. An outfielder with the ability to play center would be ideal, and Jackie Bradley Jr. comes to mind as a realistic option.

Even with the Wood signing, the Giants are thin on rotation depth and should keep looking to upgrade. Add a left-handed outfielder Right-handed pitchers gave the Giants fits last year, and Zaidi has gone on record saying the team was short a left-handed bat all season. An outfielder with the ability to play center would be ideal, and Jackie Bradley Jr. comes to mind as a realistic option.

Hello and happy Sunday. Over the weekend, the San Francisco Giants agreed to a deal with right-handed reliever Reyes Moronta. That left just one of the Giants tendered players without a contract: second baseman Donovan Solano.

And he made another empty statement about not wanting his politics to have any association with his baseball team. My contributions are mine alone and are not associated in any way with the San Francisco Giants,” Johnson wrote. Well, yeah, they are.