When taking a look at the San Francisco Giants' offensive production thus far in the 2025 MLB regular season, there are some areas the team would love to improve in. The only statistic they are comfortably inside the top half of the league in is walks, drawing 171 thus far, ranking ninth in the MLB. How have they been able to go 29-20 to this point, sticking right with the Los Angeles Dodgers and San Diego Padres in the National League West with such an inconsistent offense?

What happened today in team history?

Ace pitcher Logan Webb took the brunt of the punishment Wednesday as the Giants fell 8-4 to the Kansas City Royals to conclude a nine-game homestand. The Giants took another body shot after the game when it was revealed starting pitcher Justin Verlander will go on the injured list and miss at least two starts with a pectoral irritation. Verlander was affected by the injury in his previous start against the Athletics, throwing four innings, topping out at 93 miles per hour and struggling with his location, walking five batters. The injury, Verlander said, was unelated to a nerve injury in his neck that cost him two months of the 2024 season.

SAN FRANCISCO — How long can the Giants keep this up? They have a middling offense and defense (both ranked 18th by FanGraphs' metrics), which seem to be fading further by the day. Their big, flashy, and super-expensive free-agent signing, Willy Adames, is 12 percentage points worse than a league-average hitter and is the single worst defensive shortstop in the game (he had another error Wednesday.) They're striking out nearly as often as the Chicago White Sox. Justin Verlander is yet to register a win as a Giant and is going on the shelf with a pectoral injury. On top of that, manager Bob Melvin has already made a rotation change that had nothing to do with injury. And yet the Giants are stalking

Ace pitcher Logan Webb took the brunt of the punishment Wednesday as the Giants fell 8-4 to the Kansas City Royals to conclude a nine-game homestand. The Giants took another body shot after the game when it was revealed starting pitcher Justin Verlander will go on the injured list and miss at least two starts with a pectoral irritation. Verlander was affected by the injury in his previous start against the Athletics, throwing four innings, topping out at 93 miles per hour and struggling with his location, walking five batters. The injury, Verlander said, was unelated to a nerve injury in his neck that cost him two months of the 2024 season.

Salvador Perez had three hits, including a two-run homer, Bobby Witt Jr. and Maikel Garcia each had two hits and two RBIs, and the Kansas City Royals got their offense going in an 8-4 victory over the San Francisco Giants on Wednesday. The Royals had scored three runs or fewer in their previous seven games and were held to four runs or fewer in 42 of their first 50 games. Kansas City led 3-1 in the top of the fourth when Perez hit an opposite-field homer off Giants starter Logan Webb (5-4) with Witt aboard.

The San Francisco Giants are continuing to play very well with the summer quickly approaching, and they are proving to be a legitimate threat in the National League West. This season, the Giants have easily been one of the most surprising teams in baseball after hovering around the .500 mark for the last several years. It has been a fairly complete team effort to get to the this point, but the bullpen has been leading the way as one of the best units in baseball. Kerry Miller of Bleacher Report recently wrote about the signing of Willy Adames not quite paying off yet for the Giants.

San Francisco Giants right-hander Justin Verlander will be placed on the 15-day injured list due to a right pectoral injury, manager Bob Melvin said after Wednesday's 8-4 loss to the Kansas City Royals. The decision was reached after Verlander threw on the side Wednesday. During the session, it became apparent to Verlander that he wouldn't be able to make his scheduled start against the host Washington Nationals on Saturday and might not make his following turn. “They're saying, 'give yourself a blow. Take the 15 days and let's get this behind you and be ready to go,'” Verlander said of the Giants. San Francisco is hopeful Verlander will only be sidelined for a short time. “He'll end up missing

Another pitching change.

The game today was an interesting one; with both Cole Ragans and Seth Lugo on the IL, the Royals bullpen banded together to get the win before heading back to Minnesota to take on the hottest team in baseball.

SAN FRANCISCO — How long can the Giants keep this up? They have a middling offense and defense (both ranked 18th by FanGraphs' metrics), which seem to be fading further by the day. Their big, flashy, and super-expensive free-agent signing, Willy Adames, is 12 percentage points worse than a league-average hitter and is the single worst defensive shortstop in the game (he had another error Wednesday.) They're striking out nearly as often as the Chicago White Sox. Justin Verlander is yet to register a win as a Giant and is going on the shelf with a pectoral injury. On top of that, manager Bob Melvin has already made a rotation change that had nothing to do with injury. And yet the Giants are stalking

SAN FRANCISCO — How long can the Giants keep this up? They have a middling offense and defense (both ranked 18th by FanGraphs' metrics), which seem to be fading further by the day. Their big, flashy, and super-expensive free-agent signing, Willy Adames, is 12 percentage points worse than a league-average hitter and is the single worst defensive shortstop in the game (he had another error Wednesday.) They're striking out nearly as often as the Chicago White Sox. Justin Verlander is yet to register a win as a Giant and is going on the shelf with a pectoral injury. On top of that, manager Bob Melvin has already made a rotation change that had nothing to do with injury. And yet the Giants are stalking

The San Francisco Giants are off to an impressive 29-21 start in 2025 as they try to navigate their way through the stacked National League West. The Giants made a big splash in the 2024 offseason by getting Korean outfielder Jung Hoo Lee. What that meant was other young players needed to step and up, and one player responded by having a career season. Heliot Ramos represented San Francisco in the 2024 MLB All-Star Game in a year where it looked like none of their batters would be worthy of selection.

SAN FRANCISCO -- - Salvador Perez had three hits including a two-run homer, Bobby Witt Jr . and Maikel Garcia each had two hits and two RBI, and the Kansas City Royals got their offense going in a 8-4 victory over the San Francisco Giants on Wednesday. The Royals had scored three runs or fewer in their previous seven games and were held to four runs or fewer in 42 of their first 50 games. Kansas City led 3-1 in the top of the fourth when Perez hit an opposite field homer off Giants starter Logan Webb (5-4) with Witt aboard. The Royals extended the lead to 8-2 in the fifth, when Drew Waters hit a leadoff double during a two-run inning. Matt Chapman , Patrick Bailey and Heliot Ramos homered for

Salvador Perez had three hits including a two-run homer, Bobby Witt Jr. and Maikel Garcia each had two hits and two RBIs, and the Kansas City Royals got their offense going in a 8-4 victory over the San Francisco Giants on Wednesday. The Royals had scored three runs or fewer in their previous seven games and were held to four runs or fewer in 42 of their first 50 games. Kansas City led 3-1 in the top of the fourth when Perez hit an opposite field homer off Giants starter Logan Webb (5-4) with Witt aboard.

Ace pitcher Logan Webb took the brunt of the punishment Wednesday as the Giants fell 8-4 to the Kansas City Royals to conclude a nine-game homestand. The Royals (28-23) took two of three in the series, with the Giants (29-21) missing a chance to go 10 games over .500 before going on a nine-game eastern swing to Washington, Detroit and Miami. The Giants had solo home runs from Matt Chapman in the third inning, his ninth of the season, and Patrick Bailey in the fourth, his first, before a home crowd of 29,064. Heliot Ramos hit a two-run home run in the ninth, his ninth of the season, to account for the last two runs.

The Giants are up against a left-handed starter Wednesday in their get-away day game against the Kansas City Royals at Oracle Park. Fortunately it will only be for an inning or so as the Royals are expected to have a bullpen game with left-hander Daniel Lynch opening against the Giants' Logan Webb. The Giants have been anemic against lefty starters all season, most recently being shut down by Mitty and Stanford product Kris Bubic in the first game of the Kansas City series. In their series against the Athletics, lefty Jeffrey Springs retried 20 batters in a row after giving up leadoff homer to Heliot Ramos.

Jordan Hicks, who was demoted to the San Francisco Giants bullpen after his failed attempt at sticking in the rotation, is ready to "turn the page" for now but isn't giving up on being a starter. Hicks, who pitched in relief for most of his five seasons with the St. Louis Cardinals and Toronto Blue Jays, signed a four-year, $44 million deal with San Francisco prior to the 2024 season largely because they were willing to convert him into a full-time starter. After making 20 starts in 2024, Hicks struggled to a 6.55 ERA over his first nine starts of this season before that experiment was shelved. "No matter where I'm at, I want to win," Hicks told MLB.com.

Jordan Hicks, who was demoted to the San Francisco Giants bullpen after his failed attempt at sticking in the rotation, is ready to "turn the page" for now but isn't giving up on being a starter. Hicks, who pitched in relief for most of his five seasons with the St. Louis Cardinals and Toronto Blue Jays, signed a four-year, $44 million deal with San Francisco prior to the 2024 season largely because they were willing to convert him into a full-time starter. After making 20 starts in 2024, Hicks struggled to a 6.55 ERA over his first nine starts of this season before that experiment was shelved. "No matter where I'm at, I want to win," Hicks told MLB.com.

Hayden Birdsong threw five sharp innings in his first start of the season and the San Francisco Giants beat the Kansas City Royals 3-2 on Tuesday night. Birdsong (2-0) was moved from the bullpen to the rotation in place of Jordan Hicks and provided just what manager Bob Melvin hoped he would deliver when he made the move. Birdsong allowed one unearned run, five hits and no walks to give the Giants their fourth win in the last five games.