The Arizona Diamondbacks have fallen below .500 after being swept in disheartening fashion by the Miami Marlins. Beginning Monday, the D-backs will welcome their division rival San Francisco Giants to Chase Field for a four-game series. The 'easy' portion of Arizona's schedule is now over. The Diamondbacks are in dire need of some winning baseball, but that may be tough to accomplish against a sturdy San Francisco pitching staff.

Barnes slashed .214/.233/.286 across 13 games with the Dodgers this season before being designated for assignment and eventually released.

San Francisco Giants (45-39, third in the NL West) vs. Arizona Diamondbacks (41-42, fourth in the NL West) Phoenix; Monday, 9:40 p.m. EDT PITCHING PROBABLES: Giants: Logan Webb (7-5, 2.52 ERA, 1.14 WHIP, 120 strikeouts); Diamondbacks: Ryne Nelson (4-2, 3.71 ERA, 1.05 WHIP, 52 strikeouts) BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Giants -156, Diamondbacks +130; over/under is 8 runs BOTTOM LINE: The Arizona Diamondbacks will try to end a four-game slide when they take on the San Francisco Giants. Arizona has a 41-42 record overall and a 20-21 record at home. Diamondbacks hitters have a collective .447 slugging percentage to rank second in the NL. San Francisco has gone 20-22 in road games and 45-39 overall. The

The host D-backs went 2-4 against sub-.500 teams Miami and the White Sox, capped when the Marlins completed a three-game sweep with a 6-4 victory on Sunday. The Giants went 1-5 against the same two teams that also included a sweep by the host Marlins last Tuesday through Thursday. San Francisco lost two of three in Chicago over the weekend, failing to hold a 2-1 lead in the seventh inning of a 5-2 loss Sunday. "A lot of 'how frustrating' questions, and that's kind of where we are," Giants manager Bob Melvin said Sunday.

In what could be one of the most crucial NL series of the entire 2025 MLB season, Rafael Devers and the San Francisco Giants will host Shohei Ohtani and the Los Angeles Dodgers at Oracle Park on the second weekend of July. Entering July, the Dodgers had the best record in the National League while the Giants were neck-and-neck for a Wild Card spot. San Francisco already made a big splash to acquire Devers and, knowing both these squads, they should be active right up to the July 31 trade deadline.

San Francisco Giants relief pitcher Ryan Walker was on the mound in Chicago. The White Sox had second and third in the seventh inning. It was 3-2 Chicago on the scoreboard, but Walker had an 0-2 count and two outs with a chance to get out of the inning. Then, as Walker began to stride toward home plate, disaster struck.

The San Francisco Giants just made a crafty move to show their intent in the NL West race. Recently, the Dodgers had released catcher Austin Barnes after 11 years in Los Angeles that included two World Series titles. On Sunday, the Giants signed Barnes to a minor-league deal. Barnes will reportedly head to San Francisco's spring training complex to ramp up before heading to the minors in hopes of returning to MLB.

More blunders and missed opportunities for the Giants in Chicago!

In the 2024 season, the San Francisco Giants had a middle-of-the-road bullpen, one that ranked exactly 15th in MLB in reliever ERA with a mark of 3.96. Fast forward half of a season, and no team in MLB has gotten better run prevention from its relievers than the Giants, whose bullpen has posted an ERA of 2.81 as of June 29. Only the Texas Rangers and Chicago Cubs are within even half a run, at 3.30 and 3.31 respectively, and even then just barely. In 2024, longtime closer Camilo Doval struggled in the role, posting a 4.88 ERA as he simply could not manage to keep his walk rate at a manageable level.

After the Giants stunned the baseball world and acquired Rafael Devers, they need to keep their foot on the gas at the deadline.

Mike Yastrzemski has been a fan favorite, a grinder, and a glue guy in the Giants' clubhouse since he arrived in San Francisco. San Francisco is off to a strong start in 2025, proving that last year's mediocrity was a hiccup and not a trend. Now, the Giants must keep the pressure on.

All Times EDT East Division W L Pct GB Philadelphia 49 35 .583 — New York 48 37 .565 1½ Atlanta 38 45 .458 10½ Miami 37 45 .451 11 Washington 35 49 .417 14 Central Division W L Pct GB Chicago 49 35 .583 — Milwaukee 47 37 .560 2 St. Louis 47 38 .553 2½ Cincinnati 44 40 .524 5 Pittsburgh 35 50 .412 14½ West Division W L Pct GB Los Angeles 53 32 .624 — San Diego 45 38 .542 7 San Francisco 45 39 .536 7½ Arizona 41 42 .494 11 Colorado 19 65 .226 33½ Saturday's Games Chicago White Sox 1, San Francisco 0 Milwaukee 5, Colorado 0 Kansas City 9, L.A. Dodgers 5 St. Louis 9, Cleveland 6 Pittsburgh 9, N.Y. Mets 2 San Diego 6, Cincinnati 4 Miami 8, Arizona 7, 10 innings Atlanta 6, Philadelphia 1 Chicago Cubs

Kyle Teel hit a go-ahead, two-run double with the bases loaded in the seventh and the Chicago White Sox beat the San Francisco Giants 5-2 on Sunday to keep Justin Verlander winless in 13 starts. Jonathan Cannon and five relievers combined to strike out 11. Tyler Gilbert (2-1) struck out two in an inning for the win. Mike Vasil pitched around a walk in the ninth for his second save.

The San Francisco Giants are in the midst of what has been a special season both on the field and in the front office. Now halfway through the first season of the Buster Posey era, the team is achieving more on the field than many thought they would and just secured who they hope is their star slugger for the next near decade in Rafael Devers. Posey, a former star catcher who is now the president of baseball operations, must continue to supplement what he has already built with external pieces in order to give this team the best chance to compete this year.

San Francisco Giants designated hitter Rafael Devers will play for the Dominican Republic at the 2026 World Baseball Classic, Special Assistant to the GM of Escogido Baseball Club Ángel Santana told Diamante Deportivo on Sunday. Devers suited up for the Dominican Republic at the 2023 WBC, going 2-for-16 with one run, two walks and four strikeouts in four games. The Dominican Republic went 2-2 in the last iteration of the tournament, qualifying for the 2026 event despite failing to advance out of Pool D or reach the knockout stage. New York Mets outfielder Juan Soto is the only other player who has publicly committed to the Dominican for the 2026 tournament, which will get underway next March.

CHICAGO -- - Kyle Teel hit a go-ahead, two-run double with the bases loaded in the seventh and the Chicago White Sox beat the San Francisco Giants 5-2 on Sunday to keep Justin Verlander winless in 13 starts. Jonathan Cannon and five relievers combined to strike out 11.

The wait continues for Justin Verlander. Verlander held a precarious 2-1 lead at that point and was done after six innings. The Giants (45-39) continued to struggle offensively in a bullpen game for the White Sox.

With the season passing the midway point for the San Francisco Giants, the team is now focused on trying to make the playoffs this year. It was a great first half of the campaign for the Giants, who quickly emerged as one of the best surprises in baseball. With an opportunity in front of him with shocking success, president of baseball operations Buster Posey elected to get aggressive and pull off a blockbuster trade with the Boston Red Sox for their star slugger Rafael Devers. This was a clear indication that San Francisco believes that they can contend in 2025, and they likely will be continuing to seek upgrades.

Boston Red Sox chief baseball officer Craig Breslow seemingly owned up to his mistakes that led up to the Rafael Devers trade.

The Chicago White Sox placed center fielder Luis Robert Jr. on the 10-day injured list with a left hamstring strain, the team announced before Sunday’s series finale against the San Francisco Giants. The move is retroactive to Thursday. A corresponding roster move will be announced leading up to Tuesday’s series opener against the Los Angeles Dodgers. Robert suffered the injury in the first ...