The Oakland A's fans who braved the blustery winds on Monday endured a dismal and all-too-familiar sight: their overmatched home team flailing at the plate and on the mound. In the team's first, albeit preseason, game at the Coliseum of the year, the A's were defeated by the San Francisco Giants 4-1 in the first of a two-game series between the Bay Area rivals. A's rookie outfielder Lawrence Butler broke up a no-hitter in the sixth inning with a single, and gave the fans something else to cheer about when he stole second on a flyball. Abraham Toro's RBI single drove in Butler and elicited the closest thing to a roar the Oakland portion of the reported 7,850 fans could muster during what could be the first home game of the team's last season in Oakland.

The Oakland A's fans who braved the blustery winds on Monday endured a dismal and all-too-familiar sight: their overmatched home team flailing at the plate and on the mound. In the team's first, albeit preseason, game at the Coliseum of the year, the A's were defeated by the San Francisco Giants 4-1 in the first of a two-game series between the Bay Area rivals. A's rookie outfielder Lawrence Butler broke up a no-hitter in the sixth inning with a single, and gave the fans something else to cheer about when he stole second on a flyball. Abraham Toro's RBI single drove in Butler and elicited the closest thing to a roar the Oakland portion of the reported 7,850 fans could muster during what could be the first home game of the team's last season in Oakland.

The Oakland A's fans who braved the blustery winds on Monday endured a dismal and all-too-familiar sight: their overmatched home team flailing at the plate and on the mound. In the team's first, albeit preseason, game at the Coliseum of the year, the A's were defeated by the San Francisco Giants 4-1 in the first of a two-game series between the Bay Area rivals. A's rookie outfielder Lawrence Butler broke up a no-hitter in the sixth inning with a single, and gave the fans something else to cheer about when he stole second on a flyball. Abraham Toro's RBI single drove in Butler and elicited the closest thing to a roar the Oakland portion of the reported 7,850 fans could muster during what could be the first home game of the team's last season in Oakland.

It might be difficult to snag a ticket to the Padres home opener on Thursday.

Pablo Sandoval might be playing his final game for the San Francisco Giants at Oracle Park on Tuesday, but he certainly doesn't want it to be his last game as a professional. Sandoval, 37, reiterated before Monday's Bay Bridge Series game between the Giants and Oakland A's at the Coliseum that he'll report to Triple-A Sacramento later this week if that's what the organization wants him to do. “I'll go,” said Sandoval, who signed a minor-league deal with the Giants in February. Whether Sandoval remains in the Giants organization past Tuesday, though, is unclear.

Pablo Sandoval might be playing his final game for the San Francisco Giants at Oracle Park on Tuesday, but he certainly doesn't want it to be his last game as a professional. Sandoval, 37, reiterated before Monday's Bay Bridge Series game between the Giants and Oakland A's at the Coliseum that he'll report to Triple-A Sacramento later this week if that's what the organization wants him to do. “I'll go,” Sandoval said. Whether Sandoval remains in the Giants organization past Tuesday, though, is unclear.

Logan Webb recalled believing the Giants had landed Shohei Ohtani after the two-way star followed him on Instagram during his free-agency recruitment.

Beginning the season with a divisional gauntlet, there's no shortage of interesting story lines to follow on the Giants' schedule this season. The Giants leave the West Coast just once during the first month of the season, starting with 10 straight games against NL West foes that culminates in the season-opening home stand against the Padres, which comes with all sorts of subplots: new manager Bob Melvin welcoming his old team to his new city; the possibility of Jung Hoo Lee stepping into the batter's box against his brother in law, Padres reliever Woo-Suk Go; the start of a rivalry, or the seeds of a future partnership, between Lee and fellow Korean star Ha-Seong Kim.

Beginning the season with a divisional gauntlet, there's no shortage of interesting story lines to follow on the Giants' schedule this season. The Giants leave the West Coast just once during the first month of the season, starting with 10 straight games against NL West foes that culminates in the season-opening home stand against the Padres, which comes with all sorts of subplots: new manager Bob Melvin welcoming his old team to his new city; the possibility of Jung Hoo Lee stepping into the batter's box against his brother in law, Padres reliever Woo-Suk Go; the start of a rivalry, or the seeds of a future partnership, between Lee and fellow Korean star Ha-Seong Kim.

Beginning the season with a divisional gauntlet, there's no shortage of interesting story lines to follow on the Giants' schedule this season. The Giants leave the West Coast just once during the first month of the season, starting with 10 straight games against NL West foes that culminates in the season-opening home stand against the Padres, which comes with all sorts of subplots: new manager Bob Melvin welcoming his old team to his new city; the possibility of Jung Hoo Lee stepping into the batter's box against his brother in law, Padres reliever Woo-Suk Go; the start of a rivalry, or the seeds of a future partnership, between Lee and fellow Korean star Ha-Seong Kim.

Beginning the season with a divisional gauntlet, there's no shortage of interesting story lines to follow on the Giants' schedule this season. The Giants leave the West Coast just once during the first month of the season, starting with 10 straight games against NL West foes that culminates in the season-opening home stand against the Padres, which comes with all sorts of subplots: new manager Bob Melvin welcoming his old team to his new city; the possibility of Jung Hoo Lee stepping into the batter's box against his brother in law, Padres reliever Woo-Suk Go; the start of a rivalry, or the seeds of a future partnership, between Lee and fellow Korean star Ha-Seong Kim.

There were smiles all over the field as Giants played in Sacramento for first time since 2018

At 8:30 on the second morning of camp, Logan Webb walked through the clubhouse with a cup of cold brew in his left hand. Whisenhunt reached his hand out and wished Webb a good morning. As Webb kept walking, Michael Conforto walked in from the weight room and the process was repeated.

Greg Elliott is one of the very few horticultural wizards who require a pilot's license to tend the grassy expanse he oversees. Director of field operations at Oracle Park, Elliott has gone high tech for a very low tech crop, using drones to monitor soil moisture in the roughly two acres of grass and clay that the San Francisco Giants call home field. The drones, Elliott says, are just another tool in his growing arsenal to keep the field healthy and ready for play. The transformation of Oracle Park began 15 years ago, when Elliott first took the job of what was known then as head groundskeeper.

Greg Elliott is one of the very few horticultural wizards who require a pilot's license to tend the grassy expanse he oversees. Director of field operations at Oracle Park, Elliott has gone high tech for a very low tech crop, using drones to monitor soil moisture in the roughly two acres of grass and clay that the San Francisco Giants call home field. The drones, Elliott says, are just another tool in his growing arsenal to keep the field healthy and ready for play. The transformation of Oracle Park began 15 years ago, when Elliott first took the job of what was known then as head groundskeeper.

Greg Elliott is one of the very few horticultural wizards who require a pilot's license to tend the grassy expanse he oversees. Director of field operations at Oracle Park, Elliott has gone high tech for a very low tech crop, using drones to monitor soil moisture in the roughly two acres of grass and clay that the San Francisco Giants call home field. The drones, Elliott says, are just another tool in his growing arsenal to keep the field healthy and ready for play. The transformation of Oracle Park began 15 years ago, when Elliott first took the job of what was known then as head groundskeeper.

Standing at the intersection of the four main fields at the Giants' minor-league complex, a 10-minute drive from their Scottsdale spring home, Kyle Haines paused his sentence and surveyed the action in front of him. With MLB's hyped “Spring Breakout” game postponed the previous day, the Single-A game taking place against the A's on Field 2 turned into a veritable showcase of its own. Roaming center field was 17-year-old Rayner Arias, getting in some of his first action domestically since signing for $2.6 million out of the Dominican Republic in 2023, the second-most lucrative deal the franchise has awarded an international amateur. The Giants' farm system has produced an All-Star closer, Camilo Doval and the ace of their pitching staff, Logan Webb.

Standing at the intersection of the four main fields at the Giants' minor-league complex, a 10-minute drive from their Scottsdale spring home, Kyle Haines paused his sentence and surveyed the action in front of him. With MLB's hyped “Spring Breakout” game postponed the previous day, the Single-A game taking place against the A's on Field 2 turned into a veritable showcase of its own. Roaming center field was 17-year-old Rayner Arias, getting in some of his first action domestically since signing for $2.6 million out of the Dominican Republic in 2023, the second-most lucrative deal the franchise has awarded an international amateur. The Giants' farm system has produced an All-Star closer, Camilo Doval and the ace of their pitching staff, Logan Webb.

Standing at the intersection of the four main fields at the Giants' minor-league complex, a 10-minute drive from their Scottsdale spring home, Kyle Haines paused his sentence and surveyed the action in front of him. With MLB's hyped “Spring Breakout” game postponed the previous day, the Single-A game taking place against the A's on Field 2 turned into a veritable showcase of its own. Roaming center field was 17-year-old Rayner Arias, getting in some of his first action domestically since signing for $2.6 million out of the Dominican Republic in 2023, the second-most lucrative deal the franchise has awarded an international amateur. The Giants' farm system has produced an All-Star closer, Camilo Doval and the ace of their pitching staff, Logan Webb.

Standing at the intersection of the four main fields at the Giants' minor-league complex, a 10-minute drive from their Scottsdale spring home, Kyle Haines paused his sentence and surveyed the action in front of him. With MLB's hyped “Spring Breakout” game postponed the previous day, the Single-A game taking place against the A's on Field 2 turned into a veritable showcase of its own. Roaming center field was 17-year-old Rayner Arias, getting in some of his first action domestically since signing for $2.6 million out of the Dominican Republic in 2023, the second-most lucrative deal the franchise has awarded an international amateur. The Giants' farm system has produced an All-Star closer, Camilo Doval and the ace of their pitching staff, Logan Webb.