The Atlanta Braves added another catcher to the Major League roster ahead of their three-game series with the San Francisco Giants. To make room, the designated outfielder Stuart Fairchild for assignment. Adding León provides a hint into how the Braves could be structuring their lineup going forward. Recently, they've been leaving designated hitter Marcell Ozuna on the bench and opting to have both Sean Murphy and Drake Baldwin in the lineup.

The San Francisco Giants continued getting their 2025 draft class assembled as they agreed to terms with their first-round pick, Tennessee slugger Gavin Kilen. The agreement was reported by Jim Callis of MLB Pipeline. Kilen, who was the No. 13 overall pick, signed a deal worth $5.247 million, which was slightly below the slot bonus for the selection, which was $5.524 million.

These are the words that the voice keeps repeating: this is a must win series.

San Francisco Giants (52-48, third in the NL West) vs. Atlanta Braves (43-55, fourth in the NL East) Atlanta; Monday, 7:15 p.m. EDT PITCHING PROBABLES: Giants: Hayden Birdsong (4-3, 4.11 ERA, 1.42 WHIP, 68 strikeouts); Braves: Bryce Elder (3-6, 5.65 ERA, 1.51 WHIP, 69 strikeouts) BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Braves -132, Giants +110; over/under is 9 runs BOTTOM LINE: The San Francisco Giants travel to the Atlanta Braves looking to stop a three-game road skid. Atlanta has a 43-55 record overall and a 25-24 record in home games. The Braves have the ninth-ranked team ERA in the NL at 3.95. San Francisco has a 24-28 record on the road and a 52-48 record overall. Giants pitchers have a collective 3.61

The San Francisco Giants will send right-hander Hayden Birdsong to the mound to try to end their season-worst five-game losing streak and continue their mastery over the Atlanta Braves when they open a three-game road series on Monday. The Giants are coming off getting swept by the American League East-leading Blue Jays in Toronto and fell two games behind in the National League wild-card race. Manager Bob Melvin admitted Sunday's 8-6 loss stung. "We gave ourselves a chance at the end, but we gave up too many runs in the middle," Melvin said.

The Blue Jays just keep on winning, as they took down the Giants again on Sunday to extend their undefeated streak.

Lee Jung-hoo of the San Francisco Giants has marked his return to the leadoff spot with a multihit effort, though it wasn't enough to stop his club's losing streak. Lee went 2-for-5 with an RBI and scored the game's first run in the Giants' 8-6 loss to the Toronto Blue Jays at Rogers Centre in Toronto on Sunday. Lee batted leadoff for the first time since June 17. Lee lifted a routine flyball to shallow left, but left fielder Davis Schneider lost track of the ball and let it drop in front of him.

The second half of the season is underway, and while this first series back has gone well for some, it has gone poorly for the San Francisco Giants. The Giants were 7-5 in July going into the All-Star break, but had lost two straight after being taken down by their division leaders, the Los Angeles Dodgers. Sad to say they had to face off with the Toronto Blue Jays at Rogers Centre.

The San Francisco Giants are expected to be major buyers ahead of next week's MLB trade deadline, but they should be wary of just how much they are willing to give up in their quest for new stars. One of the biggest names predicted to be available for trade talks is Miami Marlins former NL Cy Young winner Sandy Alcantara. Alcantara makes sense for the Giants to target as both an immediate addition to the pitching staff, with another year remaining on his contract and a team option in 2027. CBS Sports' Mike Axisa recently predicted that San Francisco will actually be the ones to trade for the Marlins ace.

Addison Barger hit a two-run home run, Vladimir Guerrero Jr. and George Springer added hit solo shots and the Toronto Blue Jays beat the San Francisco Giants 8-6 on Sunday to complete a three-game sweep and match a franchise record with their 10th consecutive home win. Toronto also won 10 straight at home July 21-August 3, 1985. Toronto's current streak began with a four-game series sweep of the Yankees from June 30 to July 3, overtaking New York for the AL East lead. The Blue Jays followed that with a three-game sweep of the Los Angeles Angels. The Yankees and Blue Jays open a three-game series in Toronto on Monday. Since a three-game sweep of San Diego in late May, the Blue Jays have won 22

While their pitching was a bit spotty, the Blue Jays' offence was spot on, the main reason why disaster was averted as Toronto won its 10th straight home game to tie a franchise record. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below.

Toronto Blue Jays' Daulton Varsho has not played since June.

Rafael Devers was supposed to boost the offense of the San Francisco Giants. Devers is slashing .208/.322/.327 in 28 games for the Giants, including a 1-for-4 effort in the series finale on Sunday where San Francisco was swept by the Toronto Blue Jays. Bob Nightengale of USA Today highlighted that before Sunday's game, and it did not paint a pretty picture about what's going on in San Francisco.

All Times EDT East Division W L Pct GB Philadelphia 56 42 .571 — New York 56 44 .560 1 Miami 46 52 .469 10 Atlanta 43 55 .439 13 Washington 39 60 .394 17½ Central Division W L Pct GB Chicago 59 39 .602 — Milwaukee 58 40 .592 1 Cincinnati 52 48 .520 8 St. Louis 51 48 .515 8½ Pittsburgh 39 61 .390 21 West Division W L Pct GB Los Angeles 58 41 .586 — San Diego 54 45 .545 4 San Francisco 52 48 .520 6½ Arizona 49 50 .495 9 Colorado 24 74 .245 33½ Saturday's Games Toronto 6, San Francisco 3 Miami 3, Kansas City 1 Cincinnati 5, N.Y. Mets 2 Philadelphia 9, L.A. Angels 5 Washington 4, San Diego 2 Chicago White Sox 10, Pittsburgh 4 Chicago Cubs 6, Boston 0 Arizona 10, St. Louis 1 Colorado 10, Minnesota

Addison Barger hit a two-run home run, Vladimir Guerrero Jr. and George Springer also homered Sunday afternoon and the Toronto Blue Jays defeated the visiting San Francisco Giants 8-6. The Blue Jays swept the three-game series and extended their home winning streak to 10 games, matching the mark set in 1985. Matt Chapman hit a two-run homer for the Giants.

Trailing 7-2, the Giants (52-48) climbed within a run with a four-run sixth inning but ultimately fell 8-6 in losing their fifth straight game, including two losses to the Dodgers heading into the All-Star break. The last two wins for the Blue Jays came against two Giants All-Star starting pitchers, Robbie Ray and Logan Webb. Toronto, in command in their division at 58-41, has won 10 straight at home.

Trailing 7-2, the Giants (52-48) climbed within a run with a four-run sixth inning but ultimately fell 8-6 in losing their fifth straight game, including two losses to the Dodgers heading into the All-Star break. The last two wins for the Blue Jays came against two Giants All-Star starting pitchers, Robbie Ray and Logan Webb. Toronto, in command in their division at 58-41, has won 10 straight at home. Ray fought with his command and didn't get out of the fifth inning, falling to 9-4.

Rafael Devers’ start to his San Francisco Giants career has gotten off to a bit of a slow start.

The San Francisco Giants have signed third-round pick Trevor Cohen, per Rutgers baseball's social media feed. The team took a photo of Cohen, a former Scarlet Knights star, wearing a Giants home jersey and signing his contract. San Francisco had not officially confirmed the signing. MLB's draft signings tracker was not officially updated.

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