With Matt Chapman, Willy Adames and Tyler Fitzgerald slated to start for the San Francisco Giants, the coaching staff has to figure out who will be the primary backup.

Giants broadcaster Mike Krukow is excited to see San Francisco's young pitchers learn from veteran ace Justin Verlander.

With Spring Training starting up for the San Francisco Giants, the franchise will be hoping that they can turn things around in 2025. For the past several years, the Giants have been stuck in mediocrity in the National League. In the batting order, the addition of Willy Adames will help strengthen a lineup that has been lackluster for many years. The southpaw might have gotten off to a slow start with San Francisco in the first half of the season, but he was light out in the second half of the campaign.

For roughly a decade, Bruce Bochy counted on Buster Posey as the backbone of the San Francisco Giants on the field. Now, entering his third year as the Texas Rangers' manager, Bochy will be tasked with beating the teams that Posey creates in San Francisco's front office. “I was excited for Buster,” Bochy said at Cactus League Media Day at the Arizona Biltmore A Waldorf Astoria Resort. Bochy admitted that he had never thought about the possibility of Posey becoming the Giants' president of baseball operations, but did believe that Posey would have the capacity to take on any role he desired.

For roughly a decade, Bruce Bochy counted on Buster Posey as the backbone of the San Francisco Giants on the field. Now, entering his third year as the Texas Rangers' manager, Bochy will be tasked with beating the teams that Posey creates in San Francisco's front office. “I was excited for Buster,” Bochy said at Cactus League Media Day at the Arizona Biltmore A Waldorf Astoria Resort. Bochy admitted that he had never thought about the possibility of Posey becoming the Giants' president of baseball operations, but did believe that Posey would have the capacity to take on any role he desired.

After a successful campaign from Heliot Ramos last year, Giants manager Bob Melvin expects the young outfielder to keep growing during the 2025 MLB season. Ramos went from an early camp cut in 2024 to first-time MLB All-Star later that season, providing a spark for San Francisco's lineup and proving he belongs in the big leagues. On the second full day of spring training in Scottsdale, Ariz., on Tuesday, Melvin explained how different things are for Ramos now.

After a successful campaign from Heliot Ramos last year, Giants manager Bob Melvin expects the young outfielder to keep growing during the 2025 MLB season. Ramos went from an early camp cut in 2024 to first-time MLB All-Star later that season, providing a spark for San Francisco's lineup and proving he belongs in the big leagues. On the second full day of spring training in Scottsdale, Ariz., on Tuesday, Melvin explained how different things are for Ramos now.

After a successful campaign from Heliot Ramos last year, Giants manager Bob Melvin expects the young outfielder to keep growing during the 2025 MLB season. Ramos went from an early camp cut in 2024 to first-time MLB All-Star later that season, providing a spark for San Francisco's lineup and proving he belongs in the big leagues. On the second full day of spring training in Scottsdale, Ariz., on Tuesday, Melvin explained how different things are for Ramos now.

After a successful campaign from Heliot Ramos last year, Giants manager Bob Melvin expects the young outfielder to keep growing during the 2025 MLB season. Ramos went from an early camp cut in 2024 to first-time MLB All-Star later that season, providing a spark for San Francisco's lineup and proving he belongs in the big leagues. On the second full day of spring training in Scottsdale, Ariz., on Tuesday, Melvin explained how different things are for Ramos now.

After a successful campaign from Heliot Ramos last year, Giants manager Bob Melvin expects the young outfielder to keep growing during the 2025 MLB season. Ramos went from an early camp cut in 2024 to first-time MLB All-Star later that season, providing a spark for San Francisco's lineup and proving he belongs in the big leagues. On the second full day of spring training in Scottsdale, Ariz., on Tuesday, Melvin explained how different things are for Ramos now.

As Hayden Birdsong threw one of his first bullpens of camp, a voice from behind peppered him with constructive criticism. The words did not originate from Giants pitching coach J.P. Martinez, who stood right behind Birdsong. The sage advice derived from Justin Verlander, the three-time Cy Young Award winner who has spent spring training doubling as a mentor. “He's a Hall of Famer, obviously,” Birdsong said of Verlander, who signed a one-year, $17 million deal with the Giants barely a month ago.

Buster Posey seems intent on getting the San Francisco Giants into a competitive form as fast as possible and a potential blockbuster trade could help out his efforts. Toronto Blue Jays superstar first baseman Vladimir Guerrero Jr. appears headed for free agency after the season, per ESPN's Jeff Passan. A player of his caliber would certainly intrigue the Giants, but are they a realistic landing spot? With the extension of Matt Chapman and signing of Willy Adames, the Giants seem ready to go all in.

Willy Adames started spring training a while ago. “It gets to the point when you're practicing every day, it's like, 'I just want spring training to start,' you know, and then today was the first day,” Adames said. The addition of Adames was the centerpiece of San Francisco's offseason after the team went 80-82 last year. The veteran shortstop signed a $182 million, seven-year contract with the Giants in free agency, leaving Milwaukee after three-plus seasons.

As Hayden Birdsong threw one of his first bullpens of camp, a voice from behind peppered him with constructive criticism. The words did not originate from pitching coach J.P. Martinez, who stood right behind Birdsong. The sage advice derived from Justin Verlander, the three-time Cy Young Award winner who has spent spring training doubling as a mentor. “He's a Hall of Famer, obviously,” Birdsong said of Verlander, who signed a one-year, $17 million deal.

After a successful 2024 campaign from Heliot Ramos, San Francisco Giants manager Bob Melvin expects him to keep growing during the 2025 MLB season.

Monday was the first day that position players were required to be in Scottsdale, Ariz., for San Francisco Giants spring training. With Eldridge rising to the upper echelon of baseball's Top 100 prospects, the invite was a given.

As Bob Melvin stood in the clubhouse at Scottsdale Stadium on Monday morning and watched Buster Posey address Giants players, coaches and staff members, he started to cross lines off his own presentation. The speech was Posey's first in that building since 2021, when he returned from a year off and set the tone for what would become a stunning 107-win season. On Monday, he took center stage as the new president of baseball operations and laid out his expectations. Along with Melvin, he also tried to present an identity for this year's club.

Bryce Eldridge hasn't forgotten the first time he took batting practice at Oracle Park. Eldridge, as custom, took some hacks at his future ballpark after officially signing with the Giants, who selected him with the 16th overall pick in the 2023 MLB Draft. “I bounced one into the water,” said Eldrige, the Giants' top prospect. If the 20-year-old Eldridge, currently in major-league camp for the first time in his career, continues his current trajectory, he could enjoy ample opportunities to land a ball in McCovey Cove at some point this year.

Whether or not the San Francisco Giants made enough moves this winter to address the starting rotation likely won't be answered until the middle of the season, but the most significant acquisition will go a long way towards determining what the unit looks like. After losing Blake Snell - perhaps not to many broken hearts in the Bay Area - to the Los Angeles Dodgers, the Giants had a clear need at the top of the rotation in order to have any hope of righting the wrongs of the better part of the last decade. In Buster Posey's first offseason at the helm of the organization as president of baseball operations, he landed one big fish in a new shortstop, Willy Adames, from the Milwaukee Brewers and looked to be on the cusp of upgrading from Snell by stealing Corbin Burnes from the Baltimore Orioles.

Perdomo hit .273 with three homers over 98 games and provided solid defense despite missing a big chunk of the 2024 season with a torn meniscus in his right knee.