Locked On Giants – Daily Podcast On The San Francisco Giants

The San Francisco Giants face one of the most fascinating storylines of the season as Kyle Harrison takes the mound against his former organization. After years of questions about velocity, health, and development in San Francisco, Harrison admitted he's finally feeling healthy and believes he could have reached this level with the Giants. Was moving on from Harrison a necessary gamble, or is this...

The San Francisco Giants continue to reach new lows seemingly every single time they step on the diamond this season, and tonight was no different, as old friend Kyle Harrison tied his career high in strikeouts against his former team and led the Milwaukee Brewers to an 8-3 win. Walks were a huge issue for the San Francisco Giants tonight as they surrendered seven free baserunners, with four of th...

The San Francisco Giants continue their free fall into the darkest depths of baseball hell as they were absolutely embarrassed by the Milwaukee Brewers in a 16-2 loss tonight. Landen Roupp was shelled for eight runs in just four innings of work, and the bullpen was not much better as they surrendered eight runs of their own. This iteration of the San Francisco Giants is currently on pace to lose 9...

The San Francisco Giants just wrapped up one of the strangest weekends of the season. A heartbreaking walk-off loss on Friday, a beatdown on Saturday, and then a wild comeback victory on Sunday left Giants fans with plenty to unpack. We break down everything that happened, what it means moving forward, and whether the team may finally be building some momentum after weeks of frustration. We also d...

The San Francisco Giants continue searching for answers, and now even manager Tony Vitello is hinting that tougher conversations may be necessary. During a candid appearance on KNBR, Vitello suggested that a little conflict might not be the worst thing for a struggling team, acknowledging that there are moments when difficult truths need to be said. As the losses pile up, the question becomes: wha...

The San Francisco Giants hit a new low, getting embarrassed yet again by the Arizona Diamondbacks. In just 10 days, the Giants faced Arizona six times and lost all six games, getting outscored 39-17 in the process. The latest loss featured more of the same: sloppy defense, bad baserunning, and missed opportunities. The Giants are now 0-29 when trailing after six innings and have fallen 12 games un...

The San Francisco Giants were just a few outs from avoiding being swept for the second time in the last three series, but baserunning blunders and a costly error harpooned their would-be win, ultimately falling 3-2 to the Arizona Diamondbacks. Third base coach Hector Borg is now a household name for San Francisco Giants fans, and not for good reason. He has now cost the team multiple wins this sea...

The San Francisco Giants lose another frustrating game to the Arizona Diamondbacks, and the season is starting to feel like it’s drifting toward a critical point. Tyler Mahle battled once again, but the reality may simply be that this is who he is at this stage — competitive at times, but not consistently dominant enough to stop the bleeding when the Giants desperately need momentum. We also dive...

The San Francisco Giants have played five games against the Arizona Diamondbacks this season and have lost every single one, falling again tonight, 7-5 at Oracle Park. The clutch hit evaded the San Francisco Giants yet again today as the squad went 1-9 with runners in scoring position. Tyler Mahle pitched well enough to keep things close, but the bullpen imploded and gave up four runs over the fin...

The San Francisco Giants drop another frustrating game to the Arizona Diamondbacks, and once again the offense froze at the worst possible time. But the biggest storyline may be the growing concerns around Willy Adames. Another costly defensive mistake shifted the game, and the numbers paint an ugly picture: Adames now leads MLB in errors and has graded out as one of the league’s worst defenders s...

The San Francisco Giants are still searching for their first win in 2026 against the Arizona Diamondbacks, as they fell again to the snakes today, 6-2 at Oracle Park. An error by Willy Adames and a bad play by Casey Schmitt in left field during the fifth inning led to three runs scoring for the Arizona Diamondbacks, and with the San Francisco Giants' offense producing another low-wattage outing, t...

The San Francisco Giants bounced back in a big way, recovering after Friday’s ugly loss to take the series against the Chicago White Sox. It wasn’t perfect, but at this point the Giants simply needed to stack wins somewhere, and taking a series after the recent stretch matters. We break down what looked better, why this team still feels inconsistent despite the positive result, and whether this se...

Is the San Francisco Giants season already over? That’s the conversation after a brutal new article from Tom Verducci laid out six reasons why the Giants may already be cooked — from historically bad offensive numbers to lack of power, patience, speed, lineup flexibility, and major concerns surrounding key contracts. We break down Verducci’s argument, what feels fair, what might be premature, and...

Buster Posey finally addressed a lot of the questions surrounding the San Francisco Giants, and his comments touched on everything from the bullpen to Bryce Eldridge to whether this organization is quietly heading toward a rebuild. Posey defended manager Tony Vitello, backed the Giants’ bullpen construction despite criticism, and pushed back hard on the idea that the front office punted on improvi...

The San Francisco Giants were swept for the fourth time this season as they fell to the Arizona Diamondbacks 6-3 at Chase Field. Tyler Mahle fell apart as he gave up six earned runs in just five innings. Casey Schmitt launched his 9th home run of the season, and Bryce Eldridge recorded the hardest hit ball of the 2026 season for the San Francisco Giants. With the loss, the team finishes the road t...

Another brutal loss for the San Francisco Giants, this time in heartbreaking fashion against the Arizona Diamondbacks. We break down the key moments from the game, including the puzzling decision to pitch to Ketel Marte right-handed despite years of dominance against left-handed pitching. As Ben Kaspick pointed out, Marte has been one of baseball’s most dangerous hitters against lefties for years,...

The San Francisco Giants can't catch a break this season, and tonight was no different as Ketel Marte blasted his first home run as a right-handed batter this season for an Arizona Diamondbacks walk-off win at Chase Field. After overcoming multiple sticky situations with runners on base, the bullpen finally cracked in the ninth. The San Francisco Giants' lack of a true closer was on display tonigh...

The San Francisco Giants got absolutely smacked by the Arizona Diamondbacks, and somehow the concerns just keep piling up. Robbie Ray admitted postgame it felt like Arizona hitters were “on everything,” even though he believed his stuff and mechanics were actually in a good place. That naturally raises bigger questions about adjustments, pitch tipping, and whether the coaching staff — including pi...

The San Francisco Giants were annihilated by the Arizona Diamondbacks tonight as they fell 12-2 at Chase Field. Robbie Ray turned in his worst start ever in a San Francisco Giants uniform as he gave up 10 runs in less than five innings. He did not get much help from his offense, which only generated two runs, nor from his defense, which tallied three errors. Flush this one and move on to tomorrow....

The San Francisco Giants just wrapped up another solid series, beating the Oakland Athletics after taking a series from the San Diego Padres and splitting with the Los Angeles Dodgers. The problem? Even with better baseball lately, they still haven’t gained much ground — a reminder of just how deep the early-season hole was and how hot they’ll have to get moving forward. The bigger conversation no...

The San Francisco Giants took the proverbial belt to the Athletics today in a 10-1 rout in Sacramento. An eight-run eighth inning created a Grand Canyon-sized gap between the two teams in what was previously a one-run game. Harrison Bader delivered the back-breaking grand slam to cement the San Francisco Giants' win, and Adrian Houser continued his recent trend of success on the mound in his secon...

The San Francisco Giants took down the Athletics 6-4 tonight as Trevor McDonald tossed 6.2 solid innings and Casey Schmitt crushed two home runs into the Sacramento night. The bullpen bent, but didn't break for the San Francisco Giants as a late surge by the Athletics brought them within striking distance, but ultimately fell short. The San Francisco Giants have won all three of Trevor McDonald's...

The San Francisco Giants couldn't find the big hit tonight as they went 0-7 with runners in scoring position in their 5-2 loss to the Athletics. Tyler Mahle was relatively solid through the first four innings, but ran into a turbulent fifth inning where he surrendered four runs. Matt Chapman and Rafael Devers both failed to deliver in multiple big opportunities in the loss. Heliot Ramos exited thi...

After winning the first two games, rhe San Francisco Giants split the series with the Los Angeles Dodgers, and it came in a game where the Dodgers didn’t even need Shohei Ohtani or Mookie Betts to get it done. Emmet Sheehan continues to give the Giants trouble in a way no one else has, raising real questions about this matchup moving forward. Still, there was a historic moment as Jung Hoo Lee deli...

The San Francisco Giants fell to the Los Angeles Dodgers today, 5-2, resulting in a 2-2 series split in the four-game set down at Chavez Ravine. While the San Francisco Giants did get an electric inside-the-park home run from Jung Hoo Lee, it was one of only two hits the team picked up the entire night. Los Angeles Dodgers' starter Emmet Sheehan was dominant tonight, and so was their bullpen. Mean...