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Logan Webb will take the hill for San Francisco. The 25-year-old pitcher was ...

They look to get the season off on the right foot in just a few hours. The Giants will have their hands full against Alcántara. However, despite the departures of both Buster Posey and Kris Bryant plus the injuries to La Stella, Wade Jr., and Evan Longoria (finger), the Giants can still run a quality lineup against righties. The SF Giants face off against Sandy Alcántara and the Miami Marlins in just a few hours. The Giants might want to break up the lefties more, so swapping Crawford and Ruf as well as Pederson and Flores gives the lineup added balance. The Marlins have been rebuilding for several years, but they have a stronger roster than many think. Given that Alcántara throws from the right side, the Giants should have plenty of options available.

MLB: Brandon Belt entered Oracle Park on a boat prior to the San Francisco Giants' Opening Day game with the Miami Marlins.

In captain-like fashion, Belt had the Giants’ first hit of the season. So being the leader that I am, I stepped up and did it. Belt then threw out the first pitch to Giants manager Gabe Kapler.

Opening Day is finally here! The Giants will take on the Miami Marlins this afternoon at Oracle Park!

Despite my ongoing petition to get Opening Day deemed a national holiday, the games still tend to occur while I’m at work, so I don’t have a lot of traditions, other than making sure my MLB Audio subscription is active. Even if I can’t watch it, I’m looking forward to hearing the dulcet tones of Jon Miller and Dave Flemming on my radio at work. There’s not a lot more you can ask for!

At 25 years old, Webb is the youngest rotation member but has gained the respect of his peers.

“A lot of time, a lot of conversations, a lot of texts, a lot of bullpens, a lot of messaging from different vessels around the organization,” Bailey said. On the strength of that duo, who combined to make nine Opening Day starts, the Giants went straight 11 years — with three World Series trophies to show for it — with a homegrown ace leading their staff. Bumgarner was 25, a few months older than Webb now, when he won the job in 2014. If I have to get a hitter to say something, we just use a lot of different vessels to send the same messages.” Webb had every right to presume that the Opening Day nod was his. “He wasn’t a strike-thrower.” “I see what he does on the Trackman and with my eyes and it blows me away,” Cobb said. Into zones of depth that sinkerballers and changeup guys don’t get to, and he does it with ease.” “He does stuff with the ball that nobody else does. And with a repertoire so nasty that he draws crowds of his own. That’s kind of what we had to build – that foundation of who he is.” When Bailey arrived in 2020, he saw in Webb a pitcher with untapped potential, who had never developed the foundation necessary for sustained success at the major-league level.

SAN FRANCISCO — In Joey Bart's first audition as the Giants' starting catcher, he came to the plate 111 times and didn't trot around the bases once.

Bart’s mammoth solo home run, with nobody on and one out in the fifth inning, left the bat at 108.9 miles per hour. If Bart’s first stint as starting catcher, filling in for Buster Posey during the pandemic-shortened 2020 season, couldn’t have gone worse, then his tenure as the the Giants’ backstop in the post-Posey era couldn’t have gotten off to a much better start. So in his second plate appearance of the official start of his tenure, Bart took time to admire the ball that launched off his bat.

Half the Giants' projected infield opened the season on the injured list. While Evan Longoria's return to the Giants' lineup might be a little quicker than ...

“Obviously I’m not happy I don’t get to put the uniform on and run out there on Opening Day,” Longoria said. Two anchors were placed in the bone to hold the ligament, which Longoria said he believes was injured during offseason workouts. The problem primarily affected his throwing, he said, and had it been deeper into the regular season, he would have played through it, but with the ability to have surgery before the season started, the wiser course of action was to take care of it now.

Baseball is back in the City by the Bay! The 2022 MLB season is finally here as the Miami Marlins will travel nearly 3200 miles to square off with the San ...

As previously stated, the Giants will begin their pursuit of a ninth world championship on Friday with their playoff ace Logan Webb on the mound. With the Marlins being spenders within their pitching staff, it will be interesting to see if the organization’s strategy in investing money into their arms will be a wise move as the season progresses. Unlike in the past, San Francisco found ways to win with their offensive prowess. Miami will need to count on their homegrown talent including their offseason additions in Avisail Garcia and Jorge Soler, two playmakers that can both hit the baseball to the moon. In a shortened, bizarre 2020 season that saw Miami reach the postseason at 31-29, the Marlins entered 2021 with deservingly lofty expectations and the desire to prove that their wild-card berth was no fluke. The Marlins will put their faith in RHP Sandy Alcantara, who posted respectable numbers from a year ago with his 9-15 record and 3.19 ERA.

The official scorer for Opening Day for the San Francisco Giants, Alexandra Irving, is...

Regardless of what my count was at the time, I always swung for the fences. I interviewed for what I thought at the time was my dream job with the Boston Red Sox... and didn’t get it. In February of 2022, all the OSU participants who were hired on as scorers were flown to Houston, where we were the official scorers for a college baseball tournament, our first real taste at the job. I thrived in the class and was officially hired as an official scorer in early 2022. I was underestimated many times as a woman in a male-dominated industry. I was turned down for a volunteer position with my college club team. We would learn how to score in a booth barely big enough for two, and I would eventually go on to also umpire games for the league. A new person, who I had worked with for years in data operations, was put in charge of the official scorers. It took the support and guidance of several of these vets that gave me the confidence to start pursuing it as a potential career. He also gave me the opportunity to work as an official scorer for some spring training games and it confirmed for me that this was my calling. But it took that opportunity with Briarwood and the subsequent family vacations to launch what would be a lifelong passion. Just like that, a family fell in love with the game.

SAN FRANCISCO — In Joey Bart's first audition as the Giants' starting catcher, he came to the plate 111 times and didn't trot around the bases once.

Bart’s mammoth solo home run, with nobody on and one out in the fifth inning, left the bat at 108.9 miles per hour. If Bart’s first stint as starting catcher, filling in for Buster Posey during the pandemic-shortened 2020 season, couldn’t have gone worse, then his tenure as the the Giants’ backstop in the post-Posey era couldn’t have gotten off to a much better start. So in his second plate appearance of the official start of his tenure, Bart took time to admire the ball that launched off his bat.

Logan Webb gave an emphatic response when asked if he wanted to start for the Giants on Opening Day.

It's more about the guys you bring it and the group of guys supporting each other. "I'm super excited and I said it the other day, I truly think that we could have the best rotation in baseball," Webb said. Led by Webb, there are high expectations surrounding the Giants' rotation this season. Then you just go out and play baseball and have fun and those guys made it fun." I think if you have that support group and those guys kind of pushing you to be better, it kind of gives you all the confidence that you need. "Well, those guys helped me so much," Webb added.

Oracle Park was packed with orange and black as San Francisco Giants fans filled the stadium for Opening Day of the 2022 MLB Season.

Webb earned a win in his final 10 regular-season decisions last year and allowed only one run over two playoff starts while establishing himself as the staff ace The Dodgers, who finished a game behind the Giants last year but are picked to win the West this season by most experts, make their first trip to Oracle on June 10. The defense of their first NL West title since 2012 began with an afternoon game against the Miami Marlins.

The San Francisco Giants beat the Miami Marlins 6-5 in extra-innings Friday afternoon after a line drive from Austin Slater to left field that drove in Darin ...

However, that wasn't the case on Friday, team officials say it was a sellout crowd at Oracle with 40,853 fans. The Giants are coming off a National League West win and franchise-record 107 wins. Opening day is just a special event here at Oracle Park." However, that wasn't the case on Friday, team officials say it was a sellout crowd at Oracle with 40,853 fans. The Giants are coming off a National League West win and franchise-record 107 wins. Opening day is just a special event here at Oracle Park."

MLB: Joey Bart and Brandon Belt both homered for the San Francisco Giants against the Miami Marlins; Austin Slater gets walk-off hit. Share this:.

That allowed Bart to score from first base for a 1-0 Giants lead. Dominic Leone relieved Webb but missed with his location on a four-seam fastball to Jacob Stallings, who homered to left to cut the Giants’ lead to 3-2. Same as we did watch last year, we’ll read and react and the game will tell us how to manage. “Pitchers didn’t really have their normal ramp-up time, and so we’re going to respect that with Logan and always keep the long view in mind. Brandon Belt also homered, as his shot to right in the eighth inning traveled 376 feet and gave San Francisco a 4-2 lead. Closer Camilo Doval allowed three earned runs, including a two-run homer to Jazz Chisholm Jr., as the Giants fell behind 5-4.

At 25 years old, Webb is the youngest rotation member but has gained the respect of his peers.

“A lot of time, a lot of conversations, a lot of texts, a lot of bullpens, a lot of messaging from different vessels around the organization,” Bailey said. On the strength of that duo, who combined to make nine Opening Day starts, the Giants went straight 11 years — with three World Series trophies to show for it — with a homegrown ace leading their staff. Bumgarner was 25, a few months older than Webb now, when he won the job in 2014. If I have to get a hitter to say something, we just use a lot of different vessels to send the same messages.” Webb had every right to presume that the Opening Day nod was his. “He wasn’t a strike-thrower.” “I see what he does on the Trackman and with my eyes and it blows me away,” Cobb said. Into zones of depth that sinkerballers and changeup guys don’t get to, and he does it with ease.” “He does stuff with the ball that nobody else does. And with a repertoire so nasty that he draws crowds of his own. That’s kind of what we had to build – that foundation of who he is.” When Bailey arrived in 2020, he saw in Webb a pitcher with untapped potential, who had never developed the foundation necessary for sustained success at the major-league level.

Austin Slater hit a walk-off double in the bottom of the 10th inning to give the Giants a wild Opening Day victory over the Marlins.

He was still on the mound in the seventh, but was lifted after a leadoff walk. A two-run homer off Leone put a run on Webb's line, but it was still another very successful day at Oracle Park for the staff ace. Trainer Dave Groeschner and manager Gabe Kapler came out to check on him, but Webb stayed in the game. An error led to the first run of the season and Bart added an insurance run with his blast halfway to the Bay Bridge. Bart's first in The Show left his bat at 108.9 mph and went an estimated 414 feet. Webb looked like last season's version, leaving with a 3-0 lead in the seventh inning.

Austin Slater hit a walk-off double in the bottom of the 10th inning to give the Giants a wild Opening Day victory over the Marlins.

He was still on the mound in the seventh, but was lifted after a leadoff walk. A two-run homer off Leone put a run on Webb's line, but it was still another very successful day at Oracle Park for the staff ace. An error led to the first run of the season and Bart added an insurance run with his blast halfway to the Bay Bridge. Trainer Dave Groeschner and manager Gabe Kapler came out to check on him, but Webb stayed in the game. Bart's first in The Show left his bat at 108.9 mph and went an estimated 414 feet. By the end of the day, the spotlight was on Thairo Estrada, Austin Slater and youth.

Rookie Joey Bart, first baseman Brandon Belt and Thairo Estrada all homered Friday, but...

For the second year in a row, the PECOTA projections expect San Francisco to finish below .500. “I think it’s important for players and a team to be aware of projections, in part because we can always use it as fuel, right? “It was good to knock it out of the way, get the ball rolling. The Giants weren’t at their smoothest Friday. Ruf was back-picked off second on a throw-through by Stallings in the first. After being checked by a trainer, he remained in the game, and he said afterward that he’ll be fine. “Those improvements were real,” he said, “but it’s hard to take offense at an algorithm. Bart hit a laser out to left off Sandy Alcantara in the fifth, making him the first Giants rookie to homer in an opener since J.R. Phillips in 1995. We know we’re going to come out and square it up.” Miami shortstop Miguel Rojas threw wildly past first, allowing Bart to come all the way around and putting Belt at second, where he was able to score on Ruf’s groundball single to right. The defending NL West champs made it a memorable day from pregame ceremonies on in front of a sellout crowd of 40,853. Bart became the first Giants player to hit his first career home run on Opening Day since Will Clark in 1986. It was the first walkoff hit of Slater’s career.

MLB: Joey Bart and Brandon Belt both homered for the San Francisco Giants against the Miami Marlins; Austin Slater gets walk-off hit.

Belt threw baseballs into the crowd and saluted his teammates once he arrived at the dugout. That allowed Bart to score from first base for a 1-0 Giants lead. Brandon Belt also homered, as his shot to right in the eighth inning traveled 376 feet and gave San Francisco a 4-2 lead. His shift-beating bunt in the third inning resulted in an error by Marlins shortstop Miguel Rojas, whose throw wound up in foul territory behind first base. With an abbreviated spring training, MLB clubs were not able to fully stretch out their starting rotations – something that will take a bit more time. They also committed two errors, and Mauricio Dubón’s baserunning blunder earlier in the 10th — getting picked off at second base — could have been costly.

The San Francisco Giants beat the Miami Marlins 6-5 in 10 innings after Austin Slater hit a walk-off double, scoring Darin Ruf.

His foibles on the basepaths are frustrating to every fan and member of the team, but they’re also comforting. “Ghost runner be damned,” was, unfortunately, the attitude that Mauricio Dubón took when he jogged out to second to assume the position in the bottom half of the inning. The Giants turned to John Brebbia, one of the last pitchers to make the roster. I was mildly surprised that the Giants felt last year’s hot streak was indicative of who Doval is going forward, and while I hope (and trust) that they’re right, it didn’t look great on Friday when he gave up a go-ahead three-run home run in the ninth, taking all of the air out of an open-air stadium, which sounds pretty dangerous. That’s when Brebbia induced a ground ball to third, and Wilmer Flores smartly turned away from the risky double play, opting instead for the most deliciously-named of baseball plays, the pickle. None of this is to extinguish the flame that is Doval’s speedy pitches and gorgeous movement, just to, umm ... maybe look at the flame a little bit more. For all his brilliance down the stretch last year, he’s still a guy whose history of MLB success is a very small sample, and who walked seven batters per nine innings in the Minors as recently as ... uhh ... last year. But he stayed in the game and kept mowing down batters, allowing just six baserunners in as many innings. I will forever grumpily claim that Belt has not gotten the flowers he deserves from the Giants fanbase. You remember those Giants — they started the season by blowing a five-run lead in the late innings against an aquatically-themed opponent. Now he’s the ace of one of baseball’s best staff. The man really gave it his all.

SAN FRANCISCO -- There was never much of a doubt that Logan Webb would be the Giants' Opening Day starter. The bigger question at the outset of the spring ...

“It was out of necessity, and it was not his fault. It was good to knock it out of the way and get the ball rolling.” And now in spring, he was kind of what we were all expecting Joey to be: To be the dude. The homegrown battery of Webb and Bart could become an Opening Day fixture in San Francisco for years to come, particularly given the growth the 25-year-olds have shown in recent years. It was Slater’s first career walk-off hit and the Giants’ first walk-off win on Opening Day since April 6, 1987, against the Padres. SAN FRANCISCO -- There was never much of a doubt that Logan Webb would be the Giants’ Opening Day starter.

As Logan Webb fired his first pitch at 1:38 p.m., the crowd buzzed with excitement to witness the debut of the Giants' latest homegrown battery, with Joey Bart ...

And the crowd erupted as Ruf raced home from first base on Austin Slater’s rip down the left field line in the 10th inning. Webb, who grew up a few hours northeast of Oracle Park, just outside Sacramento, had a dozen family members in the stands to witness him hold the Marlins scoreless into the seventh inning. Bart’s blast in the fifth extended the Giants’ lead to 3-0, but Miami had pulled within 3-2 by the next time Belt stepped to the plate. The boat was a late addition, and the Giants promotional department had to trim its sails from its original ambitions. Bart, who reached on an error two batters earlier, scored all the way from first on the play. Moments before Friday’s game, Belt, 33, emerged from behind the left field wall in a motor boat being pulled by a pick-up truck that he rode the length of the warning track.

SAN FRANCISCO — In Joey Bart's first audition as the Giants' starting catcher, he came to the plate 111 times and didn't trot around the bases once.

Bart’s mammoth solo home run, with nobody on and one out in the fifth inning, left the bat at 108.9 miles per hour. If Bart’s first stint as starting catcher, filling in for Buster Posey during the pandemic-shortened 2020 season, couldn’t have gone worse, then his tenure as the the Giants’ backstop in the post-Posey era couldn’t have gotten off to a much better start. So in his second plate appearance of the official start of his tenure, Bart took time to admire the ball that launched off his bat.

San Francisco Giants won 6-5 with a walk-off home run to end the game against Florida Marlins on Friday. Oakland Athletics lost 5-9 in Philadelphia.

“For me, they showed that fight to have a chance to get back in the game and have a chance to at least tie or go ahead there in the seventh. Chisholm’s towering flyball forced the game to extras and set the stage for Austin Slater’s first career walk-off hit. After falling behind 5-0, the A’s scored their first run on a solo home run from cleanup man Chad Pinder in the fourth inning.

San Francisco Giants won 6-5 with a walk-off home run to end the game against Florida Marlins on Friday. Oakland Athletics lost 5-9 in Philadelphia.

“For me, they showed that fight to have a chance to get back in the game and have a chance to at least tie or go ahead there in the seventh. Chisholm’s towering flyball forced the game to extras and set the stage for Austin Slater’s first career walk-off hit. After falling behind 5-0, the A’s scored their first run on a solo home run from cleanup man Chad Pinder in the fourth inning.

Giants fans reveled in the first full-fledged Opening Day at Oracle Park in three...

“Besides, I love baseball and it’s Opening Day for everyone.” “We’ve been fortunate enough to attend Opening Day for the last 10-15 years,” he said. He picked up tickets and was reveling in his first Opening Day. Some waited for home run balls but others seemed satisfied to enjoy a day in the sun outside of Oracle Park. Then came this year’s player lockout and tense labor negotiations that threatened to stall the season. Clad in orange and black, fans arrived early for pregame revelry, souvenir shopping or to be amongthe first into the ballpark.

Palo Alto native Joc Pederson will start in left field at Oracle Park for the SF Giants on Friday.

Crawford, who grew up in Pleasanton, had never been joined by another Bay Area native in the Opening Day lineup until Pederson arrived this year. Pederson was sandwiched between Darin Ruf, making the first start at DH in the official designated-hitter era of National League play, and Brandon Crawford, making his 11th consecutive Opening Day start at shortstop. At 16 years long, the Giants’ streak of different left fielders now ranks as the third-longest in baseball history at any position.

Before Austin Slater's walk-off double, the highlight of the Giants' Opening Day win might have been Brandon Belt entering the field on a boat during ...

The Giants had put the first-pitch ball in a glass case and Belt was excited to take it home. "I've been through it before," Belt said of the ramp-up. By the time the Giants flew to San Francisco, Belt was finding his timing. Belt said after his spring debut last Saturday that he felt "underwater" at the plate. The stunt came with some risk, and not just because, as some Giants joked before and after the game, Belt has a long injury history. But even most of the Giants were surprised when they saw Belt emerge from the left field wall, a captain's hat on his head as he tossed baseballs to adoring fans.

We're still riding the high of the San Francisco Giants Opening Day 6-5 walk-off win over the Miami Marlins.

“You can’t come in on a boat and not do something.”— Alex Pavlovic (@PavlovicNBCS) April 9, 2022 The San Francisco Giants opened the season in dramatic fashion on Friday night, beating the Miami Marlins 6-5 in 10 innings. It was probably downshifting more than anything"— SF Giants on NBCS (@NBCSGiants) pic.twitter.com/GwDAmkAqFK April 9, 2022