https://bayareasportsblog.com/ Every Bay Area team, argued about properly. The 49ers, Warriors, Giants, A's and Sharks, written by a fan, not a network. en-us Copyright 2026 Bay Area Sports Blog Sun, 02 Aug 2026 07:52:02 +0000 https://bayareasportsblog.com/articles/49ers-ricky-pearsall-out-for-season-pcl-surgery-2026.html https://bayareasportsblog.com/articles/49ers-ricky-pearsall-out-for-season-pcl-surgery-2026.html Sat, 01 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000 49ers · Column Ricky Pearsall is headed for season-ending PCL surgery and will miss all of 2026. A gut punch for a 49ers receiver who has never once gotten a clean, healthy run at his career. https://bayareasportsblog.com/articles/giants-padres-6-5-basabe-ninth-inning-collapse-august-1.html https://bayareasportsblog.com/articles/giants-padres-6-5-basabe-ninth-inning-collapse-august-1.html Sat, 01 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Giants Column A guy playing his third game of the season did everything, the Giants clawed back from 5-3 in the eighth, and then Jake Cronenworth walked it off in the ninth. Ninth loss column entry in San Diego, and the Giants drop to 47-64. https://bayareasportsblog.com/articles/giants-tony-vitello-clueless-lineups-eldridge-leadoff.html https://bayareasportsblog.com/articles/giants-tony-vitello-clueless-lineups-eldridge-leadoff.html Sat, 01 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Giants Column Sixty different batting orders in seventy-seven games. Eight different leadoff hitters. And now the 21-year-old middle-of-the-order bat is hitting first. Vitello was the worst hire this franchise has made in a decade and the lineup card proves it every single day. https://bayareasportsblog.com/articles/giants-trade-deadline-monday-posey-sell-ramos-arraez-ray.html https://bayareasportsblog.com/articles/giants-trade-deadline-monday-posey-sell-ramos-arraez-ray.html Sat, 01 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Giants Column Forty-seven and sixty-four. Ten games out. Heliot Ramos on the block, Jung Hoo Lee reportedly staying, Arraez and Ray on expiring deals, and a bullpen that has cost this team a dozen games. If Posey does not tear it down Monday, he never will. https://bayareasportsblog.com/articles/49ers-deebo-samuel-returns-one-year-7-million-2026.html https://bayareasportsblog.com/articles/49ers-deebo-samuel-returns-one-year-7-million-2026.html Fri, 31 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000 49ers · Column Deebo Samuel is returning to San Francisco on a one-year, $7 million deal. A low-risk, high-reward reunion that adds another physical, versatile weapon to an already loaded 49ers offense. https://bayareasportsblog.com/articles/49ers-dezhaun-stribling-training-camp-starter-2026.html https://bayareasportsblog.com/articles/49ers-dezhaun-stribling-training-camp-starter-2026.html Fri, 31 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000 49ers · Column The 49ers' rookie wide receiver De'Zhaun Stribling isn't just flashing anymore, he's stacking good days on top of good days at training camp. At this rate, a Week 1 starting job is starting to look like the floor, not the ceiling. https://bayareasportsblog.com/articles/49ers-greenlaw-mccaffrey-pads-day-one-favorite-player-2026.html https://bayareasportsblog.com/articles/49ers-greenlaw-mccaffrey-pads-day-one-favorite-player-2026.html Fri, 31 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000 49ers · Column The first padded practice of 49ers training camp turned physical fast once Dre Greenlaw started delivering hits, and Christian McCaffrey didn't hide that he wasn't thrilled about it. He's also said Greenlaw is his favorite player in the league. Both things are true, and that's exactly why this team is different. https://bayareasportsblog.com/articles/49ers-kyle-shanahan-recovery-update-training-camp-2026.html https://bayareasportsblog.com/articles/49ers-kyle-shanahan-recovery-update-training-camp-2026.html Fri, 31 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000 49ers · Column Pads are on at 49ers training camp, and Kyle Shanahan is edging closer to fully running the show again after his July 14 car accident. An update on where his recovery stands as camp ramps up. https://bayareasportsblog.com/articles/giants-padres-7-0-shutout-whisenhunt-two-hits-july-31.html https://bayareasportsblog.com/articles/giants-padres-7-0-shutout-whisenhunt-two-hits-july-31.html Fri, 31 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Giants Column Carson Whisenhunt could not get out of the fourth, San Diego walked all over a lineup that managed two hits in nine innings, and the good feeling from Thursday lasted exactly twenty-four hours. Giants fall to 47-63. https://bayareasportsblog.com/articles/athletics-free-fall-continues-fourth-place-trade-deadline-july-30.html https://bayareasportsblog.com/articles/athletics-free-fall-continues-fourth-place-trade-deadline-july-30.html Thu, 30 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000 A's Column Nine straight losses into the All-Star break was supposed to be the bottom. Instead the Athletics have gone 4-8 since, they are 18 games under .500 in fourth place, and Monday's trade deadline is arriving right on schedule for a team with nothing left to sell but time. https://bayareasportsblog.com/articles/giants-heating-up-best-baseball-of-the-season-july-30.html https://bayareasportsblog.com/articles/giants-heating-up-best-baseball-of-the-season-july-30.html Thu, 30 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Giants Column Forget the record for a second. Over the last five games the Giants beat the best team in baseball twice, walked one off in extra innings, and hung sixteen runs on a 67-win club. This is the best they have looked all year. https://bayareasportsblog.com/articles/49ers-kyle-shanahan-car-accident-injuries-recovery-2026.html https://bayareasportsblog.com/articles/49ers-kyle-shanahan-car-accident-injuries-recovery-2026.html Wed, 29 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000 49ers Column Kyle Shanahan was banged up far worse than anyone realized in his July 14 car accident — a severe concussion, a broken nose, three broken ribs, a broken hand, and over 40 stitches. He'll be limited early in training camp while Chris Foerster picks up some of the load, and all that matters right now is that he heals up. https://bayareasportsblog.com/articles/49ers-purdy-stribling-chemistry-loaded-roster-2026.html https://bayareasportsblog.com/articles/49ers-purdy-stribling-chemistry-loaded-roster-2026.html Wed, 29 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000 49ers Column Brock Purdy and rookie wideout De'Zhaun Stribling are building real chemistry, and with Mike Evans and George Kittle in the fold, Christian McCaffrey and Trent Williams anchoring the offense, and Fred Warner, Nick Bosa, and Dre Greenlaw all back healthy, the 49ers look as dangerous as they've been in years. https://bayareasportsblog.com/articles/athletics-redsox-4-2-10th-monasterio-homer-heim-butler-july-29.html https://bayareasportsblog.com/articles/athletics-redsox-4-2-10th-monasterio-homer-heim-butler-july-29.html Wed, 29 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000 A's Column Jacob Lopez strikes out eight, Jonah Heim and Lawrence Butler both homer, and the A's still lose in ten when Andruw Monasterio takes Jose Suarez deep. A's fall to 45-63. https://bayareasportsblog.com/articles/giants-brewers-16-3-susac-two-homers-seven-run-sixth-july-29.html https://bayareasportsblog.com/articles/giants-brewers-16-3-susac-two-homers-seven-run-sixth-july-29.html Wed, 29 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Giants Column Seventeen hits. A seven-run sixth. Daniel Susac's first two career home runs. The Giants hung 16 on the best team in baseball and took the series from the Brewers. https://bayareasportsblog.com/articles/warriors-kerr-kuminga-role-handling.html https://bayareasportsblog.com/articles/warriors-kerr-kuminga-role-handling.html Wed, 29 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Warriors Column It was never as clean as 'buried him' or 'stood by him.' Kerr's handling of Jonathan Kuminga was a season-long negotiation between a coach who needed shooting and spacing right now, and a 22-year-old who needed the ball to become what the front office paid him to become. https://bayareasportsblog.com/articles/athletics-redsox-4-3-serven-homer-white-four-hits-july-28.html https://bayareasportsblog.com/articles/athletics-redsox-4-3-serven-homer-white-four-hits-july-28.html Tue, 28 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000 A's Column Gage Jump worked six scoreless, Brian Serven's two-run homer in the seventh broke a scoreless game open, and Tommy White went 4-for-4, and it was all just enough as Hogan Harris survived a two-run ninth to close out a 4-3 Athletics win over the Red Sox in Sacramento. https://bayareasportsblog.com/articles/giants-brewers-8-2-roupp-early-exit-eldridge-homer-july-28.html https://bayareasportsblog.com/articles/giants-brewers-8-2-roupp-early-exit-eldridge-homer-july-28.html Tue, 28 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Giants Column Landen Roupp lasted just 3.2 innings and allowed four runs as Milwaukee piled up 13 hits, and Bryce Eldridge's eighth-inning two-run homer was the only real answer the Giants had in an 8-2 loss to the Brewers at Oracle Park. https://bayareasportsblog.com/articles/athletics-redsox-4-2-rafaela-slam-soderstrom-heim-homers-july-27.html https://bayareasportsblog.com/articles/athletics-redsox-4-2-rafaela-slam-soderstrom-heim-homers-july-27.html Mon, 27 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000 A's Column Jack Perkins held Boston to one hit for five-plus innings before Ceddanne Rafaela's first career grand slam broke it open in the sixth, and Tyler Soderstrom and Jonah Heim's solo homers were not enough as the Athletics fell 4-2 to the Red Sox in Sacramento. https://bayareasportsblog.com/articles/giants-brewers-3-0-mccray-homer-mahle-shutout-july-27.html https://bayareasportsblog.com/articles/giants-brewers-3-0-mccray-homer-mahle-shutout-july-27.html Mon, 27 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Giants Column Tyler Mahle spun six shutout innings, Grant McCray's two-run homer in the fourth did all the damage the Giants needed, and Erik Miller closed it out as San Francisco blanked the 66-win Brewers 3-0 at Oracle Park. Giants improve to 45-61. https://bayareasportsblog.com/articles/warriors-front-office-failures-curry-exit-not-preposterous.html https://bayareasportsblog.com/articles/warriors-front-office-failures-curry-exit-not-preposterous.html Mon, 27 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Warriors Column Wasted draft capital, half-measure trades, and a supporting cast that keeps aging out from under him. The front office has strained Steph Curry's patience for years, and for the first time, imagining him somewhere else doesn't feel absurd. https://bayareasportsblog.com/articles/athletics-twins-11-8-kurtz-homer-springs-injury-july-26.html https://bayareasportsblog.com/articles/athletics-twins-11-8-kurtz-homer-springs-injury-july-26.html Sun, 26 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000 A's Column Jeffrey Springs lasted a run-and-a-third before exiting with an apparent injury, Minnesota built a 7-0 lead by the fourth, and Nick Kurtz's three-run homer keyed a furious A's comeback that fell three runs short in an 11-8 loss to the Twins. https://bayareasportsblog.com/articles/giants-angels-4-3-trout-sweep-avoided-july-26.html https://bayareasportsblog.com/articles/giants-angels-4-3-trout-sweep-avoided-july-26.html Sun, 26 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Giants Column Mike Trout went 4-for-4, Jorge Soler and Jo Adell homered, and the Angels held off a two-run ninth from Luis Arraez to beat the Giants 4-3 at Oracle Park, avoiding the sweep. Giants fall to 44-61. https://bayareasportsblog.com/articles/athletics-twins-2-0-lopez-bullpen-shutout-july-25.html https://bayareasportsblog.com/articles/athletics-twins-2-0-lopez-bullpen-shutout-july-25.html Sat, 25 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000 A's Column Jacob Lopez struck out four over five scoreless innings and four A's relievers finished the job, as Lawrence Butler and Tyler Soderstrom each drove in a run in a 2-0 shutout of the Twins in Minneapolis. https://bayareasportsblog.com/articles/giants-angels-7-6-10th-devers-walkoff-july-25.html https://bayareasportsblog.com/articles/giants-angels-7-6-10th-devers-walkoff-july-25.html Sat, 25 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Giants Column Rafael Devers hit a two-run homer in the first and the walk-off single in the tenth, Casey Schmitt added a three-run shot, and the Giants survived a blown two-run lead to beat the Angels 7-6 and move to 43-60. https://bayareasportsblog.com/articles/athletics-diamondbacks-15-5-seven-run-fifth-july-22.html https://bayareasportsblog.com/articles/athletics-diamondbacks-15-5-seven-run-fifth-july-22.html Wed, 22 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000 A's Column Arizona hit five home runs and put up a seven-run fifth on the A's. Gage Jump got six, the bullpen got eight, and Sacramento lost the series 15-5. https://bayareasportsblog.com/articles/giants-royals-5-4-swept-roupp-schmitt-july-22.html https://bayareasportsblog.com/articles/giants-royals-5-4-swept-roupp-schmitt-july-22.html Wed, 22 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Giants Column Landen Roupp gave the Giants six innings and seven strikeouts, they took a 3-2 lead into the seventh, and Kansas City took it right back. Swept, five straight, 42-60. https://bayareasportsblog.com/articles/athletics-diamondbacks-6-5-10th-jacob-wilson-homer-blown-july-21.html https://bayareasportsblog.com/articles/athletics-diamondbacks-6-5-10th-jacob-wilson-homer-blown-july-21.html Tue, 21 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000 A's Column Jacob Wilson's two-out, two-run homer in the ninth tied it and Jonah Heim's sac fly gave the A's the lead in the tenth. Luis Medina walked two, and Arizona walked off 6-5. https://bayareasportsblog.com/articles/giants-royals-3-2-mahle-two-runs-fourth-straight-july-21.html https://bayareasportsblog.com/articles/giants-royals-3-2-mahle-two-runs-fourth-straight-july-21.html Tue, 21 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Giants Column The Giants scored twice in the fifth in Kansas City, got five hits all night, and lost 3-2 for their fourth straight defeat. Tyler Mahle fell to 2-9. https://bayareasportsblog.com/articles/bryce-eldridge-giants-future-franchise-first-baseman-july-2026.html https://bayareasportsblog.com/articles/bryce-eldridge-giants-future-franchise-first-baseman-july-2026.html Mon, 20 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Giants · Column Bryce Eldridge is hitting .275 with a .858 OPS, 10 homers and 30 walks in 57 games as a 21-year-old rookie. He is the best reason to watch the 2026 Giants and the only long-term answer at first base. https://bayareasportsblog.com/articles/giants-1993-pennant-race-braves-103-wins-wild-card.html https://bayareasportsblog.com/articles/giants-1993-pennant-race-braves-103-wins-wild-card.html Mon, 20 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Giants · Flashback The 1993 Giants won 103 games with Barry Bonds' MVP season and went home. The Braves won 104. Baseball voted in the Wild Card that same September, and it was too late for the best Giants team that never played in October. https://bayareasportsblog.com/articles/athletics-nationals-5-2-risp-failure-lopez-series-loss-july-19.html https://bayareasportsblog.com/articles/athletics-nationals-5-2-risp-failure-lopez-series-loss-july-19.html Sun, 19 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000 A's Column One day after winning 15-1, the A's out-hit the Nationals 11-7 and lost 5-2 in Sacramento, sunk by back-to-back Abrams and Crews homers in the fifth. https://bayareasportsblog.com/articles/giants-swept-momentum-mariners-6-3-robbie-ray-eldridge-july-19.html https://bayareasportsblog.com/articles/giants-swept-momentum-mariners-6-3-robbie-ray-eldridge-july-19.html Sun, 19 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Giants October Watch Bryce Eldridge homered 407 feet and the Giants still lost 6-3 in Seattle, dropping the series as Robbie Ray lasted four innings and the bats managed five hits. https://bayareasportsblog.com/articles/athletics-15-1-nationals-ginn-gem-streak-snapped-july-18.html https://bayareasportsblog.com/articles/athletics-15-1-nationals-ginn-gem-streak-snapped-july-18.html Sat, 18 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000 A's Column One night after a 23-4 humiliation, JT Ginn carried a no-hitter into the seventh and Wilson, Soderstrom and Cortes homered as the A's buried Washington 15-1. https://bayareasportsblog.com/articles/giants-blown-lead-mariners-cole-young-webb-4-3-july-18.html https://bayareasportsblog.com/articles/giants-blown-lead-mariners-cole-young-webb-4-3-july-18.html Sat, 18 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Giants October Watch The Giants led Seattle 3-0 behind Logan Webb, then Cole Young's three-run homer and a Julio Rodriguez walk-off sac fly buried them 4-3 in ten innings. https://bayareasportsblog.com/articles/athletics-nationals-23-4-blowout-gage-jump-second-half-july-17.html https://bayareasportsblog.com/articles/athletics-nationals-23-4-blowout-gage-jump-second-half-july-17.html Fri, 17 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000 A's · Column Washington hung 23 runs on the Athletics in West Sacramento, Gage Jump got knocked around, and Andres Chaparro homered twice. Soderstrom and Langeliers went deep for the only bright spots in a 23-4 wipeout. https://bayareasportsblog.com/articles/giants-adames-grand-slam-mariners-7-0-second-half-july-17.html https://bayareasportsblog.com/articles/giants-adames-grand-slam-mariners-7-0-second-half-july-17.html Fri, 17 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Giants October Watch Willy Adames crushed his seventh career grand slam, Bryce Eldridge went deep, and Landen Roupp tossed seven shutout innings as the Giants blanked the Mariners 7-0 in Seattle to start the second half with a statement. https://bayareasportsblog.com/articles/giants-athletics-all-star-game-2026-arraez-langeliers-webb.html https://bayareasportsblog.com/articles/giants-athletics-all-star-game-2026-arraez-langeliers-webb.html Tue, 14 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Bay Area · All-Star Game The AL beat the NL 4-0 at Citizens Bank Park on July 14, 2026. A's catcher Shea Langeliers started, walked, scored and singled. Giants second baseman Luis Arraez struck out in his only at-bat. Logan Webb never left the bullpen. A Bay Area breakdown of the 2026 All-Star Game. https://bayareasportsblog.com/articles/athletics-first-half-breakdown-mirage-collapse-all-star-break-2026.html https://bayareasportsblog.com/articles/athletics-first-half-breakdown-mirage-collapse-all-star-break-2026.html Mon, 13 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000 A's · Column The Athletics led the AL West earlier this year and stagger into the 2026 All-Star break at 41-55, fourth place, 8 games back, on a nine-game losing streak. A full first-half breakdown of the collapse and why the second half only gets uglier. https://bayareasportsblog.com/articles/giants-first-half-breakdown-vitello-second-half-all-star-break-2026.html https://bayareasportsblog.com/articles/giants-first-half-breakdown-vitello-second-half-all-star-break-2026.html Mon, 13 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Giants October Watch The Giants limp into the 2026 All-Star break at 41-55, fourth in the NL West and 20.5 games back. A full first-half breakdown, an honest look at Tony Vitello's rookie season, and what the second half has to prove before the August 3 deadline.