Andrew Baggarly

I've switched over and am posting news/insights on Blue Sky (@andrewbaggarly.bsky.social) so please feel welcome to join me there. Twitter/X is now a links-only account. No breaking news or engagement here. Thanks.

Signing off here for good. It’s been fun, but I can’t contribute to a platform that has become a channel to amplify nothing but division, misinformation and hate speech. Bluer skies ahead in 2025 and beyond.

Saying goodbye to the Coliseum with one of the greatest who ever played. A lot of great memories in Oakland. #athletics ⁦@Athletics⁩ ⁦@baseballhall⁩

Paul Goldschmidt? Max Scherzer? Giants could use an old approach to bolster roster nytimes.com/athletic/59884…

Buster Posey sold new Giants shortstop Willy Adames on his vision: ‘Just being authentic’ nytimes.com/athletic/59856…

Giants focus on the next move after Willy Adames: ‘He’s just a unique connector of people’ nytimes.com/athletic/59829…

Giants’ record-setting Willy Adames deal shows Buster Posey means business nytimes.com/athletic/59771…

First on Adames: @JeffPassan

Source confirms: Willy Adames to Giants, seven years, $182M, pending physical. Biggest contract in Giants history, surpassing Posey’s $167M deal.

Logan Webb joined his family at the Placer County courthouse for the hearing to sentence the dealer convicted of murdering his cousin. The outcome gives justice if not closure for a family still shocked at the destruction caused by one fentanyl-laced pill. nytimes.com/athletic/59734…

Just a reminder: Any breaking news that I post will be on Bluesky, so please join the conversation there! This site is for sharing links only. No engagement.

Giants announced their major league coaching staff. It includes one outside addition (which I reported on Bluesky yesterday) and one promotion to their hitting group under Pat Burrell: nytimes.com/athletic/59727…

Sources: Farhan Zaidi talking to Dodgers about front office role. With @FabianArdaya: nytimes.com/athletic/59663…

Hadi Raad is leaving the Pirates to become the Giants’ new pro scouting director, sources tell @TheAthletic. Raad had been a professional evaluation team leader with Pittsburgh.

Over a decade ago, I made a proposal to the BBWAA to create a relief-pitcher award. The reason: Even as relievers were growing in prominence, they never won our other awards. Mariano Rivera, the only unanimous HOF, won NO awards. My proposal lost. But so glad to see @extrabaggs take up that quest!

nytimes.com/athletic/59257… The Giants’ hitting philosophy in 2025: More dynamism, fewer strikeouts

Giants elevate Randy Winn to top role in player development nytimes.com/athletic/59236…

Formatting fix: @andrewbaggarly.bsky.social

Hi, quick housekeeping note: While I will keep posting links here (for the time being), I'm migrating all engagement to andrewbaggarly@bsky.social. You're welcome to find me there. I've valued interacting with so many of you here and hope we can keep the conversation going. ✌️