While Roki Sasaki has gotten tons of headlines as an international free agent, the San Francisco Giants signed someone who certain scouts think is the best prospect in the 2025 class. With international signing day coming on Jan.

Like every competent team in baseball, the Giants were in on the hot-shot Japanese free-agent pitcher, who, like Shohei Ohtani before him, is limited to signing a minor-league deal with a Major League team. That massively discounted rate allowed every team to sign him.

The San Francisco Giants remained the favorites through Corbin Burnes’ entire free agency, only to see the Arizona Diamondbacks pull off a stunning move by signing him to a six-year, $210 million contract.

The San Francisco Giants made one of the biggest surprises of free agency when they signed three-time Cy Young winning pitcher Justin Verlander to a one-year deal worth $15 million last week. Though the fit made a lot of sense due to the Giants need in the rotation for another high-upside starter plus the veteran leadership he brings to a young staff,

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The San Francisco Giants will enter Spring Training with a better team than last year. On paper, that's a step in the right direction, but there's still more th