Evan Webeck is the San Francisco Giants beat writer for the Bay Area News Group. A Pacific Northwest native and graduate of Arizona State University, Evan previously covered the Philadelphia Phillies for MLB.com and a variety of topics for his hometown newspaper, The Seattle Times, before joining BANG, where he has also chronicled a pandemic, the prep sports scene and the Golden State Warriors 2021-22 championship season.
Matt Chapman's contract includes opt outs after each season, but "the ideal outcome," he said after his first spring training game, "is being a Giant for life."
Farhan Zaidi and Rob Manfred have suggested a deadline for multiyear deals. But Austin Slater, on the board of the players' union, says that is an "automatic no."
That a Splash Hit is even a point of discussion speaks to the raw power ability of the 6-foot-4 Cuban, whose free agent deal with the Giants was finalized Sunday.
Nakken, 33, gave birth on January 21 and isn't expected to spend much time with the team in spring training, but that hasn't prevented the trailblazing assistant coach from making...