Encarnacion, 28, barely played last year due to awful injury luck. He fractured his left hand when diving for a ball at the end of spring training, then strained his left oblique in June, then strained his right hamstring in August. Those injuries limited him to 19 games broken up over three stints.

Carson Whisenhunt threw a live batting practice recently and it create quite the buzz during San Francisco Giants spring training.

Cozy and comfortable, Scottsdale Stadium will be buzzing once again with loyal San Francisco Giants fans this spring.

One of the top Giants prospects is doing better after having a bone spur removed from his wrist. Bryce Eldridge is hitting again.

SCOTTSDALE, Arizona — The Giants had obvious needs when the offseason began. They needed starters. They needed relievers. And they really needed an outfielder. San Francisco never filled the vacancy during the regular season after trading Mike Yastrzemski to the Kansas City Royals at the trade deadline.

On Tuesday, first-year San Francisco Giants manager Tony Vitello explained further why he was frustrated with initial reports from when he was still considering his decision to leave Tennessee.

The Giants manager’s strange Monday presser opened up big questions that shouldn’t be asked in spring training.

Adames, 30, started slowly on both sides of the ball, entering June with a .620 OPS. From June 10 onward, Adames looked like a ballplayer worthy of a nine-figure contract, posting a team-high .848 OPS and 3.8 WAR. On the final day of the season, he became the first Giant to hit at least 30 homers in a single season since Barry Bonds in 2004.