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First-Round Pick Signs Huge Deal With San Francisco Giants

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2 years ago

July 25, 2024

First-Round Pick Signs Huge Deal With San Francisco Giants

The San Francisco Giants have signed Florida State outfielder James Tibbs III, their first-round pick, to a contract, as reported by MLB Pipeline.

Tibbs was the No. 13 overall pick in the 2024 MLB Draft. With that selection his pick carried a slot value of $5.272 million. San Francisco was able to get him for several hundred thousand under slot, as he signed for a reported $4.747 million.

Tibbs and the Seminoles reached the College World Series this June, where Baseball America rated him the No. 3 player among those at the annual national championship in Omaha, Neb.

The left-handed hitting Tibbs was a three-year star for the Seminoles, who entered the CWS with the best stat line of his career. He was slashing .375/.497/.813/1.310 with 28 home runs and 94 RBI.

It’s that power that MLB Pipeline said intrigued teams, along with a track record of hitting in college and in the Cape Cod League last year. With the Brewster Whitecape he hit .299 with six home runs, six doubles and 27 RBI and was named an All-Star, Team MVP and Home Run Derby Champion.

Per the MLB Draft tracker, the Giants did not have a second- or third-round pick. So San Francisco’s next two selections are, as of this writing, unsigned. That would be fourth-round pick Dakota Jordan, an outfielder from Mississippi State, and fifth-round pick Jakob Christian, an outfielder from the University of San Diego.

The Giants have signed the rest of their selections from the first 10 rounds. That included Santa Clara third baseman Robert Hipwell, Alabama pitcher Greg Farone, Southern Miss pitcher Niko Mazza, University of Illinois-Chicago shortstop Zane Zielinski and Murray State pitcher Cade Vernon.

The Giants have had some recent success getting their first-round picks to the Majors, the most recent being outfielder Heliot Ramos, who was selected No. 19 overall pick in 2017 out of the Leadership Christian Academy in Puerto Rico. He represented the Giants in the All-Star Game earlier this month.

The Giants’ 2020 first-round pick, catcher Patrick Bailey, starts behind the plate for San Francisco.

All MLB teams must have their draft picks signed by Aug. 1.

(Round, player, school, position, bat/throw)

Bold: Reported signing

Round 1: James Tibbs III, Florida State, OF, L/L

Round 4: Dakota Jordan, Mississippi State, OF, R/R

Round 5: Jakob Christian, University of San Diego, OF, R/R

Round 6: Robert Hipwell, Santa Clara, 3B, L/R

Round 7: Greg Farone, Alabama, P, L/L

Round 8: Niko Mazza, Southern Miss, P, L/R

Round 9: Zane Zielinski, University of Illinois-Chicago, SS, R/R

Round 10: Cade Vernon, Murray State, P, S/R

Round 11: Andy Polanco, Central Pointe Christian Academy (FL), Dominican Republic, OF, R/R

Round 12: Zander Darby, UC Santa Barbara, 3B, L/R

Round 13: Drake George, Lewis-Clark State, P, R/R

Round 14: Jeremiah Jenkins, University of Maine, 1B, L/L

Round 15: Evan Gray, St. Louis University, P, R/R

Round 16: Tyler Switalski, West Virginia, P, R/L

Round 17: Hunter Dryden, Whitworth University, P, R/R

Round 18: Ryan Slater, Florida, P, R/R

Round 19: Ryan Ure, Oklahoma State, P, R/L

Round 20: Fernando Gonzalez, Georgia, Panama, C, R/R

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Sunset Night Market makes official return to San Francisco

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5 hours ago

February 28, 2026

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Giants scratch Rafael Devers from lineup with tight hamstring

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17 hours ago

February 27, 2026

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Giants scratch Rafael Devers from lineup with tight hamstring

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SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — The San Francisco Giants scratched slugger Rafael Devers from the starting lineup because of a tight hamstring, keeping him out of a spring training game against the Los Angeles Dodgers on Friday.

The three-time All-Star and 2018 World Series champion is starting his first full season with the Giants after they acquired him in a trade with the Boston Red Sox last year.

Devers hit 35 home runs and had 109 RBIs last season, playing 90 games with San Francisco and 73 in Boston. He signed a $313.5 million, 10-year contract in 2023 with the Red Sox.

He was 20 when he made his major league debut in Boston nine years ago, and he helped them win the World Series the following year.

Devers, who has 235 career homers and 747 RBIs, led Boston in RBIs for five straight seasons and has finished in the top 20 in voting for AL MVP five times.

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San Francisco court clerks strike for better staffing, training

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1 day ago

February 27, 2026

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San Francisco court clerks strike for better staffing, training

The people cheering and banging drums on the front steps of San Francisco’s Hall of Justice are usually quietly keeping the calendars and paperwork on track for the city’s courts.

Those court clerks are now hitting the picket lines, citing the need for better staffing and more training. It’s the second time the group has gone on strike since 2024, and this strike may last a lot longer than the last one.

Defense attorneys, prosecutors and judges agree that court clerks are the engines that keep the justice system running. Without them, it all grinds to a slow crawl.

“You all run this ship like the Navy,” District 9 Supervisor Jackie Fielder said to a group of city clerks.

The strike is essentially a continuation of an averted strike that occurred in October 2025.

“We’re not asking for private jets or unicorns,” Superior Court clerk employee Ben Thompson said. “We’re just asking for effective tools with which we can do our job and training and just more of us.”

Thompson said the training is needed to bring current employees up to speed on occasional changes in laws.

Another big issue is staffing, something that clerks said has been an ongoing issue since October 2024, the last time they went on a one-day strike.

Court management issued their latest statement on Wednesday, in which the court’s executive officer, Brandon Riley, said they have been at an impasse with the union since December.

The statement also said Riley and his team has been negotiating with the union in good faith. He pointed out the tentative agreement the union came to with the courts in October 2025, but it fell apart when union members rejected it.

California’s superior courts are all funded by the state. In 2024, Sacramento cut back on court money by $97 million statewide due to overall budget concerns.

While there have been efforts to backfill those funds, they’ve never been fully restored.

Inside court on Thursday, the clerk’s office was closed, leaving the public with lots of unanswered questions. Attorneys and bailiffs described a slightly chaotic day in court.

Arraignments were all funneled to one courtroom and most other court procedures were funneled to another one. Most of those procedures were quickly continued.

At the civil courthouse, while workers rallied outside, a date-stamping machine was set up inside so people could stamp their own documents and place them in locked bins.

Notices were also posted at the family law clinic and small claims courts, noting limited available services while the strike is in progress.

According to a union spokesperson, there has been no date set for negotiations to resume, meaning the courthouse logjams could stretch for days, weeks or more.

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