According to the late night reporting of Jeff Passan of ESPN, the San Francisco Giants and third baseman Matt Chapman are in agreement on a six-year extension worth $151 million. It also wipes out the final two years of his current deal and keeps Chapman from opting out. The deal will begin in 2025, Chapman’s age 32 season.

Sometime in 2019, the Oakland A’s reportedly made Chapman a $150 million offer over the span of ten seasons, which he rejected. With this agreement with the Giants, Chapman has officially made the right choice, financially speaking, in not taking that deal with the A’s.

Chapman has proven to be one of the better bats in San Francisco’s lineup, batting .247 with a .333 OBP and a 118 wRC+, which is roughly in line with what he was producing the past two seasons with the Toronto Blue Jays. He ranks 13th in baseball in fWAR among hitters, collecting 4.5 wins above replacement, slotting him right behind Yordan Alvarez.

For A’s fans, this has to feel a bit strange. The guy that they were hoping would be their long-term answer at third base is now set to play for the rival Giants, likely to finish out his career. While he’s doing that he’ll be managed by Bob Melvin, who brought a whole lot of winning to the East Bay for a decade.

This move may be calculated by the Giants. Obviously Chapman has been a terrific addition to the roster, but he is also beloved on the other side of the Bay. With the Oakland A’s set to leave town for Sacramento following the 2024 season, this could be San Francisco’s way of trying to get those abandoned A’s fans to dip their toes in to being Giants fans.

If that is the case, it wouldn’t be a bad move by the Giants as they attempt to take full advantage of the entire Bay Area.

SAN FRANCISCO — A 17-year-old high school senior charged with attempted murder in the daytime weekend shooting of San Francisco 49ers rookie receiver Ricky Pearsall was arraigned in juvenile court Wednesday and said through his attorney that he was sorry for what happened.

The slight teen wore a green sweatshirt and green pants, looked straight ahead at the judge during the proceeding and did not turn around to acknowledge his parents, who were in the room.

San Francisco District Attorney Brooke Jenkins charged the teen on Tuesday with attempted murder, assault with a semiautomatic weapon and attempted second-degree robbery. On Wednesday, her office added several gun-related charges.

Her office has not decided whether try the juvenile as an adult, saying they need time to investigate further and, if appropriate, petition the court to transfer the case to adult court. California law prevents prosecutors from charging a minor as an adult without judicial approval.

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The teen’s attorney, Deputy Public Defender Bob Dunlap, told reporters after the hearing that he is very sorry about what happened.

“He’s genuinely very sorry that this did happen, as is his family, and I can say on their behalf, as well as on my own behalf, our thoughts go out to the Pearsall family and Mr. Pearsall himself. So there is genuine, genuine remorse in that regard,” Dunlap said. “He is a young boy.”

A probation officer recommended the teen stay in custody and be transferred to his home county of San Joaquin, where he has another matter pending. But Superior Court Judge Roger C. Chan said the teen will stay in San Francisco custody.

Family members of both the teen and Pearsall were in the room Wednesday, Chan said.

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The daylight shooting Saturday of a professional athlete in an upscale shopping district downtown put the national spotlight again on a city that struggled with brazen shoplifting, empty storefronts and assaults on Asian American seniors. Mayor London Breed, a Democrat, is in a tight reelection contest in November.

Pearsall, 23, was walking alone to his car shortly after 3:30 p.m. Saturday after shopping at luxury stores in Union Square when the suspect allegedly saw the NFL player was wearing a Rolex watch. A struggle ensued, and gunfire from the suspect’s firearm struck both Pearsall and the teenager, who was shot in the arm, police said.

The 49ers rookie was shot through the chest at close range, officials said. His mother, Erin Pearsall, posted on social media that the bullet went through the right side of her son’s chest and out his back without striking any vital organs.

SFPD officer recounts rushing to aid 49ers’ Ricky Pearsall after he was shot

Pearsall was released Sunday from the San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center.

He was back at the team facility on Monday, San Francisco 49ers general manager John Lynch said Tuesday. The Niners placed Pearsall on the non-football injury list, giving him time to recover from the shooting and a shoulder injury that had limited him all summer, Lynch said.

The teen lives in Tracy, a city about 60 miles (100 kilometers) east of San Francisco.

He was arrested about a block away from where he allegedly confronted Pearsall.

Research (and common sense) would suggest that deadlines are strong motivators of behavior.

Current case in point, the San Francisco 49ers ended two holdouts just days before the first game of the season, locking up left tackle Trent Williams and wide receiver Brandon Aiyuk for the next few seasons.

Combine those with the contract given earlier this offseason to running back Christian McCaffrey and the 49ers have essentially managed to run back all of the key players that led them to the Super Bowl just last season.

Now there are two ways to look at this as a New York Jets fan whose team will square off against the 49ers next Monday.

1. That it would’ve been a much easier game had even one of these players opted to skip it.
2. That it now operates as a much better measuring stick of how good the new look New York Jets actually are.

This game is now harder to win for the Jets and there really isn’t any reason to argue otherwise. However, if the Jets can win then there won’t be any space for analysts, fans, or anyone else to explain away why this doesn’t mean that the New York Jets are actually that good because they’re seeing the 49ers at their best rather than with backups in key spots.

As the expression goes “to be the man, you’ve gotta beat the man.” And the 49ers have now set the Jets up with a chance to do just that by getting these deals done in time for Week 1. Now it’s time for the Jets to make good on all that offseason hope and show that they’re ready to compete with the best.