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The Giants have spent the first part of the offseason cleaning up their 40-man roster, which needed to be trimmed back

SAN FRANCISCO -- The MLB postseason may be over, but competition remains fully underway in the Arizona Fall League, which is expected to run until the championship game on Nov. 15.

Here’s a look at how three Giants prospects have fared while playing for the Scottsdale Scorpions:

SAN FRANCISCO -- Thirteen months after undergoing Tommy John surgery, Giants All-Star reliever Randy Rodríguez is officially back on the mound.

The 27-year-old right-hander returned to action in the Arizona Fall League on Tuesday, where he pitched a 1-2-3 inning in his first start for the Scottsdale Scorpions. Rodríguez

GOODYEAR, Ariz. – Miguel Mendez has signature heat, and the Padres know it well from his time in the organization that ran until this most recent Trade Deadline, when he was moved to the Giants in a deal for Robbie Ray.

As part of an Arizona Fall

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The Giants badly underperformed at the big league level this year, but the results were far rosier on their farm system.

San

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- On July 12, Dalton Wentz was having a terrible time on the golf course with his dad.

It wasn’t so much the 9-iron or his putter that was bugging him but the fact that Day 1 of the 2026 MLB Draft had come and gone and

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- The Arizona Fall League always seems to be loaded with quality athletes. In its first 33 seasons, the developmental circuit featured multitooled talents such as Ronald Acuña Jr., Mookie Betts, Byron Buxton, Carl Crawford, Johnny Damon, Derek Jeter, Francisco Lindor, Andrew McCutchen, Mike Trout and Trea Turner.

This

SAN FRANCISCO -- In 2023, Paul Faulk was working as a part-time scout for the Giants when he signed two non-drafted free agents out of the Coastal Plain League: outfielder Bo Davidson and right-hander Trent Harris.

Three years later, Faulk got to watch both players complete their unlikely paths to the

SAN FRANCISCO -- Shortly after earning his first big league callup on Monday, outfielder Bo Davidson laid out what he hoped to achieve in his first week with the Giants.

“Just showing them what I can do and giving them the best I can every game until the season's over,” Davidson

One of the most pivotal stops in a prospect's development is the High-A level. Top Draft picks out of college often begin their pro journey at High-A, and it's often the level where you can find an organization's best young talent. On Wednesday, Minor League Baseball announced its 2026 High-A

LOS ANGELES -- Matt “Tugboat” Wilkinson had already endeared himself to Giants fans by virtue of his fun nickname. But the 23-year-old left-hander likely won over even more hearts with a dominant start against the Dodgers on Sunday.

Wilkinson struck out a career-high six over five scoreless innings in

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Bo Davidson was the Pacific Coast League Player of the Month in August.

He might go back-to-back if he keeps performing like he did Friday for Triple-A Sacramento.

Some pitchers need time to find their footing in professional baseball. Jackson Flora appears to be in a hurry.

Barely two months after he was selected fourth in the MLB Draft, the flamethrowing hurler made his Double-A debut in Game 2 of the Eastern League playoffs –

Argenis Cayama saved one of his best performances of the season for when his team needed him most.

San Francisco’s No. 17 prospect twirled the first five innings of Single-A San Jose’s combined no-hitter en route to a 9-1 win over Lake Elsinore in Game

When Scott Bandura made his debut at Oracle Park on Sunday night, going 1-for-3 with a walk and a run scored in the Giants' 6-4 loss, he officially introduced himself to Major League Baseball.

But as far as Major League Baseball was concerned, the 25-year-old needed no introduction. A

SAN FRANCISCO -- Scott Bandura got an early taste of the baseball limelight.

In 2014, Bandura played in the Little League World Series with Philadelphia’s Taney Dragons, who made a memorable run to the semifinals behind trailblazing pitcher Mo’ne Davis, the first girl to earn a win and throw a shutout in

SAN JOSE, Calif. -- Jackson Flora didn’t want to disappoint the crowd.

The Giants’ 2026 first-round Draft pick had punched out the first two batters he faced to start the top of the second inning of Single-A San Jose’s 3-1 win over the Stockton Ports on Thursday night,

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Bo Davidson was quite a find when the Giants signed the undrafted free agent out of Caldwell Tech Community College in 2023. Now ranked as the team’s No. 8 prospect, Davidson has absolutely raked at Triple-A Sacramento.

The outfielder posted four hits in the River Cats’ 11-1