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Jeff Samardzija clearly does not think that he will be landing with the New York Yankees any time soon. Addressing reporters on Wednesday, the San Francisco Giants righty laughed off recent trade rumors linking him to the Yankees in the wake of the …
The news of Bruce Bochy’s impending retirement is hitting folks hard in the San Francisco Giants’ clubhouse. Pitcher Jeff Samardzija, who has been with the Giants since 2016, talked on Tuesday about Bochy’s plans to retire after the …
San Francisco Giants pitcher Jeff Samardzija is a bit radical when it comes to ballpark dimensions. In fact, he joked that if it were up to him, the fencing at ballparks would change at various points of the season just to keep things interesting, or …
Jeff Samardzija is on schedule to return to the San Francisco Giants’ rotation soon. Giants manager Bruce Bochy spoke with the media before Saturday’s game against the Los Angeles Dodgers and provided an update on Shark. Bochy said …
Jeff Samardzija is likely to begin the upcoming MLB season on the disabled list for the San Francisco Giants, according to a report. Samardzija has been hit hard in spring training, allowing 17 hits, 15 runs (13 earned) and six home runs over four …
It may only be spring training, but Jeff Samardzija’s umpiring criticisms are already in midseason form. The San Francisco Giants right-hander started Sunday’s Cactus League game against the rival Los Angeles Dodgers. After a supposed …
Temperatures are beginning to hit the mid-80s in Colorado, so it makes sense that their professional baseball team has no chill. San Francisco Giants starter Jeff Samardzija clubbed his first home run of the season (and just the third of his career) …
Baseball players have caught a bad rap over the years for not being, shall we say, the most sculpted of athletes (need we say more?). There are, however, a handful of players who are so physically talented that they could also have been big hits in …
San Francisco Giants pitcher Jeff Samardzija was one of the mainstays of the Chicago Cubs during their more recent lean years. Now, he admits that he’d have stayed if he could have seen their renaissance coming, but simply got tired of being …
Jeff Samardzija says his career-worst 2015 season was down to him tipping his pitches. The right-hander had an ERA under 4 over the three seasons prior to last, but Samardzija’s 2015 was one to forget, with his ERA ballooning to 4.96 and …
The San Francisco Giants moved to address their pitching by agreeing to terms with Jeff Samardzija to a five year, $90 million contract on Saturday, according to multiple reports. CSN Bay Area’s Alex Pavlovic originally reported the deal, while …
The Oakland A’s are having another one of their frequent firesales and are stocking up on players while dismantling their major league club. Two weeks ago, the A’s traded MVP candidate Josh Donaldson to the Blue Jays. On Monday, they …
Jeff Samardzija and Jason Hammel are headed to the Oakland A’s in a trade, according to a report. Multiple reports on Friday night said the A’s and Cubs were in serious talks about a trade, and Ken Rosenthal reports it’s a done …
Jeff Samardzija has been piling up a ton of strikeouts as a starting pitcher for the Chicago Cubs this year, and that trend continued during a 12-4 win over the Arizona Diamondbacks on Sunday. Samardzija fanned 11 hitters in 6 1/3 innings of work, …
Jeff Samardzija was so intent on becoming a successful pitcher for the Chicago Cubs, he once told Theo Epstein that he was going to dump his girlfriend in order to focus on improving. Epstein was the subject of an excellent feature written by Joe …
To understand how I feel about Jeff Samardzija, all you need to know about is one play. Does 20-17 say enough to you? In case it doesn’t, here’s a refresher. Anyway, it’s pretty incredible to see the guy go from balling on the …
