Eli Whiteside News

Thursday highlights from the Giants ' farm: both Justin Christian and Eli Whiteside homered among three hits, and Eric Hacker allowed just 1 ER in 7.0 IP.

After losing three of four against the Sacramento RiverCats, the Isotopes get to face the Pacific Coast League-leading Fresno Grizzlies , who come in rolling off a four-game sweep at Round Rock.

AAA: Fresno defeated Omaha 6-4 Fresno: SS Nick Noonan : 2 for 4, 2 2B, SH, SO, SB Fresno: LF Roger Kieschnick: 2 for 4, HR, 2 SO Fresno: C Eli Whiteside : 2 for 3, 2B, BB Fresno: SP Yusmeiro Petit : 6.0 IP, 7 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 4 K Fresno: RP Jean Machi : 1.0 IP, 2 K Omaha: SP Mike Montgomery : 6.0 IP, 8 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 3 BB, 4 K Kieschnick had his ... (more)

For maybe the first time in his career, Nick Noonan is showing some of the potential that made him the San Francisco Giants' first-round pick in 2007.

After a rough week dealing with injuries, endless reassignments, and an influx of unfamiliar faces in the Giants' major-league roster, things appear to have settled down in San Francisco's farm system.

Walk-off win: The Grizzlies, despite giving up six runs in the eighth, stormed from behind with three runs in the eighth and three more in the ninth for an 8-7 victory against the Iowa Cubs on Wednesday.

Team effort: Todd Linden hit a two-run homer and Nick Noonan a two-run triple and Fresno then turned to Heath Hembree to clean up an inherited mess in the ninth as the Grizzlies downed the Colorado Springs Sky Sox 7-4 on Saturday at Security Service Field.

Another Quad A player breaks through, two young southpaws do nothing but win and the NL's most valuable backup catcher are covered this week's edition of the space we like to call "Who's He"? Standing 6-foot-6 and tipping the scales at 255 pounds, Eldred looks like a prototypical power hitter who, in the tradition of Frank Thomas, Frank Howard and ... (more)

There seems to be a need for a Hector Sanchez primer. Or statement of intent. Or instruction manual.

It only made sense that the most honest and flattering praise that Bud Black had for pitcher Anthony Bass on Saturday sounded much like the commendation the Padres manager has offered on numerous occasions for Bass' counterpart, Tim Lincecum.

March 12, 2012; Surprise, AZ, USA; Kansas City Royals center fielder Jarrod Dyson steals second base against San Francisco Giants shortstop Brandon Crawford during the fourth inning at Surprise Stadium.

The starting pitching has been there, one of the reasons the Fresno Grizzlies bolted to the best start in their history.