McCovey Chronicles · Mar 28, 2025
Off Day Mysteries: The Incredible Shrinking Giants
While we wait for the San Francisco Giants to conclude their series in Cincinnati this weekend, let’s examine a minor mystery that cropped up during Spring Training. Multiple Giants have seen their height change. The result of offseason dehydration? Too much computer use? Let’s get to the bottom of this.
If we compare the roster at the end of last season to what we got for Opening Day, then these changes leap out. Some players lost two full inches off their height! What’s going on here? Well, it’s not really much of a mystery.
Men are liars!