Today the San Francisco Giants will embark on their first planned bullpen game of the 2025 season. They had an accidental one about two months ago, when they traded their starting pitcher a few minutes before the game, forcing a bullpen situation, but this one is an honest to goodness bullpen game. We’ve known for a few days that it was coming.
And now we know how it’s starting. On Saturday, Bob Melvin revealed that lefty Matt Gage will open the game and take the first stab at the New York Mets’ terrifying top of the order.