https://grabsomepine.comBay Area sports, Michigan, and a college basketball model.en-usSun, 26 Jul 2026 20:34:52 +0000https://grabsomepine.com/49ers/what-kyle-shanahan-has-not-said/https://grabsomepine.com/49ers/what-kyle-shanahan-has-not-said/Sun, 26 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +000049ersThe 49ers opened camp this weekend without the man who has run it since 2017. Everything known about how he is has come from somebody else's mouth.https://grabsomepine.com/49ers/where-the-49ers-cap-space-actually-came-from/https://grabsomepine.com/49ers/where-the-49ers-cap-space-actually-came-from/Sun, 26 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +000049ersThe 49ers have more cap space than any team in football. Roughly 55 percent of it arrived from outside the 2026 salary cap, and about $7 million of that is an insurance policy paying out on Nick Bosa's knee.https://grabsomepine.com/giants/four-shortstops-someone-is-moving-to-second/https://grabsomepine.com/giants/four-shortstops-someone-is-moving-to-second/Sun, 26 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000GiantsThe Giants have spent north of $13 million assembling four different answers to the same question. Sorting them by arrival date instead of by ranking reveals something uncomfortable about the next four years.https://grabsomepine.com/giants/what-the-giants-two-rentals-are-actually-worth/https://grabsomepine.com/giants/what-the-giants-two-rentals-are-actually-worth/Sun, 26 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000GiantsOne of the Giants' two rentals is having a season the components support. The other has the rotation's best ERA and its second-worst FIP. Pricing them the same way is the mistake available between now and August 3.https://grabsomepine.com/warriors/the-trapdoor-under-the-basement/https://grabsomepine.com/warriors/the-trapdoor-under-the-basement/Sun, 26 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000WarriorsThe league flattened the lottery again and added a relegation zone. The three worst records now draw 5.4 percent for the top pick while the seven teams above them draw 8.1. Here is what that does to a Warriors rebuild.https://grabsomepine.com/ncaab/the-ombudsman-goes-first/https://grabsomepine.com/ncaab/the-ombudsman-goes-first/Sun, 26 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000NCAA HoopsA weekly column whose job is to argue the model is worthless. It runs first, because there is nothing to review yet and the arithmetic already says most projects like this one fail.https://grabsomepine.com/ombudsman/two-wins-one-loss-and-a-win-this-site-argued-against/https://grabsomepine.com/ombudsman/two-wins-one-loss-and-a-win-this-site-argued-against/Sun, 26 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000OmbudsmanAn audit of Called Shots and the corrections file. The scored record is 2-1. The traceable scored record is 0-1, and on the Stenberg call the published record is worse than that.https://grabsomepine.com/49ers/the-melbourne-asterisk/https://grabsomepine.com/49ers/the-melbourne-asterisk/Sat, 25 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +000049ersOpening the season in Melbourne compresses every rehab timeline the 49ers are running. The PUP decisions on George Kittle and Mykel Williams are the ones it touches hardest.https://grabsomepine.com/49ers/twenty-one-locks-and-an-australian/https://grabsomepine.com/49ers/twenty-one-locks-and-an-australian/Sat, 25 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +000049ersThe 49ers open camp with 21 roster locks and no quarterback drama. What is left is twelve genuinely open jobs, and the best story among them belongs to a rookie punter with excellent timing.https://grabsomepine.com/warriors/where-the-statues-go/https://grabsomepine.com/warriors/where-the-statues-go/Sat, 25 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000WarriorsA dynasty ends, a hard rebuild starts, and the only Warriors question worth arguing about right now is which four players get statues and where each one stands.https://grabsomepine.com/sharks/grier-bought-the-house/https://grabsomepine.com/sharks/grier-bought-the-house/Fri, 24 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000SharksA blue-line overhaul was mandatory. Paying the top of the market on double the term was not. Comparable defensemen went for $4M that week and the best one available went for two years, while San Jose committed four.https://grabsomepine.com/sharks/best-pipeline-allegedly/https://grabsomepine.com/sharks/best-pipeline-allegedly/Thu, 23 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000SharksThe Sharks' pipeline gets called the league's best by a wide margin. The claim survives an audit, but it rests on three players and one uncomfortable truth about how prospect pools get built.https://grabsomepine.com/sharks/nobody-has-a-seat-for-collin-graf/https://grabsomepine.com/sharks/nobody-has-a-seat-for-collin-graf/Wed, 22 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000SharksThe Sharks qualified Collin Graf and then spent the summer signing forwards. A month later he is the last RFA standing, and the delay says more about the depth chart than about the money.https://grabsomepine.com/giants/prospects/2026-07-21/https://grabsomepine.com/giants/prospects/2026-07-21/Tue, 21 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000GiantsA quieter, settling week after the promotion wave: the board held steady, the complex teenagers kept raking, and the loud bats came from the lower minors.https://grabsomepine.com/giants/prospects/2026-07-19/https://grabsomepine.com/giants/prospects/2026-07-19/Sun, 19 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000GiantsBack from the break: a wave of promotions across the upper minors, three catchers up with the big club, and the complex teenagers still leading the way.https://grabsomepine.com/giants/prospects/2026-07-14/https://grabsomepine.com/giants/prospects/2026-07-14/Tue, 14 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000GiantsAll-Star break edition: the minor leagues went dark after July 12, so the rankings hold, the numbers are pre-break holdovers, and the draft class is still lacing up its cleats.https://grabsomepine.com/giants/prospects/2026-07-12/https://grabsomepine.com/giants/prospects/2026-07-12/Sun, 12 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000GiantsSpecial edition: the 2026 draft class joins the board (Jackson Flora at #3), a new MLB Rookies section debuts up top, and Dakota Jordan homers his way into a third straight monster week.https://grabsomepine.com/giants/prospects/2026-07-06/https://grabsomepine.com/giants/prospects/2026-07-06/Mon, 06 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000GiantsTop 51 prospects. Dakota Jordan goes nuclear again and cracks the top six, Diego Velasquez will not cool off, and two quiet absences turn into injury flags.https://grabsomepine.com/giants/prospects/2026-07-04/https://grabsomepine.com/giants/prospects/2026-07-04/Sat, 04 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000GiantsTop 51 prospects. Dakota Jordan goes nuclear, Blade Tidwell knocks on the door, Diego Velasquez keeps rising, and the arms sort themselves into heroes and cautionary tales.https://grabsomepine.com/sharks/jacob-trouba-the-reputation-premium/https://grabsomepine.com/sharks/jacob-trouba-the-reputation-premium/Wed, 01 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000SharksWhat $33 million actually bought, what it didn't, and whether he can still kill a penalty.https://grabsomepine.com/sharks/mason-marchment-a-full-workup/https://grabsomepine.com/sharks/mason-marchment-a-full-workup/Wed, 01 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000SharksThe good half of July 1, a genuine homecoming, and the one question that decides how good.https://grabsomepine.com/sharks/free-agency-forecast-grier-orders-the-well-drink/https://grabsomepine.com/sharks/free-agency-forecast-grier-orders-the-well-drink/Tue, 30 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000SharksA detailed, specific, almost-certainly-wrong prediction. The whole point is the receipts.https://grabsomepine.com/giants/prospects/2026-06-30/https://grabsomepine.com/giants/prospects/2026-06-30/Tue, 30 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000GiantsTop 51 prospects. Bo Davidson goes off, Josuar Gonzalez returns healthy, and Bericoto, Ceballos, and Marquez force the board to move.https://grabsomepine.com/sharks/ivar-stenberg-the-deep-dive/https://grabsomepine.com/sharks/ivar-stenberg-the-deep-dive/Sat, 27 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000SharksWhat the scouting reports leave out about Ivar Stenberghttps://grabsomepine.com/sharks/keaton-verhoeff-the-deep-dive/https://grabsomepine.com/sharks/keaton-verhoeff-the-deep-dive/Sat, 27 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000SharksWhat the scouting reports leave out about Keaton Verhoeff