SAN FRANCISCO -- At the start of camp in February, it would not have been hard to imagine Hayden Birdsong and Kyle Harrison pitching on consecutive days for six months. But Landen Roupp was the ...

San Francisco manager Bob Melvin speaks with the media after the Giants' 8-2 loss to the Arizona Diamondbacks on Tuesday at Chase Field.

Giants manager Bob Melvin speaks to reporters before the team’s game against the New York Mets Saturday at Oracle Park.

SAN FRANCISCO — Not two years ago Hayden Birdsong was just one of eight Giants prospects in a dorm room in the Dominican Republic. Just as bushy-haired and even more baby-faced back then, the five-day ...