Good morning, baseball fans!
Since the season ended, the McCovey Chronicles staff have been doing player reviews that go over each member of the San Francisco Giants’ 2025 season. Today, I’m going to continue our community reviews where we ask you all to weigh in on how you feel like each player did this year and what your favorite highlights were.
Today, we’re going to take a look at Christian Koss. Steven wrote a fantastic review earlier this offseason, which I would encourage everyone to revisit.
These fine folks do the hard-hitting analysis, so as usual I’m going with the vibes.
And the vibes for Koss’ 2025 rookie season were great. A utility infielder with a 1.9 bWAR in their debut season? Spectacular, I’ll take ten of them. And his fashion on and off the field? Impeccable.
When I think about Koss’ rookie season, I cannot help but be reminded of Kelby Tomlinson’s rookie season a decade ago. It’s like…I don’t know why it works, but it works, so I’m not going to ask too many questions. He’s the guy when you need him to be the guy.
Nothing cemented that comparison quite like his grand slam on May 13th against the Arizona Diamondbacks. It’s no walk-off grand slam against the Dodgers, but it’s still one for the memory hole and absolutely my favorite highlight of his season.
I’m going to go ahead and give Koss’s rookie season a B+. There’s room for improvement, sure. But he’s off to a great start.
How did you feel about Christian Koss’ 2025 season? And what were your favorite highlights?
