Jonah Cox Is Becoming the Giants' Best Story
In a San Francisco season that has given fans precious little to cheer about, Oral Roberts alum Jonah Cox is delivering something worth watching. The Giants rookie center fielder closed out the Aug. 30–Sept. 5 stretch hitting .291 — and the numbers only scratch the surface of how consistent he's been.
Cox opened the week going 1-for-3 with a run scored and a walk in a win over Arizona on Aug. 30, then turned it up from there. He went 2-for-5 with a solo home run and two RBI on Aug. 31 in a Giants win over Atlanta — a game in which Anthony Molina also struck out six batters in five innings and Rafael Devers contributed a solo shot in a 7-3 victory. Cox followed that with a multi-hit game on Sept. 1 (2-for-something, one RBI, one run, one walk) and then a run scored on Sept. 3, before going 2-for-something with two runs on Sept. 4 against the Mets. He added another hit and a run on Sept. 5 to cap the week.
That's four multi-hit performances across six games, a home run, four RBI, and steady on-base contributions. Sports Illustrated called the performance enough to make Cox hard to ignore heading into 2027 — and it's difficult to argue with that framing. For a club struggling through an abysmal year, Cox has emerged as a legitimate bright spot and a building block worth tracking this offseason.
Romano's Roller Coaster in Colorado
On the other side of the ledger, fellow ORU alum Jordan Romano is navigating a rougher road in Colorado's bullpen. The right-hander appeared in three games during the stretch — and the results were mixed at best.
Romano looked sharp on Sept. 2 against Baltimore, striking out two batters across a clean inning in a 4-2 Rockies win. But he ran into trouble on both ends of the week: surrendering a run on Sept. 1 in a 2-1 loss to the Orioles, then getting burned in the ninth inning on Sept. 5. In that game, Iván Herrera's three-run home run off Romano in the ninth flipped what had been a 6-6 tie into a 7-6 Cardinals win — erasing a spirited Rockies comeback that had erased a three-run deficit with four runs in the sixth.
Romano finishes the week with a 5.00 ERA. For a Rockies team already fighting through a difficult season, those ninth-inning implosions are a familiar and painful story.
Around the Diamond
Jose Trevino quietly contributed for the Reds, recording a hit and an RBI in each of his two logged appearances (Sept. 1 vs. San Diego, Sept. 5 vs. Milwaukee) while batting .231. Not flashy, but steady production from behind the dish.
No stats surfaced this week for ORU alums Cade Denton, Chi Chi González, Matt Hogan, Mac McCroskey, or Matthew Whatley.
The headline from this stretch is clear: Cox is writing the most compelling chapter of his young career at exactly the right time, and Golden Eagle fans have every reason to keep watching San Francisco's outfield this September.
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