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KROG #35
Kerry and I dive into the manager search, and talk approaches to interviewing, potential favorites, and more wide-ranging organizational changes that...
In the Dugout with Drew Cavanaugh
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Though the dugouts are all empty at this ti...
There R Giants Pod-224 with Geoff Pontes
My guest this week is Baseball America’s Geoff Pontes, who digs into the data to look at some of the best pitching breakouts of the season on the Gian...
KROG #34
Kerry Crowley and I talk Giants’ 2025 season in the end game.
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There R Giants Pod-223 with Ryan Murphy, R.J. Dabovich, and Chris Wright
It’s something of a theme pod today: Rehab Stories. I talk with three different pitchers who spent most of the last couple of years going through reha...
There R Giants-Pod 222 with Jacob Archer
The Northwest League Championship series begins tonight in Eugene, OR. And to help you get prepared for it — and recapture the feel of the amazing sec...
There R Giants Pod-221 with Luis de la Torre, Liam Simon, and Greg Farone
This week I have a matched pair to last week’s group of player interviews from my west coast swing. Where we had hitters in last week’s group, this we...
KROG #33
Kerry Crowley and I discuss the Giants’ recent power surge, whether this current incarnation of the team is what we should have expected all along or...
There R Giants Pod-220 with Nate Furman, Parks Harber, and Walker Martin
I put quite a number of player interviews in the can on my trip to the west coast affiliates last week, and I’ll roll them out over the next couple of...
There R Giants Pod-219 with Dayson Croes and Marques Johnson
For this week’s podcast, I’m joined by a couple of members of the Richmond Flying Squirrels who have traveled some long roads to get to where they are...
KROG #32
Kerry Crowley and I sift through the aftermath of the trade deadline, talk about our hopes for the rest of the year, and maybe starter to side-eye the...
There R Giants Pod-218 with Trey Wilson
Finishing up my tour of the affiliate broadcasters, I get to talk ball with Trey Wilson with the tape recorder going for once! Trey and I talk about t...
KROG #31
After many scheduling conflicts that precluded us talking at happier times, Kerry Crowley and I come together to pick over the sorry spectacle that th...
There R Giants Pod-217 with Scott Bandura and James Tibbs III
We had a little reunion of former Eugene outfielders last week in Richmond, when the Portland Sea Dogs came to town. I was able to talk to Scott Bandu...
There R Giants Pod-216 with Jim Callis
The great Jim Callis joins me to talk about the Giants most recent draft class, and how it fits in with a farm system that has really turned over a su...
There R Giants Pod-215 with Alex Pavlovic
Alex Pavlovic, the long-time Giants’ beat reporter for CSN Sports Bay Area, and now the author of The Franchise: San Francisco Giants: A Curated Histo...
There R Giants Pod-214 with Ian Villers, Thomas Gavello and Dylan Hecht
Time to head back to the field with a trio of player interviews — and a themed trio, as all three of my guys for this episode are East Bay kids. In th...
There R Giants Pod-213 with Joe Ritzo
Continuing my tour of the provinces, my guest in today’s edition of the pod is the well-traveled Joe Ritzo, who digs into a San Jose Giants team that...
There R Giants Pod-212 with Zack Bayrouty
My guest this week is Sacramento play-by-play announcer, Zack Bayrouty, who regales me with tales from the club’s 18-game road trip. Zack and I talk a...
KROG #30
It’s been too long since Kerry Crowley and I diced up the Giants’ surprisingly strong 2025 season. But we’re back to talk big trades, a bold new front...
There R Giants Pod-211 with Jacob Archer
Jacob Archer, the play-by-play announcer for the Eugene Emeralds joins me to talk a little Emeralds baseball. What went right in the first half, where...
There R Giants Pod-210 with Jesús Cano
Baseball America’s Jesús Cano joins me to talk about the Giants exciting young crop of talent in the Arizona Complex League this year. We dig into sev...
There R Giants Pod-209 with Braxton Roxby and Raymond Burgos
This week’s pod takes us back to The Diamond, where I conducted interviews this week with relievers Braxton Roxby and Raymond Burgos. Roxby is one of...
There R Giants Pod-208 with Joe Doyle
Over-Slot Baseball’s draft expert, Joe Doyle joins me once again to preview the talent at the top of the 2025 draft. We talk about the mix of talent i...
There R Giants Pod-207 with Bryce Eldridge, Joe Whitman, and Jack Choate
This week on the podcast, a trio of conversations from last week with some top prospects on the Double-A squad. Bryce Eldridge talks about the joys of...
There R Giants Pod-206 with Sabin Ceballos, Vaun Brown, and Trent Harris
This week on the There R Giants podcast, I have to empty out the file drawers with some player interviews I conducted back in April before a few trave...
KROG #29
Kerry tries to explain to Roger what’s been going on with the Giants in his absence, and we both try to come to grips with the strengths and potential...
There R Giants Pod-205 with Kevin Cunningham
My friend and former collaborator, Kevin Cunningham, joins me this week to discuss early season impressions and our trips to various Giants’ affiliate...
KROG #28
Kerry Crowley and I discuss the Giants’ crazy first homestand, the good vibes and question marks surrounding the team, and look forward to a tremendou...
There R Giants Pod-204 with Wrenzie Regodon
My friend Wrenzie Regodon joins me once again from his home base in the Philippines (where he watches copious amounts of Giants’ minor league ball) to...
Opening Day Roster Assignments
Ok, I’m going to try something new today and you can tell me if you like it! A quick little video recorded from The Diamond giving my initial take on...
KROG #27
We have actual, meaningful games to discuss! Real performances, real stats, and real action! Kerry Crowley and Roger Munter dig in with relish to the...
There R Giants Pod-203 with Jim Callis
The dean of prospect writing, MLB’s Jim Callis stops by to talk about the Giants’ new direction and a fresh new top 30. We talk about Bryce Eldridge,...
There R Giants Pod-202 with Shayna Rubin
SF Chronicle’s Shayna Rubin drops by the podcast this week to discuss the Giants relatively uneventful but upbeat spring training. We talk about the m...
KROG #26
Kerry Crowley and I return to talk actual baseball games! That’s fun! We get into some of the interesting camp battles around the edges of the roster,...
There R Giants Pod-201 with Ben Badler
Baseball America’s Ben Badler joins me this week to talk about the Giants’ increasingly product efforts scouting and signing international free agents...
There R Giants Pod-200 with Jeremiah Knackstedt
Jeremiah Knackstedt, who will be returning to Manage the Eugene Emeralds once again in 2025, is my guest on this week’s show. We talk about the challe...
KROG #25
It’s another KROG pod! Kerry Crowley and I discuss the oddly incomplete Giants’ roster as pitchers and catchers are set to report. We dig in on the pl...
There R Giants Pod-199 with Dennis Pelfrey
Dennis Pelfrey will be returning to Richmond in 2025 to helm the Flying Squirrels for the fourth consecutive season — making him the longest tenured m...
There R Giants Pod-198 with Susan Slusser
Long time SFChronicle beat writer (and former President of the BBWAA), the great Susan Slusser joins me this week to set the stage for pitchers and ca...