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Eli Walsh, part of the fine prospect-coverage crew at Baseball Prospectus stops by to join me and talk about a few of the players on the San Jose and Sacramento rosters. Eli writes the Giants’ organizational rankings for B-Pro, and helps fill in some of my West Coast blindspots with his first-hand reports from the Cal League and PCL.
We talk big players like Bryce Eldridge and Carson Whisenhunt, and a few more obscure discoveries, like Trent Harris and Cesar Perdomo. Check out all of Eli’s work at the Monday Morning Ten Pack (including this week’s report on Whisenhunt), and follow him on twitter at walsh_eli to find all of his prospect coverage.
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Intro/Outro: “Twisting by the Pool” by Dire Straits


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Kerry Crowley and I have finally gotten our schedules synced up — but things haven’t changed a whole lot in the NL or with the Giants since last we spoke. Kerry and I discuss whether this .500 club is just another variety of the one we’ve watched the past two years, or whether there’s something more interesting brewing under the surface. Along the way, we talk about the delightful surprise that has been Heliot Ramos, the pitching staff’s shortages, and the NL’s “race” for mediocrity.
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Intro/Outro: “They Didn’t Believe Me” by Dinah Washington


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This week’s There R Giants podcast features Richmond Hitting and Pitching Coaches Cory Elasik and Paul Oseguera (respectively). Together they walk me through the Richmond roster talking about development growth they’ve seen from their players this year — many of whom they’ve coached in previous years as well. We talk about the recently promoted Grant McCray and Hayden Birdsong, and a wide variety of other Flying Squirrels including Victor Bericoto, Adrian Sugastey, Vaun Brown, Carson Ragsdale, Evan Gates and many more.
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Intro/Outro: “But I’m Different Now” by The Jam


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This week’s pod features a couple of pitchers who have been carving up hitters this year without the normal huge velocity we tend to associate with great pitching performances. John Michael Bertrand has now won the Eastern League Pitcher of the Week honors twice, while Dylan Cumming was the Pitcher of the Month for the Northwest League in April — and has a decent shot at repeating the honor in May. Both of them were generous enough to share their baseball journeys with me and detail their preparation and thought processes when on the mound.
This one’s a little noisy — as happens with in-stadium interviews, but it’s well worth it. Both of these guys are thoughtful, articulate, and engaging!
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Intro/Outro: “I’ve Got to Use My Imagination” by Gladys Knight and the Pips


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It’s time for another installation of There R Giants’ ever popular video interview series, In the Dugout! In this installment, we talk with Giants’ right-handed pitcher, Eric Silva. The Giants’ 2021 4th round pick out of JSerra Catholic High School in San Juan Capistrano, CA, Silva is going through multiple transitions this year: into the upper minors and to the bullpen. Through it all, Silva remains a thoughtful, introspective, and articulate young man, who is as interested in his growth as a person as he is his growth as an athlete. I hope you enjoy this super engaging talk with Silva, definitely one of my favorites to converse with.
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MLB.com’s Maria Guardado joins me to talk about the young wave of talent joining the Giants, and the struggles, adjustments, and improvements that are helping these young talents stick on the roster going forward.
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