Pitchers Park Podcast - A San Francisco Giants Podcast

Approaching the quarter-mark of the season, Matt Chapman's rough start is analyzed. On defense, his -4 Outs Above Average (tied for worst in MLB) ranks 34th among 3rd Basemen. On offense, he's slashing .204/.257/.338 and a 72 wRC+. Luckily there's plenty of baseball left to right the ship. Pitchers Park Podcast is part of the Fans First Sports Network. Hosted by Jeff Young and Brooks Knudsen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jeff and Brooks question the reasoning behind the Giants lacking in the steals department once again. Is it management? Is it personnel? Is it time to switch up the offensive approach? Also, the GOAT receives a special birthday shoutout. Pitchers Park Podcast is part of the Fans First Sports Network. Hosted by Jeff Young and Brooks Knudsen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome to the Pitchers Park Podcast, the new San Francisco Giants podcast on FFSN. Hosted by Brooks Knudsen and Jeff Young, the show is a short, focused look into the Giants world. On today's episode, Jeff and Brooks talk about the Blake Snell injury and why Mason Black wasn't called up to replace him. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome to the first episode of Pitchers Park Podcast, the new San Francisco Giants podcast on FFSN. Hosted by Brooks Knudsen and Jeff Young, the show is a short, focused look into the Giants world. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In their last episode, Bryan and Doug proclaimed it YAMAMOTO OR BUST... well... we're in BUST territory, and so now both hosts pitch their ideas for what constitutes the next pivot for this strange offseason. They also discuss the Jung Hoo Lee deal and the decade-plus of decisions and philosophy that have put the Giants so far back of their once archrivals. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What's the Giants' big move or series of moves this offseason now that their archrival has added the best player on the planet to its roster? Bryan and Doug return not to lament but to plan out what the team could do that might help them save face while keeping pace with a team they were supposed to compete against, but after five years of a new front office, have only fallen farther behind. Then they talk about what the Ohtani signing could mean for the future of Giants Baseball before discussing how new Old School Pitching Coach Bryan Price could impact the team's present. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The San Francisco Giants announced most of their coaching staff for the 2024 season this past Friday night, and Bryan and Doug examine the highs and lows of everyone's resumes. They also discuss Michael Conforto's decision to opt-in to $18 million for 2024 (a bummer? a shrug?) and the player awards season. All that before the (30:50) mark where they get into free agency and where the Giants can go based on their budget and based on need. Point of fact: FanGraphs projects 7 years/$196 million for Yoshinobu Yamamoto. For some reason Bryan said $96 million. The team has the ability to go big and still fill some needs, but just like their chances for next season even if they land a big fish this offseason, it's a little foggy when it comes to seeing where they stand with all the big fishes in free agency. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Bryan and Doug return to evaluate the San Francisco Giants' first big move of their offseason: hiring Bob Melvin away from the San Diego Padres. It's a move that crosses a lot of t's and dots a lot of i's but leaves very little to the imagination. Are there any actual surprises in store for the team or are they following a script written by season ticketholders? Meanwhile, some listener questions are finally answered including one important question the hosts had never before considered. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Giants fell face-first while running down the stretch and the President of Baseball Operations' end of season press conference did little to assuage any fears that next year would be different. Bryan and Doug delve into the obvious but also deeper meanings of some of the highlights from Farhan Zaidi's conference and toy with the premise that we're living in a new era of Baseball stubbornness. They also give their final trust power rankings of the season (32:08) and the results are shocking. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The San Francisco Giants fired their manager in an attempt to course correct, but it's a maneuver that might create more questions than it answers. Bryan and Doug look at Farhan Zaidi's lame duck status, the termination itself, and how nothing can meaningfully change restrictions put in place by ownership. After a terrible 79-83 season, the team enters yet another make-or-break offseason in an increasingly uncertain future. SF: Nothing Like It. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Bryan and Doug try to pull out some positives from the collapsing structure that was the 2023 San Francisco Giants season. The problem is the list of negatives is much longer and fan and player grievances are warranted. Neither host thinks the front office needs to be excused, but that doesn't make them immune from criticism over this next season. The last few weeks have revealed some really janky process, a facet of the Baseball Operations department that was supposed to be world-class. What's a fan to do? Be angry. What's a front office to do? That's what we'll find out. FACTUAL ERROR NOTE: Bryan thought Rhys Hoskins was still arbitration-eligible and would therefore need to be acquired via trade. He will be a free agent. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Giants are very close to simply playing out the string and that puts Bryan and Doug in a cranky mood. On top of the team's disappointing 76-76 record, Alex Cobb's season and Brandon Crawford's Giants career appear to be over. Bryan also asks Doug some pointed questions about the shape of the offseason. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The San Francisco Giants managed to have a successful homestand, but it still didn't answer every open question we have about these 2023 Giants in what's now the final 3 weeks of the regular season. Do they have what it takes to get in as the last Wild Card? Guess we'll find out. What we do know is that Ross Stripling WILL return in 2024, to the surprising of exactly none of us. Also, what's eating the Giants' attendance? They're 17th out of 30 teams now. Is this the new normal? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

There are just 22 games left in the season and it's getting harder and harder to see what's so great about the San Francisco Giants. That won't stop us from ranking the trustworthiness of their bullpen, once the team's greatest strength. Bryan and Doug also take some time to examine some comments Farhan Zaidi made while the team was in Chicago. Is 2023 a speedrun of the 2019 season... or a season far more haunting? They also play Interesting & Concerning. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Giants went up against the best teams in the league in August and looked overmatched; but, it didn't kill their postseason odds and now they have a chance to bulk up over the final month of the season thanks to some salary dumps by the Los Angeles Angels. Even if the Giants don't take advantage of some modest upgrades, they've shown with Kyle Harrison's promotion and sharp pair of starts that they have the talent to scare teams, especially if they make it into the Wild Card round. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The San Francisco Giants called up their #1 overall prospect, the #20 prospect in all of Baseball, LHP Kyle Harrison. What caught Bryan and Doug's eye and why should Giants fans be excited to have him now that he's up? Meanwhile, they ponder the team's view of Heliot Ramos, the utility of Paul DeJong, and swap things they found interesting and concerning (32:30) about the team from what has been a very busy week. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Bryan and Doug reunite after a week off to look at the dreadful state of the lineup, the team's chances over the final month and a half of the season, and state what they've found interesting and concerning about the team since their last episode together. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The San Francisco Giants surveyed the trade market and opted to stand (mostly) pat in hopes of an offensive resurgence, despite most evidence suggesting one was not forthcoming. Now, the pitching has to be perfect in order to win. Is there a chance that the dog days of August could help a moribund group of hitters even for a time or will the team being susceptible to the same pitchers' fatigue as every other time flatten out any offensive gains? Bryan is solo this week and he looks at the good and bad from the Angels series while previewing the next couple of weeks -- a schedule that only gets tougher for a struggling team. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Getting swept by the A's sure does have Bryan and Doug feeling some kind of way about the San Francisco Giants and it prompts them to examine every part of the team. There's also discussion about the team's new jersey sponsor (19:44) and a new Interesting/Concerning segment (33:09) before a quick preview of the Angels series that begins tonight. If you're enjoying the show, consider rating us five stars in Apple Podcasts or right there in your Spotify app or anywhere you get the show. Follow us on Twitter @GiantsChroncast; and, we're a part of Fans First Sports Network (@FansFirstSN). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The MLB trade deadline has come and gone and the Giants came away from it with OF AJ Pollock and INF Mark Mathias. Hardly a haul for a fanbase expecting a postseason run, but the team's strength all season long has been their bullpen, and after another strong month, Bryan and Doug don't see a reason why that should stop, especially considering all the movement that happened in this month's bullpen trust power rankings. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices