Giants Talk: A San Francisco Giants Podcast

Latest Episodes:

Analyzing potential Giants GM candidates, offseason questions Oct 15, 2024

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Cole Kuiper and Alex Pavlovic break down what new president of baseball operations Buster Posey will seek in potential GM candidates and answer fan questions about the Giants’ offseason. Cole and Alex also discuss the MLB playoffs and make their World Series predictions.

1:00 Breaking down NLCS, ALCS matchups

15:00 World Series predictions

16:30 Potential Giants GM candidates

29:30 Are the Giants done with 'heavy lifting' after Matt Chapman deal?

40:00 What does future look like for Marco Luciano, Tyler Fitzgerald, Brett Wisely?

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Giants’ biggest surprises, disappointments of 2024 season Oct 07, 2024

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Alex Pavlovic and Cole Kuiper look back at the 2024 season and analyze the Giants’ biggest surprises, disappointments and front-office mistakes that resulted in an 80-82 record. They also discuss new president of baseball operations Buster Posey’s potential impact on top prospects such as Bryce Eldridge and Marco Luciano.

3:00 Biggest surprises of 2024 season

7:00 Biggest disappointment

13:00 Breakthrough performance

24:00 Biggest front-office mistake

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Buster Posey excited by president of baseball ops role, shares what he wants in Giants’ next GM Oct 01, 2024

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Alex Pavlovic and Cole Kuiper assess Farhan Zaidi’s tenure and look forward to how Buster Posey’s leadership style will translate to his new role. Also, Alex catches up with Posey and Giants chairman Greg Johnson to discuss the search for San Francisco's next general manager and how Buster’s perspective as a player will benefit him in his new job.

8:00 Assessing Farhan's tenure

26:00 Examing Posey's leadership style

33:00 Buster Posey shares 'excitement' of new role

37:45 Posey on GM search

41:30 Greg Johnson on Posey's readiness for new role

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Emergency podcast: Zaidi out, Posey in as Giants' president of baseball ops Sep 30, 2024

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Alex Pavlovic and George Kontos discuss what led to the Giants' decision to part ways with Farhan Zaidi, the surprising announcement of Buster Posey as his replacement, and what changes should be made for San Francisco to regain a winning culture.

1:10 Posey named Giants' president of baseball operations

3:00 How Posey can bring winning culture back to San Francisco

10:05 Can Posey be a successful player recruiter?

12:45 What led to Giants' decision to part ways with Zaidi

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Zaidi reporter chat takeaways; can Giants’ recent success carry into 2025? Sep 26, 2024

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Alex Pavlovic and Cole Kuiper analyze what we should take away from Giants president of baseball operations Farhan Zaidi’s discussion with the media this week in Arizona. Also, Alex and Cole examine the Giants’ recent positive vibes, Grant McCray’s concerning strikeout rate and how Bryce Eldridge’s rise could impact the team’s free agency approach.

1:00 Giants playing well now that pressure is off

7:30 Grant McCray's concerning strikeout rate

12:30 Takeaways from Farhan Zaidi's discussion with media

20:00 How Bryce Eldridge could impact Giants free agency approach

32:00 Previewing the Giants-Cardinals series

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Bryce Eldridge discusses his MLB journey, development area this offseason Sep 23, 2024

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Alex Pavlovic chats with Giants prospect Bryce Eldridge to discuss his fast-tracked MLB journey and learning to play first base. Also, Cole Kuiper and Alex analyze Marco Luciano’s tough season and why San Francisco shouldn’t give up on him yet.

5:30 Giants two biggest mistakes in handling Luciano

10:00 Comparing Luciano's development to Heliot Ramos

22:30 Can Matt Chapman get to 30 homers?

25:30 Discussing Shohei Ohtani's historic season

38:00 Eldridge discusses Triple-A promotion

48:15 Eldridge shares biggest adjustment to playing first base

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Assessing Zaidi's future with Giants, implications if change is made Sep 19, 2024

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Cole Kuiper and Alex Pavlovic discuss Farhan Zaidi’s future with the Giants and detail the organizational implications if they decide to move. Cole and Alex also analyze if Bob Melvin should be on the heat seat, and why Marco Luciano’s position will be one of San Francisco's biggest offseason questions to answer.

2:30 Discussing Farhan's future with Giants

10:30 Is Bob Melvin on the hot seat?

20:30 Why Marco Luciano will be one of the biggest offseason questions

28:00 How both Giants, Orioles screwed up potential Blake Snell trade

36:45 Looking around MLB

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How Bryce Eldridge’s rise could impact Giants’ 2025 plans Sep 16, 2024

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Cole Kuiper and Alex Pavlovic break down Bryce Eldridge’s promotion to Triple-A and when he could potentially make the jump to San Francisco. Also, Cole and Alex examine Buster Posey’s reported involvement in Matt Champan’s contract extension and if it signals anything about Farhan Zaidi’s future.

1:00 Bryce Eldridge to Triple-A

8:30 Buster Posey takes lead in Matt Chapman negotiations

12:30 Does Posey's increased involvement signal anything about Farhan Zaidi's future?

21:00 Discussing Heliot Ramos' splash hit

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Kontos analyzes Snell's second-half run and how Birdsong can take next step Sep 12, 2024

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Alex Pavlovic and Cole Kuiper examine how Mike Yastrzemski fits into the Giants’ future outfield plans, what to look for the rest of the season and speculate on the future of the “creamsicle” City Connect uniforms. Also, Alex sits down with analyst George Kontos to dissect Blake Snell’s second-half stats, and what Hayden Birdsong needs to do to take the next step.

3:00 Discussing the future of the "creamsicle" City Connect uniforms

14:00 How Yaz fits into the Giants

19:30 What to look for rest of MLB season

27:30 Kontos breaks down Snell's dominant second half

30:00 Kontos details how Birdsong can take next step

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Fitzgerald-Luciano incident analyzed; Estes dissects Giants' closer situation Sep 09, 2024

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Alex Pavlovic and Cole Kuiper discuss the dugout incident between Tyler Fitzgerald and Marco Luciano, Grant McCray’s future in the Giants' outfield and when top prospect Bryce Eldridge might reach the big leagues. Alex also sits down with Shawn Estes to break down what he has seen from Kyle Harrison, Camilo Doval and Ryan Walker.2:00 Analyzing the Fitzgerald-Luciano incident

6:00 Why the Giants haven’t moved Luciano to the outfield yet

7:30 Where does McCray fit into the Giants’ 2025 outfield plans?

15:30 When fans can hope to see Eldridge in San Francisco

25:00 Estes shares what he has seen from Harrison

29:00 Estes discusses how Giants should handle Doval, Walker

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