Garlic Fries and Baseball Guys

The Giants rotation suffered a major (yet somewhat predictable) setback with the news that Anthony DeSclfani will most likely miss the rest of the Giants season. Plus, why the guys are not optimistic about Joey Bart revamping his swing in Sacramento.

Willard and Shasky answer question from the garlic fry lovers in the audience.

Welcome to Episode 19 of the Garlic Fries and Baseball Guys Podcast. The Giants are taking things a little too far with platooning. Not everyone needs to be platooned, especially Joc Pederson. Later, Willard and Shasky discuss how Gabe Kapler may still be trying the perfect balance between data and gut feeling when managing. It's a tough line to stand on. Finally, the Nationals appear to be close...

The Giants shot themselves in the foot on Wednesday when they went with the platoon advantage against the Tigers and pinch hit for Joc Pederson. Not everyone needs to be platooned.

Gabe Kapler continues to struggle to find the balance between analytics and gut feeling.

The Nationals are set to offer Juan Soto over $400 million to stay in Washington for the duration of his career, but that does not have to mean the Giants are out of the hunt for his services.

Welcome to. Episode 18 of the Garlic Fries and Baseball Guys Podcast. After a brutal weekend series loss to the Reds, Anthony DeSclafani is looking worse than he did against the Braves, but a bold decision could help the rotation, assuming the Giants want to make such a move. Later, the Giants signed and then called up Yermin Mercedes, which is not a bad move until you remember that David Villar h...

Anthony DeSclafani once again got shelled, and all is not groovy in the Giants rotation as a result.

The Giants had an infielder tearing it up in Sacramento, yet the organization that values guys proving themselves instead called up a guy they signed less than a week ago!

The Giants gameday experience has gotten stale, and there is no one reason to blame.

Welcome to the Lucky 13th episode of Garlic Fries and Baseball Guys, as we are lucky to be joined by the President of Baseball Operations for the San Francisco Giants Farhan Zaidi. Mark Willard and Joe Shasky go in-depth with the man Giants fans trust with their favorite team more than anyone.

Welcome to Episode 17 of Garlic Fries and Baseball Guys. After suffering three excruciating walk-off losses in four days, the doubts are starting to creep in regarding Farhan's master plan for the Giants. Later, let's show Joc Pederson some love. while the Giants lack of defense continues to frustrate Giants fans. Finally, Shasky has his early candidates for the Willie Mac Award, and we play a lit...

Willard and Shasky react to another brutal walk-off loss to the Braves as doubts regarding Farhan's plan begin to creep in.

Let's take a minute to appreciate the greatness of Joc Pederson this season. Plus, the Giants aversion to defense is starting to become costly.

Shasky unveils his early front runners for the Willie Mac Award, and Mark gives us a little 3 Up 3 Down.

Welcome to Episode 16 of the Garlic Fries and Baseball Guys podcast. Brandon Crawford checked off another career milestone when he became the 5th Giant EVER to play 1,500 games for the franchise. In two more games he will be 4th on the list of games played all-time as a Giants, and the three guys who will be ahead of him will all have statues around Oracle Park. Later, the guys get real about Gian...

Brandon Crawford etched his name in Giants history (again) when he played his 1,500th game for the Giants. Where does B-Craw rank among the all-time beloved Bay Area athletes.

No one prospect will completely turn a franchise around. The Giants need to hit on multiple prospects and probably be a little lucky in the process.

The Giants rotation took another hit when it lost Jakob Junis for the next 4-6 weeks with a hamstring injury. But Gabe Kapler might be finding a groove in when to take pitchers out, or most likely, he always had that groove.

Welcome to the 15th episode of the Garlic Fries and Baseball Guys Podcast. We are all over the Giants sweep of the Dodgers this past weekend. Perhaps it is time to start wondering how big the gap is between the Giants and Dodgers and instead focus on how it might be getting closer. Later, the guys debate what makes a compelling baseball player and if we as baseball fans have a skewed perception of...

The Giants reminded the baseball world that they are capable of hanging with the big kids after sweeping the Dodgers out of Oracle PArk this past weekend.

Willard and Shasky debate on if name brand alone is enough to make. player compelling. to watch and draw fans to. the park.

Willard and Shasky discuss whether or not Giants fans should take issue with the Dodgers fans invading their park, and remembering Matt Cain's perfect game 10 years later.

Welcome to Episode 14 of the Garlic Fries and Baseball Guys podcast. With Joe Shasky on assignment in Boston, Mark Willard is joined by producer Sam Lubman in a week that saw the Giants finally pull the plug on Joey Bart, sending him down to Sacramento. The guys discuss where it all went wrong for Bart and if there is any chance the Giants could get any value out of him. Later, the Giants defense...

The Giants finally pulled the plug on the Joey Bart experiment. Mark and Sam breakdown where it all went wrong for Bart and if he can find his way back on to the Giants roster.