Garlic Fries and Baseball Guys

Welcome to Episode 146 of the Garlic Fries and Baseball Guys Podcast. The Giants are officially in a playoff chase with the Mets and Reds and Sam Lubman and Steven Rissotto talk about how realistic it is for the Giants to be the final team standing for the 6th and final wild card spot. Plus, previewing a MASSIVE series against the Dodgers.

Welcome to Episode 145, not 146, of the Garlic Fries and Baseball Guys Podcast. Sam Lubman and Steven Rissotto react to the Giants scuffle with the Rockies on Tuesday. Also, is this recent offensive surge enough to carry them to the playoffs, and what all this means for Bob Melvin's future?

Welcome to Episode 144 of the Garlic Fries and Baseball Guys Podcast. Sam Lubman catches up with Logan Webb for his fourth appearance on this podcast. We get into Logan becoming more of a strikeout pitcher this year while also hitting 1,000 innings for his career. Plus, what the additions of Willy Adames and Rafael Devers have meant for the team, and what it's like to share an on-screen meal with...

Welcome to Episode 143 of the Garlic Fries and Baseball Guys Podcast. Sam Lubman and Steven Rissotto talk about the Giants season effectively coming to an end this week, the tenuous future of Bob Melvin, and why no one seems to know why this team is struggling so much.

Welcome to Episode 142 of the Garlic Fries and Baseball Guys Podcast. Sam Lubman and Steven Rissotto react to the Giants selling Tyler Rogers, Camilo Doval and Mike Yastrzemski at the trade deadline. Plus, reaction to the haul of players they brought back, and what to care about these next two months.

Welcome to Episode 141 of the Garlic Fries and Baseball Guys Podcast. Sam Lubman goes solo in this episode because, like most Giants fans, he is feeling very frustrated over his team and has to get his thoughts off as to why. Plus, what he wants to see the Giants do at the deadline, and why he is still not giving up on the 2025 season.

Welcome to Episode 140 of the Garlic Fries and Baseball Guys Podcast. Sam Lubman and Steven Rissotto react to the Giants 2-4 road trip, and the seemingly heating up bats of Rafael Devers and Matt Chapman to go along with Willy Adames latest hot stretch. Plus, what to expect from Landen Roupp and Hayden Birdsong down the stretch of the season.

Welcome to Episode 139 of the Garlic Fries and Baseball Guys Podcast. Steven Rissotto and former Giants reliver George Kontos recap the MLB All-Star Game festivities, preview the Giants’ second half, how the young starters in the rotation could fair through an entire season, and possible trade deadline acquisitions. They also touch on the specific struggles of Justin Verlander and Rafael Devers. 

Welcome to Episode 138 of the Garlic Fries and Baseball Guys Podcast. Sam Lubman and Steven Rissotto dive into the hot stretch that Willy Adames is having and how sustainable it is. Plus, how concerning are the struggles of Rafael Devers and Justin Verlander? Finally, reacting to the Giants who did, and did not, make the All-Star Game.

Welcome to Episode 137 of the Garlic Fries and Baseball Guys Podcast. We got a special one this week, Sam Lubman is joined by former 95.7 The Game producer and current 1320 KHTK 10-12 host Kyle Madson, who is also an Oakland A's fan, to preview this weekends series between the Giants and the A's, including a comparrison of shortstops, some dreaded stadium talk, and discussing how much the Bay Brid...

Welcome to Episode 136 of the Garlic Fries and Baseball Guys Podcast. Dan Dibley is the guest co-host this week, and he and Sam talk about the winless plight of Justin Verlander, as well as react to the demotion of Tyler Fitzgerald. Plus, why are the Giants pressing so much, and evaluating the first week of the Rafael Devers Era.

Welcome to Episode 135 of the Garlic Fires and Baseball Guys Podcast. Sam Lubman and Steven Rissotto react to the Giants massive trade with the Red Sox for Rafael Devers, as well as the raw comments Jonathan Papelbon had about Devers on Willard and Dibs. Plus other big questions remain, like "where Devers hits in the lineup" and "what position does he play," and more.

Welcome to Episode 134 of the Garlic Fries and Baseball Guys Podcast. Sam Lubman is joined by Daryle The Guru Johnson for this episode. The guys react to the Giants heartbreaking and embarassing walk-off loss to the Rockies, talk about the potential bounce back of Willy Adames, and take a look at the upcoming series with the Dodgers.

Welcome to Episode 133 of the Garlic Fries and Baseball Guys podcast. This episode features Sam Lubmans interview with Giants left-handed starting pitcher Kyle Harrison. Sam talks with Kyle about the Giants responding to Busters Poseys message, how he has improved as a starter this year, and his experience meeting Brock Purdy last year. This interview was originally aired on The Orange and Black W...

Welcome to Episode 132 of the Garlic Fries and Baseball Guys Podcast. It has been a wild week of emotional highs and lows for Giants fans, and who better to put those emotions into perspective than Matt Steinmetz, this weeks guest co-host. Plus, the expectations of Camilo Doval as the closer, and why Giants fans should exercise more patience with Bryce Eldridge.

Welcome to a very special edition of the Garlic Fries and Baseball Guys Podcast. Bonta Hill, at long last, joins the pod to talk about the Giants rough weekin Detroit, and the even rougher state of the Giants offense that is scuffling in the worst ways.

Welcome to Episode 131 of the Garlic Fries and Baseball Guys Podcast. Sam Lubman is celebrating the gift that has been Wilmer Flores in 2025, as he accounts for two-thirds of the Giants wins in their sweep over the A's. Plus, what moving Jordan Hicks to the bullpen and Hayden Birdsong to the rotation means for the team as a whole, and Sam has another new thought for the Giants closer situation.

Welcome to Episode 129 of the Garlic Fries and Baseball Guys Podcast. Sam Lubman goes solo this week and finally says it: it's time to remove Ryan Walker as the Giants closer. Also, Heliot Ramos is on an All-Star path again, and the Giants welcome the Diamondbacks to town, but will not face Corbin Burnes.

Welcome to Episode 128 of the Garlic Fries and Baseball Guys Podcast. Sam Lubman and Joe Shasky are excited to see the calendar turn to May, because it means Willy Adames is starting to get hot at the plate. Plus, why Matt Chapman is valuable even when he is not hitting, and another test awaits the Giants at the comfy confines of Wrigley Field and the Chicago Cubs.

Welcome to Episode 127 of the Garlic Fries and Baseball Guys Podcast. Sam Lubman and Joe Shasky react to the Giants first series against an NL West team, a 2-game sweep at the hands of the Padres, and wonder if it is time to swap Hayden Birdsong in for Landon Roupp in the rotation. Also, after a month a of baseball, what is it that the Giants do well right now?

Welcome to Episode 126 of the Garlic Fries and Baseball Guys Podcast. Joe Shasky is playing golf today, so Sam Lubman is rolling solo and talking about the Giants taking two of three from Bruce Bochy's Texas Rangers over the weekend. Robbie Ray and Justin Verlander had huge bounce-back starts, and the real story might be how the Giants have put together baseball's second-best record when their lin...

Welcome to Episode 125 of the Garlic Fries and Baseball Guys Podcast. Sam Lubman is joined by Steven Rissotto (Joe Shasky on assignment) to react to the Giants latest big comeback win and the confidence building in the clubhouse with every win. They also talk about the concerns over the starting rotation and back end of the bullpen, two areas expected to be strengths this year. Plus, Wilmer Flores...

Welcome to Episode 124 of the Garlic Fries and Baseball Guys Podcast. The Giants have lost 3 of their last 4 and for the first time all season, are scuffling a bit. Ryan Walker has the guys concerned about the the late innings, and there are not many options to remedy those issues right now. Later, the Willy Adames concerns are still real, but not as real as the concerns over first base.

Welcome to Episode 123 of the Garlic Fries and Baseball Guys Podcast. Sam Lubman is going solo this week to recap the Giants 4-game series split with the Phillies, and how the Giants are making a statement to the rest of baseball with their performance this week. Plus, where the concern level is with the Giants starting rotation, and the best development from the early part of the season.

Welcome to Episode 122 of the Garlic Fries and Baseball Guys Podcast. Joe Shasky is off for this episode, so Steven Rissotto is called upon to pinch hit for him alongside Sam Lubman. The Giants took 2 of 3 from the Yankees in The Bronx, and Jung Hoo Lee showed the Big Apple why he is the Giants next great star.