Giant Cocktails: A San Francisco Giants Baseball Podcast

Best team in baseball! The TV Star and the Old Man break report back about the home opener, review the Mariners series, and ask the critical question: Are the Giants for real? You known what Matthew will say, but perhaps Ben will surprise you. Our new cocktail podcast The Perfect Sip is on hiatus but new episodes are in production. You can find it here: https://the-perfect-sip.captivate.fm/listen...

(Originally titled: "Do it for Ginny") Pitching, defense and Wilmer Flores. The boys react to the 5-1 opening road trip including the excellent starting pitching, the equally good relief pitching and the offensive exploits of Ramos and Flores. Then they also discuss how the great start impacts their expectations for the season. And they pay tribute to Ben's recently departed furry friend. Do It fo...

It's season 5 of Giants Cocktails. Our veteran podcasters throw a new coat of paint while they breakdown the Opening Day roster and make full season predictions. Will a Giant hit 30 home runs? Will Ramos & Fitzgerald regress to the mean? Will Matthew predict 90 wins again? Can Ben hold his "positivity" for one more episode? (Yes!, No!, 90? Try 100!, Of course not.) Our new cocktail podcast The...

The injury troll has arrived. The boys discuss the injuries to Jung Hoo Lee and Jerar Encarnacion and how the Giants will cover the open roster spot. They also review a busy week including some big roster decisions, more money in the Giants pocket and maybe yours. Finally they say goodbye to season 4 of Giant Cocktails and tease season 5. Our cocktail podcast The Perfect Sip is in on hiatus but ne...

Opening Day is almost here. The brothers celebrate by attempting to predict the Opening Day roster and starting lineup. Will Kyle Harrison start in Sacramento? Is Jerar Encarnacion the DH? Can anyone guess the last three bullpen spots? Our new cocktail podcast The Perfect Sip is on hiatus but new episodes are in production. You can get caught up here: https://the-perfect-sip.captivate.fm/listen Sp...

The boys discuss the reality checks delivered to Bryce Eldridge, Landon Roupp ... and Giants fans. Was this the plan for Bryce Eldridge all along? 12 PA and one start? Is Landon Roupp still the front runner for the 5th spot? Was he ever? Then they pivot to the good news: the lineup is starting to rake! Adames! Chapman! Lee! Is this team better than everyone thinks? Our new cocktail podcast The Per...

Spring Training is 10 games old. The boys check in on the the regulars to make sure everything's OK. Is Jung Hoo Lee struggling coming off of injury? Is Adames a bust? Is LaMonte Wade Jr.'s .182 BA a good thing? (No, No ... and yes?). They also discuss the fifth starter battle and unintentionally discuss the 4th outfielder battle and the backup middle infield battle. Our new cocktail podcast The P...

The Giants are going 162-0! The boys dissect the first two games and make season long predictions from way too little information. Is the battle for the fifth spot in the rotation already settled? Will a Giant win MVP and ROY?! Is robots taking over the world actually a good thing? Well, according the one brother the answers are yes, yes and yes. Obviously. Our new cocktail podcast The Perfect Sip...

Spring has sprung! So the boys are breaking down the position battles. Will Matos and Luciano be blocked in Sacramento? Will Kyle Harrison start the season in AAA?! Does Ben think every player on the Giants is named Carson? (Probably, possibly, unfortunately.) Oh, our not so new cocktail podcast The Perfect Sip is on hiatus but new episodes are in the works! You can find the first season about get...

Did we really need a bunch of computers to tell us the Giants are mediocre? The brothers react to the Fangraph season and player projections after they celebrate the end of the football season. Later Matthew presents a sure fire winning strategy for the 2025 Giants. Ben is not impressed, but will you be? Our new cocktail podcast The Perfect Sip is in full swing even though Giants bats are not. You...

We're calling it: It's Spring baby and we're back! In this episode we're reviewing the off-season changes, the current roster and staying positive by listing all of the ways the Giants could be good this season. At no point do we suggest that they're doomed. (OK, Ben is his usual self, but he tries to be positive.) Our new cocktail podcast The Perfect Sip is in full swing even though Giants bats a...

It's time to check in and see how the old Giants are doing ... oh, much older! The brothers are back to pass judgement on the Justin Verlander signing and the off season overall. Good? Bad? Or just meh? Our new cocktail podcast The Perfect Sip is in full swing even though Giants bats are not. You can find it here: https://the-perfect-sip.captivate.fm/listen Speaking of cocktails, today Matthew is...

Has he signed yet? The brothers discuss the interminable wait for the signing of the Corbin Burnes, what it means for the rest of the off-season if he does sign with the Giants, and just how much money are the Giants going to spend anyway. Also at the end of the show they pay homage to the one-of-a-kind Rickey Henderson. Gone too soon. The first full 17 episode season of The Perfect Sip is out now...

*Pending physical. (Too soon?) In Buster Posey's first off-season the Giants give out the largest contract in team history to solve their shortstop problem. The brothers discuss how good of a player Willy Adames is, what this signing says about the Posey era, and what work the Giants still have left to do this off-season. Our new cocktail podcast The Perfect Sip is in full swing even though Giants...

Less is more, right? The rumors say Buster is going cheap by cutting payroll and the boys are talking about it. They also review the hires Posey has made and what it means for the culture of the team. Who's making the lineup? Computers? Or Bob Melvin? Our new cocktail podcast The Perfect Sip is in full swing even though Giants bats are not. You can find it here: https://the-perfect-sip.captivate.f...

OK, it's a cross post with The Perfect Sip. Mostly. The boys do talk some baseball at the beginning. Oh, and they'll be back on Monday to talk about how the Giants definitely aren't signing Soto. In this episode they have ridiculous discussions about olive loaves and Ben makes a joke about eating a national icon. It's your typical mayhem really. The cocktails are good though. Recipes below. (Didn'...

It's quiet out there. But not in here! The brothers are yelling about evil baseball players, bad parents, and stinky garbage. And that's just the first ten minutes. Later they set their own expectations for the off-season and then they announce the All Time Team for the last 25 years. Left Field and Catcher are real tough. Also, we're going into winter hibernation and will be publishing once a mon...

The brothers come to the grim realization of the big job Buster Posey has in rebuilding the Giants offense. They try to predict who will be at each of the 13 roster spots to begin the season. We should hope they're wrong. Our new cocktail podcast The Perfect Sip is in full swing even though Giants bats are not. You can find it here: https://the-perfect-sip.captivate.fm/listen Speaking of cocktails...

Did Bob Melvin and his staff make Farhan's roster better? The brothers are discussing the coaching staff today including why fans can never truly understand the dark art of MLB coaching, where the 2024 Giants needed the most coaching, and the one area that definitely needs to get significantly better. Finally they discuss why the 2025 staff will be a lot different not matter what the internal eval...

Buster asked for the ball. The brothers discuss how the appointment of Buster Posey went down, what about the current team made him want to ask for the job, and what these early days will look like for him. They also participate in a coup and Matthew asks a close friend for help. Our new cocktail podcast The Perfect Sip is live. Listen here: https://the-perfect-sip.captivate.fm/listen On the cockt...

BuPo is the new HOBO! Excuse me, Buster Posey is Mr. President of Baseball Operations. The brothers break down the firing of Farhan Zaidi and why it needed to happen. Then they turn the page and look forward to the second Buster Posey era. How will this impact his legacy? Will this make it easier to sign free agents? What other changes need to be made? On the cocktail side of things Matthew is dri...

Well, that happened. Our scientists review the completely disappointing but entirely predictable slightly below mediocre season of baseball that was played by the 2024 San Francisco Giants. They give out high level grades to the players, coaching staff and front office. Then they give out MVP, Unsung Hero and Most Disappointing Awards to the players for all of 2024. Finally they review their awful...

It's all over but the crying. But just who will be crying when the season is over? Our sad sacks discuss the recent news that Giants ownership has already decided the fate of HOBO Farhan Zaidi, Zaidi's assessment of the team and the quickly advancing career of Bryce Eldridge. They also preview the state of the 2025 starting rotation. Who's your 5th starter? Roupp or Birdsong? In the lightning roun...

Where has this team been ALL YEAR?! The brothers discuss the Giants finally playing well when the games only matter to the other side. Then they break down that state of the bullpen heading into next year. Yes, Ben says ridiculous things about Camilo Doval. Fan boys are gonna ... fan? Also, the first Happy Hour episode of our new cocktail podcast The Perfect Sip is out. On Tuesday we begin a two w...

Hey, a series victory! Well, the brothers are looking ahead to 2025 anyway with a preview of next year's infield, but first they check in on the fallout of the the Atlantic story about Zaidi. We're also celebrating the launch of our new cocktail focused podcast The Perfect Sip. Episode 1 is out now. Download it here: https://the-perfect-sip.captivate.fm/listen In the lightning round the socks come...