Pitchers Park Podcast - A San Francisco Giants Podcast

The Giants might not have any secret sauce when it comes to their recent success with player development, but they do have a guru in Roger Munter who has devoted most of his time to studying, interviewing, and exploring all facets of the farm system and what he's determined is that the team has put together a sound process involving good people. For the first time in the Giants Chroncast era, he s...

Bryan recaps the first day of the 2023 MLB Draft which saw the San Francisco Giants -- that's right, the GIANTS -- get **three** players projected to go in the first round. Have they earned the respect and admiration of their peers in player development circles or simply taken advantage of a deep draft? Only the next couple of days of drafting will help us figure it out. In the meantime, get to kn...

This week's Interesting/Concerning brings up something that's **really** interesting and **very** concerning. Meanwhile, did Barry Bonds unlock Blake Sabol's power swing? Can the team survive this new run of injuries? Can they handle a terrible Rockies team? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The San Francisco Giants ended June with the best bullpen in the NL and so it's getting difficult to make these trust power rankings (10:31) have any measure of controversy, but this month Bryan really goes for it. He and Doug also discuss Camilo Doval getting a well deserved spot on the 2023 NL All-Star roster but also mention a few other deserving candidates. They also preview the Mariners serie...

After a series loss in Toronto against old chum Brandon Belt, the San Francisco Giants head to New York to face the struggling Mets, a team that might be sellers at this year's trade deadline. Will the Giants be buyers? And, if so, what kind of player will be at the top of their shopping list? Kyle Harrison and Carson Whisenhunt are two starting pitching prospects who might be able to help the tea...

The Giants went into their weekend series against the Diamondbacks perhaps viewed as the underdog in the matchup, but after taking two out of three from the NL West division leader, it's clear there's not nearly as much separation between the two teams as previously thought. Part of that had to do with the lineup stepping it up and another part of it involved their rookie catcher. That's... all we...

The San Francisco Giants swept through St. Louis and Los Angeles and took three of four at home against the San Diego Padres. Bryan and Doug take a look at what's been working and what will keep on working. They're doing well, looking great, and while they do have some concerns (mainly, the starting rotation), there's plenty of positives to take into this weekend's series against the division-lead...

Is Luis Matos the next Ronald Acuna Jr.? Probably not, but the Los Angeles Dodgers sure did treat the San Francisco Giants' rookie like it on their way to getting swept this weekend in their home stadium. That's right: the Giants are good. Better than a .500 team, and in sort of an all hands on deck situation, their run of success is thanks to everyone chipping in. That includes 36-year old Brando...

Luis Matos and Keaton Winn join Casey Schmitt and Patrick Bailey as part of the Giants' youth movement and the team is already starting to see dividends. Have the Giants achieved their final form? Meanwhile, Bryan and Doug take a look at some real life heartache as they briefly discuss what's going on with the A's before jumping into a preview of the big series this weekend against the Dodgers. St...

The San Francisco Giants went 4-2 this week thanks in part to solid pitching, but the bigger news was the preponderance of great news coming from the bats in Double-A and Triple-A. Has the organization really put it all together in player development? Dare we hope to dream? Of course, the biggest news happened right as we ended our recording: Brandon Crawford appeared in his first professional gam...

The San Francisco Giants have seen their bullpen flip the switch from BAD to GOOD and Bryan and Doug capture it all in the legally-binding, absolutely definitive ranking of how to trust every arm. Thing is, the turnaround was so stark that ranking low on the list shouldn't qualify as some sort of an insult. Ryan Walker, Tristan Beck, even Sean Manaea -- if you consider him a reliever -- all really...

Welcome to our first mailbag episode of the 2023 season! Please note: this episode was recorded before the news Sunday evening that Roger Craig had passed away. Bryan and Doug will discuss Craig's legacy on Thursday as the Chroncast shifts to a twice a week format. This week, we're grateful for our listener questions, which dwell on the Giants' record, David Villar, and Tristan Beck as a starting...

A successful week doesn't bring much to critique, and the San Francisco Giants have managed to weather the losses of Joc Pederson, Austin Slater, and now Thairo Estrada with aplomb, thanks to Casey Schmitt, Michael Conforto, and now even Mitch Haniger. There's also the matter of young catcher Patrick Bailey, whose skill with the glove could be the difference maker as the Giants try to navigate a t...

How much of the Schmitt and Bailey callups is the result of panic and how much have they been the result of nimble risk assessment paired with data from the first quarter of an MLB featuring new rules? Bryan and Doug try to reverse engineer the San Francisco Giants' decision-making that has led some recent moves that have netted the team some badly needed success. The 5-1 week (sweeping the Philli...

Last week, Bryan and Doug ranked the relatively weak talent of the San Francisco Giants bullpen and this week they tackle the relatively weak 2-5 showing from the entire team this past week. Sure, the big headline grabber was the debut of their #4 prospect (per MLB Pipeline), Casey Schmitt, who did great -- very exciting, can't wait to see him play more, hope he figures out how to lay off the slid...

Last year's Bullpen Trust Power Rankings saga saw us putting a lot of unintentional hexes on Giants relievers almost as soon as we published the list. Will the team's bad luck hold or will our rankings actually be how the team sees things with the eight guys currently in their pen? Beyond trusting relievers, there's some pretty exciting talk about how well Alex Cobb is doing as well as some Giants...

We sure did see a lot of dingers this past week, from Blake Sabol's walk-off blast to whatever the heck that was in Mexico City between the Giants and Padres, but despite all that excitement, the cold reality of an 11-16 start begins to set in: will the Giants be able to turn things around? For the first time in a long time, they might actually have some movement down in the farm system that could...

**IMPORTANT: Listen to the top of the episode for more details about the GoFundMe for Andrew Bader's student: https://gofund.me/79fd52d2 ** The Giants ended a 1-7 stretch with their first two-game winning streak of the season by splitting a four-game series with the red hot Mets. Now they'll look to build off this success over the next six games, four at home against the Cardinals and two in Mexic...

The Giants did not have a good week and to talk about it we've brought in the estimable Wendy Thurm who writes about MLB on her Substack, Hanging Sliders. Does the concerning play portend a rough season or given that we're just 14 games into the season, is there not plenty of time to turn things around? They also preview the week ahead, discuss the rule changes and how they're impacting the Giants...

This week, Bryan and Doug find a lot of positives in their 4-5 start on both the pitching and hitting sides of the ball. Was it all really just a bad week of Ross Stripling that has left a sour taste in the mouths of some Giants fans? They also take a look at a couple of pitch clock-induced violations that have a very simple explanation but which still doesn't promise smooth sailing the rest of th...

The Giants leave New York with a pair of shutout losses under their belt but Bryan and Doug find a few shreds of positives to take from the season-opening series loss against the Yankees. Obviously, they might've fared better had Aaron Judge been in their lineup as opposed to the other team'sm but it wasn't meant to be! On the other hand, maybe Casey Schmitt is meant to be? He won the Barney Nugen...

With Opening Day later this week, hosts from Fans First Sports Network’s NL West teams gather together to gas up their own division, talk some trash about each other’s favorite teams, but also preview and assess the goings on with the Dodgers, Padres, Giants, Rockies, and Diamondbacks.  Come get to know hosts from the Dodgers podcast (Three Inning Save), Rockies podcast (Rocky Mountain Rooftop), G...

A quick tour of the NL West compels Bryan and Doug to state their fears about each team before diving into a segment on predictions about the 2023 Giants: who will be the best hitter? Best pitcher? Which reliever will suddenly turn rotten? Will the Giants trade Marco Luciano? Will Mitch Haniger and Michael Conforto combine to play in 200 games? Finally, and most importantly, what will the Giants'...

Ah yes, Baseball. The noble 162-game quest that spans spring, summer, and fall. One team stands above the fray if for no other reason than its name: the Giants. Bryan Murphy and Doug Bruzzone are just two humble observers of the San Francisco Giants, moving through the Baseball landscape, sometimes terrifying their opponents, sometimes scaring their own fans. This week, in what is the first episod...

There was quite a lot of news on the first day of Spring Training for the 2023 Giants, starting with some injury concerns but then followed up by some surprise position player news. That's right, in this podcast finale, Bryan & Doug go through the news and talk about what they're excited to see in the new season before delving into your mail questions for the final time. This will be the second fi...