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Kerry Crowley and Roger Munter ring in the new year…..without much new to discuss (other than the unwanted Kyle Tucker news that dropped last night). We talk austerity, strategies for improvement, why 2b has moved to the front of the wish lists, and think about the long-term strategy with an improving farm system bolstering the front office’s options. There R Giants is a reader-supported publicati...

Giants relief prospect Trent Harris joins me from Scottsdale, AZ, where he’s working hard to get ready for the 2026 season. Trent talks about the jarring transition pitchers face when heading to the PCL, what he learned from his first experience in Triple-A, and how he’s working to incorporate those lessons for the upcoming year. Hopefully, we see Harris get an invite to camp (something I ask him...

With Baseball America’s Prospect Handbook now out in digital form, and the system top 30s up on BA’s site, it’s a perfect time to check in with Josh Norris, who has handled the Giants’ chapter of the Handbook for many years now. Josh talks about a system that has taken a large step forward over the last year, and the many exciting talents who are driving it up BA’s organizational rankings. There R...

Eli Walsh joins me to talk about Baseball Prospectus’ Giants’ prospect rankings which just dropped last Friday . We get into a few mano á mano debates in the system — including Bryce Eldridge vs Josuar Gonzalez at the very top — and talk outfielders, shortstops, and a lot about left-handed pitching. Enjoy our final podcast of the year! There R Giants is a reader-supported publication. To receive n...

It’s Silent Night at the Hot Stove, and Kerry Crowley and I are here to dissect the difficult path ahead for the Giants this off-season. There R Giants is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit rogermun...

To celebrate the winter meetings, I’m having a double podcast week! Fangraphs’ Eric Longenhagen joins me direct from Orlando to talk Rule 5 picks, Marco Luciano’s development, the Giants’ contingent at Arizona Fall League, and much more. If you’re interested hearing about Josuar Gonzalez, Parks Harber, and Spencer Miles, then this is the podcast for you! There R Giants is a reader-supported public...

I’m not sure exactly why, but it appears that the post for today’s podcast went out with no media attached to it, so there’s nothing to listen to when you try to play it. It sounded great on my side of the curtain before it went out over the interwebs, so I’m not entirely sure how to fix things other than to re-create a new one, send it out once more, and hope for better! As the Winter Meetings ge...

As the Winter Meetings get started in Orlando, FL, I’m joined by Giants’ beat reporter, Maria Guardado of MLB.com, to talk about the situation the Giants find themselves in this winter as they try to improve upon a long run of mediocre seasons. We talk pitching, money, potential avenues for upgrades, and we get into a little prospect talk with the upcoming Rule 5 draft looming on Wednesday. This c...

Kerry Crowley and I light the pilot on the hot stove season, and look at where the Giants have got to focus their offseason efforts in this edition of the KROG podcast. There R Giants is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access t...

David Flemming is once again my guest this week. We talk the World Series, how the Blue Jays can be a blueprint for the Giants going forward, what the Tony Vitello hire says about Buster Posey’s leadership, and the crucial process of putting together the new coaching staff. [Dave also very generously gives a happy testimonial as a paying subscriber to There R Giants. So be like Dave and sign up to...

Kerry and I talk about Tony Vitello’s introductory press conference, the dramatic (albeit tragic for Giants’ fans) World Series, and start thinking about the offseason to come. There R Giants is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get...

This week, I’m joined by Jacob Rudner, who covers college baseball for Baseball America . Together we talk about the Giants’ historic decision to hire University of Tennessee coach Tony Vitello to become the franchise’s 40th manager — and all the fascinating implications of this move. There R Giants is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a fr...

The Giants have rather shockingly named University of Tennessee head coach, Tony Vitello, as the franchise’s 40th manager — a historic and fascinating hiring. Kerry Crowley and I naturally had to crank up the ol’ podcast machine immediately to talk about it, in the Emergency Pod version of KROG! There R Giants is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider be...

Baseball America’s Jesús Cano joins me this week to talk Instructional League, Bridge League, and Arizona Fall League action. We talk a bunch of Josuar Gonzalez, as well as the set up for Instructional League and the importance of game action in the fall. There R Giants is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. This is...

Kerry and I dive into the manager search, and talk approaches to interviewing, potential favorites, and more wide-ranging organizational changes that could be on the horizon in the latest KROG podcast. There R Giants is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit rogermunter.substack.com Though the dugouts are all empty at this time of year, let’s drop another “In the Dugout” episode, this one featuring Drew Cavanaugh, who made it up to Double-A Richmond for the final month of the season. I caught up with Drew during the final weeks of his whirlwind season, in which he played for all four full-s...

My guest this week is Baseball America’s Geoff Pontes, who digs into the data to look at some of the best pitching breakouts of the season on the Giants’ farm. We also play a little game of “Prospect Showdowns,” stacking up Keyner Martinez vs Argenis Cayama, and Luis de la Torre vs Jacob Bresnahan in a ranking game. Geoff does incredible work at Baseball America , especially digging into the metri...

Kerry Crowley and I talk Giants’ 2025 season in the end game. There R Giants is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit rogermunter.substack.com/subscribe

It’s something of a theme pod today: Rehab Stories. I talk with three different pitchers who spent most of the last couple of years going through rehab together in the Giants’ Papago Park facility in Scottsdale. Ryan Murphy, R.J. Dabovich, and Chris Wright all give their own variations on the theme of life in rehab, and talk about the support and comfort that these players give each other while tr...

The Northwest League Championship series begins tonight in Eugene, OR. And to help you get prepared for it — and recapture the feel of the amazing second half run that the Eugene Emeralds have been on — Eugene’s road announcer (and man of many behind-the-scenes talents) Jacob Archer rejoins the pod. We talk about the turnaround in pitching, the guys who really took forward strides along the way th...

This week I have a matched pair to last week’s group of player interviews from my west coast swing. Where we had hitters in last week’s group, this week it’s the arms. I speak with one of the true break out stars of this season, left-hander Luis de la Torre, one of the hardest throwers in the Giants’ organization, right-hander Liam Simon, and the team’s 7th round pick in 2024, lefty Greg Farone, w...

Kerry Crowley and I discuss the Giants’ recent power surge, whether this current incarnation of the team is what we should have expected all along or just a September chimera, and what to hope for in this final month. We also indulge in a little bit of looking forward to the off-season to come, because we just can’t help ourselves! Enjoy! There R Giants is a reader-supported publication. To receiv...

I put quite a number of player interviews in the can on my trip to the west coast affiliates last week, and I’ll roll them out over the next couple of weeks. First up, I have a trio of hitters — two trade acquisitions who have just gotten their first taste of action in the Giants’ organization this month, and a high school draftee in his second season. Nate Furman and Parks Harber talk about the u...

For this week’s podcast, I’m joined by a couple of members of the Richmond Flying Squirrels who have traveled some long roads to get to where they are now. First we have Aruban native, Dayson Croes, who has hit ball everywhere he’s every played, but had to go through tiny colleges, Indy ball north or the border, and international competition to get the chance to play pro ball. And once again, he’s...

Kerry Crowley and I sift through the aftermath of the trade deadline, talk about our hopes for the rest of the year, and maybe starter to side-eye the coming winter. There R Giants is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to b...