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There R Giants

Roger Munter

Talking all things related to the SF Giants minor league system. rogermunter.substack.com

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There R Giants Pod-128 with Doug Bruzzone

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2023/05/02

My guest this week is fellow Substack writer (and my former colleague back in the McCovey Chronicles days), Doug Bruzzone, who writes the wonderful “It Would Be Nice If the Giants Weren’t Bad” substack newsletter (which, as I note in the show, is a factually correct statement!). Doug and I talk mostly Sacramento River Cats action this week, focusing on the improved group of home-grown prospects that are finally making it up to the top level of the farm system. We talk Heliot Ramos’ improvements, the

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There R Giants Pod-127 with Mason Black and Hayden...

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2023/04/26

I’m joined this week by a couple members of the Richmond Flying Squirrels: RHP Mason Black, the Giants 3rd round pick in 2021 out of Lehigh University, and infielder Hayden Cantrelle, whom the Giants acquired from Miami last year.Mason and I talk modern training methods, arm care regime, the mental side of the game, searching for the perfect breaking pitch and much more. Hayden tells me what it felt like going through three different organizations in little more than a month’s time and how he

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There R Giants Pod-126 with Patrick Bailey and Ismael...

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2023/04/11

On this week’s episode of There R Giants podcast, I have two short interviews I did with Giants’ prospects Patrick Bailey and Ismael Munguia. I spoke to both at media day just before the new season began (with a little BP noise going on in the background). Bailey begins what is sure to be an important season for him as he climbs to the upper minors for the first time, and hopes to show a better all around offensive game to go with his Gold Glove-winning defense. Munguia, with the help of coach Lipso

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There R Giants Pod-125 with Wrenzie Regodon

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2023/04/06

I’m joined this week by my friend Wrenzie Regodon, Giants prospect writer for Giant Baseball Insider, a FanNation site. Wrenzie and I go through the opening day rosters for all four affiliate, talking surprises, guys we’re excited to see, under the radar dudes we have our eyes on and much more for each level. It’s a super stuffed edition of the pod to get you ready for the season.Surprises (who was pushed higher than expected, who was kept back) (2:30)Who were you most bummed to see start in XST

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There R Giants Pod-124 with Chris Langin of Driveline...

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2023/03/16

This week’s guest is Chris Langin, the Director of Pitching for Driveline Baseball, a driving force in many of the revolutionary changes that have taken place in baseball player development over the last decade. Chris joins me to talk about the kinds of improvements that pitchers can make with Driveline’s biomechanics technology and data-driven approach that would have seemed miraculous to generations of pitchers over the last two centuries. It’s a fascinating conversation that gives a glimpse into

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There R Giants Pod-123 with Jim Callis

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2023/03/09

I’m joined this week by the great Jim Callis, lead prospect writer for MLB, to talk about MLB’s brand new prospect rankings list for the Giants’ system. Jim has been handling the Giants’ system for years, and his knowledge of their player development system is as extensive as anybody in the industry! Plus, he’s a great guest and always fun to talk to. You can find MLB’s Giants’ rankings on the MLB Pipeline website as well as Jim’s overview of the system, leapers and fallers, best tools, and more

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There R Giants Pod-122 with Andrew Baggarly

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2023/02/28

The Athletic’s Andrew Baggarly joins me from Scottsdale on this week’s edition of the There R Giants podcast. We talk about the Giants’ tumultuous off-season, their hopes for the upcoming season, their continual reliance on Brandon Crawford’s good health (knock on wood!), and, of course, we talk about a lot of young players bringing excitement to the Giants’ camp (and hopefully their future).If you’re not already a There R Giants’ subscriber, now’s a perfect time to become one. I’m just finishing up

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There R Giants Pod-121 with Alex Pavlovic

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2023/02/21

I’m so excited to have camps open and baseball back that I can’t wait until Thursday for this week’s podcast. Alex Pavlovic, the Giants’ beat reporter for NBC Sports Bay Area, joins me from Scottsdale to talk about some of the young guys who are generating excitement in the early days. There’s a lot of Kyle Harrison talk, of course, but also some David Villar, R.J. Dabovich, Casey Schmitt, and even Joey Bart talk in the course of the show. Make sure you follow all of Alex’ content coming out of

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There R Giants Pod-120 with Melissa Lockard

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2023/02/16

The Athletic’s Melissa Lockard returns to the There R Giants’ pod to discuss her ranking of the Giants’ farm system and the Giants’ player development progress. We take some time to enjoy the progress of David Villar, discuss how Kyle Harrison might be transitioned into a big league role, how quickly Casey Schmitt might move, and who the best bounce back candidates in the system are.Intro/Outro: “Emerge” by Fischerspooner Get full access to There R Giants at rogermunter.substack.com/subscribe

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There R Giants Pod-119 with Landen Roupp

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2023/02/09

My guest in this week’s podcast is There R Giants’ #16 prospect in the Giants’ system: Landen Roupp. He explains what he calls his outstanding breaking ball and how he’s developed the pitch over time, how he separated himself from the pack in 2022, and what he’s working on for the year to come.Roupp has been in Scottsdale getting ready for the 2023 season, and There R Giants will be out there to see him soon! Which makes now a great time to become a subscriber to get all There R Giants posts direct

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There R Giants Pod-118 with Keaton Winn

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2023/02/02

Giants’ RHP Keaton Winn is one of the Giants’ most recent 40-man members and he’s got a good chance to help the big league club in 2023. Winn joins the podcast this week to talk about the long-journey back from Tommy John surgery and one amazing month of November!Stay up to date on the entire Giants’ farm system by becoming a There R Giants’ subscriber today!Intro/Outro: “I Want You Back” by Hoodoo Gurus Get full access to There R Giants at rogermunter.substack.com/subscribe

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There R Giants Pod-117 with Tyler Fitzgerald

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2023/01/26

This week’s guest is the MVP of the 2022 Richmond Flying Squirrels and one of my favorite players to talk to, infielder Tyler Fitzgerald. Tyler talks about moving to Scottsdale full-time, off-season life at Papago Park, and how he’s working to improve his game heading into the season.Intro/Outro: “Nowhere Train” by Carlene Carter Get full access to There R Giants at rogermunter.substack.com/subscribe

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There R Giants Pod-116 with Joe Salermo

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2023/01/19

Giants’ Senior Director of International Scouting graciously spent some time talking with me about the latest class of international free agent signings, a class headlined by power hitting Rayner Arias. Salermo discusses Arias, as well as the organization’s first amateur signing out of Taiwan in pitcher Chen-Hsun Lee. We also talk about the progress from last year’s class and look forward to the coming year.If you’re not already a There R Giants subscriber, now’s a great time to become one as I’m

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There R Giants Pod-115 with Trevor Hooth

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2023/01/12

Trevor Hooth of Prospects Live and Bless You Boys is my guest on this week’s There R Giants pod. We dig into the pitching part of the Giants’ farm system, looking at some of the arms the Prospects Live gang is high on in their rankings and which pitches are really making them pop. You can follow Trevor on Twitter (where he’s always breaking down pitcher deliveries) at @HoothTrevor. And you can always find my work by following me on Twitter @rog61 or by becoming a subscriber at There R Giants. The

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There R Giants Pod-114 with Jake Kerns of Prospects Live

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2022/12/15

It’s an extra TRG pod this week! Prospects Live is publishing its ranking of the Giants’ Top 30 today, and to accompany the roll-out, Jake Kerns spends some time talking with me about the hitters in the system. We talk about the importance of contact, hard contact, and good swing decisions, and which players in the system exceed at all three. We also look for a few sleepers further down the list who may be heading for better days soon.This episode was recorded on Monday, so a few of the rankings may

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There R Giants Pod-113 with Susan Slusser

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2022/12/13

The great beat writer, Susan Slusser, joins me to talk Aaron Judge, Carlos Correa, Carlos Rodón and much much more! Naturally, the A’s managed to trade Sean Murphy while we were recording, but it was still a good idea! How the Giants achieve their “big winter” as options fall off the board on today’s edition of There R Giants!To get all of my Giants prospects material, become a full time subscriber to There R Giants for regular posts delivered, ad-free, straight to your Inbox or App!I’ll have one

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There R Giants Pod-112 with Eli Walsh of Baseball...

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2022/12/07

It’s December. And you know what season that ushers in. That’s right! Prospect Rankings season! And I’ve happy to be joined this week by Eli Walsh who led Baseball Prospectus’ coverage of for BPro’s 2023 Giants’ rankings.Eli and I talk about whether Marco Luciano or Kyle Harrison is the more “untouchable” prospect. How Luis Matos and Grant McCray compare to each other? Who’s breaking out of the 2021 draft of pitchers? And what the heck we can make of 2022 1st rounder Reggie Crawford? Plus there’s a

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There R Giants Pod-111 with Trey Wilson

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2022/12/01

Trey Wilson, the Voice of the Richmond Flying Squirrels — as well as Director of Communications for the fabulously successful front office — joins me this week to talk over Richmond’s first playoff season in eight years. Together, we revisit a group of great guys, good players, and memorable nights. We talk Kyle Harrison’s growth, Casey Schmitt’s defense, and rapid development of Cole Waites, among many other topics.You can follow Trey’s many travels (and concerts reviews!) on twitter

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There R Giants Pod-110 with Steven Risotto

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2022/11/22

Steven Risotto is, among other things, way more enterprising than I was as a college student! He covers the Giants for SFBay and is also the creator and host of the wonderful RizzoCast. Together we talk Giants’ needs in this big off-season, how the Giants view their player development processes, how they make room for Kyle Harrison, whether Joey Bart is the catcher of the future, and we talk some obscure old Giants’ prospects. Please excuse my scratchy voice — picked up a bug on some recent

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There R Giants Pod-109 with Jeff Young

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2022/11/17

Jeff Young, editor of SF Giants content at Around the Foghorn, joins me to make sense of a big day of transactions on Rule 5 protection day. We sift through what it all means and talk about a big winter ahead.You can follow Jeff on twitter @BaseballJeff1 to get all of his Giants-related thoughts and content at ATF. And of course you can follow me on twitter @Rog61 or simply become a subscriber at There R Giants to have all of my Giants-prospect writings delivered straight to your Inbox, via email or

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