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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 Supplementary Podcast Spectacular!

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2021/07/20

My friend and fellow podcaster Marc Delucchi takes over hosting duties for a special There R Giants/Sound the Foghorn cross-over podcast spectacular! A few of my fellow Giants prospectors and I dreamed up a special event in the wake of the MLB draft — Brian Recca (SF Draft Talk), Kevin Cunningham (Giant Futures), Marc and his site co-expert Wrenzie Regodon (Around the Foghorn) and myself teamed up to draft our own teams out of the Giants’ farm system. And we forced, ahem, ALLOWED you to listen to it

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There R Giants Pod-47 with Jim Callis

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2021/07/15

The great Jim Callis joins me to talk about the Giants’ 2021 draft, and on the way we take some side trips to remember Dick Tidrow, discuss Allan Simpson’s efforts to create the draft coverage we know today, and reminisce over the advertisements one used to find in the back of The Sporting News. It’s a pretty great conversation!If you’re not already, you should definitely follow @jimcallisMLB on Twitter and please follow me as well to keep up with my work @rog61. Speaking of which, if you’re

43:43

There R Giants pod-46 with Brian Recca

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2021/07/08

My good friend Brian Recca, who you might know from Twitter as “SF Draft Talk” stops by again to talk about the MLB Draft, which begins with the 1st round this Sunday night! You should definitely be following @Brian_Recca for all your draft-related info, and check out his tremendous spreadsheet primer. It’s a resource I use all the time! Brian will be live chatting the draft on Twitch as well, if you want to check that out. Brian and I talk various scenarios for the 1st round and try to hone in on

49:43

There R Giants Pod-45 with David Villar and Doug Clark

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2021/07/01

On today’s edition of There R Giants podcast, Richmond 3b David Villar talks to me about getting through 2020, how he’s seeking to improve his game, and how all the many connections between players in the baseball world. David is currently one of just three players in the Giants’ system with 10 HR and is coming off a June in which he slugged .506.After David, I talk with Richmond hitting coach Doug Clark about how he and the Giants development staff seek to support and help players through their

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There R Giants Pod-44 with Will Wilson and Dennis...

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2021/06/24

It’s a Eugene Emeralds two-fer on this week’s edition of the pod. First up, one of the Giants top prospects, Eugene starting shortstop Will Wilson stops by to talk about what it’s like to get traded so early in his career, getting to work with Brandon Crawford, life at the alternate site, and how his first full season is going so far. Following Will, his manager Dennis Pelfrey visits me to dig pretty deep into the Emeralds roster, breaking down what’s so special about this group of players. As

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There R Giants Pod-43 with Joe Salermo

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2021/06/17

My guest this week is the Giants Director of International Scouting Joe Salermo and this is one I’m really excited to share with you. Joe and his staff are responsible for bringing so much talent into the Giants organization over the last few years. You’re going to hear Joe talk about names you know very well and are already excited about, and you’ll hear him talk excitedly about names you might not know at all!If you care about the future of the San Francisco Giants then this edition of There R

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There R Giants pod-42 with Caleb Kilian

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2021/06/14

Richmond starting pitcher Caleb Kilian joins me to talk about adjusting to Double A, how he spend the 2020 pandemic (it’s pretty incredible!), and how he works to improve himself in the days between starts. It’s a great conversation with one of the rising pitching stars in the system.For those of you wondering about the slightly odd timing — I was originally planning to include this interview in last week’s podcast, but weather and scheduling changed my plans. And I have another interview coming out

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There R Giants pod-41 with Phil Goyette

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2021/06/10

This week I’m joined by Phil Goyette. Phil writes prospect-based fantasy content for Rotoballer, Baseball Farm and other outlets. And lately he has created a formula, working with Matt Eddy of Baseball America, to estimate “Barrel” percentages and xwOBA for minor league hitters — these are the kinds of “batted ball” stats we’ve come to rely on major league baseball, but the public data is sadly lacking at the minor league level. For Baseball America, Phil is just using the formula to look at the

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There R Giants Pod-40 with Eric Longenhagen

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2021/06/03

Fangraphs’ Eric Longenhagen joined me for a deep dive into the Giants system with a side discussion of project valuation in general. Eric also gave me insights from his trips to the Giants new Extended Spring Training site at Papago Park with first-hand observations of youngsters like Manuel Mercedes, Adrian Sugastey, Aeverson Arteaga, and much more!Near the end of the pod, Eric talks a lot about the Giants young right-hander Manuel Mercedes, and refers to this video that he posted on Fangraphs last

58:08

There R Giants Pod-39 with Joey Marciano and Trey Wilson

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2021/05/27

Today’s podcast is a little different as I have two different interviews to share with you in this podcast. First up is LHP Joey Marciano who is off to a fantastic 2021 in the Richmond Flying Squirrels bullpen. You may recall that I spoke with Joey a year ago when he talked about his work to come back from retirement. Now that he’s back I wanted to know how it felt to return the game and what is working well for him. And then secondly I talk with the Voice of the Flying Squirrels, Richmond Director

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There R Giants Pod-38 with Alex Stimson

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2021/05/20

Alex Stimson who handles radio duties for the Giants new High-A affiliate the Eugene Emeralds is my guest this week. Alex and I talk about the Emeralds roster in depth and he shares observations on Will Wilson, Patrick Bailey, Kai-Wei Teng, Logan Wyatt and many more. Follow Alex on Twitter @AlexStimson — he wants to hear from Giants fans listening in so let him know you’re out there. You can also contact Alex @EugeneEmeralds.And, of course, you can follow my work on twitter @Rog61 and read my daily

35:56

There R Giants Pod-37 with Joe Ritzo

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2021/05/13

The Voice of the San Jose Giants Joe Ritzo joins me in this week’s There R Giants podcast to discuss the exciting talent on the 2021 San Jose club. Joe has been the full time play by play announcer on San Jose broadcasts since 2007 and has watched generations of talent come through the Giants system, so he’s the perfect guest to discuss this year’s crop of Low-A Giants prospects.Comparing 2021 and 2009 rosters (1:30)San Jose OF: Canario, Matos, and Smtih (7:05)Lenn Sakata and Mix of Age and Youth on

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There R Giants Pod-36 with Conner Penfold

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2021/05/06

My friend and former fellow blogger Conner Penfold joins me to talk about the Alternate Site scrimmages that took place in Sacramento over the last month and look forward to the Sacramento River Cats season, which opens tonight in Las Vegas.You might know Conner from his days writing Giant Potential, or follow him on Twitter @@giant_potential. But he’s now the Media and Baseball Operations Coordinator for the River Cats and got to watch all of the scrimmages that took place at Sutter Field this

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There R Giants Pod-35 with Dalton Johnson

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2021/04/29

The 2021 Minor League Season is just days away and NBC Sports Bay Area’s own Dalton Johnson joined me to celebrate the coming year. We talked sleepers, pop ups, and of course, lots of Heliot Ramos, Joey Bart, Will Wilson, and Hunter Bishop content as well!Follow Dalton all season on Twitter @DaltonJ_Johnson or at NBCSports.com/bayarea.Standouts from Camp: Grant McCray and Garrett Frechette (1:30)San Jose Outfield (7:45)Luis Matos: (9:30)Will Wilson and Hunter Bishop (12:00)Are Alt Site reps the same

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There R Giants Pod-34 with Dennis Pelfrey

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2021/04/15

Dennis Pelfrey was supposed to start his career as a Manager in the Giants system in 2020. Instead he’ll get his Giants debut next month as the Manager of the Eugene Emeralds. It’s been a long journey for Dennis who spent six years in Indy Ball as a player and many more years as a Coach and Manager in Indy Ball before coming aboard the Giants system. Here Dennis tell the story of his baseball journey and talk about what it’s like becoming part of the large, complex, and sophisticated development

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There R Giants Pod-33 with Melissa Lockard

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2021/04/08

The Athletic’s Melissa Lockard joins me to talk about players (finally!) reporting to minor league spring camp. We discuss storylines for the upcoming season and potential assignments for many of the system’s best prospects.Follow Melissa on Twitter @melissalockard.Intro/Outro: “Feed the Tree” by Belly Get full access to There R Giants at rogermunter.substack.com/subscribe

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There R Giants Pod-32 with Ahmed Fareed

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2021/04/01

NBC Sports’ Ahmed Fareed stops by to brainstorm ways to make baseball a more entertaining product just in time for Opening Day. Removable walls and borrowed soccer rules are just some of the ideas we have to up the fun quotient of the game.Intro/Outro “I’ve Got to Use My Imagination” by Gladys Knight and The Pips Get full access to There R Giants at rogermunter.substack.com/subscribe

There R Giants Pod-31 with Jim Callis

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2021/03/25

MLB’s Jim Callis stopped by to talk about MLB Pipeline’s Top 30 Prospect ranking for the Giants’ system. Jim’s always a must listen!Ranking in a pandemic (1:20)How Driveline and other labs are changing development (5:00)Where Giants system ranks among MLB (6:30)Top Tier of the system (8:00)Ramos/Bishop comparison (9:15)Seth Corry (12:45)Kyle Harrison (16:30)Other Pitching Prospects (19:15)Players beyond the Top 10 (22:30)Luis Matos chances to leap up rankings (26:00)How clubs will treat lost season

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There R Giants Pod-30 with Lukas McKnight

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2021/03/18

I’m joined today by Lukas McKnight, longtime member of the Chicago Cubs organization and front office who now helps run the baseball site PeloteroIntl.com. Along with his partner Tom Shafer, Lukas recently penned a series of guest posts at There R Giants on recent Giants international signees Marco Luciano, Diego Velasquez, and Mauricio Pierre. Lukas and I discuss the evolution of front offices, how scouting the amateur and international markets are different, and the effects that technology is

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There R Giants Pod-29 with Marc Delucchi

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2021/03/09

My good friend Marc Delucchi stopped by to talk about all of the “Prospect Week” content he produced at Around the Foghorn. Marc and I talk at length about specific prospect comparisons: Matos vs. Ramos, Bart vs. Bailey, Santos and Castro vs. Blake Rivera. It’s a deep dive into the system.Follow Marc on Twitter @@maddelucchiIntro/Outro “Best of You” by the Foo Fighters. Get full access to There R Giants at rogermunter.substack.com/subscribe

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