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This week’s guest is Brendan Gawlowski, who writes about prospects for Fangraphs, following several years as a pro scout with the Pittsburgh Pirates. Gawlowski included several Giants pitchers in a recent round up of Instructional League notes, and we spent this episode talking about some of the Giants’ pitchers that he’s seen on the back fields during Instructs, including their second pick in this year’s draft, Carson Bolemon. We also talk about Beau Bryans, Henry Lalane, Joniel Hernandez, and a lot more super shortstop prospects.I do need to apologize for some technical issues with my mic in this episode, which kept switching back and forth from my actual microphone to my air pods. I’ve never encountered this before, and didn’t have great recourse to fixing it in post. I’ll try to figure out the source of the issue so that it doesn’t recur in the future.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
In light of the Richmond Flying Squirrels being named the 2026 MiLB Organization of the Year, this seemed like a perfect time to get together with Squirrels’ Director of Communications (other duties as assigned) and talk over a truly magical and incredibly historic year in Richmond.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
My guest this week is NBC Sports Bay Area beat writer, Alex Pavlovic. We talk about the perception that the Giants are moving against the grain of analytically-driven decision making, the upcoming roster crunch, and the way forward for this Giants’ team.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
Time for the off-season (for the Giants at least). Kerry Crowley and I get into the question of whether the Giants should look to compete in 2027 or take a step back for runs in 2028 and 2029 — and whether or not it really changes their winter strategy very much.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
One of my favorite twitter follows, Matthew Knauer joins me this week to talk pitch shapes, pitch data, and analysis, the Giants upcoming roster crunch, sleeper arms in the org, and much more. Matthew is a great follow on Twitter (@matthewk36711) as well as a contributor to another of my favorite baseball resources, TJStats, in between his work for the UCLA Bruins baseball team and the Daily Bruin. That’s a busy schedule!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
I’m clearing out the last of my in-season interviews on this week’s podcast. There’s a lot of out-of-date talk about upcoming playoffs, but also a lot of great conversation looking back on the season that passed — successes, failures, trades, promotions, and trying to keep pushing through it all! My guests Zander Darby, Kaeden Kent, and Jacob Bresnahan all have much to reflect on fro this year with satisfaction — and Kent’s year isn’t quite over, as he now heads to the Arizona Fall League, which starts its schedule on Saturday. As I mentioned in the podcast, my talk with Bresnahan was meant to be a video interview and I think it is better in that format. If you’d like to see the full think (with actual video of pitch grips rather than just talking about pitch grips, you can become a There R Giants’ full subscriber, where you get all posts and videos delivered direct to your Inbox.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
I still have a few more conversations with players that I recorded in the final few weeks of the season to get out, and today is a big one! We start with my conversation with Jhonny Level, who simply had a sensational season at the age of 19, vaulting into the Top 100 level of prospectdom as the buzz around this young player really built. I also got to talk with Cam Maldonado about his first full season, one that had a injury interruption in the middle of the season. We talk about his excellent speed — and the challenges of being a speedy player in the chilly northeast where he went to college, and how to balance going all out on the field and also taking care of your body to stay on the field. Maldonado was one of the three 20/20 players in the system — and Level finished just shy of that mark, so it’s a good power/speed combo on this week’s episode of the There R Giants 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 to bonus episodes, visit rogermunter.substack.com/subscribe
Kerry Crowley and I sift though the ashes of the 2026 Giants’ season seeking for things we have learned, things we have enjoyed, and things we’re looking forward to next year. 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
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