New pod! @shaynarubin.bsky.social drops by to talk camp competition and young players standing out in SF Giants' spring training camp. open.substack.com/pub/rogermun...

New pod! @jimcallis.bsky.social joins me to talk Spring Breakout games, young players in Giants' camp, and a little early draft talk as well! open.substack.com/pub/rogermun...

Somebody needs to ask Bryce Eldridge if he and Ilia Malinin crossed paths growing up in Vienna, VA.

Congrats to Hector Borg and Shane Robinson for getting their first MLB staff coaching jobs. Borg has been a mainstay for the orgs PD system for years now, particularly helping you international players. Robinson was OF coordinator for farm last yr, obv an area of focus for MLB team in ‘26

Giants lefty Luis de la Torre joins me to talk about his brilliant breakout season in 2025, and his big plans to follow that up in the coming year. Could DLT be pushing for a 40-man spot in a year? Let's talk! open.substack.com/pub/rogermun...

Very excited for a lot of guys who have worked hard to get to point of big league camp invites. I know both Bednar and Harris told me they were really hoping! And kids like Sanchez, Bericoto have had a very long road to get here. Congrats to all!

The cognitive dissonance between Sutter Health Park's park factor reputation as a minor league park and it's park factor reputation as major league park, is one of the few truly delightful consequences of the A's move.

Giants Senior Director of Amateur Scouting joined me on the latest TRG pod to talk about the process for honing in on #4 pick in the draft this summer open.substack.com/pub/rogermun...

Giants have traded 18-yo catcher Carlos Martinez to Marlins for additional IFA bonus money. This should enable them to sign more players connected to them in this cycle (eg Israel Alfonse, Johan Rengifo, or Jose Valdez). Martinez showed promise as receiver in debut www.youtube.com/watch?v=9DP0...

Let's get this year's There R Giants' Top 50 started! open.substack.com/pub/rogermun...

SF Giants' Senior International Scouting Director, Joe Salermo, once again joins me this year to talk about shortstop Luis Hernandez and the many exciting developments coming through the Giants' international scouting and development arm. open.substack.com/pub/rogermun...

It's been a very good 12 months for the Giants' International Scouting Department and Player Development Group! open.substack.com/pub/rogermun...

It's a double-pod week! I got a chance to chat with Eric Longenhagen direct from the winter meetings. We talk the end of the Marco Luciano dream, Rule 5 targets, Spencer Miles' and Parks Harber's strong showing in the AFL, and much more! open.substack.com/pub/rogermun...

And second, a conversation with Giants' beat writer Maria Guardado of MLB dot com on the Giants situation as they approach these meetings. open.substack.com/pub/rogermun...

To help celebrate the opening of Winter Meetings, I have a couple of Free For All items today at There R Giants. First, a new mailbag... open.substack.com/pub/rogermun...

Kerry and I light the Hot Stove pilot light on a new edition of the KROG pod! open.substack.com/pub/rogermun...

New pod! David B. Flemming drops by to talk about the World Series, the way in which the Blue Jays success should be a blueprint for the Giants and the importance of building a strong and cohesive coaching staff. open.substack.com/pub/rogermun...

The whole article can be found in Sports Illustrated...in 1959. vault.si.com/vault/1959/0...

Parks Harber will be one of the participants in AFL HR Derby this Saturday at Sloan Park. Quite a Fall Parks has had!

New pod! @jacobrudner.bsky.social joins me to talk about the Giants' historic hiring of University of Tennessee's Tony Vitello. open.substack.com/pub/rogermun...

Hello, Parks Harber!

It's the first ever Emergency Podcast for KROG, as Kerry and I digest the stunning news that the Giants have made University of Tennessee coach, Tony Vitello, their manager. open.substack.com/pub/rogermun...

New pod! Jesús Cano from @baseballamerica.com joins me to talk Instructional League, Bridge League, Fall League, and a whole lot of Josuar! open.substack.com/pub/rogermun...

There R Giants' Free For All Mailbag makes its October return, to distract us from ....er...other October baseball events. open.substack.com/pub/rogermun...

It's a new KROG! Kerry and I talk manager search and coaching staffs, while I brutally fumble an opportunity to reference my namesake, the great Roger Craig! open.substack.com/pub/rogermun...

New pod! Baseball America's Geoff Pontes digs into the data on a few Giants' breakout pitching prospects from 2025. open.substack.com/pub/rogermun...

And lastly we try to identify the risers and fallers in SF Giants' system from 2025 open.substack.com/pub/rogermun...

Next, I try to identify some long-term philosophical changes to track in upcoming years... open.substack.com/pub/rogermun...

WIth the 2025 season behind us, There R Giants wraps up the year on SF GIants farm with a series of big picture views on what just happened. First, the five biggest storylines of the year... open.substack.com/pub/rogermun...

ICYMI: A new KROG slipped out last weekend, wherein Kerry Crowley and I survey the Giants in the endgame. open.substack.com/pub/rogermun...

And next comes the Best Tools in the Giants' farm. open.substack.com/pub/rogermun...

The transition to the off-season begins at There R Giants. First up, my SF Giants Organizational All Stars for 2025 open.substack.com/pub/rogermun...

And, as long as we're talking AFL Giants, I talked to two-thirds of the position player group on my most recent west coast trip. Here's Parks Harber and Walker Martin, along with Nate Furman on a recent There R Giants pod open.substack.com/pub/rogermun...

Ryan Murphy, who is part of the Giants contingent to Arizona Fall League, is making nice return from TJ. Last night he went 70 pitches, allowed just three hits, struck out 5, had 11 swing thrus, and picked up strength as he went along. www.youtube.com/watch?v=QWga...

My latest "In the Dugout" conversation talks expectations and recovery with Will Bednar, who has been one of the most improved players in SF Giants' farm system this year open.substack.com/pub/rogermun...

To help you get ready for tonight's Game One of the NWL Championship series, enjoy my conversation with Emeralds road announcer (and jack of all trades), Jacob Archer open.substack.com/pub/rogermun...

There R Giants' Free for All Mailbag returns with a lot of questions about the off-season plans open.substack.com/pub/rogermun...

And more ICYMI: the There R Giants Free For All Mailbag was stuffed full this week! open.substack.com/pub/rogermun...

ICYMI: the Giants are so back, and so is KROG, as Kerry Crowley and I discuss the team's recent surge.

My lord the homer Bo Davidson just hit was mammoth! (That’s the second one tonight, not the first one which was just ordinarily huge shot out to deepest center)

New pod! I put a bunch of player interviews in the can on my recent trip to SJ and Eugene. Kicking things off with conversations with trade acquisitions Nate Furman and Parks Harber, and 2023 2nd round pick Walker Martin open.substack.com/pub/rogermun...

Jhonny Level just demolished 96 up in his eyes way out to the pull side at Excite Ballpark, out past the So Fi sign. Good thing I didn’t park out there today!

Great deep dive on Eldridge in this @BaseballAmerica piece. Nothing we didn't know, but good visualizations. Contact rates on breakers/offspeed down in zone obvious improvement area right now. Not surprising for 6'7" 20yo [1/2] www.baseballamerica.com/stories/dyla...

Bo Davidson jumps into BA's latest Top 100, jumping all the way in at 88. That gives Giants' three members of Top 100 now (Eldridge, Gonzalez) and Jhonny Level figures to add 4th sometime in the next 6-8 months. It's been a very good year on SF Giants' farm! www.baseballamerica.com/rankings/202...

Kerry and I look back at the trade deadline, and ahead to the season to come...and even further than that! open.substack.com/pub/rogermun...

It's Free for All Mailbag day at There R Giants and the readers had THOUGHTS!! (and questions) open.substack.com/pub/rogermun...

Do you like dingers? If you do, There R Giants' Big Monday edition of Minor Lines is the place for you this morning! Dingers! Dingers! Dingers! Including huge weekends from Bryce Eldridge and a returning Dakota Jordan. open.substack.com/pub/rogermun...

At long last, KROG returns....just in time for Kerry and I to respond to a breaking trade during the middle of our podcast! open.substack.com/pub/rogermun...

Drew Gilbert's numbers in July: .316/.388/.645, 6 HR in 20 games His expected numbers in July: .256/.335/.389 Average exit velocity is 87.7 mph. Hard-hit rate is 33.3%. (MLB avg is 89.4 mph, 41.5%.) All six homers have been pulled to RF, and that's where he typically thrives. The spray chart:

Rayner Arias lofts a soft liner to left to bring home Oliver Tejada with go ahead run B6. Tejada had roped a double at 108 mph to lead off inning.