Roger Munter
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Obsessive chronicler of SF Giants player development at ThereRGiants.com
It's been a very good 12 months for the Giants' International Scouting Department and Player Development Group!
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Giants Continue Strong Run of Top International Talent by Signing Shortstop Luis Hernandez
Photo Credit: San Francisco Giants
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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!
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There R Giants Pod-229 with Eric Longenhagen
To celebrate the winter meetings, I’m having a double podcast week!
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about 1 month ago
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And second, a conversation with Giants' beat writer Maria Guardado of MLB dot com on the Giants situation as they approach these meetings.
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There R Giants Pod-228 with Maria Guardado (update)
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.
https://open.substack.com/pub/rogermunter/p/there-r-giants-pod-228-with-maria-0a7?utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web
about 1 month ago
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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...
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The "Ho Ho Ho" Edition of the Free For All Mailbag
Welcome to the holidays.
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about 1 month ago
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Kerry and I light the Hot Stove pilot light on a new edition of the KROG pod!
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KROG #38
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-suppo...
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about 2 months ago
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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.
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There R Giants Pod-227 with David B. Flemming
David Flemming is once again my guest this week.
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2 months ago
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reposted by
Roger Munter
Dan Szymborski
2 months ago
The whole article can be found in Sports Illustrated...in 1959.
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The aching, aching arms
Life, for Robert Lee Turley (see cover), has been one continuous hurrah ever since he pitched the New York Yankees to victory in the seventh game of the World
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Parks Harber will be one of the participants in AFL HR Derby this Saturday at Sloan Park. Quite a Fall Parks has had!
2 months ago
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New pod!
@jacobrudner.bsky.social
joins me to talk about the Giants' historic hiring of University of Tennessee's Tony Vitello.
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There R Giants Pod-226 with Jacob Rudner
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 beco...
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3 months ago
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Hello, Parks Harber!
3 months ago
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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.
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KROG #36: The Emergency Pod!
The Giants have rather shockingly named University of Tennessee head coach, Tony Vitello, as the franchise’s 40th manager — a historic and fascinating hiring.
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3 months ago
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New pod! JesĂşs Cano from
@baseballamerica.com
joins me to talk Instructional League, Bridge League, Fall League, and a whole lot of Josuar!
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There R Giants Pod-225 with JesĂşs Cano
Baseball America’s Jesús Cano joins me this week to talk Instructional League, Bridge League, and Arizona Fall League action.
https://open.substack.com/pub/rogermunter/p/there-r-giants-pod-225-with-jesus?r=3hao2&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false
3 months ago
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There R Giants' Free For All Mailbag makes its October return, to distract us from ....er...other October baseball events.
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"October's a Drag" Edition of the Free For All Mailbag
Photo Credit: Mick Anders | Richmond Flying Squirrels
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3 months ago
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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!
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KROG #35
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...
https://open.substack.com/pub/rogermunter/p/krog-35?r=3hao2&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false
3 months ago
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New pod! Baseball America's Geoff Pontes digs into the data on a few Giants' breakout pitching prospects from 2025.
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There R Giants Pod-224 with Geoff Pontes
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.
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4 months ago
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And lastly we try to identify the risers and fallers in SF Giants' system from 2025
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2025 Season Review: Risers and Fallers of the Year
Photo Credit: Mick Anders | Richmond Flying Squirrels
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4 months ago
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Next, I try to identify some long-term philosophical changes to track in upcoming years...
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2025 Season Review: Five Long-Term Trends in Player Development
Gazing into the crystal ball
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4 months ago
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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...
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2025 Season Review: Five Key Storylines from the Giants' Farm System
Let's get out of the weeds and take a look at the big picture
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4 months ago
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ICYMI: A new KROG slipped out last weekend, wherein Kerry Crowley and I survey the Giants in the endgame.
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KROG #34
Kerry Crowley and I talk Giants’ 2025 season in the end game.There R Giants is a reader-supported publication.
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4 months ago
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And next comes the Best Tools in the Giants' farm.
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SF Giants' Organization's Best Tools
Get Out Your Scouting Card
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4 months ago
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The transition to the off-season begins at There R Giants. First up, my SF Giants Organizational All Stars for 2025
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There R Giants' 2025 Organizational All Stars
Who stood out in a standout year?
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4 months ago
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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
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There R Giants Pod-220 with Nate Furman, Parks Harber, and Walker Martin
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.
https://open.substack.com/pub/rogermunter/p/there-r-giants-pod-220-with-nate?r=3hao2&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false
4 months ago
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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.
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Ryan Murphy whiffs vs Hartford
YouTube video by Roger Munter
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4 months ago
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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
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4 months ago
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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
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There R Giants-Pod 222 with Jacob Archer
The Northwest League Championship series begins tonight in Eugene, OR.
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4 months ago
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There R Giants' Free for All Mailbag returns with a lot of questions about the off-season plans
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"Playoff Time!" Edition of the Free for All Mailbag
Photo Credit: Shelly Valenzuela | San Jose Giants
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4 months ago
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And more ICYMI: the There R Giants Free For All Mailbag was stuffed full this week!
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"The End is Nigh" Edition of the Free For All Mailbag
Photo Credit: Mick Anders | Richmond Flying Squirrels
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5 months ago
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ICYMI: the Giants are so back, and so is KROG, as Kerry Crowley and I discuss the team's recent surge.
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KROG #33
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 ...
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5 months ago
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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)
5 months ago
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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
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There R Giants Pod-220 with Nate Furman, Parks Harber, and Walker Martin
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.
https://open.substack.com/pub/rogermunter/p/there-r-giants-pod-220-with-nate?r=3hao2&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false
5 months ago
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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!
5 months ago
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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]
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Dylan Beavers, Nelson Rada Headline 10 Statcast Standouts (Aug. 11)
Presenting 10 Statcast standouts from MiLB, led by an Orioles outfielder who has hit his way into the Top 100 Prospects list.
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5 months ago
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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!
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2025 Top 100 Prospects
Baseball America's 2025 Top 100 Prospects ranks MLB's brightest future stars by future potential, tool grades & more.
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5 months ago
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Kerry and I look back at the trade deadline, and ahead to the season to come...and even further than that!
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KROG #32
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-supporte...
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5 months ago
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It's Free for All Mailbag day at There R Giants and the readers had THOUGHTS!! (and questions)
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"The Dog Days Are Starting" Edition of the Free For All Mailbag
With the dust settled on the trading deadline, and the Giants headed for an uncertain conclusion to the 2025 season (though what season isn’t uncertain until it’s firmly in the books?), it’s time to t...
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6 months ago
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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.
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Dakota Jordan Returns While Bryce Eldridge Leaves the Building (Repeatedly)
SF Giants Minor Lines, Aug. 1-3, 2025
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6 months ago
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At long last, KROG returns....just in time for Kerry and I to respond to a breaking trade during the middle of our podcast!
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KROG #31
After many scheduling conflicts that precluded us talking at happier times, Kerry Crowley and I come together to pick over the sorry spectacle that this Giants’ team has become, hazard a few guesses a...
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6 months ago
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reposted by
Roger Munter
Sam Dykstra
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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:
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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.
6 months ago
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ACL Semifinal is heading into late innings tied 1-1 with Keyner Martinez out after five innings of work.
6 months ago
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Keyner Martinez has allowed just one hit through the first four innings of ACL semifinal game. Giants hanging onto 1-0 lead going to bottom of 4th.
6 months ago
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Keyner Martinez will get the start for ACL Giants in their single elimination semi-final game for ACL playoffs. Martinez is coming off is career best 11 strikeout performance in his season finale.
6 months ago
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You like offense? Of course you do! Who doesn't like offense? Everybody likes offense, and just about everybody was providing it on the Giants' farm last night, too!
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Bryce Back in the Swing of Things on a Night of Slugging
SF Giants Minor Lines, July 22, 2025
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6 months ago
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And second, the great
@jimcallis.bsky.social
joins the podcast again to talk about the Giants' draft and how it fits into a system that's seen a lot of changeover lately.
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There R Giants Pod-216 with Jim Callis
The great Jim Callis joins me to talk about the Giants most recent draft class, and how it fits in with a farm system that has really turned over a surprising amount the past two years.
https://open.substack.com/pub/rogermunter/p/there-r-giants-pod-216-with-jim-callis?r=3hao2&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false
6 months ago
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Couple of free for all treats from There R Giants on this Tuesday. First up, the return of the Mailbag, with lots of questions about my trip to DSL and the Giants' recent draft.
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"Back for More" Edition of the Free for All Mailbag
Hello again!
https://open.substack.com/pub/rogermunter/p/back-for-more-edition-of-the-free?r=3hao2&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false
6 months ago
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Gonzalez couldn't quite pull this one in, but showed some pretty great hops on the effort!
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Josuar Gonzalez Leaping Attmpt at Grab
YouTube video by Roger Munter
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Some of Josuar Gonzalez's glove work
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Josuar Gonzalez Fielding
YouTube video by Roger Munter
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6 months ago
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A Josuar Gonzalez 1st to Home dash on a Rivas double
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Josuar Gonzalez 1st to Home Dash
YouTube video by Roger Munter
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6 months ago
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Two doubles from mammoth 17-year-old Evan Estevez. Hit another one the next day with an Exit Velocity of 108 mph
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Even Estevez 2 2b
YouTube video by Roger Munter
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6 months ago
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More of Marquez fielding and picking up a single at the plate
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Anthony Marquez 1b, Glove
YouTube video by Roger Munter
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