Locked On Giants – Daily Podcast On The San Francisco Giants

Can the San Francisco Giants possibly fit Joey Bart, Blake Sabol, and Patrick Bailey on the same roster? That question has become more and more relevant by the day, as Bart has showed signs of improvement, Sabol has done enough to stick for now (despite some extreme highs and lows), and 2020 first-rounder Bailey was promoted to Triple-A.

None of that even speaks to Gary Sánchez's impending ability to opt out of his minor league deal if he's not in the majors by Monday. In essence, it doesn't seem possible to have Bart, Sabol, and Bailey on the same roster—as long as the outfield is healthy. If Mitch Haniger, Michael Conforto, Mike Yastrzemski, and Austin Slater are available, they're going to get pretty much all of the outfield starts, with perhaps LaMonte Wade Jr. mixed in to open up first base for someone like Wilmer Flores.

The rest of the show is dedicated to addition mailbag questions, including: Who is your current favorite Giant and who are your favorite players from around the league? Who is your personal favorite Giant of all time? What does a successful season look like for Mike Yastrzemski and Austin Slater? How long does Farhan Zaidi get to develop an All-Star that comes through his farm system? When would you wave the white flag? 2024? 2025? 2030?

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The best daily San Francisco Giants podcast. Whether the Giants are winning championships or retooling for another title run, Locked On Giants host Ben Kaspick—a lifelong Giants fan and former contributor for RotoGraphs and Beyond the Box Score—breaks down every game, rumor, and transaction in a way that's data-driven and rational but also simple, passionate, and accessible to all.

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Is Patrick Bailey going to be in the majors in the near future? That remains entirely uncertain, as they San Francisco Giants have several catchers with unique backgrounds and current statuses. Joey Bart appeared to be finally putting it all together before he sustained a minor groin injury, but he's avoided going on the IL. Blake Sabol was striking out a ton and looking like his time on the roster might be running short, but he's had a great last two games, including a stunning walk-off homer two nights ago, and suddenly he looks like he's earned quite a bit more rope.

Meanwhile, it was Ricardo Genovés, not Gary Sánchez, who was brought to San Francisco on taxi squad when it was thought that Bart might have to go on the IL. Sánchez can opt out of his minor league deal with the Giants if he's not in the majors by Monday, and it's certainly worth noting that he has struggled in Triple-A so far. And now enter Bailey, who was promoted to Triple-A, where both Genovés and Sánchez are already on the roster. The whole situation is pretty wild and there's no telling what the short-term and long-term future holds.

As all of this was going on beneath the surface, the SF Giants won their fifth straight game. Their once "feast or famine" offense has normalized and is consistently putting up around five runs a game, which was to be expected. Simultaneously, their pitchers continue to give up more homers than expected (Tony DeSclafani allowed two more last night), and the Giants' offense continues to lead the league in strikeout rate. Amidst those concerning trends, there are still plenty of reasons for optimism as the Giants have been better than average by wRC+ and fWAR by the position players, and their pitchers are first in an interesting and advanced metric called xFIP, which predicts better pitching (and specifically fewer homers) moving forward.

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It wasn't supposed to end this way. Among hitters with at least 50 plate appearances, no one had K'd at a higher rate than San Francisco Giants catcher/outfielder Blake Sabol. Cardinals closer Ryan Helsley is one of the best relievers in the game, and his strength is striking people out. Sabol and the Giants were one strike away from a loss. Instead, Sabol, who was sitting on a slider after receiving only one fastball on 20 pitches all night, blasted it high and deep into center field, and the SF Giants pulled off their best and most joyous win of the young season. They've won four games in a row.

Sabol's position on the roster seemed like it might be in jeopardy just 48 hours ago. With Joey Bart playing well and Gary Sánchez nearing the date on which he can opt out of his minor league contract with the SF Giants if he's not in the majors—in addition to Sabol's major strikeout woes so far—it seemed like his time on the roster could be nearing an end. But an injury to Bart, which seems like it may actually be minor, thankfully, gave Sabol a little more breathing room. And he took advantage in a huge way last night, delivering the Giants' biggest swing of the year.

Speaking of injured players, Mitch Haniger wasn't in the lineup last night a day after returning from the IL. Some fans expressed concerns that the Giants were platooning Haniger already, but that's just not the case. They likely want to ease him back into action, and if they wanted him to start two of his first three games back, it made the most sense to skip the middle game when they were facing a righty. Haniger should hopefully be back in the lineup tonight, and in there pretty much every day all season if he stays healthy.

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Complete games are rare enough these days. But complete game shutouts are almost unheard of in this day and age. Nevertheless, Alex Cobb, the San Francisco Giants' No. 2 starter, pitched an absolute gem as he kept the Cardinals off the board for nine frames. The defense behind him was mostly spectacular, a continuation of a theme for the year: defense hasn't consistently hurt the Giants despite fears that last year's defensive struggles would carry over into 2023.

Unfortunately, Joey Bart had to come out of the game with an injury after he pulled up limping on a big double late in the game that contributed to the Giants' winning rally. It was really unfortunate timing for Bart, who seemed to finally be playing the best baseball of his major league career. He was framing well, carrying himself with genuine poise and confidence, leading the pitching staff, putting the ball in play more, having more competitive at-bats. If Bart has to miss any time at all, it's likely that Gary Sánchez will get the call from Triple-A, particularly because he can opt out of his minor league contract if he isn't in the majors by May 1.

In better injury news, Mitch Haniger and Austin Slater were finally activated and were inserted straight into the lineup. Both contributed to the Giants' win, and should help a lot as the Giants look to improve against left-handed pitching, which has somewhat unexpectedly given them fits so far in 2023. However, one of their best bats against lefties, Darin Ruf, was simultaneously put on the IL with wrist inflammation, so it was two steps foward and one step back—and that was before potentially losing Bart.

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The San Francisco Giants are getting healthier, and hopefully it's a sign of good things to come. The Giants lost the first two games of their four-game series against the Mets, but Logan Webb and homers by Brandon Crawford and Wilmer Flores helped the Giants win game three, and Joc Pederson's return sparked the SF Giants' big win in game four.

Pederson's return alone is a big boost, but getting Mitch Haniger and Austin Slater back, which could happen as early as today, could be even more impactful. Inexplicably, the SF Giants have been one of the worst teams in baseball vs. left-handed pitching, even though their lineup against lefties features several dangerous righties. But once Haniger and Slater come back, there's no reason why they can't be one of the most lethal lineups in baseball vs. southpaws.

There's been a lot of talk recently about the San Francisco Giants' lack of stars and core pieces, with Webb and Camilo Doval mentioned as rare exceptions. But it seems like people are sleeping on Thairo Estrada, who just seems to keep getting better and better. Estrada is off to one of the best starts in major league baseball. He's hit, he's hit for power, he's been stealing bases. He's on pace for a near 20 homer/20 steal season, and FanGraphs pegs him for about 4 WAR when the season is over, which is not necessarily star-level, but it is certainly All-Star caliber. Estrada is just 27 years old and under club control through 2026.

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Fans of the San Francisco Giants must be getting tired of this. Since a 13-5 start to begin the 2022 season, the Giants have simply played bad baseball over an extended period of time. To be precise, the SF Giants are 73-88 over their previous 162 games, which is just unacceptable given the front office's very public high expectations for this team.\

Despite frequent complaints about the offense so far in 2023, the pitching continues to be the main problem. Last night, Sean Manaea wasn't sharp and put the SF Giants in an early hole. It's asking a lot for the Giants outscore the opponent when they put up nine runs in the game.

On the bright side, Tristan Beck had a pretty impressive MLB debut. He's on the roster filling in for Alex Wood, who went on the IL with a hamstring strain that will keep him out for at least several weeks. Beck's final line wasn't particularly impressive, but he showed good command and good stuff in the extended outing that also saved the bullpen. Switching gears, some mailbag questions are addressed, including an answer to the question of whose autographs are on the balls displayed over Ben's right shoulder on YouTube.

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Madison Bumgarner is close to being a free agent again. The Arizona Diamondbacks DFA'd the San Francisco Giants legend today, and he is certain to clear waivers considering he's owed nearly $37 million over the next two seasons and has produced a 5.23 ERA in parts of four seasons with the D-backs.

Many Giants fans naturally start to think about the possibility of Bumgarner returning home to pitch in front of his adoring fans in San Francisco, but it's truly not a good idea for anyone involved. Bumgarner has proven in Arizona that he's a shell of his former self. The Giants have a good track record with improving pitchers, but they target pitchers with skills they believe can be improved upon. That doesn't seem like the profile of Bumgarner, who also has very few connections to the current Giants, with Brandon Crawford essentially the only remaining link to the glory days of '10, '12, and '14.

Getting to some mailbag questions, is Gabe Kapler's job in jeopardy next year if the Giants have another disappointing season? Do the Giants have any options with Blake Sabol besides just offering him back to the Pirates? Is Joey Bart the long-term answer? Does Patrick Bailey's hot start in Double-A put pressure on any of the current catchers? Will we see Gary Sánchez before his upcoming opt-out on May 1?

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The Giants were very much in danger of this trip turning into an utter disaster. While 1-4 is no one's idea of a good road trip through Detroit and Miami, the SF Giants were very close to being 0-5 after today looked like potentially another loss for the Giants, who improved to a still-miserable 6-11 with the win.

Alex Cobb grinded his way through five innings, picking up eight strikeouts and featuring some really good stuff. The bullpen, much maligned so far this season, held the line after Cobb had allowed a single run. The Giants' offense, however, found itself in a familiar funk. They managed to score early (albeit only one run), but the did not manage to score often. The script flipped in the second extra frame.

After going scoreless in the top of the 10th, and Camilo Doval holding down the Marlins in the bottom half, the Giants exploded for four runs in the top of the 11th thanks to two left-on-left homers by Michael Conforto and Mike Yastrzemski. The SF Giants need Conforto, Mitch Haniger, Joc Pederson, and Austin Slater back on the roster as soon as possible, as their absences have a ripple effect on the rest of the roster that means fewer favorable matchups than desiered, and recently it has showed. But just for today, the San Francisco Giants got a huge win and will return home on a happy flight across the country.

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Something has to change. The San Francisco Giants have consistently put themselves in position to win baseball games, but night after night, they're finding ways to squander those golden opportunities. Last night, the SF Giants got their ace Logan Webb out to an early 3-0 lead against a Marlins team that struggles to score runs. That should be game over, paticularly if the Giants' offense could keep adding on a run here or there.

But instead, as has become all-too-familiar, the SF Giants' offense went ice cold after the fast start, and the Giants' pitching allowed the opponent to get back into the game. Logan Webb was one out away from escaping a threat in the bottom of the seventh, but he hung a slider to Jorge Soler, who turned a 3-2 Giants lead into a 4-3 deficit with one swing.

The Giants deserve to be better than 5-10. They're not one of the very worst teams in major league baseball. But injuries have piled up, resulting in guys playing out of position, fewer advantageous matchups, and simply fewer of their best hitters in the lineup on a regular basis. With Michael Conforto, Mitch Haniger, Joc Pederson, and Austin Slater out of the lineup on a consistent basis, the Giants have actually put together pretty decent lineups. But it would sure help to have those guys back, with the good news being that Slater and Haniger have begun rehab assignments with Triple-A Sacramento.

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The best daily San Francisco Giants podcast. Whether the Giants are winning championships or retooling for another title run, Locked On Giants host Ben Kaspick—a lifelong Giants fan and former contributor for RotoGraphs and Beyond the Box Score—breaks down every game, rumor, and transaction in a way that's data-driven and rational but also simple, passionate, and accessible to all.

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The San Francisco Giants couldn't find a way to win a game in Detroit. Mercifully, they didn't lose three games as the finale was rained out. But the SF Giants lost two winnable games against the Tigers, who will likely end up as one of the worst teams in the American League.

The Giants got some late heroics from J.D. Davis in the first game of the series, as his three-run homer tied things up in the eighth. But the Giants struggled to score in extra innings, and an extremely costly mental mistake in the bottom of the 11th by David Villar potentially cost the Giants the game. Camilo Doval was one out away from securing the win but allowed a walk-off homer on a 3-0 pitch.

Then the SF Giants blew a 6-1 lead in the second game of the series. They scored two runs in each of the first three innings, but then failed to score again the rest of the way, even in extra frames when they were twice given a free runner on second to start the inning. Tony DeSclafnai was outstanding, but it was a wasted effort as Brandon Crawford booted three balls and Blake Sabol took a horrible route on a line drive. The bullpen continued to be a huge liability in the early season and the Giants left Detroit 5-9, which is the third-worst record in the NL.

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The best daily San Francisco Giants podcast. Whether the Giants are winning championships or retooling for another title run, Locked On Giants host Ben Kaspick—a lifelong Giants fan and former contributor for RotoGraphs and Beyond the Box Score—breaks down every game, rumor, and transaction in a way that's data-driven and rational but also simple, passionate, and accessible to all.

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