Locked On Giants – Daily Podcast On The San Francisco Giants

Are the San Francisco Giants actually having fun? More importantly, are fans actually having fun watching them? It's been a frustrating season for the SF Giants, but their play in September has been a breath of fresh air. Lewis Brinson has provided a spark this month, and he had his best game yet on Monday. Brinson slugged two homers against Dodgers pitching, and J.D. Davis, David Villar, and Thairo Estrada also went deep for the Giants. It was just the third time in franchise history that the Giants hit five or more home runs in Dodger Stadium.

All four players who homered are under club control for at least two more seasons. Brinson will be first-year arbitration eligible after 2022. Estrada and Villar have five-plus years of club control. J.D. Davis has a couple of arb years remaining. It's why September is such an important month for Giants such as Brinson and Villar. They're auditioning to be a part of next year's team. Villar absolutely destroyed Triple-A this year so it was nice to see him have a good game with the San Francisco Giants. Gabe Kapler took him out for defensive purposes somewhat early in the game, which was somewhat controversial, but the move immediately paid off with a great relay with Bryce Johnson moved to left field as part of the substitution.

Wilmer Flores' Sunday walk-off and impending free agency are discussed. Although the Giants need to get younger and more athletic, generally speaking, Flores has been a great Giant and it's hard to see them letting him leave in free agency. There is hopefully mutual interest. Joc Pederson is another guy who is an impending free agent they may bring back. And how about that bad dude Carlos Rodón? This year may have been a disappointment on the whole, but lots of players have had very nice seasons, and a few of them have uncertain futures with the Giants.

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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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While it's almost certainly too little too late, it was nice to see the San Francisco Giants play well and show signs of life. Wilmer Flores hit a thrilling walk-off to seal the Giants' sweep of the Phillies. Carlos Rodón was a big bad dude on the mound and racked up his ninth 10+ strikeout game, tying a franchise record. The offense exploded in the series opener, and Alex Cobb continued to be excellent. Cobb, who was so unlucky early in the season, has seen his results-based numbers rebound in a major way. Another win for the underlying numbers...

There were several key injury updates over the weekend. SF Giants first baseman Brandon Belt had season-ending knee surgery. Belt is a free agent at the end of the year and it remains to be seen whether he's played his final game in a Giants uniform. Lefty reliever José Álvarez had Tommy John surgery and will miss all of 2023. Álvarez was very good for the Giants last season, but this year was a struggle and it's his last year under contract. Alex Wood has a left shoulder impingement and might be done for the season. He's given up a ton of runs since first dealing with the injury in mid-August. It wasn't a very good second season in San Francisco for Wood, who has an ERA in the 5's. But the underlying metrics suggest he deserved better.

Lewis Brinson made his San Francisco Giants debut and collected a couple of hits. The Giants and manager Gabe Kapler used their bench aggressively over the weekend, something they've been able to do more with rosters expanded to 28 from 26. Last year, as a residual effect of the covid-shortened 2020 season, teams had 28-man rosters all season. It was perhaps an underrated reason why the Giants were able to be so successful with pinch hitting, platoons, and matchups.

Aaron Judge's impending free agency, and the likelihood of the slugger landing with the Giants, is also discussed.

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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 added another key prospect from the 2018 Christian Yelich trade. Lewis Brinson, the centerpiece of that deal, was acquired by the Giants yesterday in a trade with the Houston Astros. Brinson was immediately added to the 40-man roster and called up to the major leagues. Now that he's on the 40-man, he is under club control for three seasons via arbitration. If he has a good September and/or Spring Training, he could certainly be on the 2023 team. In other words, Brinson is auditioning for the Giants from here on out.

What Giants on expiring deals will be back next year? Farhan Zaidi said on KNBR yesterday that there's interest in bringing back Joc Pederson. If Pederson is retained by the Giants, that would seemingly have a ripple effect in that it could eliminate another platoon. The Giants clearly need more everyday players, and Joc Pederson is a strict platoon player. Wilmer Flores is another Giants player who could/should be brought back, and the most important player might be Carlos Rodón.

Who's the most surprising current Giants player who might not be back next year? The answer is probably Mike Yastrzemski or LaMonte Wade Jr. It hasn't been a good year for either Giants lefty, and Wade in particular is probably running out of chances. Both are platoon players, and especially if Joc Pederson is re-signed it might mean at least one of those two will not be on the 2023 roster.

Honest assessments of Giants manager Gabe Kapler and president of baseball operations Farhan Zaidi are also discussed on today's show.

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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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Do the San Francisco Giants have one of MLB's worst cores? ESPN's Kiley McDaniel ranked all 30 cores, with input from executives around the game, and the SF Giants ranked 28th. These cores include all players under team control through at least 2024 and include prospects. The Giants have no "elite" talent (5+ WAR) locked up, and only Logan Webb falls into the "above average" category (3-5 WAR). The Giants have several players in the "solid" category (2-3 WAR), including major leaguers such as Alex Cobb, Joey Bart, Camilo Doval, Thairo Estrada, Mike Yastrzemski, Austin Slater, and Anthony DeSclafani. Several prospects also fall into this category, including Marco Luciano, Kyle Harrison, Luis Matos, and Patrick Bailey.

But the Giants need to supplement their core through free agency. That much has become apparent this season. The Giants got star-level production out of Brandon Crawford, Buster Posey, and Brandon Belt last year, but no position player has come close to matching that production this year. Aaron Judge is a free agent this offseason and would be the best and simplest way for the Giants to add a player long-term who falls into the "elite" category. Judge will probably win the MVP this year, and he grew up a Giants fan.

Other players who would help the Giants build a better core include Trea Turner, Carlos Rodón (if the Giants extend him), Carlos Correa, Jacob deGrom, Edwin Díaz, and Brandon Nimmo.

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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 Giants needed to sweep this series in order to stay in the race. Instead, the Giants were swept by the Padres. For all intents and purposes, the season is over. What a huge disappointment after last year. The SF Giants front office needs to do some serious soul searching in the offseason and avoid having another major letdown in 2023.

The San Francisco Giants’ bullpen is addressed. After leading the majors in ERA last year, the Giants’ bullpen has been one of the worst in baseball in 2022. Bullpens tend to be volatile from year to year, and it’s hurt the Giants this season. Relievers such as Dominic Leone, Tyler Rogers, and Jake McGee took huge steps back from 2021 to 2022.

In recent days and weeks they’ve been auditioning some new arms, and it’ll be important to see how the likes of Alex Young and Scott Alexander perform over the season’s final month. After all, there isn’t much else for the disappointing Giants to play for.

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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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Do the San Francisco Giants need to re-sign Carlos Rodón? The Giants been very good even with Rodón, so it would seem that they'd be setting themselves further back if they don't replace him. The best way for the Giants to replace Carlos Rodón may be for the Giants to bring back ... Carlos Rodón.

The Giants' 2023 rotation options are explored. Logan Webb will be eligible for arbitration for the first time, and is under club control for three more seasons. Alex Cobb, Alex Wood, and Anthony DeSclafani have guaranteed deals for 2023. Jakob Junis, who's been a bright spot this season for the Giants, is arbitration eligible for the final time and can be retained for a relatively cheap salary.

Free-agent options are discussed. Could the Giants try to sign Jacob deGrom to a short-term, high-AAV deal? Something like two years, $90 million? Or would the Giants be better off spending something like 4/$120M on Rodón? Plenty of options are out there, but Rodón and deGrom are pretty clearly the best available. The Giants should probably sign one of them and also spend aggressively in the position player market, where stars like Aaron Judge and Trea Turner are free agents.

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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 are just about cooked. This was a period in which they needed to take advantage of the schedule and get red hot. Instead, the SF Giants just had a 2-6 road trip which culminated in a sweep by the Twins in which the Giants were outscored 20-5. The Giants' brutal 2022 season continues.

Technically, the Giants are still alive, and it helps that they're about to play the Padres. If the Giants can somehow manage to sweep, they'll be just 4.5 games back with 33 to play. But anything less than a sweep seemingly won't be good enough. The Giants pretty much can't afford to lose the rest of the way.

The Giants continue to be old and banged up. Evan Longoria tweaked his hamstring again. Joc Pederson has a groin issue. Mike Yastrzemski's calf is bothering him. Luis González is sick. The Giants are not only an old, injury-prone team; they're also just not very good when everyone is healthy.

It's going to be a vitally important offseason. The Giants must change the way they operate or else it'd be foolish to expect better results next season. They really must get younger and more athletic. They have to acquire some everyday players and not just pick up platoon bats off the scrap heap. Time may be running out for one or more of Yastrzemski, LaMonte Wade Jr., and others. This miserable season should light a fire under the Giants' front office.

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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 a different type of offseason for the Giants on the horizon? San Francisco Giants president of baseball operations Farhan Zaidi recently said that it's important for the Giants to establish two to five everyday players. He also admitted that the SF Giants' top prospects are unlikely to arrive in time to be those everyday guys in 2023. That seems to suggest that the Giants must sign or trade for everyday players this offseason if they want to have them next year.

Aaron Judge headlines the class. He's likely to be the AL MVP this season, and he may end up with 60+ home runs. Judge is a Bay Area native and grew up a huge Giants fan. There's real intrigue here since he may actually be open to coming home and playing for his hometown Giants. Other outfielders of note are Brandon Nimmo and Mitch Haniger.

The shortstop class is loaded again. Trea Turner, Xander Bogaerts, Dansby Swanson, and Carlos Correa are very good players the Giants could sign. It seems more likely that the Giants would target players who aren't necessarily pure shortstops, but rather guys who can play other positions as well.

Nolan Arenado is a third baseman who's increasingly likely to opt out and should be a consideration for the SF Giants. At first base, a couple of names stand out for the Giants: Josh Bell and José Abreu.

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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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Should fans of the San Francisco Giants be worried about Logan Webb? He's been hit hard recently, and his stuff appears to have diminished from how it looked for much of last season and particularly in the NLDS when he dominated the Dodgers. Webb's velocity is down overall. It could be a sign of fatigue, but his diminished stuff is undoubtedly cause for some concern for the SF Giants. All the more reason bringing back Carlos Rodón or signing another frontline starter will be important for the Giants this offseason.

How much of a runway does Gabe Kapler have? Is there any chance he could be fired this offseason? It's extremely unlikely. Giants president of baseball operations Farhan Zaidi is very fond of Kapler and seems to value continuity. What's more, the issues for the 2022 SF Giants really don't seem to stem from Kapler. It's been more of a roster construction problem. For that, Zaidi must take ownership. How much of a runway does he have? This will be an important offseason and next year will be an important year. He has at least next season to sort this out, considering they won a franchise-record 107 games in 2021.

How far should the Giants go to sign Aaron Judge? Judge has been the game's best player this season, and he's set to reach free agency when the season concludes. The problem is Judge is a very big guy and he'll be 31 years old in year one of the deal. Age is a concern, but he sure checks a lot of important boxes for the Giants.

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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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Are the San Francisco Giants going to be aggressive this offseason? That’s what SF Giants president of baseball operations Farhan Zaidi implied in a podcast this week with The Athletic’s Tim Kawakami. Zaidi said, “I think it’s important for us to establish two or three or four or five guys who are everyday guys, who are going to be in the lineup every day.” In regard to platooning, Zaidi said “that kind of roster management philosophy works best when you have a foundation of guys that are in there everyday.” He’s absolutely right, and a big problem for the Giants this season has been their lack of productive everyday players. They’d hoped to get repeat strong performances from the likes of Brandon Belt and Brandon Crawford, but it just hasn’t happened. Age and regression, often both, has been a key factor.

Carlos Rodón continued his excellent season with a dominant outing over the Tigers in the Giants' win on Tuesday. He notched his eighth 10+ strikeout performance of the season, with 23 swings and misses, and continues to look like one of the best pitchers in baseball. Rodón was a savvy Giants signing, but he could very well be on another team in 2023. The Giants have a pretty full rotation coming back next year, but should probably bring back Rodón or sign another top-tier arm. Logan Webb was supposed to be a co-ace, but lately he's looked a little shaky. He was cruising along on Wednesday before the Tigers put together a six-run inning against the Giants. Brandon Crawford let a hard ground ball bounce off his body and into the outfield. It was generously ruled a hit, and the six-two out runs that followed were all charged to Webb.

The 2023 schedule was released, and it's enormously different thanks to the new collective bargaining agreement. Every team will play every team every year, so the Giants face the entire American League in 2023. They open their season in New York to play the Yankees, then they head to Chicago to face the White Sox. It's a long overdue and welcome change of pace for the sport. In order to add all of these interleague games, there will (finally) be fewer intradivision games. The Giants will only play their NL West foes 14 times a year, down from 19.

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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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