Locked On Giants – Daily Podcast On The San Francisco Giants

Summarizing the latest on negotiations between MLB and the MLBPA regarding the start of a 2020 baseball season. The league submitted a proposal that was not well received by the union, and the union's counter-proposal was not well received by the league. Meanwhile, a worthy cause is being fought for in American cities, and we are witnessing constitutional rights violations on a daily basis. Discussing why these violations are unacceptable and needs to be called out, and how this moment impacts us all.

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Imagining an alternate reality in which the Giants didn't select Tim Lincecum, Madison Bumgarner, and Buster Posey with their first-round picks in the 2006-08 MLB draft. It's a scary alternate universe, but it's not that hard to imagine. Mock drafts had the Giants selecting Daniel Bard in '06, Casey Weathers in '07, and Justin Smoak in '08. It's clear that without any of Lincecum, Bumgarner, and Posey, the Giants don't win one championship, let alone three.

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What if Bobby Evans hadn't been fired as the Giants' general manager? Things would look a whole lot different. Obviously, Farhan Zaidi never would have been brought into the organization. It's likely that a lot of supplemental players from the 2018 team would have been brought back, and several key future pieces like Mike Yastrzemski, Alex Dickerson, Mauricio Dubón, Donovan Solano, and Trevor Gott never would have been brought in. It's probably more likely that Madison Bumgarner would still be a Giant, too.

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Examining what would have happened had the San Francisco Giants not traded Matt Duffy (and Lucius Fox and Michael Santos) to the Tampa Bay Rays in exchange for Matt Moore. Moore pitched decently for the Giants down the stretch, and was dominant in his one postseason start, but fell apart in 2017 and was traded for salary relief. The Giants then used that relief to acquire Evan Longoria's contract from the Rays. Matt Duffy never ended up amounting to much in Tampa, although he did have one strong season in 2018. The jury is still out on Fox and Santos, who have yet to make their major league debuts. No matter how it all plays out, things could have been very different had the Giants elected to hold onto Duffy.

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Analyzing the San Francisco Giants' ill-advised decisions to trade young talent for Evan Longoria and Andrew McCutchen after losing 98 games in 2017. What if the front office had acted differently? Longoria's deal with the Giants has been underwater from the beginning, but the silver lining is that the young talent the Giants gave up hasn't amounted to much. In McCutchen's case, however, Bryan Reynolds became the exact type of young, controllable player that the Giants wish they had. Since McCutchen only had one year left on his deal, he was quickly out of the organization and the Giants were left in a much worse situation than they were before those trades.

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On today's show, Ben provides updates about the possible resumption of MLB, the 2020 draft, and a Yasiel Puig rumor. Major League Baseball reportedly hopes to resume Spring Training sometime in June, and begin the regular season in early July. The plan would be dependent on data, health concerns, and testing availability. Regarding the 2020 draft, new reports suggest it will be held on June 10th and will be limited to just five rounds. Ben also discusses a report that Yasiel Puig is close to an agreement with the San Francisco Giants. Puig's reverse platoon splits are discussed, as is the fact that a deal with Puig makes more sense for the Giants now than earlier in the offseason, considering the unusual circumstances that would be in play should baseball resume in 2020.

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A new survey suggests that many Giants fans strongly believe in the current direction of the team. When San Francisco Giants fans responded to Andrew Baggarly's survey in The Athletic, the results aren't necessarily representative of Giants fans at large. But they were surprisingly positive. Giants fans who took the survey overwhelmingly supported Farhan Zaidi, expressed an open-mindedness about Gabe Kapler, and feel optimistic about the future of the team.

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Describing the top six moments in San Francisco Giants history. Several would have a place among the best moments in baseball history..

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Two grand slams and three pennant clinchers are among the best moments in San Francisco Giants history since 2000.

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Huge homers by Belt, Bonds, and Sandoval rank among the best moments in San Francisco Giants history.

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