Giants Talk: A San Francisco Giants Podcast

Zack Minasian explains why his upbringing makes him ideal Giants GM


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New San Francisco Giants general manager Zack Minasian sits down with Alex Pavlovic to discuss the team's identity and why his lifetime around baseball makes him a good fit for the position. Cole Kuiper and Alex also break down Randy Winn's new role with the team and answer fan's mailbag questions.

Intro:

1:00 - Randy Winn named Vice President of Player Development

7:00 - Austin Slater signs with the Chicago White Sox

9:00 - Which Giants will be back after the non-tender deadline?

12:15 - Mailbag Q’s

Zack Minasian:

22:10 - On becoming a new dad and GM

23:20 - What an interview with Buster Posey is like

24:15 - If the thought he had a chance at the job after Posey's press conference

25:30 - On scouting  Posey when he was a player

27:00 - On the moment he got the GM job

27:45 - What moves he feels stand out in his career

29:00 - Why pitching and defense need to be the Giants' identity moving forward

31:00 - On confidence in Giants' current pitching,

32:45 - Tyler Fitzgerald maybe moving to 2nd and if they need to upgrade shortstop

33:30 - Breaking down the outfield situation

36:00 - On Luis Matos and Marco Luciano's development, expectations for next season

38:50 - On Randy Winn becoming VP of player development, how they plan on approaching player development

41:45 - His background growing up in MLB clubhouses, on the validation from getting the GM job

44:30 - Dynamic between him and his brother Perry, who's GM of the Angels

48:20 - On Tommy Lasorda being his godfather

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Giants Talk: A San Francisco Giants PodcastBy Alex Pavlovic, Cole Kuiper, NBC Sports Bay Area

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