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San Francisco Giants podcast with Morris Phillips: Belt getting ready for season after rough off season; Dubon’s got glove; plus more

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San Francisco Giants first baseman Brandon Belt has come a long ways since this Sep 22, 2020 photo was taken as he was playing first base against the Colorado Rockies. He had a tough off season but is ready for opening day 2021 (AP News file photo)

#1 Morris lets take a look around camp and see what impresses, starting at first base with Brandon Belt who had bone spur surgery, Mono, and Covid-19 during the off season. Hasn’t seen much action at the plate as he joined spring training in progress.

#2 Giants outfield coach Alyssa Nakken said that Mauricio Dubon’s defensive catch of the Milwaukee Brewers Avisail Garcia’s was a Golden Glove last Thursday. The Giants are looking for some big things from Dubon in the outfield this season.

#3 Austin Slater had homered for three games straight Wednesday through Friday. Slater in 22 at bats is 1.480 OPS. Giants manager Gabe Kapler says Slater will most likely be facing a lot of left handed pitching this season.

#4 The Giants might going to shop for a shortstop, they have two solid shortstops with Brandon Crawford and Dubon but will try to find a shortstop with some defense and experience.

#5 Giants team president Farhan Zaidi said that while the club plans to have the players vaccinated there are no firm plans in place as Zaidi said he’s waiting for word from the league when to proceed.

Join Morris for the Giants podcasts at http://www.sportsrasdioservice.com each Monday

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San Francisco Giants podcast with Morris Phillips: Kapler was looking forward to Nunez as reliever; Longoria to play third mid week

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San Francisco Giants pitcher Dedniel Nunez who will have Tommy John surgery will miss the entire 2021 season. Giants manager Gabe Kapler said he was very much looking forward to working with Nunez as his reliever (photo from San Francisco Chronicle)

#1 Morris it was reported on Saturday that Giants reliver Dedniel Nunez will be having Tommy John surgery for elbow ligament transplant for a strained ulnar collateral ligament and will be lost for the rest of the season.

#2 Nunez springs stats certainly impressed manager Gabe Kapler, Nunez who will be on the 60 day injured list pitched 3 1/3 innings, allowing four hits, three walks, and four runs.

#3 Kapler said he feels a lot of empathy for Nunez who had thrown the ball so well for the Giants. To keep Nunez the Giants will have to hold onto him for the whole season in order to keep him for 2022 also he has to stay on the active roster for 90 days, if not he could be waived and could return back to his old team the Mets.

#4 Giants catcher Buster Posey whose had hip issues in the past missed a few spring games but was in the line up on Sunday. With those hip issues from the 2019 season and he didn’t play all of last season how do you see Posey coming into the 2021 season?

#5 Kapler is really looking forward to see how Evan Longoria will do at third base originally schedule to play there on Sunday but stayed as designated hitter because of an inflamed heel. Longoria is expected to play third base by Wednesday.

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San Francisco Giants podcast with Morris Phillips: Solano providing some offense; Longoria seeing the ball well; plus more

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The San Francisco Giants Evan Longoria on Saturday night against the Texas Rangers belts a double in the first inning at Oracle Park in San Francisco. (AP photo)

On the San Francisco Giants podcast with Morris:

#1 The Giants Donavon Solano has stepped up big he came up with a huge two RBI hit in the third inning for a total of three RBIs in Saturday night’s game at Oracle Park to help pace the Giants to a big 7-3 win past the Texas Rangers.

#2 The Giants on Evan Longoria has been connecting he had a two run double, scored a run, with three hits against the Rangers on Saturday. Longoria has been key in the line up.

#3 Morris you don’t see it too often brothers Tyler Heineman of the Giants and Scott Heineman of the Texas Rangers were at home plate before Saturday’s game exchanging line ups and going over ground rules with the umpires Tyler said he would be happy to see Scott line out hard in four at bats.

#4 Giants manager Gabe Kapler inspite of the recent struggles of Hunter Pence is sticking with him to pinch hit or field when needed. Pence has now gone 0-23 through Saturday night. Pence did get a triple on Sunday snapping the longest slump in the majors this season.

#5 The Giants who completed their home stand against the Rangers over the weekend are in Colorado tonight to open a four game series. The Rockies have been going well and will be a tough customer in Coors Field for this series.

Morris does the Giants podcasts each Monday at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

 

San Francisco Giants podcast with Morris Phillips: Wotus “class act” toasts manager and coaches after Giants first victory on Saturday

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San Francisco Giants left fielder Austin Slater makes a catch on a ball hit by Los Angeles Dodgers’ Corey Seager during the sixth inning of a baseball game Saturday, July 25, 2020, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)

On the Giants podcast with Morris Phillips:

#1 Giants manager Gabe Kapler said that Ron Wotus offered a toast with a bottle of wine after Saturday’s first Giants win of the season 5-4 over the Dodgers in the video room at Dodger Stadium saying Wotus is a class act.

#2 The Giants bullpen nearly fell apart in the late innings trying to keep the Dodgers hitters off balance but were able to get the outs and bail out and hold a lead.

#3 The Giants took game four on Sunday 3-1 to get a split against the Dodgers one of the toughest teams on the MLB docket. The Giants got a key home run from Mauricio Dubon to help launch the win.

#4 Left fielder Austin Slater on Saturday made a spectacular sixth inning catch not before he hit his hip into the outfield wall and sat and rested on Sunday.

#5 Morris talk about Kapler’s gamesmanship by not announcing the starting pitcher until the beginning of each game. Not even the pitcher of record has any idea who will be the starter before each game.

Join Morris each Monday for the Giants podcasts at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

 

San Francisco Giants podcast with Morris Phillips: Giants finish season with winning road record; Webb has good pitching performance

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photo from sfgate.com: San Francisco Giants’ Logan Webb pitches against the Atlanta Braves during the first inning of a baseball game Sunday, Sept. 22, 2019, in Atlanta.

On the Giants podcast with Morris:

#1 The Giants avoided getting swept by the Atlanta Braves in Cobb County Sunday with a 4-1 win. The Giants added two runs in the top of the sixth. Joey Rickard doubled on a line drive to Nick Markakis. Both Evan Longoria and Kevin Pillar scored on the play. San Francisco snatched a 3-0 lead.

#2 The Giants’ away record was better than their home record away they were 42-39 and home 33-42. The bulk of the Giants’ road success came after the July 31st trade deadline and in August when they hit a speed bump and lost momentum.

#3 For San Francisco Giants manager Bruce Bochy, it was his final road game managing.  Bochy notched his 2,000 win of his career when the Giants were in Boston prior to coming to play the Braves.

#4 One of the biggest highlights on the trip was the home run hit by Mike Yastrzemski in Boston Tuesday night, which drew a standing ovation from the Boston crowd — kind of like their own homage indirectly for Mike’s grandfather Carl.

#5 The Giants conclude the 2019 season at Oracle Park on the homestand. The Giants will open against the Colorado Rockies on Tuesday night for three games and finish the season with the Los Angeles Dodgers for three starting on Friday night. Starting for Colorado, Jeff Hoffman (2-6, 2.71 ERA), and for the Giants, Madison Bumgarner (9-9, 3.86 ERA).

Morris did the Giants podcasts each Monday during the 2019 Giants season and will begin Cal Bears podcasting next Monday, September 30th at http://www.sportsradioservice.com