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That’s Amaury News and Commentary podcast: Ex-Giant Murphy says injury was due to malpractice; Padres Adam out for season with left quad injury; plus more news

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San Francisco Giants catcher Tom Murphy (19) shakes hands with a teammate after the final out of the ninth inning against the Washington Nationals at Oracle Park back on April 10, 2024. Mandatory Credit: Robert Edwards-Imagn Images

That’s Amaury News and Commentary podcast:

#1 Former San Francisco Giant catcher Tom Murphy says that the back injury he got in camp of 2024 was not treated properly and that he received epidurals for the wrong disc. Murphy said that it was 100% malpractice and that he couldn’t do anything for the first two months after the injury. Giants president Buster Posey said that the Giants were counting on him to handle hitting against left hand pitching and he was signed because of his defensive work behind the plate but Posey said that it’s unfortunate that he’s not able to and he wished Murphy all the best. Murphy has not decided whether or not to litigate against the Giants.

#2 San Diego Padres reliever Jason Adam ruptured a tendon in his left quadriceps and had to leave Monday’s game. The injury impacts San Diego’s bullpen as they head to the stretch drive in September. The injury occurred in the seventh inning in the 4-3 loss to the Baltimore Orioles in San Diego. Adam will recieve an MRI and Adam said that he will need to mend in the next six to nine months and said his season is probably done.

#3 The New York Mets Juan Soto hit for six RBIs, a grand slam and hit a triple that broke a tie against the Detroit Tigers for a 10-8 win on Monday. Soto had a break out game as the Mets are one of the favorites in post season play.

#4 Sacramento A’s right hand pitcher Luis Severino came back from a 15 day IL on Monday and is scheduled to start Tuesday night in St Louis. Severino had been out due to a oblique muscle injury. Severino is 6-11 with a ERA 4.82 and has made 24 starts for Sacramento.

#5 Amaury, the Kansas City Royals are looking to build a new stadium in downtown Kansas City, Royals owner John Sherman announced this week. The Royals want to build a stadium that has a surrounding district with retail, housing, hotels and entertainment. Royals president R. Brooks Sherman Jr (no relation to John Sherman) said that the Royals are looking for more than just a ball park.

Amaury Pi-Gonzalez – Cuban-born Pi-González is one of the pioneers of Spanish-language baseball play-by-play in America. Began as Oakland A’s Spanish-language voice in 1977 ending in 2024 (interrupted by stops with the Giants, Mariners and Angels). Voice of the Golden State Warriors from 1992 through 1998. 2010 inducted in the Bay Area Radio Hall of fame.

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Headline Sports podcast with Charlie O: Orioles Gunnar Henderson key to team success; Yankees Judge ejected for first time in career; plus more news

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After 869 consecutive games without an ejection New York Yankees Aaron Judge (99) was ejected by home plate umpire Ryan Blakney (center) and manager Aaron Boone trying to keep them separated in the bottom of the seventh inning against the Detroit Tigers at Yankee Stadium on Sat May 4, 2024 (AP News photo)

Headline Sports podcast with Charlie O:

#1 Talk is the Gunnar Henderson is one of the big reasons why the Baltimore Orioles are a half game ahead just ahead of second place New York Yankees. Henderson hitting .279, 25 runs, 24 RBIs and ten home runs.

#2 Charlie, New York Yankees slugger Aaron Judge was ejected for verbalizing his displeasure on being called out on a strike call by home plate umpire Ryan Blakney which Aaron disapproved of saying the pitch was outside and got tossed out for the first time in his career. What was surprising about it it was the first ejection for Judge in 869 games. Judge said he’s said worse things when he struck out so he was surprised when he got the heave ho.

#3 For the first time since March Yankees pitcher Gerrit Cole threw off the mound as Cole shoots to get back on the hill. Cole had been suffering from a elbow injury. Cole came in hours before the Detroit Tigers and Yankees match at Yankee Stadium on Saturday at 10:40 AM. Cole said ” It was exciting, this was a good day for me. I was fired up.”

#4 The Giants lost four of their last five games they faced the Philadelphia Phillies on Saturday. The Phillies scored five runs in the first inning and four runs in the second and beat up on Giants pitching for a 14-3 laugher. Plus Giants catcher Patrick Bailey is on the 7 day IL after taking a ball off the mask on Friday. Giants back up catcher Tom Murphy has taken Bailey’s place.

#5 The Oakland A’s have been rolling they won their seventh straight game they crushed the Florida Marlins 20-4 on Saturday. The A’s have been getting clutch hitting and have been getting great relief pitching to close out games from closer Mason Miller.

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San Francisco Giants podcast with Michael Duca: Padres come back from behind to defeat Giants 6-4 in opener

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San Francisco Giants Nick Ahmed (16) swings for a seventh inning RBI single against the San Diego Padres at Petco Park in San Diego on Thu Mar 26, 2024 (AP News photo)

#1 The San Diego Padres Jake Cronenworth hit a two run double in the bottom of the seventh inning to defeat the San Francisco Giants at Petco Park 6-4 on opening day on Thursday.

#2 Michael the loss spoils Giants manager Bob Melvin’s return to San Diego and the Padres had to come back from behind to overtake Melvin and the Giants.

#3 The Giants Jung Hoo Lee hit a sacrifice fly in the seventh in Lee’s first big league hit. Melvin is expecting big things out of Lee this season.

#4 Giants starter Logan Webb pitched six innings, gave up two earned runs and five hits and struck out five batters. Webb wanted to give a little more but battled in this one today.

#5 Giants try it again for game two of the series at Petco Park. San Francisco starting pitcher Kyle Harrison a left hander going up against the Padres right hander Joe Musgrove. Michael talk about this match up and can the Giants even the series on Friday night?

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Giants bolster rotation and add Blake Snell on 2-year deal

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San Francisco Giants pitcher Blake Snell and agent Scott Boras address the media on Wed Mar 20, 2024 at Scottsdale AZ (AP News photo)

By Stephen Ruderman

The Giants have strengthened their rotation, as they have agreed to sign 2023 National League Cy Young Award Winner Blake Snell to a two-year, $62 million contract, according to MLB Network Insider Jon Heyman

The deal caps off a strong off-season for the Giants, which started off with them adding Bob Melvin as manager, and continued with the signings of Jung-hoo Lee, Robbie Ray, Jordan Hicks and Tom Murphy. Jorge Soler and Matt Chapman were signed during Spring Training, and Snell could be set to join them in the final week of camp.

Blake Snell came up with the Tampa Bay Rays in 2016, and was their ace through the COVID-shortened 60-game sprint season of 2020. He won the American League Cy Young Award in 2018; struggled, but helped lead the Rays to the Postseason in 2019; and led them to the World Series in 2020.

Snell was infamously pulled by Rays Manager Kevin Cash in Game 6 of the 2020 World Series against the Los Angeles Dodgers in the bottom of the sixth inning, despite throwing a shutout. After Snell was pulled, the Dodgers scored two runs to take a 2-1 lead, and won the game 3-1 to win their first world championship since 1988.

Following Cash’s controversial move, Snell was traded to the San Diego Padres that off-season. Snell struggled in a 2021 campaign that saw the Padres collapse down the stretch. He then bounced back, and helped lead the Padres to the National League Championship Series in 2022. Snell then won his second cy young award in an otherwise disappointing 2023 season for the Padres.

Snell’s cy young season was believed to be a massive booster for him as he entered free agency. However, Snell, along with Chapman, Cody Bellinger and Jordan Montgomery, who were all represented by prominent agent Scott Boras, all remained on the market as teams reported to Spring Training in February. Snell, along with Chapman and Bellinger were signed after games got underway, and Montgomery remains a free agent.

Snell now joins Logan Webb, who finished second in cy young voting last season. Snell also joins what is set to be a strong rotation for the Giants. Along with Webb and Snell, Kyle Harrison, the young left-handed phenom, who saw time late in 2023, will be bumped from the second spot to the third spot in the rotation.

The rotation could also be further fortified by the experiment of turning the flamethrower Jordan Hicks from a reliever to a starter; the return of Alex Cobb and the newly-signed Ray off the Injured List; and the potential of right-handed Carson Whisenhunt making his major league debut later this season.

Snell will still need to pass a physical. Once he was done so, it could be assumed that Snell will join the Giants in their final week of camp in Scottsdale, and will get a start or two prior to the Giants’ opener in San Diego on March 28. It is most likely that Snell will begin the Regular Season in the minor leagues, and be ready to join the Giants in the middle of April.

Other Notes:

The Giants and Longtime Public Address Announcer Renel Brooks-Moon mutually parted ways on Monday.

Brooks-Moon, who had served as the Giants’ PA announcer for 24 years since then-Pacific Bell Park’s opening in 2000, has enshrined herself into Giants Lore. She was behind the microphone for the Giants’ run to the National League Pennant in 2002, and their three world championships in 2010, 2012 and 2014.

Brooks-Moon was at Barry Bonds’ breaking of the single-season record on Oct. 5, 2001 against the Dodgers, and his breaking of the all-time home run record on Aug. 7, 2007 against the Washington Nationals.

She was also there for Matt Cain’s Perfect Game against the Houston Astros on June 13, 2012, as well as Tim Lincecum’s two no-hitters, which were thrown on July 9, 2009 and June 25, 2014 respectively, both against the Padres.

Brooks-Moon has become a beloved and outspoken figure not just with the Giants, but with San Francisco and the Bay Area. She was the voice of the Cathedral of 3rd and King, and for so many younger fans, they do not know Giants Baseball without her.

There has yet to be word on who Brooks-Moon’s replacement will be, or how the process will play out.

Brooks-Moon was the second woman to be an MLB PA announcer. She succeeded Sherry Davis, who was the first.

J.D. Davis signed a one-year deal with the Oakland Athletics on Saturday, following his release from the Giants on March 11.

Davis was encouraged to come to Oakland by Alex Wood, who had been a member of the Giants’ rotation from 2021 to 2023. They are also joined by Ross Strippling, who the Giants traded to Oakland on Feb. 2.