A’s prospect Grant Holmes discusses Robbie Grossman’s breakout season, goals for 2021

Giants Talk: A San Francisco Giants Podcast

NBC Sports Bay Area

Mlb, Sports, San Francisco Giants, Baseball

4.4 • 630 Ratings

🗓️ 11 December 2020

⏱️ 20 minutes

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Summary

On this episode of Balk Talk, Jessica Kleinschmidt is joined by A’s pitcher Grant Holmes to discuss a number of different topics, including the challenges of the 2020 MLB season, his goals for next year and Robbie Grossman’s breakout season. (2:35) Holmes details his takeaways from the 2020 MLB season (6:02) Holmes lists his goals for next season (10:20) Holmes reveals the value of learning from his teammates (17:18) Holmes discusses Grossman’s breakout season

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Boc Talk podcast on NBC Sports Bay Area.com.
0:11.1	Introducing your host, NBC Sports Bay Area's Jessica Klineschmidt.
0:16.1	Welcome back to Bok Talk, presented by Wendy's.
0:18.6	New to the Wendy's $2 for $5 lineup is our classic chicken sandwich, the perfect balance of crispy and juicy. Price and participation may vary limited time only. Today I'm joined by A's pitching prospect Grant Holmes. Grant, thanks so much for joining me today. Thank you. Thank you for having me.
0:35.4	Of course, of course. So I guess we can just dive right into it. It's the off-season. So where are you right now? And what is your typical off-season look like?
0:44.3	I'm back home in Conway, South Carolina. Training is go to the gym every day. If I get some time i'll go hunting i usually continue throwing
0:57.3	throughout the off season i don't really take any time off so i'm throwing every single day
1:02.4	um just keep my arm nice and ready but i mean other than that it's kind of simple just work out throw
1:07.6	hunt hang out with friends and family oh my gosh i love that for you i love, hang out with friends and family. Oh my gosh.
1:11.2	I love that for you.
1:12.3	I love that.
1:13.4	Hang out with friends when it's not COVID.
1:18.6	Right.
1:19.0	Exactly.
1:19.7	Exactly.
1:20.6	And I'm curious, like, is this offseason any different from, you know, your normal
1:26.7	off season?
1:27.2	Obviously, like, we're all social
1:28.4	distancing and everything like that. But how is your approach to this off season different from
1:34.8	others, or is it even different? I mean, I don't think it's much different, other than just,
1:41.1	like you said, social distancing, just trying to stay away from the virus um trying to limit
1:49.4	your interaction with public you know right um do everything delivery wise you know but other than
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