Analyzing Giants’ offensive struggles, Jordan Hicks' hot start

Giants Talk: A San Francisco Giants Podcast

NBC Sports Bay Area

San Francisco Giants, Sports, Baseball, Mlb

4.7 • 824 Ratings

🗓️ 8 April 2024

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

Alex Pavlovic and Cole Kuiper break down the Giants' struggles at the plate to begin the season, what that could mean for the roster moving forward and why Jordan Hicks' start to the campaign is sustainable. Plus, Alex and Cole preview the upcoming series with the Nationals and Blake Snell's Giants debut. (1:05) Giants take two of three from Padres (6:30) How can the Giants break their offensive slump? (13:10) Can Hicks sustain his hot start? (21:22) Breaking down the stadium vibe at Oracle Park (30:50) Remembering some former Giants (35:47) Snell set to debut against Nationals

Transcript

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Giants Talk podcast.
0:09.4	Here's Alex Babelich and Cole Kuiper.
0:12.9	I know those guys.
0:17.8	Hey, what's up, Giants fans?
0:19.8	Welcome to another episode of Giants Talk.
0:21.9	I'm Cole Kuiper here with Giants Insider Alex Pahlovich.
0:25.2	We are going to break down the home opening series from game action to ballpark vibes
0:31.0	and everything in between.
0:32.7	Padreys gifted the Giants this series, I would say.
0:35.9	It still counts up.
0:36.9	So we're riding high. Plus,
0:38.2	we'll look ahead to Snell's debut in the series against the nationals. Before we get started,
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0:57.2	All right, Alex, lions take two of three from the Padres,
1:01.5	but I don't know if it really feels like the Giants took two or three from the Padres.
1:06.4	The play wasn't great, but I guess the results were.
1:10.0	And as we've said over and over, you know, it's, it doesn't matter.
1:16.8	I'm botching the Fast and Furious line right now, Alex.
1:19.7	You're going to have to-
1:20.4	Does it matter if you win by an intro mile?
1:22.8	There it is.
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