Analyzing Giants’ starting pitching, hardest potential playoff matchups

Giants Talk: A San Francisco Giants Podcast

NBC Sports Bay Area

Mlb, Sports, San Francisco Giants, Baseball

4.4 • 630 Ratings

🗓️ 20 September 2021

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

Alex Pavlovic and Cole Kuiper discuss the Giants' series win over the Atlanta Braves, if San Francisco’s starting rotation is finding its groove at the right time and how the Giants' versatility is a strength moving toward October. Plus, who are the Giants’ possible playoff opponents? (1:05) Giants take two of three from Braves (8:48) Should Giants be encouraged about DeSclafani’s performance? (13:36) How can Giants improve their defense? (17:13) Giants’ possible playoff matchups (25:22) Who will win the NL MVP? (32:33) Can the Giants hold off the Dodgers to win NL West?

Transcript

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Giants Talk podcast.
0:09.4	Here's Alex Babelich and Cole Kiper.
0:12.9	I know those guys.
0:17.3	Another Giants talk coming to you, Giants fans.
0:20.2	Welcome to this week's episode. I'm Cole Kuiper here with Giants Insetter, Alex Pavlovich. And as you know, we're the host of Giants Talks podcast, which comes to you every Monday and Thursday right here on the NBC Sports Podcast Network. Thanks for starting off your week with some Giants Talk. I got to remind you that Giants Talk is brought to you by Wendy's.
0:38.6	Right now, Wendy's, you can get two breakfast sandwiches for just four bucks.
0:42.7	Start your day off right, a breakfast sandwich and some Giants Talk. You can't beat it.
0:47.8	You can beat it if you're Kevin Gosman. Other than that, you cannot beat.
0:50.7	Oh, so let's let's jump right into that. Kevin Gosman with the big bat.
0:56.8	What were your thoughts throughout that inning?
0:58.3	Because I've got some strong, maybe controversial opinions about that inning, Alex.
1:02.7	This was Friday night.
1:06.4	Friday night, the 11th inning.
1:09.1	First off, they should have sent the runner.
1:12.4	Wait, can I give you my thoughts first? Okay, yeah. I'm overstepping. Let's hear him.
1:17.0	My thoughts are my friend Noah Dardy, who I've known since junior high got married on Friday in San Diego.
1:22.6	Perfect place to get married. If you're engaged or thinking about getting engaged and you listen to this podcast,
1:28.1	I qualify under that, but it's too late. I've already paid the vendors. Get married in San Diego.
1:33.7	Like, absolutely perfect place to get married. But he got married and so I missed that entire game.
1:39.6	And I was in the wedding party. Let me just say a pitcher walkoff is possibly number one on things I do not want to miss
1:48.9	when I have to take a weekend off.
1:51.0	So it's one of those where you go back to your phone afterwards.
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