Analyzing impact of new MLB rules, Schmitt’s potential and one-on-one with Joc Pederson

Giants Talk: A San Francisco Giants Podcast

NBC Sports Bay Area

Mlb, Sports, San Francisco Giants, Baseball

4.4 • 630 Ratings

🗓️ 27 February 2023

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

Alex Pavlovic and Cole Kuiper break down early reactions to the new MLB rules, Casey Schmitt's big league potential and the impact Manny Machado’s new deal will have on the Giants' Shohei Ohtani pursuit next summer. Plus, Joc Pederson stops by to discuss why he returned to the Giants this season, San Francisco's eventful offseason and how it feels to hit a home run into McCovey Cove. (1:51) Early reactions to new MLB pitch clock (7:43) How often will pitch clock violations happen? (16:02) Are there potential negatives with new rules? (23:19) Is Schmitt the third baseman of the future? (34:25) What does Machado's deal mean for Ohtani? (38:46) Pederson on why he returned to the Giants (42:15) Pederson on the feeling of a Splash Hit

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Giants Talk podcast.
0:09.4	Here's Alex Pavlovich and Cole Kuiper.
0:13.0	I know those guys.
0:17.8	Hey, good morning, Giants fans.
0:20.1	Welcome to another episode of Giants Talk.
0:22.1	I'm Cole Kuiper here with Giants Insider, Alex Palovich, who has spent the weekend watching actual baseball games in actual Scottsdale, Arizona.
0:31.6	I'm fomowing so hard.
0:33.1	I am jealous.
0:34.1	But we're going to talk about those two games.
0:35.5	Plus, Alex and Laura Britt sat down with Jock Peterson, and we're going to bring that
0:40.8	to the table as well.
0:42.9	I want to talk the topic everyone wants to discuss right now, though, and that is the first
0:49.4	couple of games with an MLB pitch clock.
0:54.0	Am I crazy that I kind of love it, Alex?
0:56.2	I feel like I'm going back on all of my stop changing the game nonsense.
1:04.0	I've been digging my heels in with all offseason.
1:06.4	Once I saw it in action, I was smitten.
1:09.4	So Gabe Cap were on Saturday after the game, which was three
1:13.1	hours and six minutes, which is very normal, right, basically exactly what the MLB average was last
1:19.7	year, except this was a 10 to 8 game with like 25 hits and six errors and 15 pitchers. So the type of game that's usually extremely long.
1:30.9	Afterwards, he said, I think this is going to be a better brand of baseball.
1:34.2	And I 100% agree with him.
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