Bart’s return, Villar’s arrival and one-on-one with Giants coach Nick Ortiz

Giants Talk: A San Francisco Giants Podcast

NBC Sports Bay Area

Mlb, Sports, San Francisco Giants, Baseball

4.4 • 630 Ratings

🗓️ 7 July 2022

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

Alex Pavlovic and Cole Kuiper are joined by Quality Assurance coach Nick Ortiz to discuss his playing career, what his role is with the Giants and shares a heartfelt story about getting hired by San Francisco. Plus, Alex and Cole break down what Joey Bart’s return means for the Giants and if David Villar can continue his solid play. (1:39) Giants avoid sweep against Diamondbacks (7:28) What does Bart’s return mean for Giants? (16:10) How can Giants fix defensive struggles? (22:01) Can Villar continue solid play? (27:48) Giants minor league update (35:42) Ortiz on his playing career (40:54) Ortiz on being hired by Kapler

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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.
0:17.9	Morning Giants fans.
0:19.5	Welcome to another episode of Giants talk.
0:21.4	I'm Cole Kiper here with Giants Insider, Alex Pavlovich.
0:25.0	We are riding high right now after the Giants dropped a series against the Diamondbacks two games out of three.
0:32.3	But things are looking up.
0:35.6	The Giants got a win.
0:37.3	And that is all that matters in this world.
0:39.2	Today we're going to be Giants talking about the Diamondback series, kind of the lay of the land as the Giants approach the halfway point of this 2022 MLB season.
0:49.1	The Padre series coming up next as the Giants head to San Diego.
0:52.3	And Alex is able to sit down with Giants Quality Assurance Nick Ortiz and we have a very interesting interview with Nick.
0:59.5	But before we go any further, I got to remind you that Giants talk is presented by Wendy's
1:04.5	breakfast. Do breakfast better. Wake up to oven baked bacon and savory sausage and a breakfast
1:10.5	baconator. Start looking forward
1:12.9	to tomorrow morning at participating U.S. Wendy's during breakfast hours only. Alex, we're recording
1:20.8	this Wednesday night immediately following the game. And I, as a giant, feel that the weight of
1:27.2	the world has been lifted off my shoulders.
1:29.9	Do you have a similar feeling right now?
1:34.1	No, I was in the clubhouse 10 minutes ago and I still have to write a story.
1:37.7	So I'm trying to figure out how I'm going to get, how many hours I'm going to get before my flight.
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