Kapler on success of Giants' rookies, Crawford achieves pitching dream, and Matos mashing in MiLB

Giants Talk: A San Francisco Giants Podcast

NBC Sports Bay Area

Sports, Mlb, San Francisco Giants, Baseball

4.7 • 824 Ratings

🗓️ 13 June 2023

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

Manager Gabe Kapler joins Alex Pavlovic and Laura Britt on this episode of Giants Talk to discuss how opponents have started adjusting to rookies Casey Schmitt and Patrick Bailey. Kapler also touches on the recent effectiveness of the Giants' bullpen as well as the growth he's seen from closer Camilo Doval this season. Plus, Alex chats with Cole Kuiper about Brandon Crawford finally getting to pitch vs. the Cubs and when fans can expect to see scorching hot prospect Luis Matos get the call-up from Sacramento. (01:12) Brandon Crawford lives out his dream of pitching in the big leagues (08:18) Breaking down the good and bad from last series vs. Chicago Cubs (21:00) When will red-hot prospect Luis Matos force the Giants' hand and get called up? (30:44) Gabe Kapler discusses Giants' lineup getting healthy and LaMonte Wade Jr.'s strong play (33:43) Kapler on success of rookies Casey Schmitt, Patrick Bailey, and Ryan Walker (36:28) Kapler on how the bullpen turned things around after shaky start and Camilo Doval's growth

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Giants Talk podcast.
0:09.0	Here's Alex Pavlovich and Cole Kuiper.
0:13.0	I know those guys.
0:16.0	Another Giants fans, welcome to another episode of Giants Talk.
0:20.0	I'm Cole Kuiper here with Giants Insider, Alex Pavlovich. We're going to recap the Giants fans, welcome to another episode of Giants talk. I'm Cole Kuyper here with Giants Insider, Alex Pavlovich.
0:23.7	We're going to recap the Giants Cub series, especially that last game, which was a little more exciting than the rest.
0:30.6	Plus, Luis Matos is absolutely tearing it up in AAA.
0:33.5	Might force a decision for the Giants. We'll see. And maybe most excitingly, Alex and Laura Britt
0:40.5	sat down with the skipper himself, Gabe Kapler. So stick around to the end of the episode and make
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1:08.5	All right.
1:09.5	Sunday's game was great, but most importantly was what the ninth
1:14.0	inning looked like were you expecting to see brandon crawford on the mound this year Alex
1:18.9	i figured that was never going to happen no i did this year i think you know you you kind of
1:25.6	put it all together and he's been asking for this for, you know,
1:28.8	basically since 2012 and of two different managers and has made it very clear. And I tweeted the
1:36.3	video out last night, but like literally start of camp every single year gets on the mound
1:41.4	in Scottsdale. And I took a video of him this year in February
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