Michael Conforto on joining Giants in free agency, new MLB rules and learning from Barry Bonds

Giants Talk: A San Francisco Giants Podcast

NBC Sports Bay Area

Mlb, Sports, San Francisco Giants, Baseball

4.4 • 630 Ratings

🗓️ 9 March 2023

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

Michael Conforto joins this episode of Giants Talk to break down joining San Francisco in free agency, the positives and negatives of new MLB rules and why he is excited to talk with Barry Bonds and pick up a few hitting tips. (1:13) Takeaways from Giants' win over Team USA (7:02) Giants prospects fill in for Team USA (14:19) Panik joins Giants in Special Advisor role (20:03) Remembering some Giants from the AL West (28:26) Conforto on the challenge of rehabbing (31:40) Conforto touches on the new rules (38:13) Conforto on the possibility of learning from Bonds

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Giants Talk podcast.
0:09.0	Here's Alex Pavlovich and Cole Kiper.
0:13.0	I know those guys.
0:18.0	Hey there, Giants fans.
0:20.0	Welcome to another episode of Giants Talk. I am Cole Kuiper here with Giants Insider, Giants fans. Welcome to another episode of Giants Talk.
0:22.5	I am Cole Kuiper here with Giants Insider, Alex Pavlovich.
0:25.8	Today, I guess we're going to spend a lot of time talking about one game, which is kind of weird for spring training.
0:30.9	But the Giants took on and defeated the stars.
0:35.5	Yeah, the world champs.
0:36.5	The stars of the United States of America. Pretty exciting.
0:40.6	Plus, Alex sat down with Michael Conforta. So stay in for that. Listen, get to know the new giant.
0:48.4	But let's talk some Team USA. I thought this was pretty funny, Alex. I know we've gone on and on that spring
0:55.2	training game outcomes don't matter. They're just there to get some reps, get some practice,
0:59.6	but this one mattered, right? This was indicative that the Giants are going to be fantastic this
1:03.5	year. Yeah, they're the best team in the world. They beat a lot of the team in the world.
1:07.7	Not just beat them, allowed four hits to, you know, about as good of a lineup as you'll
1:13.9	ever see.
1:15.2	It was, look, spring training games don't matter, but I do think what does matter is how guys
1:19.6	look and seeing DiScofani and Sean Manaya who are going to have big roles on this team.
1:26.2	And then Scott Alexander, John Brebiette come out of the bullpen, also going to have
1:29.8	important spots in that bullpen.
1:31.9	Like all those guys pitch really well against the best lineup they'll see all year.
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