What new second baseman Luis Arráez brings to team's lineup

Giants Talk: A San Francisco Giants Podcast

NBC Sports Bay Area

San Francisco Giants, Baseball, Sports, Mlb

4.7 • 824 Ratings

🗓️ 2 February 2026

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

“Giants Talk” hosts Cole Kuiper and Alex Pavlovic break down San Francisco's reported contract for former batting champion Luis Arráez and explain how he changes the team's lineup.

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0:15.2	Welcome to the Giants Talk podcast.
0:20.4	Here's Alex Babelovich and Cole Kuiper.
0:23.9	I know those guys.
0:29.4	What's up, Giants fans?
0:31.0	Welcome to another episode of Giants Talk.
0:33.2	I'm Cole Kuiper here with Giants Insider, Alex Pavlovich.
0:36.7	We've got another signing in the world of the Giants.
0:40.0	Luis Arias is your opening day second baseman.
0:43.8	We'll dive into this surprisingly controversial signing and more on today's episode.
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1:16.7	All right, Alex, once again, here we are on the weekend debating an emergency podcast.
1:23.2	We decided to wait and do our normal schedule, but the moves have been coming in a flurry.
1:29.8	What were you doing on Saturday night?
1:31.2	Because I was like, I don't think Cole's usually busy.
1:35.0	And I feel like he has something good to do.
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