There R Giants

This week’s guest is Brendan Gawlowski, who writes about prospects for Fangraphs, following several years as a pro scout with the Pittsburgh Pirates. Gawlowski included several Giants pitchers in a recent round up of Instructional League notes, and we spent this episode talking about some of the Giants’ pitchers that he’s seen on the back fields during Instructs, including their second pick in this year’s draft, Carson Bolemon. We also talk about Beau Bryans, Henry Lalane, Joniel Hernandez, and a lot more super shortstop prospects.I do need to apologize for some technical issues with my mic in this episode, which kept switching back and forth from my actual microphone to my air pods. I’ve never encountered this before, and didn’t have great recourse to fixing it in post. I’ll try to figure out the source of the issue so that it doesn’t recur in the future.There R Giants is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit rogermunter.substack.com/subscribe

In light of the Richmond Flying Squirrels being named the 2026 MiLB Organization of the Year, this seemed like a perfect time to get together with Squirrels’ Director of Communications (other duties as assigned) and talk over a truly magical and incredibly historic year in Richmond.There R Giants is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit rogermunter.substack.com/subscribe

My guest this week is NBC Sports Bay Area beat writer, Alex Pavlovic. We talk about the perception that the Giants are moving against the grain of analytically-driven decision making, the upcoming roster crunch, and the way forward for this Giants’ team.There R Giants is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit rogermunter.substack.com/subscribe

Time for the off-season (for the Giants at least). Kerry Crowley and I get into the question of whether the Giants should look to compete in 2027 or take a step back for runs in 2028 and 2029 — and whether or not it really changes their winter strategy very much.There R Giants is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit rogermunter.substack.com/subscribe

One of my favorite twitter follows, Matthew Knauer joins me this week to talk pitch shapes, pitch data, and analysis, the Giants upcoming roster crunch, sleeper arms in the org, and much more. Matthew is a great follow on Twitter (@matthewk36711) as well as a contributor to another of my favorite baseball resources, TJStats, in between his work for the UCLA Bruins baseball team and the Daily Bruin. That’s a busy schedule!There R Giants is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit rogermunter.substack.com/subscribe