The Athletic’s Andrew Baggarly is my guest on this week’s There R Giants podcast. Andy and I talk about the important work area scouts do, what’s going on in the Giants’ front office during the lockout, and how they’ll handle the plethora of players who are running out of options this year.

You should absolutely be following Andy’s on twitter @extrabaggs. And, of course, you can follow me on twitter @rog61, or subscribe to There R Giants to get all of my work, ad free, delivered straight to your inbox. I’ll be headed out to minor league spring camp soon and hope to have plenty of observations and video to bring you from Papago Park.

Life during the lockout (2:00)Dick Tidrow Scout of the Year (6:10)Seiya Suzuki (11:00)How is the Giants depth at this point? (17:00)Guys running out of options (20:20)Tyler Beede (23:50)Steven Duggar (28:20)Joey Bart’s transition (33:35)How high will payroll go? (40:00)

Intro/Outro: “If and When” by The dBs

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