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The Giants ended a 1-7 stretch with their first two-game winning streak of the season by splitting a four-game series with the red hot Mets. Now they'll look to build off this success over the next six games, four at home against the Cardinals and two in Mexico City against the Padres.

Doug and Bryan see plenty of positives from a mostly negative week, including J.D. Davis' surprisingly average defense and Logan Webb's continuing ability to strike dudes out. Will this week's return of Mitch Haniger and Austin Slater be just the spark the Giants need to take their on-paper decent team closer to realizing their potential? It couldn't come at a better time. Seasons aren't won in April, but they can be lost.

Meanwhile, news of Madison Bumgarner's availability following being designated for assignment by the Diamondbacks (on account of being just unbearably awful) promoted Bay Area media to ask current Giants if MadBum would be a good fit for the 2023 team. Bryan and Doug have a laugh about that. Then they get disgruntled about John Fisher's ownership of the A's and the preliminary plan to move them out of Oakland to Las Vegas. Setting aside the pain being inflicted on Oakland's fanbase, do you foresee a situation where the Giants *don't* screw this up? They're already having trouble selling out their stadium even when the Giants are far better than the A's.

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The Giants did not have a good week and to talk about it we've brought in the estimable Wendy Thurm who writes about MLB on her Substack, Hanging Sliders. Does the concerning play portend a rough season or given that we're just 14 games into the season, is there not plenty of time to turn things around? They also preview the week ahead, discuss the rule changes and how they're impacting the Giants, and what might be Zaidi's biggest issue as the Giants' President of Baseball Operations. And, as a bonus, Bryan and Wendy talk about the time she gave him dating advice.

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This week, Bryan and Doug find a lot of positives in their 4-5 start on both the pitching and hitting sides of the ball. Was it all really just a bad week of Ross Stripling that has left a sour taste in the mouths of some Giants fans? They also take a look at a couple of pitch clock-induced violations that have a very simple explanation but which still doesn't promise smooth sailing the rest of the season.

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The Giants leave New York with a pair of shutout losses under their belt but Bryan and Doug find a few shreds of positives to take from the season-opening series loss against the Yankees. Obviously, they might've fared better had Aaron Judge been in their lineup as opposed to the other team'sm but it wasn't meant to be! On the other hand, maybe Casey Schmitt is meant to be? He won the Barney Nugent Award for most inspiring Spring Training performance, but he wasn't the only surprise leading into this past weekend:

Trading for Matt Beaty doesn't move any needles, but it does prove that Farhan Zaidi has one mode of operation and nothing's going to stop him from getting the players he wants. Is Joey Bart still one of those players? Bryan and Doug considering the thinking behind the signing of former Yankee and Twin catcher Gary Sanchez; they also preview the series coming up against the White Sox.

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With Opening Day later this week, hosts from Fans First Sports Network’s NL West teams gather together to gas up their own division, talk some trash about each other’s favorite teams, but also preview and assess the goings on with the Dodgers, Padres, Giants, Rockies, and Diamondbacks. 

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A quick tour of the NL West compels Bryan and Doug to state their fears about each team before diving into a segment on predictions about the 2023 Giants: who will be the best hitter? Best pitcher? Which reliever will suddenly turn rotten? Will the Giants trade Marco Luciano? Will Mitch Haniger and Michael Conforto combine to play in 200 games? Finally, and most importantly, what will the Giants' record be?

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We'll be back on April 3rd to talk the opening series versus the Yankees. Go Giants!

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Ah yes, Baseball. The noble 162-game quest that spans spring, summer, and fall. One team stands above the fray if for no other reason than its name: the Giants. Bryan Murphy and Doug Bruzzone are just two humble observers of the San Francisco Giants, moving through the Baseball landscape, sometimes terrifying their opponents, sometimes scaring their own fans.

This week, in what is the first episode of an entirely new podcast, we talk Spring Training injuries, Spring Training surprises, the World Baseball Classic, and the national mood regarding the Giants. We are now a part of the all-new Fans First Sports Network (@FansFirstSN on Twitter)! Our new theme music is by Alex Kizenkov via Pixabay (track: "Epic Heroic Dubstep Trailer"). You can still follow us on Twitter @GiantsChroncast

We'll be back on Thursday with an NL West Preview and our predictions for the 2023 Giants.

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There was quite a lot of news on the first day of Spring Training for the 2023 Giants, starting with some injury concerns but then followed up by some surprise position player news. That's right, in this podcast finale, Bryan & Doug go through the news and talk about what they're excited to see in the new season before delving into your mail questions for the final time.

This will be the second finale for the Chroncast, and we wouldn't have come this far if not for all you dedicated listeners over the years. Thank you for indulging in our rants and raves over the years. We hope you'll stay subscribed to this feed in the event there becomes a platform for us to talk about our obsession with the only baseball team that matters: the San Francisco Giants.

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What didn't happen for the Giants this past offseason got the headlines, but the team still managed to make some moves that were a part of their master plan. Do they add up to a much better team than last season? Do the new players recreate the lost players in the aggregate? Do these moves and the way everything shook out help or hinder the team next offseason? And, what did Bryan and Doug learn from the Correa Imbroglio?

Meanwhile, the pair look back on the Brian Sabean era, which included the most famous years of Jeff Kent and Brandon Belt, both headliners in their own right within the past month. Then, they share some big news about the future of the podcast.

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Like Carlos Rodon and Kevin Gausman before him, the San Francisco Giants allowed Carlos Correa to walk. The publicly stated reason was over a difference of opinion on his medical report. The publicly public fallout doesn’t have such a simple reason. Why did the Giants let the situation get so chaotic? The Giants maybe don’t owe anybody — the fans, the press, their own players — anything, but don’t we owe it to ourselves to wonder why they’re comfortable with that arrangement?

And just because it’s being dictated to us doesn’t mean we have to like it. The Giants’ behavior surrounding the situation is as irrational as walking away from a $350 million deal might be rational. Torching the team’s reputation in the industry, with their own fans, their own players is a risk, and it feels a lot like one with no calculation.

In this final Chroncast of 2022, Doug and I go through all the particulars and come to a vaguely logical conclusion about what happened. None of that changes the fact that the Giants backing out of a massive free agent deal is a supreme embarrassment. It might not wind up being a failure on the field, but the knock-on effects seem like they’ll be numerous and long-lasting.

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