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The Giants had a poor opening week to the 2026 season, with few positives to talk about, I mean, two players have actually out-homered the Giants so far. We talk about a little drama on the field between infielders, lack of hitting, how the rookie manager is handling things so far, and a nice tangent into the ABS system and C.B. Bucknor for flavor.
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We are trying something new: series recaps! Ok, not the best series to start with, considering the fact that the Giants were swept at home by the Yankees, but, here we are. It is a historically bad start. But, Chad’s here to talk about it. We also are debuting a draft of a new podcast theme song, produced by Willie Dills.
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Aside from our episodes after the 2012 and 2014 World Series victories, our annual season preview is the episode that we most look forward to every year. Can’t you just smell the grass? The trio discusses the opening day roster and dives into our season predictions for wins, if they make the playoffs, statistical team leads and more. Most of the time, we’re way off, but we try. And there are tangents…so many tangents. Might want to play this one on 2x.
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The trio assembled to talk about Spring Training, potential roster decisions as they are about to break camp, the WBC, and the Wall of Fame is getting several new additions in August!
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We’re back, baby! Eric and Chad kick off TortureCast’s 16th season of covering San Francisco Giants baseball with a lively discussion about the team’s major acquisitions during the offseason (Harrison Bader, Luis Arraez, Adrian Houser, and Tyler Mahle), notable departures (sad about Wilmer Flores), the early spring results, the projected lineup and rotation, and some interesting numbers about ABS and how it can really make some umpires look bad acutely, but not so bad overall. The sun is shining (at least in Arizona), you can smell the fresh-cut grass, and we can’t wait for another season of Giants baseball!
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Chad and Eric conduct a partial autopsy on the corpse of the 2025 San Francisco Giants, but before that, there’s a long conversation about who the Giants are going to replace Bob Melvin with. That’s right, after signing Melvin to an extension on July 1, the Giants parted ways with Melvin and now will search for their next skipper. No, it won’t be Bruce Bochy, who just ended his tenure as manager with the Rangers. So much went wrong for the Giants this year, but in the end, they missed the playoffs by just 3 games (they were 2 games back, but Mets held the tiebreaker over Giants). Heck, Ryan Walker blew three saves (all losses) in the last two weeks of the season alone! There are many other games to point to. The Giants are close, tantalizingly close, but they need more. Buster Posey said in this morning’s interview that they can’t keep doing the same thing and expecting different results, thus the Melvin dismissal. Hey, Willy Adames became the first Giant to hit 30 homers since Bonds in 2004, and we talk about the playoffs and give our predictions. Anyone but the Dodgers, right?
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We strung out this episode because during the recording, the Giants blew a 5-run lead they had in the 7th against the Cardinals, then Ryan Walker came in and failed to close out a 1-run lead, allowing 2 runs in the 9th. We waited out the episode to watch Wilmer Flores feebly strike out with the tying run on second to end the game and their official and mathematical hopes for the playoffs as they were eliminated. But, before coughing up their largest lead of the season, Eric and I break down what went wrong in the last two weeks that saw their once bright and resuscitated playoff hopes get extinguished in such a quick fashion. They’ve now lost 9 of 11 and can only achieve a .500 season by winning their remaining four games. They are likely headed to another losing season. This also means that the Giants have only made the playoffs ONCE in the last nine seasons. That is just one more than the Pirates. Will Melvin be fired? Who will win the Willie Mac? Will Adames reach 30 homers when it seemed like a lock when he hit his 28th 13 games ago? We review the playoff races and talk a bit about the ABS coming to MLB next season. Next episode will record on Monday, the night before the playoffs start when we’ll give our playoff predictions. Alas, a Giants postseason will have to wait until at least next year.
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