FANFEST - FEB 20 2021

CLOCK : 

CLOCK:

11:00A-11:15A – FARHAN ZAIDI

11:15A-11:20A – BREAK #1

11:20A-11:35A – EVAN LONGORIA

11:35A-11:40A – BREAK #2

11:40A-11:55A – AUSTIN SLATER

11:55A-12:00P – BREAK #3 (BOARD OP HITS LEGAL ID AT TOP OF THE HOUR)

 

 

ASK A PLAYER ANYTHING (TO BE ASKED AT SOME POINT DURING YOUR INTERVIEWS) 

“Reminder, you can get involved with FanFest and have your question read LIVE on the air…head to knbr (dot) com (slash) Nor Cal Honda to enter your question today. Our NorCal Honda “Ask A Player Anything” question of the day, here on Papa & Lund, comes from Lisa in Alameda, she asks:

“What’s the hardest part of dealing with the COVID 19 pandemic as a player? Has lack of outdoor activity made it harder to train for the upcoming season?”

 

Please execute these two live reads at some point during interviews, as resets:

 

SFG VOUCHER

“GIANTS 2021 SEASON VOUCHERS ARE AVAILABLE NOW FOR AS LOW AS $25! VOUCHERS ARE FLEXIBLE AS THEY CAN BE USED TOWARD TICKETS TO MOST REGULAR SEASON GAMES IN 2021…THIS IS A LIMITED TIME OFFER VALID THROUGH TOMORROW ONLY…SO HEAD TO SFGIANTS(DOT)COM(SLASH)TICKETS TO SECURE YOUR SEATS TODAY!”

 

 

SFG FANSAFE INITIATIVE

“WHILE THE ABILITY TO HOST FANS IS STILL UNKNOWN, THE GIANTS WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT YOUR SAFETY IS THEIR TOP PRIORITY WHEN WELCOMING FANS BACK TO ORACLE PARK. THE TEAM WILL BE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE LATEST SAN FRANCISCO DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH STANDARDS…INCLUDING HEALTH SCREENINGS, REQUIRED FACE COVERINGS AND MANDATORY SOCIAL DISTANCING AT THE BALLPARK. GO TO SFGIANTS (DOT) COM (SLASH) FANSAFE FOR MORE DETAILS.”

FARHAN   11:00 — 11:15 

-EXPECTATIONS IN THIS DIVISION 

-LASTELLA - 3 YEARS 

-TATIS DEAL ? 

-EMERGING TALENT FROM SYSTEM - MARCO LUCIANO, JOEY BART, HELIOT RAMOS, HUNTER BISHOP, SETH CORRY , SEAN (JELLY) 

-WHO COULD HELP IN ‘21 ? 

-COVID OFF-SEASON - 1 YEAR DEALS - FINANCES. 

-FANS COMING BACK LIMITED CAPCITY - HEARD MAYBE OPENING DAY 

-JUST GRABBED A GUY TODAY - SHUN YAMIGUCHI FROM BLUE JAYS (PER BAGGS) 

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/y/yamagsh01.shtml

WAS ASKED BY MARTY AND KERRY — (10 AM HOUR)

-DH AND EXPANDED PLAYOFFS (“PLANNING TO NOT HAVE THOSE”)

-“HOPING FANS ENTER EQUATION EARLY IN SEASON” (DID NOT EXPAND MUCH ON IT) 

-MAX 7 INNING GAMES EARLY IN SPRING TRAINING 

-NOT WORRIED ABOUT COMPUTER PROJECTIONS - PROJECTIONS WILL BE “SKEPTICAL” THAT OUR PLAYERS CAN REPEAT HITTING FROM 2020, HE THINKS THE HITTING APPROACH IN ROG. WILL SUSTAIN. PROJECTIONS DON’T LOOK FAVORABLY AT WOOD, DESCFANI- HE FEELS THEY’LL GET BEST OUT OF THEM. 

-WHAT IS JOEY BART’S ROLE RIGHT NOW? “FUTURE STARTING CATCHER , LAST YEAR “DID NOT DISCOURAGE ORGANIZATION” WON’T START THIS YEAR WITH BUSTER BACK - (DID NOT FOLLOW ON WHERE HE WILL START YEAR” — CATCHER OF FUTRE FOR ORG. LABEL HASN’T CHANGED. 

-HITTING AT ORACLE LAST SEASON - ARCHWAYS - WILL THEY STAY CLOSED? - THAT REMAINS AN OPEN QUESTION - HE THINKS THE SCRIM BEING UP WAS ONE FACTOR BUT WARM SUMMER AND DEMENSIONS OF PARK WERE ALSO FACTORS AND ALSO GIVE CRED IT TO “OUR PLAYERS” 

-WHY CHANGE THE BASEBALL? “THE INTENT IS TO CREATE MORE CONSISTENCY BALL TO BALL” -  SAID THE NEW BALL WOULD TRAVEL 1-2 FEET LESS, DOWNPLAYED BALL TRAVEL, SAID IT WAS MORE ABOUT BALL CONSISTENCY THAN DEADENING BASEBALL. 

GIANTS SIGNINGS - 

Kevin Gausman: 1/$18.9M. SP / Tommy La Stella: 3/$18.75M IF Jake McGee: 2/$7M RP / LH Anthony DeSclafani: 1/$6M SP / RH Aaron Sanchez: 1/$4M SP/RP / RH Alex Wood: 1/$3M SP / LH Curt Casali: 1/$1.5M C Matt Wisler: 1/$1.15M RP / RH John Brebbia: 1/$800K RP (RH)

Nick Tropeano (Non Roster) $1.1M if he makes team SP/ RP / RH —————————————— Total: $61.1 million

11:20 - 11:35 EVAN LONGORIA

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/l/longoev01.shtml

-HE LIVES IN SCOTTSDALE

-COVID OFF-SEASON

-POSSIBLE FANS

-NL WEST

-GIANTS OFFENSE/ HOW THE PARK PLAYED LAST SEASON / SKRIM UP

-PLAYING 162

-2020: - HE PLAYED 53 GAMES

11:40 — 11:55 BUSTER POSEY

-COMING BACK - HEARD ABOUTT HE DIAPERS - WHAT ELSE ON YOUR OPT OUT YEAR

-SAID YOU’VE THOUGHT ABOUT THE FUTURE...

-BART / BAILEY

-NL WEST

-GIANTS OFFENSE LAST SEASON

-HOW WOULD YOU ELIMINATE SHIFT — RULES?

-NEW PITCHING ADDITIONS ? (DESCLAFANI, WOOD, GASUMAN (FOR YOU), AARON SANCHEZ, JAKE MCGEE)

OUT AT :55....

-WHO IS AFTER US??