Speaker 1: Giants Tigers Game one, as the Giants begin an interleague interlude.
Speaker 1: In fact, they've got two American League teams coming in
Speaker 1: the Tigers, and then on Monday the Astros funnel them in.
Speaker 1: I'm John Miller with today's twenty three hour with the
Speaker 1: Skipper of the Giants. And the last time I saw you,
Speaker 1: it was in San Diego. I didn't go to Texas,
Speaker 1: and a lot of changes rather quickly, and six members
Speaker 1: of the twenty six man active roster got traded away
Speaker 1: from one day to the next there. So I know
Speaker 1: this is all kind of old news now because it's
Speaker 1: several days later. But these new guys, what do you think?
Speaker 1: Who do you like?
Speaker 2: Yeah? I mean it was interesting how I went down
Speaker 2: with those guys. I don't think there's perfect timing with
Speaker 2: any of that stuff, But it all started with Malley.
Speaker 2: As soon as we were getting ready to take off
Speaker 2: on the plane, we found out about him. So we
Speaker 2: ended up having a conversation mid air, and then a
Speaker 2: couple of the last guys that got dealt. It was
Speaker 2: during pregame meetings and things like that. But since then,
Speaker 2: I think the guys have moved on and the young
Speaker 2: energy we have is exciting, and I think Marcelo Meyer is,
Speaker 2: you know, kind of a guy that everybody would be
Speaker 2: juice to work with because he's so athletic and talented,
Speaker 2: but in particular us getting him here, he hasn't been
Speaker 2: able to find, you know, a rhythm yet in his
Speaker 2: big league career, and there's nothing better than trying to
Speaker 2: pull the most potential that's in a player out of him.
Speaker 2: And a young guy like him, you know, he's got
Speaker 2: a huge future ahead of him. So he's fun to
Speaker 2: be around. Some of these pictures that we've acquired have big,
Speaker 2: big arms. The video has been great to watch so far.
Speaker 2: Meyers the only guy we've met in person, but because
Speaker 2: of the trades, we've been able to see a lot
Speaker 2: of familiar faces from spring training come up. And again
Speaker 2: that young energy has been felt in the locker room
Speaker 2: all right.
Speaker 1: And meanwhile, among the guys who are here, and he
Speaker 1: got here just a few days before the training deadline,
Speaker 1: o Slavi bat Shabi and wow, the way he's been
Speaker 1: swinging the bat. You look forward to him coming up
Speaker 1: to the plate and yet he is just a real
Speaker 1: young guy, but with some previous big league experience.
Speaker 2: Yeah, he's made you know, when he first got into
Speaker 2: the big leagues, he made an impact with his bat
Speaker 2: as well. You know, defensively, he's helped us at second
Speaker 2: probably his most suited position for us, but can play shortstop,
Speaker 2: can play third base. And then to this point, is
Speaker 2: that a you know, flair for the dramatic, some big
Speaker 2: hits and some key situations. But to me, the thing
Speaker 2: that I think has been consistent day in and day
Speaker 2: out since he's been around is he's got a fun
Speaker 2: loving and yet intense approach to the game, and it
Speaker 2: kind of draws in the other players as well. Older guys,
Speaker 2: younger guys. It doesn't matter. I think they all kind
Speaker 2: of enjoy being around him.
Speaker 1: At the park, the Giants and the Tigers open a
Speaker 1: three game series. We're talking about some of the new
Speaker 1: Giants who are here now, and there's some more newcomers today.
Speaker 1: We'll talk about that when today's Tony Bitello continues. Now
Speaker 1: more of Tony Bicello, the skipper the Giants, and some
Speaker 1: more players have arrived to join the roster. Tell us
Speaker 1: about that.
Speaker 2: Yeah, Trent Harris is here today, and you know he's
Speaker 2: been outstanding in Sacramento. He was good in spring training.
Speaker 2: He was a topic of conversation to be on the roster,
Speaker 2: but one of the guys that was easier to envision.
Speaker 2: Needed some innings, and he's done great with those innings.
Speaker 2: He's added strength, he's thrown more strikes, He's kind of
Speaker 2: cleaned up his repertoire a little bit. Has something unique
Speaker 2: with an over the top arm slot that many of
Speaker 2: our guys don't have, and spends a big breaking ball,
Speaker 2: which again it's not a familiar look, so I'm not
Speaker 2: sure what his role will be. He worked his way
Speaker 2: into a starting role and did great things with it,
Speaker 2: so I think he's kind of like a Seymour didwell.
Speaker 2: Other guys we have to Howser brew Baker that could
Speaker 2: fill a lot of different roles and are pretty flexible,
Speaker 2: so it'd be fun to kind of mix and match
Speaker 2: a little bit as we move forward.
Speaker 1: JT. Brubaker will get the start today and he's been relievers,
Speaker 1: so I'm assuming as an opener. And who are some
Speaker 1: of the guys that might slot in behind him?
Speaker 2: You know, Harris could could make his debut with us tonight,
Speaker 2: or Howser is a guy who's well rested and can
Speaker 2: you know, add some length based off how many lefties
Speaker 2: they have in the lineup. I'd be shocked if San
Speaker 2: Martin didn't make another appearance tonight. And then as we
Speaker 2: get late in the game, it's not like we've narrowed
Speaker 2: anybody down or have established this guy in the eighth,
Speaker 2: this guy in the ninth. But if we can put
Speaker 2: ourselves in a winning position, you know, Keaton Winn and
Speaker 2: Sam Henshes have done very well for us, you know,
Speaker 2: holding things down out of the bullpen as of late.
Speaker 2: So we would probably go to those guys.
Speaker 1: Tigers not having a good year, a lot was expected
Speaker 1: of them, They expected a lot from it, and they
Speaker 1: traded Terek's Schoobel. But then when you look at their
Speaker 1: lineup now, they're playing really well here lately, even with
Speaker 1: that big trade, and a lot of their top guys
Speaker 1: are ended up having pretty good seasons.
Speaker 2: Yeah, they bring up the Clark kid. It was a
Speaker 2: big prospect. He's really young. Mcgonaughd is a young, exciting player.
Speaker 2: And then they've got some older guys that have been
Speaker 2: around the block too, and for whatever reason, it's really
Speaker 2: clicked for their offense. Really, really, you could say about
Speaker 2: the last thirty days and the game within the game
Speaker 2: that we sometimes talk about, probably today is how can
Speaker 2: our right handed pitchers do against them? They haven't done
Speaker 2: as well against lefties as of late, but in the
Speaker 2: last two three, four weeks they've really swung the bat
Speaker 2: well against right handed pitching. So we need to do
Speaker 2: what we can do to combat that on the on
Speaker 2: the defensive side.
Speaker 1: All right, So here we go some Inta League play
Speaker 1: Giants Tigers, and that's the Tony Vachello Show for today.