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00:00Okay, let's go to Kyle Glazer again, foul territory, MLB.
00:03Kyle, did you see this play last night?
00:06I actually didn't, but I did read the story, and I am aware of what's going on.
00:11And, yeah, I mean, certainly any time you're talking about interfering with balls in play four times,
00:16there's clearly something going on here more than just, you know, reacting and trying to catch a foul ball or a home run ball.
00:22I think for Giants fans, though, Kyle, the even more frustrating part than the fan is the fact that somehow
00:27this was called an out on the field when the left fielder never even touched the ball.
00:33And then upon review, when they realized the left fielder never touched the ball,
00:37they said, it's not an out, but it's a double.
00:41Because we think that the ball would have hit the fence, which was at minimum in question.
00:47What is your take on the way baseball does replay and its effectiveness?
00:52There's no question that a lot of replay review calls have been very, very head-scratching.
00:59There was a play with the Poggers and Giants earlier this year where there was a back pick,
01:04and Xander Bogarts very clearly had the runner out at second base, and they called him safe anyway.
01:10I remember covering a game between the Blue Jays and Angels last year where George Springer
01:13very clearly got hit by a pitch on the foot.
01:16Replay showed it, and the umpires ruled it didn't hit him.
01:18He blew a gasket and got ejected.
01:20So there's no question, there's something very, very wrong with what's going on in New York
01:24when there are some very, very obvious things happening, and they're just not getting it right on review.
01:30Do we need to go to New York?
01:32I mean, can we get a system that is more, I guess, foolproof where we can localize it
01:37and have things not only done more accurately, but more quickly as well?
01:42That would be ideal.
01:44Obviously, there's a technological component to that, Major League Baseball getting replay review systems
01:48in all 30 ballparks and figuring out the processes behind that in terms of who makes the ruling.
01:53Is it the home plate umpire?
01:54Is it the crew chief?
01:55Do they make the ruling in unison?
01:57I mean, there's lots of, you know, things to work out there, but there's no question.
02:01I think that making the ball in the ballpark is certainly more ideal than making them make the judgment
02:08when it's very clear that they can't make the right judgment based on what we've seen,
02:12all evidence over the last couple of years.
02:14But there's no question that would be a much better system.
02:16It's just going to take a little bit of time to probably implement.
02:20Kyle Glazer is with us, foul territory, MLB, right here on Willard & Dibs, 95.7 The Game.
02:25What if we also did something crazy here, Kyle?
02:28I know this is a wild thought, but what if we took this out of the umpire's fans
02:32and, I don't know, did what every other sport does and disallow fans from being able to reach
02:37onto the field of play?
02:38Like, how hard is this to get the seats away from the damn fence?
02:42Why is that so hard?
02:43Look, I think it's a situation where that's part of the appeal of baseball is you can be
02:49so close to the field, you can be a part of the game, a part of the action a little bit
02:53more, you know, whether it's reaching out for a home run ball, reaching out for a foul
02:57ball, talking about moving seats back in all 30 stadiums across the foul lines and the outfield
03:04fences.
03:05That's a pretty large, expensive endeavor that I don't see happening.
03:08Giants fans want to actually get further away from their team right now as opposed to closer
03:13to it based on the way they've been playing of late.
03:16What do you make of this current slide?
03:19Is this just a case of the Giants actually regressing to where they probably should be?
03:25We're at the point in the season where a lot of teams are starting to backslide a little
03:28bit.
03:29You look at the Padres, you look at the Mets, the Yankees went through a bit of a slide
03:32as well.
03:32A lot of this is just the point in the season where fatigue is starting to set in.
03:36You're seeing more and more guys get injured a little bit.
03:39At the end of the day, I think the Giants are still a good team in that, you know, 85,
03:4486, 87 win range, which is kind of what they're on pace on for right now.
03:48Again, I don't think they were ever a 95, 96, 97 win team, just as the Padres weren't.
03:54You know, at various points, both teams have had some pretty sparkling records.
03:57But there is a little bit of regression here.
03:59But again, part of it also is just it's that time of year.
04:01A lot of teams are fading and dealing with injuries right now.
04:03They're just trying to get to the all-star break and regroup.
04:06Kyle, what's your read on not just the acquisition of Rafael Devers, but sort of the way that
04:12it started, not only in terms of his stats, but the Giants' chemistry has not looked as
04:19good since his arrival.
04:22I think it's important to give him some time.
04:24Let's not forget, Rafael Devers is switching leagues.
04:26He's switching coasts.
04:28He's leaving.
04:28He's left the only organization he's ever known in the Red Sox.
04:31There's going to be a little bit of an acclimation period.
04:34Let's not forget Juan Soto struggled for the first two months of the season with the Mets.
04:38And now he's raking.
04:39I think we'll see something similar with Devers.
04:41Again, whether it's a month or two months for him to just kind of get his feet under him,
04:45get acclimated to new coaches, new ballparks, you know, new pitchers he's seeing more frequently.
04:50Eventually, it'll click into gear.
04:51But I'm not surprised there's going to be some ups and downs here early.
04:54I think everyone should have expected that.
04:56And we're seeing that.
04:57Would you also put Willie Adamas under that same umbrella?
05:01Or has he been here long enough now to where that no longer can be used as an excuse for
05:05his struggles?
05:07You would certainly like to see him pick it up.
05:10It wasn't quite as drastic of a move in that he was staying in the National League, you know,
05:13Brewers to Giants.
05:14And yes, again, every team plays everyone now.
05:17But you still face the teams in your own league a lot more.
05:19So I definitely am surprised, especially with how good Willie Adamas looked in spring training.
05:23He's off to the start.
05:24He has been that said, this is a really good player who at the end of the year, you know,
05:29is going to be there again.
05:30Maybe it's 240 with 20 homers and great defense.
05:33Obviously, he's had some peak years that have been better than that.
05:36Again, I think this is someone you trust the track record that he'll eventually figure it out.
05:40You know, even if it maybe comes a little bit later this year by next year when he has another
05:44full off season and he's familiarized himself with the coaching staff, his teammates and just
05:49more comfortable.
05:50I expect him to be fine.
05:52It's just a matter of time.
05:53Kyle Glazer is with us, Foul Territory TV, MLB on Willard and Dibs 95.7 The Game.
05:59Kyle, I bet you've got some insider, some opinions on Bob Melvin.
06:03The Giants picked up his option for next year.
06:05Logan Webb, their top starter, just said a few moments ago, I think Bob Melvin's one of the
06:10best managers of all time.
06:12He's under some fire right now because the Giants aren't playing well.
06:16What's your take on Bo Mel as a skipper?
06:19He's one of the best out there.
06:21Logan Webb hit the nail on the head.
06:23He's someone who is very, very, very smart tactically.
06:26He's very, very smart with managing his pitching staff, his bullpen, his lineup construction.
06:31And he's someone who communicates well with his players and trusts his players.
06:34You have so many managers now that automatically pull a guy third time through the order or,
06:40you know, just go strictly by the analytics.
06:42Whereas Bob Melvin earns trust from his players by leaving them out there in some spots and
06:46showing he believes in them and has faith in them.
06:49And over time, that really, really builds confidence and that leads to better performance.
06:53Again, the fact that Giants are struggling a little bit right now, again, I think everyone
06:57needs to understand that this was never a 95, 96, 97 win team that was going to contend with
07:02the Dodgers for first place all season long.
07:05This is more of an 84, 85, 86 win team.
07:08Maybe with the Devers acquisition, you can say 88, 89.
07:13Again, this isn't a Bob Melvin thing.
07:14This is just, it's that time of year.
07:16Teams are sliding a little bit.
07:18There's some injuries.
07:18There's some fatigue.
07:19But Bob Melvin is certainly not the problem in any way, shape, or form.
07:23When you look at the Giants, and I think you're right about where you ballpark them from
07:27a win total standpoint, they've already made the big acquisition well ahead of the deadline,
07:32but four plus weeks to go until the actual deadline.
07:35What do you think that their needs are as they head down toward August?
07:40Look, they can always use another bat, right?
07:43Again, Rafael Devers is a hugely impactful bat.
07:45Willie Adamas was a big free agent signing in the offseason.
07:48You know, Matt Chapman, again, has been injured.
07:50When he gets back, he'll be, you know, another impactful bat as well.
07:53So, again, I think at the end of the day, the Giants do have some big hitters in their
07:58lineup.
07:58Elliott Ramos, you know, Jung-Hoo Lee can do some really special things as well.
08:02But they could certainly lengthen the lineup a little bit, get even more production, especially
08:06from the bottom third.
08:07That's going to help separate them from a team like the Padres that just doesn't have it.
08:11Look, they have, you know, a really good front of the rotation.
08:14You could always add more starting pitching.
08:15Every team can.
08:16You know, they have a great bullpen.
08:17If they want to add another arm to fortify it, they can as well.
08:20But when I look at the Giants overall, it's about adding offense.
08:23They've been near the bottom of the league offensively over the last five, six weeks.
08:27And that's where they really need to focus their attention and spend their resources.
08:30Kyle, I know you're not with Baseball America anymore, but are you still as locked in on
08:34all the farm systems as you have been through the years?
08:38I am.
08:38I'm definitely still on top of it all.
08:41Okay.
08:41So, Bryce Eldridge, let's go.
08:43Let's talk about him.
08:43What do you think?
08:45He has a chance to be a really, really, really special left-handed masher in the middle of
08:50the order.
08:51For him to climb to AAA as quickly as he has just speaks to his talent level.
08:55Again, this is still a very young kid who was drafted not even two full years ago.
09:02But he has a chance to really, really make an impact.
09:05Again, I would just encourage everyone to give him time.
09:08I think rushing him up and saying, this is our solution, that's a lot to put on a young
09:13kid's shoulders like every other young player.
09:15He's going to have an acclimation period.
09:16He'll have some struggles.
09:17He'll have some ups and downs.
09:18His long-term future is very, very, very bright.
09:21I just wouldn't, I don't think it's fair to him to say, bring him up right now and he's
09:25going to, you know, save the Giants' offense.
09:27Yeah, the Rafi Devers trade acquisition kind of slowed that down in fans' minds, which is
09:31a good thing for the team and also for Bryce.
09:34I wanted to ask you about Kyle Harrison, who was that dude for the Giants as a prospect,
09:39and he hasn't really been early on what they would want.
09:43What do you think about his prospects and what Boston got in the trade for Devers?
09:47He still is a very, very talented young pitcher.
09:52We see very, very, very often that pitchers take longer than hitters to kind of figure
09:57it out, especially in today's era where so many pitchers in the amateur circuit, even
10:02in the minors, are just focusing on velocity and spin rate and optimizing every pitch, but
10:07learning sequencing, learning command, learning durability, that seems to be stuff they're
10:11tacking on at the back, and it takes a few years to get it, especially when you're talking
10:15about high school pitchers.
10:16I wrote about this extensively at Baseball America.
10:19It takes, on average, six to seven years before they throw even 100 innings in a season and
10:24start to really dial it in.
10:26Look at a guy like Mackenzie Gore, who's just now figuring it out.
10:29He was a 2017 draftee.
10:31So I think at the end of the day, Kyle Harrison's still a very, very talented pitcher, but high
10:35school pitchers take a long time to kind of hit their ceiling, and when you have a chance
10:39to get a hitter as special as Rafael Devers, you certainly don't hesitate to make that
10:44move.
10:44Now, talking prospects with you, I remember a few years ago getting into it with you about
10:49Luciano and how excited this fan base was.
10:52Kyle, what happened?
10:55I was always the low man on Luciano.
10:57He's just not, he doesn't make enough contact.
11:00I saw that in San Jose.
11:01I saw that at Richmond, and I had a few Giants fans yelling at me in my social media mentions,
11:05a few Giants fans yelling at me in our chats at Baseball America.
11:09They didn't like the assessment, but look, scouts were seeing it for years, and I was
11:13seeing it.
11:14This was a big slugging type who was going to do damage on contact, but just did not
11:18project to make enough contact to really be an everyday caliber hitter in Major League
11:23Baseball.
11:23I mean, when him and Luis Matos were on the same San Jose team, there was no question
11:27who the better hitter was.
11:28It was Luis Matos by miles, and we've seen the struggles he's had.
11:33So, yeah, again, there's a lot of power first guys in the minor leagues.
11:38When you're talking about teenagers, you want to see contact first, and then he just never
11:41made enough contact and never made the adjustments to do so.
11:44Did you also know that he couldn't catch a baseball?
11:48I knew that he could not play the infield very well.
11:51That shortstop was out of the question.
11:53There were times where he'd show you something.
11:55You said, okay, maybe he could slide to third base.
11:57Obviously, they've moved him around a little bit.
12:00It certainly has not been what you hoped it would be.
12:04Again, he was never going to stick at shortstop, but you thought he had a chance to be a solid
12:08third baseman, and clearly that hasn't happened either.
12:11All right, but you do not see the Bryce Eldridge situation going the same way the
12:16Luciano one did?
12:19No, Bryce Eldridge is a much, much better hitter all around, and we've seen that with
12:23how quickly he's climbed, how he's performed at every level.
12:26Again, any time you're talking about prospects, there is no such thing as a surefire prospect.
12:33Guys have to stay healthy.
12:34They have to stay on the straight and narrow.
12:35Crazy things happen.
12:36But just in terms of the checkpoints, what he's shown us so far, yeah, he's a much better
12:40prospect than Luciano was, in my mind, by a good, I don't want to say miles, but by a
12:47pretty large margin.
12:48Okay.
12:48I think that's good to hear right now for Giants fans.
12:50Kyle, great stuff, man.
12:52Wonderful to have you.
12:54My pleasure.
12:54Anytime, guys.
12:55Okay.
12:56That's Kyle Glaze.
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