Spring Training Rolls on for San Francisco Giants
Upcoming Spring Training schedule keeps San Francisco Giants busy with different matchups.
Video Transcript
Hey, I'm Joe Rutledge with Giants Roundtable for Roundtable Sports.
The San Francisco Giants are entering, entering the final days of spring training right now in Arizona in the Cactus League, and they have one-- they have a great record in Cactus League play right now.
And the Giants do have some interesting matchups coming up in the next few days.
They're playing Kansas City Royals, Chicago White Sox, and Cincinnati Reds in a split squad set up there between the Giants and the Reds.
So one squad will play at Giants' home park, another squad will travel to the Reds' home park and play there.
The Giants also will be playing the Arizona Diamondbacks in an upcoming Cactus League game too, and this is a really crucial time for the Giants to get things prepared for the upcoming season.
Giants manager Tony Vasallo is m- doing his best to make sure that all his players understand the goals and objectives of the upcoming season.
Now, one big objective, and I'm sure Giants fans would agree with this, is they wanna have a winning record.
Giants fans are probably tired of seeing the ball club not perform well when it comes to records.
And having a great Cactus League record may not mean a lot to some teams, but to the Giants it might be the, the thing that sparks them to get off to a really hot start in the upcoming season.
And getting off to a hot start under Vasallo would give everybody a bolt of confidence going into the season at a deeper level.
Obviously, being in the National League West Division, they have to go up against the Los Angeles Dodgers, the Giants' longtime rivals.
And knocking the Dodgers off the perch, if you will, is gonna be a challenge for sure.
Can the Giants pull it off?
They have some players together like Harrison Bader, Rafael Devers, and others that can push the button and push the envelope to make that happen if they have a really solid seasons among themselves.
So the Giants have a challenge this season: beat the Dodgers, have a winning record, get some effective starting pitching, and solid hitting up and down the lineup card.
Vasallo's gonna make sure that the players know what he wants done this season, and he has some very strong veteran coaches helping him along the way too.
So Giants fans, don't lose hope.
Hope's great.
Opening Day's just around the corner, and every Major League Baseball fan has a lot of hope for their own team, whether it's the Giants or another ball club.
Stay tuned.
