He’s in extended. Will start again in ACL. Still building back strength and bat speed from the wrist injuries. Jesús Cano reported some progress on that recently.

We were soooo close to the first ever Richmond HR in CarMax Park being an inside the park Grand Slam

Ceremonial FIRST first pitch at CarMax Park

Hard to catch the typos with the transition glasses turning the light off!

Going to work in bantams new home

No he started the spring a little behind and was left in camp until he’s ready to go. He should be in Eugene when he’s activated

2026 Season Previews: Richmond Flying Squirrels The star of the show might not be ON the field, it might BE the field!

Also, ICYMI, my preview of the 2026 Richmond Flying Squirrels team is up at There R Giants

2026 Season Previews: Richmond Flying Squirrels
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New Season, new pod! I talked with Maui Ahuna, Scott Bandura, and manager Dennis Pelfrey yesterday at Media Day at the gorgeous new CarMax Park. open.substack.com/pub/rogermun...

Scott Bandura just hit a 2-0 slider into oblivion. Including Spring Breakout, I’ve seen him play about 12 total innings this spring and he’s crushed two HR, hit a 113 mph double off the top of CF wall, and ripped a triple off 96 mph fb. Bandy Breakout coming.

17-year-old Luis Hernandez now gets to go up against a guy with MLB experience throwing sliders in the 90s. Should be interesting

On the bright side, Bo Davidson's ground out to end the inning was hit 110 mph and Dakota Jordan had a hard hit single as well

Tough start to the Spring Breakout game for Giants. After a blown call, Keyner Martinez gave up a bomb of a two-run HR off his changeup, and had a lot of hard contact. Giants went down in order T1 including an automatic strike three to leadoff hitter Trevor Cohen

Carlos de la Rosa Curves ST 2026 YouTube video by Roger Munter

Here's a bunch of gorgeous breaking balls from young lefty Carlos de la Rosa, another part of the Camilo Doval trade.

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Dakota Jordan 3 Hits ST 2026 YouTube video by Roger Munter

Here's a big three-hit day for Dakota Jordan, including a double high off 24-foot wall, a bun single, and a line drive off a 97-mph fastball

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Scott Bandura 2b HR ST 2026 YouTube video by Roger Munter

Time for a little video from the past couple of days at Papago while waiting for the Spring Breakout game to start.

Here's two great ABs from OF Scott Bandura resulting in 113 mph 2b off CF wall and 113 mph HR traveling over 450 feet at end of an 8-pitch at bat.

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Big day for Dakota Jordan as well. Crushed a double high off the Willie Mays replica wall, dropped a perfect bunt for hit showcasing plus plus speed, and then ripped a line drive single off 97 mph fb

Scott Bandura has been the ne of big eye openers in minor league camp so far. Huge day today with two diffeeent XBH at 113 EV, including absolute bomb off fellow lefty after working great full count. I’ll post video later

Luis Hernandez Open Side AB ST 2026 YouTube video by Roger Munter

Some open faced swings from Luis Hernandez in Giants' minor league camp today. Simple, balanced swing with minimal moving parts, really gets his hands to every part of the zone well.

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Lorenzo Meola ground rule double from today's action

A little Josuar fielding action from today for your viewing pleasure

Josuar Gonzalez left game in minor league camp today walking a bit gingerly after stealing a base. Tweaked something in left quad/hammy area. Didn’t seem serious but w Spring Breakout game just three days away could be unfortunate timing. Hopefully not

There R Giants Pod-238 with Shayna Rubin SF Chronicle’s Giants’ beat writer, Shayna Rubin, joins me this week to talk about camp battles and young players making impressions early on in camp.There R Giants is a reader-supported publication.

New pod! @shaynarubin.bsky.social drops by to talk camp competition and young players standing out in SF Giants' spring training camp. open.substack.com/pub/rogermun...

I’m not sure about two from the draft being Top 100. Their second pick isn’t until 55. Possible they can float a pretty nice pick there but it’s not going to be somebody who jumps onto anybody’s top 100

There R Giants Pod-237 with Jim Callis As signs of baseball spring to life once again, MLB’s Jim Callis returns to talk Spring Breakout series, an improving Giants’ farm system, and we even sneak in a little early draft talk!

New pod! @jimcallis.bsky.social joins me to talk Spring Breakout games, young players in Giants' camp, and a little early draft talk as well! open.substack.com/pub/rogermun...

Having a grandfather who's in the bluegrass HOF and an uncle who's a Grammy winning country guitarist probably helps. But really, NOVA is plenty country music inclined.

Somebody needs to ask Bryce Eldridge if he and Ilia Malinin crossed paths growing up in Vienna, VA.

Congrats to Hector Borg and Shane Robinson for getting their first MLB staff coaching jobs. Borg has been a mainstay for the orgs PD system for years now, particularly helping you international players. Robinson was OF coordinator for farm last yr, obv an area of focus for MLB team in ‘26

There R Giants Pod-235 with Luis de la Torre My guest this week is Giants’ left-hander, Luis de la Torre, who is coming off one of the biggest and most unexpected break out campaigns of 2025.

Giants lefty Luis de la Torre joins me to talk about his brilliant breakout season in 2025, and his big plans to follow that up in the coming year. Could DLT be pushing for a 40-man spot in a year? Let's talk! open.substack.com/pub/rogermun...

Very excited for a lot of guys who have worked hard to get to point of big league camp invites. I know both Bednar and Harris told me they were really hoping! And kids like Sanchez, Bericoto have had a very long road to get here. Congrats to all!

The cognitive dissonance between Sutter Health Park's park factor reputation as a minor league park and it's park factor reputation as major league park, is one of the few truly delightful consequences of the A's move.