FanGraphs Audio: Craig Albernaz on Coaching With the Giants

Episode 960

This week, we welcome a coach who is a big part of a remarkable big-league staff before a conversation about what some of us are working on and pondering lately.

• To kick things off, David Laurila welcomes Craig Albernaz, bullpen and catching coach for the San Francisco Giants. We get some insight into the impressive coaching staff employed by the club, and what it is like to work with Brian Bannister, Farhan Zaidi, and Gape Kapler (guest on episode 896). We also hear stories about coaching (or being teammates with) players like Logan Webb, Buster Posey, Alex Cobb, Jeremy Hellickson, Jake McGee, Patrick Bailey, and more. [2:44]
• In the second half, Ben Clemens and Eric Longenhagen catch up on how their offseason projects are going before discussing pitchers who throw both four-seamers and sinkers, just how challenging it is to quantify deception, and Ben’s SABR award nomination. The duo also go in-depth on how difficult it can be to evaluate pitching prospects nowadays given how inconsistent and unpredictable they can be. [40:44]

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Audio after the jump. (Approximate 1 hour 9 minute play time.)

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