Giants Bulletin: A fire alarm, a triple play, and more LIVE Murph & Markus content

The defending Cactus League champions are at it again. A year after taking home the coveted spring training crown, the Giants have started 4-0 in exhibition play in Arizona, and rookie manager Tony Vitello still has yet to experience his first loss at the helm. That’s the positive. The not so positive is that wins and losses don’t matter in the Cactus League, and aside from strong individual performances, no one cares. 

While the wins and losses are inconsequential, there is still plenty to track, and plenty to be excited about, as the Giants prepare to embark on a historic campaign. So far so good, but isn’t every team saying that in February? 

The Giants kicked things off over the weekend with wins over the Mariners and Cubs, and they were anything but uneventful. On Saturday, in the home opener at Scottsdale Stadium, Robbie Ray got an early crash course in focus on the mound. As he toed the rubber to face the Cubs, an alarm rang out, with an automated command instructing fans to leave the stadium. There was no panic, and the home plate umpire instructed Ray to proceed normally. It made for quite a bizarre half inning of play. 

In that same game, the Giants pulled off the ultra rare triple play. Some embarrassingly bad baserunning from the Cubs allowed the Giants to force out three Cubbies, leading to a barrel of laughs and a somewhat quick inning for Robbie Ray. 

“That’s about enough excitement for one Spring Training game,” Ray told reporters after his bizarre outing. 

The overflow of content from Murph & Markus’s week in Scottsdale has made its way into this week, and we’re all better for it. Specifically the elite Ron Washington interview, in which the legendary infield coach gave great insight on all things orange and black as he gets ready to aid Tony Vitello on his first staff. 

Washington was asked about the development of Giants’ prized prospect Bryce Eldridge, who is learning the ropes at first base for the first time in his baseball life. If you know baseball movies, and you know Ron Washington, you know that playing first base in the major leagues is “incredibly hard.” Murph got a good chuckle out of Wash with that one. Instead of glowing praise for Eldridge, Washington told Murph & Markus that he had to get on the young man during an early training session. We’ll let Wash do the describing. 

Logan Webb’s recent gold glove was more meaningful than most. Webb, who has always boasted elite stuff and has long been one of the league’s best arms, has struggled with defense and holding runners on. He made it a priority over the last few seasons, and it paid off. Webb opened up about that process with Murph & Markus. 

Spring has sprung, Giants fans. Opening night against the Yankees at Oracle Park is just four weeks from tonight.