Before spring training began, a group of Giants players and staff members bonded over a weekend retreat in Flagstaff.
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Weeks before any player was required to report to Arizona, before Sean Manaea or Taylor Rogers had ever put on a San Francisco uniform, when it was just Logan Webb and handful of others getting in their offseason workouts, an idea started to percolate among the Giants’ pitching group.It culminated over the third weekend in January, 150 miles north of their spring training home and worlds away from Oracle Park, in the woods of northern Arizona.
Bailey, Martin and the chefs made the two-and-a-half hour drive up Interstate 17 on Thursday to begin setting up for the players’ arrival the following day. Tyler picked up his twin brother from the airport and piled into a car with Webb and Junis. When they got there, they were greeted by the massive, three-story cabin they rented on Airbnb. The players took the top floor, the coaches on the second floor, and the chefs had their quarters downstairs.
On Saturday, the guys hoped to find a hike. But with the fresh snow blanketing the trails around Flagstaff, they headed about an hour south to Sedona. It wasn’t hard to find a place to connect with nature — and each other — surrounded by its famous red rocks.“Kap was considering unique, creative ways to reach deeper levels of connection. To me, nature is the answer in that. A hike will solve a lot of stuff. Sit in the woods and it’ll solve a lot of stuff.”“They were all excited about this hike.
“I just try to come up with fun stories. Some of them are ridiculous. Some of them are kind of funny. I just riff off the top of my head and figure out something.”Bailey:“I think I missed the first night. The second night, everybody was talking about it, like let’s play. I had a lot of fun with it.”
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