Whenever the first games of the Gabe Kapler Era are played, Giants fans might have to get used to a couple of new ideas.
Kapler and his staff intend to use openers, which the Giants did just once under Bruce Bochy, and they also have made it clear that they don't necessarily believe in naming a closer. They may rotate several pitchers into the ninth inning, and Kapler started laughing Tuesday when asked during an interview on KNBR if there were young pitchers who stood out to him in camp as potential openers or closers.