The plot thickened in several battles for roster spots as the Giants edged the Indians 7-6 in Cactus League action today. Key lines:
Eugenio Velez- 3 for 3, 3B, BB, 2 SB(3), CS. Hmm.....Pharoah must have done some thinking after Bochy publicly got on his case after that 3 pitch game earlier in the week. Velez would appear to be back in the thick of things for an OF roster spot. Who is going to be the odd man out?
Edgar Renteria- 2 for 4, CS. Rent's bat is slowly coming to life as he's raised his BA from sub-Mendoza to .258.
Pablo Sandoval- 1 for 1. Not to panic. Sandoval left the game after being spiked and got 5 stitches in his leg. He might miss a game or two.
Aubrey Huff- 2 for 3, 2B, BB. BA= .393. Huff has never been a great fielder, but his career UZR/150 is about -4 which is probably good enough to make his bat worth it, if he continues to hit like this.
Buster Posey- 1 for 2, 2B. BA= .382. Game winning hit. It's going to be real tough to send him down.
Jonathan Sanchez- 4 IP, 4 H, 3 R, 2 BB, 3 K's. All 3 runs allowed in 1 inning.
Waldis Joaquin- 1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 K. ERA= 4.50.
Denny Bautista- 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 2 K's. ERA= 3.00. I looked up Bautista's career stats....not a pretty sight!
Guillermo Mota- 0.1 IP, 3 H, 3 R, 1 BB, 0 K's. ERA balloons to 5.06 after a string of lights out appearances. One bad outing won't keep him off the roster, but.......
Dan Runzler- 1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 2 BB, 2 K's, BS. Allowed 1 of Mota's runner's to score, stranded another.
Brian Wilson- 1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 3 K's. ERA= 2.25. Mid-season form!
Freddy Sanchez is not expected to play in games that count until around the first of May.
The Giants were listed as one of the teams still interested in Wagner Mateo. The A's and D'Backs have also given him tryouts.
Around the League:
Billy Buckner and Chad Qualls of the D'Backs both got torched in a 24-9 loss to KC. I'm guessing the wind was blowing out in that game.
Cliff Lee has a pulled abdominal muscle. Flew to Seattle for plasma injections. It's not his arm, but abdominal strains can be extremely slow to heal.
Our old friend Brian Bocock was optioned to AAA by the Phillies who claimed him off waivers from Toronto this winter. Bocock was 6 for 15 in spring training games for the Phils.
Johan Santana got pounded by the Twins today and his spring ERA is 9. Yeah, it's spring, but it's starting to look like the Twins were smart to trade him, even if they didn't get all that in return.
Speaking of the Twins, they are reportedly interesting in acquiring Heath Bell from San Diego to replace Joe Nathan. The Twins obviously think they have a chance to go all the way this year.
Former Dodger farmhand Delwyn Young is having one of those Randy Elliott springs as he hit his 5'th HR today for Pittsburgh. Unlike Elliott, Young actually has a chance to win a starting job with the Bucs.
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