The Giants turned in another embarrassing, uncompetitive performance today getting blown out by the Pittsburgh Pirates, the type of team the Giants need to be winning series from. Key Lines:
Pablo Sandoval- 1 for 3, HR(13), BB. Sandoval was half the offense all by himself, once again.
Jonathan Sanchez- 4.1 IP, 4 H, 5 R, 4 ER, 4 BB, 6 K's. ERA= 4.29. Sanchez is still missing bats, but pretty much not doing anything else right. Might as well face the fact that right now the Giants are forfeiting every 5'th game whether the starter is Zito or Sanchez. Contrast this state of affairs with last year when Zito gave them 20 QS's as the 5'th best starter on the team. Good thing Ryan Vogelsong happened. Baggs had some pretty strong words about Sanchez and he has a point. If the Giants are faced with having to pay Sanchez $6 M next year since he has arbitration leverage, might it make more sense to non-tender him? I mean, for the difference in cost, I might prefer to see Runzler out there, or Surkamp or even a Matt Yourkin or Andrew Kown. Heck, since they are going to have to pay Zito no matter what, I'd probably rather see him out there, although it's a close call. Didn't see the game today, but I can imagine what Sanchez body language looked like today. It's been horrible all year and there was no reason for it to be any different today.
D'Backs lead Houston 6-3 late in their game, so are likely to take over first place from the Giants in the NL West by 0.5 games. BTW, the starting pitcher for the 'Stros was none other than Henry Sosa, former Giants farmhand who was traded to the 'Stros organization in the Keppinger trade. Sosa allowed 4 runs in 6 IP. He's it's at least as good as what Sanchez gave the Giants today!
Giants get the day off tomorrow to travel to Miami to kick off a 10 game roadie against the Marlins with Matt Cain facing Ricky Nolasco. If this trip doesn't knock them out of the race, then the schedule gets a bit more friendly the rest of the way.
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sanchez supporter since he was with ct...but i think he has hit a wall with the org...either that, or the ip and the short offseason totally messed him up
ReplyDeleteorg is gonna have to make a decision, and they can still trade him...but wont get much in return...
so sad...the guy has nasty stuff, when he can put it all together
not that it matters...the offense remains pretty pathetic
glad to see sosa did ok...
giants can end up a full game back by the weekend...not looking good at all
This is my first post on here although I have been a reader for quite awhile. Great blog BTW.
ReplyDeleteI am with you on bringing up someone to take the 5 spot in the rotation. Surkamp would be my choice.
Thank you!
ReplyDeleteI think the Giants will continue to shuffle Sanchez and Zito in and out in hopes one of them finds his command. For whatever reason, they've both been giving off terrible vibes with their body language this year. I know you can't quantify body language, but if you watch the games on TV, it's very noticeable. It looks like neither guy is a happy camper.