It's getting tough to watch Giants baseball these days. I check into the game off and on, but have to admit I'm not watching every inning any more. This one followed an increasingly familiar pattern as Ryan Vogelsong gave up some loud hits early while the Giants offense failed to get the key hit in multiple innings. The result was yet another loss and another game lost in the NL West standings. Key Lines:
Jeff Keppinger- 3 for 5. BA= .297. Kepp has been a solid addition since the trade. He should be retained for next season.
Brandon Belt- 0 for 3. BA= .219. Belt's BA peaked at .243 after game 2 of the Padres series. Since then he has gone 2 for 21 with 1 BB and 8 K's. He's just not adjusting to the breaking ball. If the Giants were still in the race, I'd say he should be benched. Since they aren't, he needs to play every day through September in hopes he can make the adjustment in preparation for next year. Otherwise, I'm afraid we're looking at more AAA time for Brandon next season.
Ryan Vogelsong- 5 IP, 7 H, 3 R, 2 BB, 3 K's. ERA= 2.63. Vogey has not been the lights out pitcher he was for a stretch early in the season but 7 of his last 10 starts have been Quality Starts. If this is where he regresses to, he's still a very serviceable #4 or #5 starter. Gotta wonder how much he can be counted on for next season, though.
The D'Backs won again and expanded their lead in the NL West to 6 games with 26 to go. It ain't over 'til it's over, but.....it's over!
Madison Bumgarner, who has the worst run support of any pitcher in baseball this year, goes against Rodrigo Lopez in an afternoon game. If he can't get some help from the offense in this one, it ain't gonna happen.
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I haven't this bad of Giants baseball since the Shea Hillenbrand or Ryan Klesko days. Back then I had a reason to watch this bad baseball because of Bonds. But with no Posey it is really tough to watch. I heard someone say that the San Jose Giants would put up more of a fight that the major club. I am not saying I believe it but it would be the only way to see Gary Brown play in the majors since Sabean said a few days ago he is staying put in the minors for the season. I haven't given up on the future of this club but it is definitely over this year barring that we sweep both series against Arizona this coming month which may be hard to do. They are playing like the Rockies a few years ago where they one like 21 in a row. They haven't won that many in a row but they are probably the best team in baseball after the All Star break other than maybe the Brewers.
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I like this. It was time.
ReplyDeleteHopefully Zito is next. Then we would have a team full of people who actually want to win.
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely outstanding message doing this before the September call-ups.
ReplyDeleteHey Miggy, Rowand: tell your story walking.