Madison Bumgarner was a late scratch, so Matt Cain got the start. It probably did not matter as the Giants offensive futility showed no signs of abating. Key Lines:
Pablo Sandoval 3B- 0 for 4. BA= .215. For about a 2 week stretch, Pablo was at least hitting for average albeit with no power or additional on-base skill. After this game, he is 0 for his last 21 and his BA for August plummeted to .218 which is pretty much what he was doing in Boston which prompted Boston to release him. On top of that, it appears to me that Pabs has regained a lot of weight over the month. Oh, and the first 3 batters in the Giants lineup went a combined 0 for 11 with 1 BB.
Buster Posey C- 2 for 3, 2B, BB. BA= .314. Buster showed no signs of his thumb injury with another fine night at the plate.
Brandon Crawford SS- 2 for 4, 2 2B. BA= .244. Crawford turned in a .298 BA for August raising hopes that next year may go better for him. The second double of the night, in the 9'th inning, was ruled a double due to fan interference by the replay officials. It looked to most observers that it should have been allowed to stand as a HR. Upon further review, it's not just most observers. It was clearly a HR per AT&T Park ground rules which state that a ball that land of the green facing of the RF wall is a HR.
Jarrett Parker LF- 1 for 4. BA= .246. Parker finishes August with a .268 BA and I'm willing to keep putting him out there for another month to see if he can sustain that.
Ryder Jones 1B- 1 for 3, 3B. BA= .198. Jones shows flashes but overall does not appear to be ready to be a starting corner IF for the Giants next season.
Matt Cain RHP- 5 IP, 7 H, 2 R, 0 BB, 2 K's. ERA= 5.66. Bumgarner might have gone deeper into the game, but there is no major probability that he would have held the Cardinals below 2 runs. Cainer pitched well enough for a W.
Mark Melancon RHP- 0.2 IP, 2 H, 2 R, 2 BB, 0 K. ERA= 3.95. Time to reassess whether Melancon has anything more to contribute this season. Focus needs to be in getting him fully healthy for next season whether that be more rehab or surgery.
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Johnny Cueto makes his return to the mound facing rookie Jack Flaherty in game 2 of the 4-gamer.
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Giants made 4 callups for expanded rosters day: RHP Derek Law, LHP Steven Okert, UT Orlando Calixte, C Tim Fedorowicz.
Jae-Gyun Hwang was dropped from the 40 man roster. I'm guessing he won't be back next season.
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Giants were rumored to be interested in trading for Justin Upton. He ended up going to the Angels. Astros traded for Justin Verlander.
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Sometimes a good trade is one not made.
ReplyDeleteUpton would impede development of the Giant youngsters and if WAR means something he might provide a few more wins -- maybe 5 so they would win 65 next year? -- and careerwise he's a negative fielder. Plus he turned 30 last week -- please SF, get younger, not older. Bring in age if you're one player short of a big year -- this is not the case. Better BABIP won't win 30 more games, will it?
Is the jump to AA from A+ tougher than Miller's jump this year? Should he stay another year with SJ? He'll still be over a year below the average age -- or is it better to push him up and make room? Or will Arenado and Howard and maybe one of the "older" guys (Paulino?) move to Richmond?
ReplyDeleteIt would be reasonable to ask Jalen Miller to repeat the Cal League.
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