A 5-run Giants rally in garbage time failed to overcome a 10-1 Royals lead. Key Lines:
Gregor Blanco CF- 1 for 2, 2B. BA= .500. Blanco is making an early statement to make the team. Early spring fortunes can change quickly, though, as Steven Duggar, who preceded him in CF and went 0 for 3, found out.
Brandon Belt 1B- 2 for 3. BA= .286. Belt had 2 harmless singles on the day.
Alen Hanson RF- 1 for 3, 3B. BA= .333. Does Hanson's ability to play both IF and OF give him a leg up for a roster spot?
Miguel Gomez 2B- 1 for 2, 2B. BA= .571. Gomez' double started the 9'th inning rally. He can hit.
Jonah Arenado 3B- 2 for 3. BA= .750. Arenado getting an early look to spare the vets from needless fatigue in the early spring.
Tyler Beede RHP- 2 IP, 4 H, 3 R, 1 BB, 1 K. ERA= 13.50. Not a great look for Beede's spring debut. Afterwards, he made some good points about not trying to do too much too early in spring training, but a guy in his position needs to make a good first impression.
Derek Holland LHP- 2 IP, 2 H, 2 R, 1 BB, 4 K's. ERA= 9.00. So far, Blach, Stratton and Suarez have the early lead for the last 2 rotation spots, but it's very early. If Holland's results catch up to his K's, he'll be in good shape for either #5 or swingman role.
Cory Gearrin RHP, Derek Law RHP, Josh Osich LHP- 1 scoreless inning each with Osich getting 2 K's. Osich has to find consistency this season.
Julian Fernandez RHP- 0.0 IP, 2 H, 4 R, 2 BB, 0 K. ERA= Inf. The rule 5 draftee gets crushed in his first spring appearance. He'll get more looks to prove he can't make the 25 man roster.
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Fantasy Focus: Speaking of too much too soon.....Thor reportedly hit triple digits 7 times in the first inning of his first meaningless game of the spring. He may look like a Norse god, but that does not seem like a smart thing to do.
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Duggar is still hitting .250. If he does that for spring training I say just plug him in at #8 and reap the benefits of those young, range-covering legs.
ReplyDeleteShaw, OTOH, needs to step it up at the plate if he thinks to have any chance of making 25-man coming out of spring training since he's not exactly a gold-glove projected prospect...
Fortunately, for those two, it's early and they plenty of time to prove themselves.
There is a guy on YouTube that does a lot of little 5 minute or so Giants videos that are kind of cool:
ReplyDelete"Brandon Crawford 2017 Defensive Highlights"
"Giants Rookies Getting Their First Big League Hits in 2017"
"Every Out from Matt Cain's Perfect Game"
"Austin Slater 2017 Highlights"
"Giants Hitting Home Runs Against Clayton Kershaw"
"Andrew McCutchen 2017 Highlights"
There are a ton of them.
He also does Daily Spring Training game highlights, about 3 mins long, like:
"Giants Daily Spring Training Highlights - February 24th"
And during the regular season I think he does Weekly highlight videos.
Also there are a bunch of Cal, Stanford videos there too.
Anyway, I thought the Giants videos might be of some interest to the readers here. You can find his stuff on YouTube, his name is:
Sean Bialaszek
Very cool, thanks Mojo.
Deleteif osich has a bad spring training, don't be surprised if he is dfa'd
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