Saturday, February 29, 2020
Spring Training Game Wrap 2/28/2020: Giants 9 Rockies 6
Giants win the nightcap of the split squad doubleheader in a high scoring game featuring a successful spring debut for Johnny Cueto and a HR bomb from Heliot Ramos. Key Lines:
Joey Bart C- 1 for 2, BB. BA= .625. I would imagine Johnny Cueto is not the easiest guy to catch and can probably demand the catcher he prefers to work with, so it seems significant that Bart got the starting assignment in a home game with Cueto on the mound. Not that it means Bart is going to be on the Opening Day roster, but gotta think it's a sign of respect from the organization and from Cueto. Oh, and he had another pretty good day at the plate too!
Brandon Belt 1B- 2 for 2, 2B, HR(1), BB. BA= .250. Belt gets his first hits of the spring, both for XB's. Comments from the beat writers that Belt has slimmed down and looks more mobile this spring.
Billy Hamilton CF- 2 for 3, 2B, 3B. BA- .222. Lots of first spring hits today and Billy Hamilton got his too.
Sean Roby 3B- 2 for 3, 2B. BA= .714. I probably should have included Roby in my Giants Top 50 Prospects. He hit .338 for Salem-Keizer last summer but then face planted after an August promotion to Augusta. He's come out smoking in spring training, SSS.
Heliot Ramos RF- 2 for 3, HR(1). BA= .400. Heliot hit an impressive HR to left-CF and a groundball single up the middle. The future is getting brighter!
Johnny Cueto RHP- 2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 1 K, GO/AO= 5/0. ERA= 0.00. Cueto reportedly hit 93 MPH on the radar gun and gushed about how great his arm feels after his first spring start.
Tyler Rogers(R), Jarlin Garcia(L), Nick Vincent(R), Matt Carasiti(R)- 4 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 6 K's. The Giants will undoubtedly go with an 8-man bullpen, but there seem to be at least that many deserving candidates. Rogers and Garcia would seem to be locks. Nick Vincent is a veteran and will get extra consideration. Carasiti gets the Save here and has been impressive in early spring appearances. It's hard to see how there's room for him though.
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Drew Smyly makes his second spring start today facing the Angels in Scottsdale.
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Melvin Adon had a less than spectacular outing (again). The 800-foot HR (seemed like that) was off a slider he grooved! He struck out the other batter he faced.
ReplyDeleteFor a DR guy he signed late, 21 yo, and is still struggling with his control @ 25 yo (26 in June).
He got up to Sacramento last year for 10.1 innings in 12 games, K'd 18 (!) but walked 8 along with 16 hits.
Question: is it too late to fix it?
Sean Roby, 22 yo in July, is interesting.
ReplyDeleteIn DrB's 2019 Midseason Top 20 Giants Prospects, he was #16.
In the post season depth charts, he was just about the only guy at 3B with just Villar @ 23 yo (and older, lesser lights: Green, Houchins, Ryder?) ahead of him to be Longoria's successor.
If he gets another shot at Augusta where he did not do well in 19 games (he did hit 3 HRs in 79 PAs), he'll still be below league average in age. He'll have competition there from Luis Toribio unless he (Roby) goes to San Jose with Villar moving to Richmond.
Maybe the future after Longoria isn't bad among Villar, Roby, & Toribio.
Sacramento will have Sandoval and whoever doesn't stick with SF among Solano, Avelino, Flores, Wong, Dubon, Sanchez, Green, & Houchins.