Steven Duggar LF- 1 for 3, 2B. BA= .167. Gamblin' Gabe doubled down on his inneresting bet that RF is easier to play than LF in Coors Field. Once again, he put Alex Dickerson in RF and Steven Duggar in LF. I didn't see most of the game and I don't have any evidence that decision cost the Giants any runs, but Dugger came this close to tying it up 3-3 but his apparent HR to CF was determined to have hit flush on the yellow line for a 2-run double. Of course, Duggar did not score despite there being only 1 out.
Tyler Heineman C- 0 for 4. BA= .250. Heineman has not been a terrible hitter but tonight he committed his third, that's right, his third catcher interference of the season that is only 12 games old. There were runners at first and second with no outs. The interference call loaded the bases with no outs. One run came in on a fielder's choice and another on a single. Although both runs counted as earned, it is quite possible that neither would have scored without the interference call. Look for Chadwick Tromp, who has had his own issues behind the plate, to get more playing time.
Kevin Gausman RHP- 5.1 IP, 5 H, 4 R, 1 BB, 7 K's. ERA= 5.93. On the surface, it looks like Gausman has pitched in terrible luck this season. 17 K's against 2 BB in 13.2 IP should not produce in ERA of almost 6. The problem is, this is a microcosm of Gausman's entire career in which he has always had better peripherals than ERA. With 934 IP under his belt, Gausman has a career BABIP of .315(league average= .300) and a career HR/FB ratio of 13.5%(league average= 10.0). He probably has a big enough sample size it is likely too late to expect them to regress to league mean.
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The Loss dropped the Giants to 5-7 and 9'th place in the NL which would be outside the playoff teams if the season ended today.
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The Giants try to get back on the winning side of the ledger tomorrow with Logan Webb RHP facing Jon Gray RHP.
Although you can't base your lineup on 12 games, can you at least consider it?
ReplyDeleteWhat kind of confidence can a pitcher have when his team is the worst fielding team in MLB and a third of his lineup is below the Mendoza line and another is threatening it?
And for those who are Forever Bum, how much better would the Giants be if they had spend $100 million to pry him from AZ?
Or, had FZ opted to spend $10M on Pillar who is slashing .394/.412/.606/1.018 for Boston?
Oh well, at least this won't be a looonnnggg season...