Ross Stripling gave up a pair of solo HR's in the 6'th inning, his final inning of work. That proved to be too much for the Giants impotent lineup to overcome. Key Lines:
Ross Stripling RHP- 5 IP, 5 H, 2 R, 0 BB, 3 K's. ERA= 5.10. Stripling was the Featured Pitcher. Since coming off the IL on 6/28, Strip has an ERA of 3.38 in 40 IP. Which is pretty much what the Giants signed him to do at $12.5 M/yr. That should also be good enough to rack up a bunch of W's but it's not goo enough to overcome the Giants current lack of offense.
Heliot Ramos entered the game as a PH for LMWJ in the 8'th inning, doubled and scored the Giants only run continuing a pattern of late scoring which is too little, too late. At this point I'm not sure what they have to lose to put him out there for 50 PA's and see if he can find some traction.
The Loss dropped the Giants 7.5 games behind the Dodgers in the NL West and 2.5 games behind the Phillies for the top Wild Card playoff spot. They lead the Cubs and Reds by 2 games for the 2'nd wild card spot.
Alex Cobb RHP tries to even the series this evening against Andrew Heaney LHP.
PH: 1 for 3, .333 2B 2 SO
ReplyDeleteRookies got 2 of the 3 hits and the only Walk
Lately:
Davis 3-25, 12 SO
Matos 3-24
Conforto 2-20
Pederson 5-36 since his last HR
Crawford 1-15
Hard to watch lately, especially if you have to pay to view!
The hitters are in a prolonged collective slump for sure. IDK if they can turn it around but there is time. YtY should be back in day or two, but his timing may be rusty. Conforto has been particularly disappointing but is known to be streaky and could get hot. At least a couple of veteran bats need to step up or it's going to be a tough stretch run.
Deleteif the giants miss the playoffs, it will be time to shuffle the assistants, they will need to be in the market for an experienced hitting. zaidi and kapler would also likely be on the hot seat next year.
DeleteGiants are not playing a team with a losing record until September 8 (if San Diego is above .500 by August 31) – 25 games, 4 games in SD is in that stretch. Padres are often a problem, even in fabulous 2021 SF was just 11-8.
DeleteI was just thinking about this today. If the Giants clean house in any area this offseason they may want to take a hard look at the training staff. For the second year in a row, injuries have taken a frightful toll on the roster and on performance which has a ripple effect beyond the actual time lost. Players need time to get their timing back after returning. You need consistency and cohesion in the lineup. Players may not fully recover until next spring, if then. Maybe its just me but it sure seems like the Giants have had way more than their share of hammy and oblique strains over the past 2 years. There must be evidence and knowledge about what causes those and how to prevent them.
DeleteHi, Doc I think a lot lot of this had to do with the roster that Farhan puts together. He takes a lot of bets on people who are injury risks and hopes for a bounce back. Plus the giants mainstays were mostly an older contingent.
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I don’t think it’s fair to blame the injuries on the assistants. Farhan basically only signs injury plagued players because he thinks he can find value with guys who are over looked. If anything, they should rethink their philosophy on free agency and the players they sign. You can’t be surprised every time these injury plagued guys get hurt.
DeleteI believe it is the players more than the training staff. Look at the guys Farhan signs and they all have warts and most have injury issues when they get here. Not sure any training staff can make them healthy we just need higher quality players and a management team that isn’t afraid to make a mistake. Most long term contracts are busts that’s the facts but when you look at the Rangers and how they went about building this team one thing you can say is they aren’t scared of failure. Even Degrom being out hasn’t stopped them and Semien and Seager are working out pretty well. Only change needed is at the top and I hope it happens soon
DeleteWhy would you dump the hitting coaches if the hitters aren't hitting and not dump the training staff if the players are getting injured?
DeleteFor what it's worth looked up 2023 the team that missed the most days 769 due to injury is the New York Yankees which makes sense when I heard the host of a fantasy baseball podcast I listen to who is a Yankee fan question whether the Yankees training staff needs to be looked at as to whether changes need to be made. Baseball is such a long grinding season every team has to put up with injuries.
DeleteI could not find that ranking but did find a site that lists all injuries for the season and the Giants list looks about as long as the Yankees. I found another article in mlb.com that reaffirmed the biggest risk factor for injury is history of injury so FZ may want to rethink his notion that players with injury history are an undervalued demographic.
Deletei do think ownership is going to consider hiring some extra eyes for FZ this offseason
DeleteDoc you got me thinking more about all the injuries, FZ should think twice about signing players with major injury histories, what's with all the hamstring and oblique injuries. Conforto has been disappointing but I was happy they signed him considering the remaining free agents at the time. He can opt out after 2023. Giving 3 years to Haniger is risky since he's injured a lot. He's had an oblique injury and fractured hand due to HBP in 2023, which could be bad luck. The signing that worked out well was Carlos Rodon. Luckily he opted out and been on the IL with the Yankees for most of the year. Yaz and Slater have been in the IL multiple times due to hamstring injuries what's up with that? Even players FZ re signs get hurt. Luciano is out due to a hamstring injury in AAA . Even Heliot Ramos missed time in AAA due to oblique. Doc you're right lots of hamstring and oblique injuries hurting key players.
DeleteCan anyone explain to me why as I dont use an apple device >Mlbtv wont let me log into the Giants game last night.
ReplyDeleteI have been an MLBTV fully paid subscriber since day one when it started.
This has happended before. I was livid; though arguably I did not miss much.
Richard in Winnipeg
Apple+ is a separate streaming service which is contracted for a panel of games which preempt the basic MLB package so you have to pay for that service separately. I don't like it and think it is wrong for MLB to treat it's fans that way but this seems be one more way for the 1% to redistribute wealth in their direction.
DeleteMLB is selling out to the Owners in cash - not for the fans, not for the teams, it's all for the Owners!
Deleteis anyone else having problems with MLB TV for tonights game?
ReplyDeleteCan't log in
Waited 15 minutes on MLB support, so frustrating!
Richard in Winnipeg
Glad to hear I wasn't the only one. When I clicked on the usual yellow tab to open the game I got a pop up that wanted me to choose between the Rangers feed and the NBCSBA except it would not engage my remote so I was never able to click it to choose.
DeleteMLB is screwing the loyal fans.
ReplyDeleteI pay for the games because Fox Sports aren't on the basic package and Apple isn't on the first extended package.
Who is MLB fooling - themselves?
To the Giants' Players, if you call them that, after the bottom of the 2nd ineptitude and 1 out in the top of the 3rd:
ReplyDelete"How many more millions do you need"?
At least the A's, for $58,440,842, can be expected to lose without fight, for $186,840,575 a Fan expects more!
Farhan, you get one more year, and you don't deserve that!
Well, it was a nice piece of managing by Boch there in the second inning pulling his lefty SP for a sidearming RHP to face a Giants lineup stacked with RH hitters forcing Kap to choose between emptying his bench in the second inning or accepting the unfavorable matchups. Do you think maybe Boch was trolling Kap just a teeny bit with that one?
DeleteIf they are lucky enough to make the playoffs this is what most teams do to win which is basically what the Giants do every game. Difference is the other teams have better players so we lose our advantage. Like Domingo Ayala says, hard work beats talent unless talent is also working hard!
DeleteGiants fans, of all fans, should know the playoffs are a crapshoot.
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