The Joey Bart Era came to an unceremonious end this morning when he was DFA'd to make room for Daulton Jeffries because the Giants started the season with just three healthy starting pitchers. It didn't take long for the Joey Bart Curse to take hold as Tyler Fitzgerald booted a grounder on the first Giants defensive play of the game which pretty much set the tone for the rest of this one. Key Lines:
Jung Hoo Lee CF- 0 for 2, 3 BB. BA= .286. Lee continued to do leadoff batter things but for naught in this one as hw was left stranded 3 times.
Lamonte Wade Jr. RF/1B- 2 for 4, BB. BA= .357. Not sure why LMWJ is batting third and not 2'nd Melvin's early season lineup. Wade Jr had to move over to 1B after Wilmer Flores tumbled into the Padres dugout in the first inning in chase of a pop foul and suffered a cut finger and shoulder contusion. Wilmer finished the inning but Luis Matos PH for him in the top of 2'nd. Sounds like Wilmer is day-to-day and will be evaluated tomorrow.
Thairo Estrada 2B- 1 for 4, HR(1). BA= .267. Will this be the year Thairo gets to 20/20?
Patrick Bailey C- 2 for 3, BB. BA= .444. Bailey is hitting well in the early going. There was a weird passed ball in the weird first inning but that seemed to be more of a cross-up on the pitch rather than catching technique.
Daulton Jefferies RHP- 2 IP, 9 H, 0 R, 5 ER, 0 BB, 1 K, GO/AO= 5/1. Well, that didn't go well! Gotta think he might have been a bit disconcerted by the booted groundball to lead off the first inning, but it's his job to stop the bleeding. Sinkerballers sometimes get knocked around if they are amped up because the ball doesn't sink if they overthrow. With a flotilla of veteran pitchers set to come on board soon, he might have to wait awhile for his next shot.
Kai-Wei Teng RHP- 3 IP, 4 H, 3 R, 3 BB, 4 K's. ERA= 9.00. After a rough first inning of work, Teng settled down and pitched two more scoreless frames. His first MLB K was Fernando Tatis Jr.
Ryan Walker RHP and Landon Roupp RHP pitched scoreless frames and Tyler Fitzgerald allowed a run while mopping up in the 8'th inning.
No time to recover as the Giants start a 3-gamer in LA tomorrow evening with Keaton Winn RHP facing James Paxton LHP.
Feel bad for Joey Bart but the Giants stated pretty loudly with their actions they believe in Patrick Bailey and I'm not going to argue it's the wrong call. Bart had his chances and did not take advantage of them. Still, he was the second overall draft pick in 2018 and it seems like a good chance he'll eventually figure it out and have a solid MLB career, except with another organizations. Lot's of what ifs to pick through here: Untimely injuries, 2020, COVID 19 and being thrown into the gap when Buster Posey chose to sit out that season. I do have to say I saw Bart play up close in San Bernardino in A ball and got an uneasy feeling when it appeared to me he was grooving his swing. In other words, his bat appeared to take the same path through the strike zone regardless of where the ball was located. It reminded me of another big guy I noticed that on in San Bernardino: Angel Villalona. I'm no scout but if I was and saw that again, it would be a huge red flag.
Wilmer Flores being Injured for a long period of time might make the team miss JD Davis.
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It would be wise for Sacramento to try convert Jeffries into a bullpen arm when he returns. His future may be best out of the pen right now.
ReplyDeleteJeffries' future, if any, is obviously out of the pen: 1-3 is settled, Snell is the next addition, then Cobb over Winn.
DeleteAnd later comes Ray.
Jeffries' chance to get another Start means disaster has struck.
Cool story that Yu Darvish gifted Teng a glove after his debut. Teng idolized Darvish as a youth, very meaningful moment for Teng. Wish Bart the best I hope he gets a chance with another MLB team. He's handled the situation well by all accounts like a professional.
ReplyDeleteI too feel bad for BART..but somebody is going to give him a chance..and we'll see if what looked like more confidence at the plate this pre-season will carry over to his new team... I sure hope so..Really hate losing hime for nothing though and hope Bailey really is ready both ways...it's a long season............
ReplyDeleteBad day all around yesterday but the biggie is WILMER..Keep the fingers crossed...I also hope TENG gets another shot after settling down yesterday.
But the bad day doesn't take away from the good the previous 2 games...Harrison & Hicks looking exactly as we and FZ want....Lee looking every bit the leadoff hitter (and with power) that the Giants need......Conforto looks like he could have a big year if he remains healthy....and then my boy CHAPMAN looking good both at the plate and in the field..-Hope he finds the consistency at the plate all year (it will be there in the field!)...ROUP with a few good relief outings, very promising..
As Doc Pointed out in the other post, BLACK and WHIZ with two great outing at SAC and are just about ready, if they aren't already...There's a lot of young pitchers in the same stage (including TENG and WINN) and it will be interesting to see what the Giants do with all of them once SNELL comes back ..and then COBB..and then eventually RAY...obviously some will be relief and maybe others get traded at the deadline?..but again, long season..who finds the consistency...Either way, great watching the young pitchers..
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Oakland (of course) is somewhat likely to take Bart given they presumably have the first pick. All 29 teams had a shot, especially the 14, +/-, that had Spring Training in the desert with the G's and could see Bart just about every day.
ReplyDeleteSF, of course, has had LOTs of looks at Bart & Bailey up close and personal. It would have been very easy to slide Bailey to Sac for a while to showcase Bart, what, maybe an extra loss in situations where Bailey maybe made a difference.
We think no one even offered last years news to pick him up on the cheap, not even FZ's favorite trading partners. If it had been the NFL, someone might have risked a 20th round draft pick but that's a no-no in MLB.
Unless, as a favor to Bart to let him pick where to go, the Giants wouldn't bite on something "lesser" offered.
OTOH, Purdy picked last a few years ago worked out well. #262 is an MLB 9th rounder, and that's where Jacob deGrom was picked.