Away Game: The Giants got an efficient start from Keaton Winn and timely hitting from multiple players. Key Lines:
Luis Matos CF- 2 for 3, BB. BA= .314. Austin Slater's elbow is barking again which may open the door for an Opening Day roster spot for Matos who has earned it.
Marco Luciano SS- 1 for 1, 2B, 3 BB. BA= .229. Luciano reaches base 3 of 4 PA's and continues his late spring surge reclaim the starting SS role on Opening Day.
Tyler Fitzgerald 2B- 1 for 3, HR(2), BB. BA= .225. Does Fitz have a path to a roster spot if Luciano is the starting SS with Ahmed as reserve MI?
Pablo Sandoval 3B- 2 for 4. BA= .182. Not seeing how Pabs has a path to a roster spot.
Joey Bart C- 0 for 1. BA= .407. Bart came out in the 3'rd inning prompting some speculation but has a tight hammy.
Keaton Winn RHP- 4 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 BB, 0 K, GO/AO= 7/1. ERA= 3.18. Winn kept the ball on the ground which conserved pitches and allowed him to go 4 full innings.
Dalton Jefferies RHP- 3 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 1 BB, 5 K. ERA= 2.57. Would like to see Jefferies get a shot at some MLB level role before the season is done. He's had a solid spring.
Justin Garza RHP- 2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 4 K's. ERA= 3.00. Just Garza's second appearance of the spring. Probably AAA organizational depth.
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Home Game: The Giants came back from 9-0 and 10-2 deficits and won in a walk-off. Key Lines:
Jung Hoo Lee CF- 2 for 4, SB(2). BA= .414. You definitely cannot depend on spring numbers to carry over into the season but Lee looks legit so far.
Jorge Soler DH- 2 for 4, 2B, SB(1). BA= .324. Soler has had a fine spring without a lot of power. Not worried about that part of his game.
LaMonte Wade Jr 1B- 2 for 4, 3B. BA= .209. LMWJ is 3 for his last 9 but was 0 for 12 before that.
Matt Chapman 3B- 2 for 4, HR(2). BA= .280. Will reuniting with Bob Melvin as well as the incentive of an opt-out inspire a bounceback season for Chapman? My bold prediction is 25 HR's with GG D.
Mike Yastrzemski RF- 2 for 4, 2 2B. BA= .231. Seems like every time YtY appeared to be heating up over the last 2 years he would hit the IL. What can he do if he stays healthy?
Patrick Bailey C- 1 for 4. BA= .143. Bailey somehow drove in 3 runs but the hit was a single.
Nick Ahmed SS- 1 for 4. BA= .379. Ahmed vs Luciano. Who ya got?
Logan Webb RHP- 4.1 IP, 9 H, 9 R, 1 BB, 3 K, GO/AO= 7/1. ERA= 10.97. Webb is getting a reputation as a slow starter. He's the Opening Day SP so hopefully he's treating spring training as a ramp-up process and not sweating the results.
Blayne Enlow RHP- 2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 1 K. ERA= 3.27. Enlow has had a solid spring.
Eric Silva RHP- 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 K. ERA= 0.00. I saw a X-post from Roger Munter that Silva was sitting 95-97 on the FB in a minor league camp game. Rough season last year in Eugene. Is this his breakout season?
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Kyle Harrison LHP faces Logan Allen RHP and the D'Backs tomorrow in Scottsdale.
I got Luciano on a (relatively) long leash that will be just as dependent on his defense as his bat. Let’s be honest, despite the ST numbers, there’s no world where any legitimate voice thinks Ahmed at this point in his career will be so much better than Marco over a legit sample size that he’s a massive upgrade. Both will likely hit 8th or 9th, so I’m on team “let the young guy see the legit pitching without the dumb robo-umps” unless he falls flat on his face and needs the confidence boost of the super tight strike zone and the desert winds of AAA to boost his hitting numbers.
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Can they DL Bart instead of cutting, and then trade when some Major League catcher actually is injured (or have him get healthy around when Bailey or Murphy get injured)? Machinations like shelving Stripling last year? And maybe that relates to handling Slater to maintain break-glass ability of using him, but 1st give Matos chance to claim job?
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