The Giants lineup showed signs of life but another failure to produce a Quality Start and subsequent bullpen failure doomed this one. Key Lines:
Willy Adames SS- 2 for 5, 3B, HR(7), 2 R, RBI. E(10). BA= .239. Great game at the plate but the E-6 set up the go-ahead unearned run and the HR in the 9'th was too little, too late and no cause for celebration.
Casey Schmitt 2B- 2 for 5, HR(12), R, 2 RBI. BA= Schmitt continues to rake. He started at 2B in this one facing the tough lefty.
Matt Chapman 3B- 0 for 1, 3 BB, R. BA= .234. First three batters in the lineup reached base 7 times in 14 PA's.
Rafael Devers 1B- 1 for 4, 2B, RBI. BA= .246. Devers laser beam split the gap in R-CF to drive in Chapman from 1B. He also struck out with the bases loaded and two outs in the 5'th inning.
Bryce Eldridge DH- 1 for 4, 2B. BA= .178. Eldridge started the game against a tough lefty and doubled in his first AB. He also hit the ball hard in his second AB.
Eric Haase C- 2 for 3, HR(3), R, RBI. BA= .286. Giants first two runs scored on solo HR's.
Tyler Mahle RHP- 5 IP, 3 H, 3 R, 3 BB, 3 K's. ERA= 6.04. Mahle was a gamer but this was the 5'th game in a row in which the Giants SP failed to record a Quality Start. That starts to tax the bullpen.
Trevor McDonald RHP tries to be the stopper and stave off a sweep in the afternoon series finale facing Mike Soroka RHP who comes in 6-2 with a 3.27 ERA.
It's hard to understand Mahle's poor pitching. He started 16 Games for Texas last season with an ERA of 2.18. The Giants surprisingly talked in the off-season about how high they were on their young starting pitching. Maybe it's time to pull Mahle from the rotation and go with their youngsters starting with McDonald and maybe Whisenhunt wh has been pitching well. It's time to show some faith in them.
ReplyDeleteJ-Rod is just not cutting it, ditch the three catchers for McCray, he may not hit the broad side of the barn but, he can at least defend the outfield. The empty ballpark may be a sign of things to come this Summer at Oracle.
ReplyDeleteMcCray's BA is now .238 in PCL.
DeleteYes, a few miniscule good things and SCHMIDT is good to watch but losing 5 in a row to the Dbacks just reflects how poorly Buster and GMZM have built this team..SUbpar SP, subpar Bullpen, worst OF in MLB, soso vets and..A Manager that bats Harrison Bader #5..Then again, he is only working with what the GM has given him and when the 5 OF's (Bader/Rod/Bericoto/Brennan/Gilbert) you can play are 5 guys that, despite their hard earned celebrations, really should never ever be in a starting lineup and probably not even in the Major Leagues you really don't have much of a chance to do anything but win a few games here and there
ReplyDeleteAnd do we really need to see more of MAHLE (way to go Buster!) with WHIZ finally performing consistently in AAA..?
SteveVA
Rodriquez (24 yo) has 42 career MLB PAs, Bericoto (24 yo) has 5, and Gilbert (25 yo) has 203, less than half-a-year's worth.
DeleteBader is there for defense (SF needs at least one good defender up the middle).
Brennan is there because he was hitting better than McCray in Sacramento. That could change.
Turner Hill is hitting very well in Richmond and Sac.
I'm sorry, I don't mean to be a *&%$ but the individual rationalizations and excuses mean nothing to me, these guys are not MLB OF bats even Bader (and neither are McCray or Hill)..It's criminal that these are the guys, the group, that the Giants are playing in their OF...I know Ramos and Lee are injured, but even they are soso or even below averge MLB OF with everything considered..The blame lays on Posey and GMZM not the players who are playing out of position, asked to do too much, or just not ready or up to the task
DeleteThe Giants will have to find a way to get real MLB OF bats somehow (i.e. trades (ELDRIDGE??), keep SCHMIDT there every game) to bide time until the Richmond (well Bendura is in AAA now) and below OFs are ready. But those moves will likely be after this season from hell
SteveVA
Eldridge’s steady improvement with pitch recognition and discipline continues to impress. He might just make it.
ReplyDeleteEldridge is working with Ron Washington every day on the fielding side, also.
DeleteHopefully, when Lee and Ramos come back they can find some medical issue with Bader and put him on the DL. And we have this joker for two years. I stopped watching last night after Adames swung at a third strike that was a FOOT out of the strike zone. The line-up on paper looks to be formidable, but yeah, the front office has whiffed big-time on their pitching acquisition. And there is not much they can do about it right now. Heck, they can’t even admit it out loud.
ReplyDeleteA FOOT? How about TWO feet?
DeleteAlthough Adames is into his 9th year and has always struck out a lot, he's well above his average and could reach 200 for the first time if he gets enough PAs.
Once he gets to 2 strikes, Adames strikes out in more than half of his ABs.
Although today's "ideal" lead off batter has changed, he now (according to Google A.I.) "is a high-on-base slugger who works deep counts, avoids strikeouts, and possesses game-changing power."
Seems that describes Schmitt.
Devers' month of May All-Star stats:
ReplyDelete98 PAs 5 HRs 17 RBIs .300/.347/.589/.936
How would he do in Yankee Stadium?
Devers' career ABs per HR:
Yankee Stadium 13.6
Oracle Park 18.1
Fenway Park 20.7
Could Buster get a "bunch" of good prospects from the Yankees for Devers?
If Cashman balked at Devers' salary would the Giants eat some of it if they got enough player value in return?
Yankees are set at 1B but 3B and DH are not strengths and just imagine how many HRs Devers would hit in Yankee Stadium!