Matt Wilkinson's honeymoon phase as a rookie in Major League Baseball did not last long as he was cuffed around for 4 runs and didn't make it out of the 4'th inning. The Giants resulting loss was compounded by two injuries of undetermined seriousness. Key Lines:
Willy Adames SS- 1 for 3, R. BA= .230. The Giants jumped out to an early 2-0 lead in the first inning with Adames scoring the second run from 2B on a groundball single to LF by Victor Bericoto LF. Adames appeared to injury himself on the slide into home and was later removed after appearing to be in pain again after striking out in the 5'th inning. He will undergo an MRI on his left elbow. Bericoto later appeared to hurt his knee after a fan interference call on a foul ball he was trying to catch along the 3B line seats. He will undergo an MRI too.
Bryce Eldridge 1B- 2 for 4, RBI. BA= .252. Eldridge drove in the Giants first run of the game in the first inning with a line drive single to RF.
Jonah Cox CF- 2 for 4, HR(2), R, RBI. BA= .255. Cox broke out of a strikeout streak with a HR off a major league pitcher(his first MLB HR came off a position player who was pitching late in a game) to lead off the 2'nd inning.
Matt Wilkinson LHP- 3.2 IP, 7 H, 4 R, 0 BB, 2 K's. ERA= 6.35. Wilkinson's FB is nothing to write home about at best and by the 4'th inning he was struggling to break 89 MPH with it. You are not going to have long term success in today's MLB with a sub-90 MPH FB.
The Giants limp home beat up in more ways than one and must get back after it tomorrow evening against The Reds and Chase Burns RHP who comes in with a 14-2 record and a 1.51 ERA. The Giants SP is TBD.
Tugboat throws really slow which is why he is a higher ranked prospect despite his minor league success but he has a lot of deception in his delivery and the angle he throws. He also throws strikes. Reminds me of Woody aka Kirk Reuter crossed with David Wells
ReplyDeleteHe didn't deceive many batters last night. I really question whether Kirk Reuter would have any success at all in today's MLB.
DeleteBuster Posey can say that the Giants are "not strictly in a rebuild mode" because they didn't trade their number one trade piece – Logan Webb – but a 5 and 15 record in August says they're likely to lose 100 games: let's hope it's a rebuild...
ReplyDeleteTo say you are not going to rebuild after a 100 loss season is what I think is called an oxymoron or something like that.
DeleteThat's true but rebuilding is ownerships call, and they don't like to rebuild. When they lost 99 games or something either in. 2017 or 2018 they traded for Evan Longoria and Andrew McCutchen, the next off season. They traded Bryan Reynolds in McCutcheon deal which still upsets me
DeleteA few weeks ago Larry Baer went on KNBR and repeated his well-worn mantra about how "rebuilding is not in our DNA". I literally shouted at the screen, "Larry! If you aren't rebuilding after a season like this, wtf are you doing?!"
DeleteWilkinson almost got out of the 4th inning with the lead, but the 3rd out was erased when the catch against the wall was overturned.
ReplyDeleteEven then, with the score tied 2-2 with 2 on and 2 outs, the 'pen allowed Wilkinson's 2 runners to score plus another, the 5th run, and provide the margin of victory.
The bullpen’s chronic habit of letting all inherited runners score (plus more) routinely takes the heart out of the team.
DeleteThe Tugboat could just as easily finished four strong innings with a lead.
Or just plain moronic, which could explain some of Posey’s misplaced confidence in Vitello, Adames, etc., and in himself in particular.
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