The Giants broke out the long ball and got another Quality Start from a young pitcher. Key Lines:
Joe Panik 2B- 2 for 5. BA= .256. Although he did not figure in the scoring, Panik continued his late drive to convince the Giants he is their 2B of the future. He is 9 for 20 over his last 7 games, all singles.
Evan Longoria 3B- 1 for 4, HR(16). BA= .249. Add in the time he missed from the hand injury and Longoria would be looking at 20+ HR's. Couple that with getting used to the new ballpark and league and I'll say there's a good chance for a better 2019. He's slashing .286/.339/.482 for the month of August.
Brandon Crawford SS- 2 for 4, HR(13). BA= .255. Crawford has scuffled in the second half hitting just 185 over his last 7 games, .189 over his last 15 and .170 over his last 30. His dinger in the 4'th inning got the Giants first run on the board.
Chris Shaw LF- 3 for 3. 2 2B. BA- .207. After going 1 for 22 to start his career, Shaw has gone 5 for 7 in his last 2 games.
Austin Slater RF- 0 for 4. BA= .262. Rough day at the plate, but Slater uncorked a big league right-fielder's throw to nab Franmil Reyes trying for a double in the 6'th inning. Slater and Brandon Crawford had fun discussing the throw in the dugout in the Giants half of the 7'th inning.
Andrew Suarez LHP- 7. 2 IP, 4 H, 2 R, 3 BB, 4 K's, GO/AO= 10/2. ERA= 4.24. Suarez allowed just 1 run through 7.2 IP. Then Bochy curiously took Suarez out of the game with a runner on 1B despite a pitch count of just 87. Mark Melancon came in and allowed the inherited runner to score after a walk to Franmil Reyes and a Hunter Renfroe single. Tony Watson had to come in and retire Eric Hosmer to end the threat. It looked like Suarez approached Bochy in the dugout and asked him why he was taken out. It looked like Boch gave him an explanation and they were both good with it.
Fun with numbers: Suarez' monthly ERA's are 6.75 in April, 5.46 in May, 2.62 in June, 3.94 in July, 4.41 in August and 4.58 in September. BUT, his ERA is also 3.19 over his last 7 Starts, 4.09 over his last 15 and 4.7 over his full 27 on the season.
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The Giants remain in 12'th place in the Tank Derby.
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Derek Holland goes against lefty Joey Lucchesi in Game 2 of the series tonight.
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panik has done well enough lately for me to say that he gets tendered this offseason and they agree to some sort of prove it deal to avoid arbitration this offseason.
ReplyDeleteIt is pretty rare for players to be non-tendered. If a team intends to not offer an arbitration-eligible player a contract they generally trade them for whatever they can get before it comes to that.
DeletePardon me if I'm wrong, but Shaw was drafted as a first baseman. Why give Garcia the start there (though I do love his bat, thus far)?
ReplyDeleteThe Giants have played Chris Shaw almost exclusively in LF for the past 2 seasons.
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