Someone commented that Brandon Belt needs to bunt against the shift more. That commenter echoes what many others in the Giants fanbase would like to see. I think bunting against the shift has it's place, but you do have to realize it's exactly what opposing teams want him to do. If anybody thinks Gabe Kapler is going to encourage Belt to bunt more, I have news for you! Go look up video that is quite easy to find of Kapler taunting Belt from the Phillies dugout after an attempted bunt. Kapler is not just calling out schoolyard names. He's calling out a whole rationale for why Belt shouldn't be bunting.....at all! "Come on! You are the cleanup hitter and the top home run threat in the lineup and you're bunting? LOL!" ....or something to that effect.
So, folks. Go ahead and keep calling for Brandon Belt to be traded or released and keep on calling for him to bunt against the shift more. Neither one is going to happen with Gabe Kapler as the Manager.
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Gabe is not a hit in the San Francisco Chronicle, which kinda softens my view toward him,
ReplyDeleteSuch things he's done are, apparently, not forgiven, and even a fast start by the Giants is unlikely to find favor with Ann Killian and others, not that a fast start in the rough opening 6 weeks is realistically conceivable.
5 days off in the 1st 37 games opening with home-and-home series with AZ & LAD, then series with Atlanta, Washington, Philadelphia, Cleveland, Minnesota, and an improved Cincinnati, plus SD (will they ever get their act together) and Colorado.
Giants could well be 12-25 when the "soft" part of the schedule begins May 8th (also includes Milwaukee and another Atlanta series).