Monday, March 2, 2020
Spring Training Game Wrap 3/2/2020: Giants 8 D'Backs 1
Jeff Samardzija became the first Giants starter to go 3 innings this spring and Zack Green led the offense with a 3-run HR. Key Lines:
Hunter Pence RF- 1 for 2. BA= .500. Nice to see Hunter Pence shake out the cobwebs and make an appearance. Gotta admit, I'm getting a little sick of the nostalgia stories by the beat writers. "Pence and Panda together again just like old times....blah, blah, blah!" Look, I'm not convinced that FZ and Kapler are all that, and but at least Kapler seems to be all in for the future. I'm OK with Pence and Panda on the team, but these relentless nostalgia stories are buzzkills. Don't care how many nostalgic reunions you can think up, 2014 ain't coming back and it's time to move on.
Austin Slater CF- 2 for 3, 2B. BA= .333. I could see Austin Slater sticking as a RH platoon bat for the OF. He's having a nice spring so far.
Joey Rickard CF- 2 for 2, 2B, 3B. BA= .500. Speaking of platoon bats. I could also see a Giants 5-man OF made up of Dick, YtY, BHam, Pence and Rickard.
Mauricio Dubon 2B- 2 for 3, 2B. BA= .500. I say make this kid the starter at 2B and stop messing around with this super-utility BS.
Zach Green 3B- 1 for 2, HR(1). BA= .500. Tough to see a path for Zach Green to make the Opening Day roster.
Jeff Samardzija RHP- 3 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 BB, 1 K. ERA= 1.80. First Giants SP to go 3 IP this spring. Gave up solo HR to 9'th batter in the lineup. Shark is going to give up his dingers. Trick is to keep runners off base in front of them. You can give up 3 solo HR's and pitch a Quality Start. All good things come to an end. Shark breaks scoreless innings streak for Giants SP's.
Luis Madero(R), Tyler Rogers(R), Jarlin Garcia(L), Nick Vincent(R), Andrew Triggs(R), Matt Carasiti(R)- 6 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 3 BB, 6 K. Garcia is a near lock to make the team. Rogers should be a close to a lock. Nick Vincent has veteran savvy and pitching we'll for Gabe Kapler last season on his side. Madero seems like sleeper. I don't know where he'll start the season, but I feel like we will be seeing him again in the future.
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Tyler Beede and Logan Webb make their second appearances of the spring tomorrow against the Rangers flip-flopping roles with Webb making the start and Beede to follow.
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Dubon, Solano, and Flores are UP,
ReplyDeleteDuggar, Shaw, Avelino, and Sanchez, not so much.
Rickard − or Davis?
Brantly or Heineman?
Interesting problem for scheduling the pitching candidates: 41 pitchers have recorded at least 1 out. With 14 games left (15 if both sides of the River Cat game are counted), that's just 135 outs to eliminate 28 pitchers, although at least a dozen to 15 or so are easily identifiable and going to go into the system. But there are another dozen (+/-) who are contenders.
Why so many?
Oops! 14/15 left out a week - 22 games including today's. More manageable to "eliminate" 28 pitchers.
DeleteHow many are just filling games now, starting with 1-inning stints, who for sure will be pitching in the minors, and who are the real candidates for 2020 Giants (and River Cats)?
That most are pitching so well makes it interesting.
nostalgic reunions are just trade bait, hopefully its most The Core
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