Brett Anderson LHP has a career ERA against the Giants of 4.57 so my impression of his ownage of the them was off base. I wonder what is spring training team split is? He kind of owned the Giants last night, except for LaMonte Wade Jr OF/1B in a game that ended in a 2-2 tie. Game Notes:
The Giants offense was quiet except for the aforementioned Wade Jr CF/1B who homered with Brandon Belt 1B on base in the 4'th inning. Talk is Wade Jr may have a path to the Opening Day Roster if Belt isn't ready to go but Belt is coming on fast after missing most of the spring recovering from illness and injury(heel surgery), more evidence that 6 weeks of spring training is way too long.
Aaron Sanchez RHP was reportedly working on his curveball which the Giants want him to throw way more of. He came out early in the second inning after giving up a couple of runs but went back out and worked a 1, 2, 3 third inning and finally left the game with 2 outs in the 4'th and two runners on base. Hey, he's "rounding into form!"
No videos available but Dubi reportedly made a highlight reel catch at the wall in CF.
Jarlin Garcia LHP, Zack Littell RHP, Dominic Leone RHP, Sam Selman LHP and Matt Frisbee RHP all worked scoreless frames with Leone striking out the side. Garcia is likely a lock for the Opening Day Roster with Littell and Leone on the bubble.
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Nick Tropeano RHP, who appears to be closing in on a long relief/swingman role, makes the start against the Cubs this afternoon.
To have a LH 1Bman (without Belt), Wade gets the job, but that guarantees a RH OFer (Dubi).
ReplyDeleteDuggar in CF and a RHB 1B is the same R/L mix, but Wade comes at a very high cost: he has 14 Ks against 4 walks, batting .211 with a .295 OBP & .664 OPS.
Only LaStella has worse numbers, and they might bring him in, too, to spell Longoria.
That is a lot to pay in performance to get 3 LH bats in the IF.
With Dick! and YtY it does make 5 LH bats, but what good is that if 2 of them can't hit?
Shades of Conner Joe and Michael Reed...
so many talk about spring training being to long. add 162 game season and a long post season and the question is, why not just shorten spring training? it isn't exactly a cash cow for MLB teams, is it?
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