Kevin Gausman RHP has a long history of running hot and cold. He was hot for so long with the Giants it seemed like maybe he found another gear to get him past the cold streaks. Well, not so fast. Home runs have always been his Achilles Heel. Again, those were way down this year, but last night he gave up 3. All were on hanging splitters. Is it a mechanical thing? Late season fatigue? He just has not been the same guy since some mid-season family health issues. The Giants now have to hope he gets the early season magic back at least by the postseason. It's hard to imagine a deep postseason run without Gausman at the top of his game. All this also raises questions about how hard the Giants want to pursue him in free agency. Do they risk a big longterm deal on a pitcher with a long history of consistency issues or do they save the money for something else and try to find the next Kevin Gausman in The Churn?
Wednesday, September 22, 2021
Lamonte Wade Jr Rules Ninth Inning, Picks Up Kevin Gausman
Speaking of hot and cold: Lamonte Wade Jr OF/1B's 12'th hit in 19 AB's in the 9'th inning was the game winner in this one. THAT is not sustainable! Hopefully a future 9'th inning regression will be countered by a equal and opposite positive regression in other innings.
The drums for Camilo Doval RHP to be the next Giants closer are beating louder as his fastball sat at 101 MPH and hit 102.5 in his inning of work. I say it's probably too early but I could see him taking over the role sometime next season.
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The Giants have two farm clubs in the minor league postseason, Low A San Jose Giants and High A Eugene Emeralds. Both won their opening games last night. Highlights:
San Jose topped the Fresno Grizzlies 3-1:
Luis Toribio 1B- 2 for 4, 2B, HR.
Aeverson Arteaga SS- 2 for 4, 3B.
Kyle Harrison LHP- 6.1 IP, 4 H, 1 R, 1 BB, 6 K's
Eugene Emeralds crushed the Spokane Indians 15-7:
Ismael Munguia CF- 5 for 6, HR.
Sean Roby 1B- 3 for 6, HR.
Marco Luciano SS- 3 for 5, 2B, 3B.
Ricardo Genoves C- 3 for 4, 2B, 2 HR.
Franklin Labour RF- 2 for 5, HR.
Seth Corry LHP- 3 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 0 BB, 5 K's.
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Based on 2nd half performance Kevin Gausman is being overpaid this season. I'd make him a reasonable 3 year offer -- in today's market, maybe $13M per season? -- and give him an opt-out after the first season...so he can bet on himself, or prove he is really the guy we saw early this year and get paid like it.
ReplyDeleteI wouldn’t go big on a contract for Gausman and would find other options. Kapler is doing a masterful job moving pitchers around for certain situations but the lack of 3 consistent starters is tough. Lamont Wade is just having a great year- he is clutch! Remember when the early reports had him as one of the players going to the Cubs in the Bryant trade? Glad that didn’t happen. ESPN was calling him Late Night Lamonte after the game- nice handle.
ReplyDeleteOne of the 2 teams with the best records in all of baseball will not make it to the NLCS.
ReplyDeleteOne could conceivably NOT make it to the NLDS: the Cardinals are H-O-T, 10 wins in a row at the moment and 12-1 since a loss to LA.
The "lesser" of the Giants/Dodgers would win every Division in baseballdom but one has to win a play-in game.
Shame.
Yes, I remember 1993 when the 2nd best (by record) team in baseball didn't make the Playoffs -- shame on that, too.
OTOH, the so-called "smart money" is on LA not SF. If the Dodgers are "better," would it be better to face them in a "short" series?
DeleteI think we don't want a division playoff against Scherzer (game 163 would be Buehler if rotation holds), - then a play-in against Wainwright (he was on game 163 schedule but StL moved him up a game against San Diego but could adjust in final series with the Cubs.
The road to the WS is always treacherous, with a play-off and a play-in added, what's the odds?
Averson Arteaga only came up to San Jose for the last game of the regular season after having a stellar season ( he is only 18) with the Arizona Complex team. This kid will move quickly through the system and could be Crawford's replacement with Luciano moving over to third base. Just my opinion.
ReplyDeleteI still smart over '93
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