Another day, another beatdown. This one went south in the 3'rd inning in a microcosm of how the Giants season has gone so far. Alex Cobb RHP looked great for two innings. He was getting the calls a the edge of the strike zone that Alex Wood LHP did not get on Sunday. The Giants had an early 2-run lead on Brandon Crawford's HR to CF. Then this happened: K, LD single, pop out, IF single to SS(a dribbler), IF single to P(another dribbler), ground rule double to left(Darin Ruf overran a catchable ball), HR(Pete Alonso). It didn't get ugly until the 8'th inning, but the game was essentially over.
Cobb's line for the game was 6 IP, 10 H, 6 R, 0 BB, 7 K, GO/AO= 5/2. Now THAT is some seriously bad BABIP luck! Don't believe it? His cumulative stat line shows an ERA of 6.25 but an FIP of 2.73 and xFIP of 2.33. BABIP= .411. Again, that is seriously bad pitching luck for a crazy long period of time: 7 starts, 31.2 IP.
The Giants issues go deeper than bad BABIP luck, though. Not saying they caused the Giants to lose the game and not saying Joey Bart C should be sent down, but a lineup with Kevin Padlo 1B batting 5'th plus Bart and Stu Fairchild CF just doesn't match up talentwise with a team like the Met, let alone the Dodger or Padres. And with Brandon Belt 1B, Curt Casali C, Lamonte Wade Jr OF and Austin Slater OF all on the IL, it's not going to get better anytime soon.
One more complaint while we're at it: With all due respect to L-R matchups, why on Earth would you PH Kevin Papierski C for Joey Bart C with 1 runner on base and a 5-2 deficit? If you think you have a chance to take the lead with one swing, which they did not, OK, send Luis Gonzalez up there and then sub in Paps to catch the rest of the game, but bringing in a guy with 3 AB's and 3 K's for his career MLB stat line just because a RHP reliever is out there at the moment? Nope, not buying it.
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Logan Webb RHP tries to turn the ship around tonight facing Chris Bassitt RHP.
I am starting to have trouble drinking the Koolaid.
ReplyDeleteI would rather see Ricardo Genoves get a shot at catching.
I want David Villar getting a shot, He completely deserves.
Trying the Gonzalez 9th inning 2 days in a row , was beyond silly1
And I am just saying too1
Richard In Winnipeg
Genoves hasn't been exactly setting the PCL on fire but I do hope Villar gets a fair shot at the MLB level before he gets washed out in The Churn.
Delete1. I'm a bit tired of Bart. He could use being sent down to AAA for a month. His catching was holding him here. However, the pitching, with him, has also been abysmal. Hence, he needs some more work.
ReplyDelete2. We currently have three pitchers in the rotation who seem to be able to go no longer than 5 innings. That's absolutely unacceptable. One pet starter is enough. Three means that the bullpen gets burnt out.
3. In order to deal with the last point, bring up Hjelle and cut Cobb. He's ready to come up. Bring up Villar as well. There's plenty of awful batters to get rid of in order to make space.
Cut Cobb? Are you out of your mind? Look up Cobb's FIP and xFIP. He's been incredibly unlucky. You DO NOT cut a pitcher like that! Just bringing up prospects before they are ready is not the answer here. Hjelle has pitched one good game out of his last 3. Villar is still at AA.
DeleteThe only way they can upgrade from Bart is through a trade
ReplyDeleteAgree. They should not trade for a short term catcher fix.
DeleteThis is what happens when the inevitable injuries hit and you refuse to spend money on payroll. Farhan's payroll is $60M under the luxury tax threshold. $300 for my opening day season ticket and $15 beers but they won't spend to put legit talent on the field. Ownership is laughing all the way to the bank. Someone needs to remind Farhan and the Owners that this is SF not Oakland or else the G's are going to start seeing "crowds" that rival those going to A's games...
ReplyDelete1. I would like for the Giants to sign an upgraded RH bat, but you can't sign a player who does not want to play in your ballpark. 2. Joc Pederson has been as productive as any bat on the market. 3. Maybe the Giants could have spent more this offseason but they added $186.6 M in new contracts so I don't agree they refused to spend. They actually spent a lot. 4. One of the potential RH bats they could have signed was Kris Bryant. Guess what? He's been injured for a long stretch so signing one more expensive bat is not protection against injury. The Giants had plenty of depth. They have had an unusually large number of injuries plus they had the COVID IL's. There is only so much depth you can carry on a 26-man active roster and 40 man MLB roster.
DeleteJoey Bart's ceiling = Greg Zunino???
ReplyDeleteYou mean Mike Zunino?
DeleteZunino is a fair comp to Bart but Zunino is a pretty good catcher.
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