Carlos Rodon LHP pitched 7 dominant innings and Evan Longoria was again the offensive star as the Giants took game 1 of the 2-gamer from the Tigers.
Carlos Rodon LHP- 7 IP, 5 H, 1 R, 0 BB, 10 K. ERA= 2.81. Rodon now leads the NL in K's and is tied with Gerrit Cole for the MLB lead. He needs one more double digit K game to tie Tim Lincecum and Jason Schmidt for for the franchise record. His fWAR of 4.7 is tied with Sandy Alcantara for the NL lead for pitchers. BTW, Kevin Gausman leads the AL and MLB with 4.8. With those numbers, you have to think he has a serious shot at winning the NL Cy Young Award. Oh, and he is going to get paid this offseason. My heart tells me the Giants should be the ones to pay him, but my brain tells me it's better to let some other team take that risk and find another pitcher eager to bet on himself with a short term deal.
Evan Longoria 3B- 2 for 4, HR(12). BA= .264. Longo is hitting .409 with 3 HR's in his last 7 games. This Longo is well worth the extra $8 M to keep him around another season. The problem is this Longo has only played 61 games with 206 PA's. Tough call coming up for FZ.
Joc Pederson LF- 2 for 3, BB. Pederson knocked in the Giants first run with a single in the first inning. He still has only 1 HR in his last 30 games but is batting .317 over his last 15. Joc is a free agent after the season. Will he be back?
Camilo Doval RHP- 1 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 1 K, Save(18). ERA= 2.58. It wasn't looking good for Doval when he loaded the bases with just one out. One of those runners was not his fault as he slipped on what looked like wet grass trying to field a swinging bunt by Javier Baez. No worries! Camilo calmly struck out Miggy Cabrera on called third strike on.....wait for it......a slider! Harold Castro grounded out. Game over!
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Churn Watch:
The Giants claimed Jonathan Bermudez LHP off waivers from the Astros and optioned him to AAA Sacramento. The corresponding move was to recall Gregory Santos RHP from AAA and place him on the 60-day IL. Bermudez has had a rough season for the Astros' AAA team but has put up solid numbers in previous seasons.
Turns out Jakob Junis RHP has a chip fracture in his left hand after all. He's going to try to pitch through it since it's not his throwing hand.
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Logan Webb RHP tries for the sweep of the two game series tomorrow in a 10:10 AM PDT start facing Matt Manning RHP.
2017 is the last year Longoria played in more than 130 games. IF he can stay on the field, he's is an asset and a value @ $8M, which probably can't be better spent. IF is key here, but what does SF have behind him?
ReplyDeleteLongo blocks one of SF's better prospects @ Sac: Villar, 26 yo in January, leads Sac in many offensive categories.
He was not successful in his 80 PAs this year on his 1st time around but who is? He could benefit learning from Longo, but the Giants have another complication: he's similar to Flores (FA in 2023) although not nearly as productive offensively -- so far -- but is probably better defensively (who isn't?).
With Casey Schmitt on his heals, he doesn't have a very big window. Plus Luciano may not stay at SS.
Yes, a tough call for FZ...
With Belt almost certain to go, there is room for all 3, since Flores and Villar both can play 1B. And there's the DH.
DeleteLongoria would be a good influence all round.
Now, add A. Judge and T. Turner in FA and that's a TEAM. Plus neither is a Boras client!