The euphoria from the sensational pitching in the last two games didn't hang around long as the Giants lineup went back into their shell leaving Logan Webb with another hard-luck loss. Key Lines:
Casey Schmitt 3B/SS- 2 for 3, 2 2B. BA= .201. Schmitt's slash line over his last 7 games is .250/.333/.563. That's a welcome trend we hope will continue. Maybe he's finally starting to make the secondary adjustment all young players have to make after the league figures out their weakness.
Logan Webb RHP- 6 IP, 7 H, 2 R, 0 BB, 6 K's. ERA= 3.49. Quality Start after two non-quality starts but it still wasn't good enough.
The Loss left the Giants tied with the D'Backs for the final Wild Card playoff spot.
The Giants get a day off then start a road trip in Petco Park Friday night with TBD facing Pedro Avila RHP. I'll be in attendance with some friends.
Churn Watch: Mike Yastrzemski OF was activated from the IL and Luis Matos OF was optioned to AAA Sacramento. Not sure I'm thrilled with this move as Matos is batting .294 with a SLG% of .529 over his last 7 games. YtY may be a better option ROS but he generally takes awhile to find traction after a IL stint then gets it going just in time to get injured again.
DeJong is 0-20, 0 W, 9 K
ReplyDeleteFree Fitzgerald (who is in a slump of his own 2-16, 4 W, 5 K, 1 HR)
...or bring back Johan Camargo. I'm thinking DeJong is gone as soon as Brandon Crawford comes off the IL.
DeleteDisappointed about Matos being sent down. I would prefer to let ALL the young guys play and see where the chips land playoffs or not.
ReplyDeleteI think for Joey Bart's sake and the Giants they should trade him this winter. He needs a fresh start.
ReplyDeleteThey should hold on to Heliot Ramos though.
BTW-Giants play today (Thursday) at Petco according to MLB.
Why option Matos over Meckler? Yaz is a lefty why not option him for another lefty?
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Reds say thank you to Giants and take 2 OFers to help them overcome a 1-game deficit in the playoff chase.
ReplyDeleteWill Bader and Renfroe whom the Giants (probably) would not have taken come back to bite them?
The 3 pitchers possibly interesting to FZ went early to the Cleveland (Bridge) Guardians who are FAR out of the picture.
The Ohio teams want to be players!
Good luck, it's only money. And 40-man roster squeezes.