Patrick Bailey celebrated his bobblehead day with one of the best offensive days by any Giants hitter in recent memory. Jung Hoo Lee had a game of his own and the bullpen picked up Kyle Harrison with 5 innings of scoreless ball. This was also one of the more entertaining Giants wins in recent memory. Key Lines:
Jung Hoo Lee CF- 2 for 5, 2B, HR(2). BA= .289. After Kyle Harrison allowed a run in the first inning, Lee got it back in a hurry with a leadoff HR. He also drove in an insurance run in the 8'th with an oppo-field double and later scored the final Giants run.
Lamonte Wade Jr 1B- 2 for 3. BA= .388. LMWJ is locked in. It looks to me like he's taken the next step from the plate discipline we saw last season to being more aggressive on hittable pitches. Then again a BABIP of over .500 is not sustainable.
Patrick Bailey C- 4 for 4, 2 2B, HR(2). BA= .340. Have a day, Patrick Bailey! He was well on his way to a triple to complete a cycle when the ball skipped into the stands in L-CF for a ground rule double. Oh! And the HR as a splash hit, the first since YtY on June 19 of last season.
Kyle Harrison LHP- 4 IP, 6 H, 3 R, 1 BB, 5 K's. ERA= 5.00. Not a great start by any stretch but there was some bad BABIP luck involved as evidenced by the K/BB. He was able to complete the 4'th inning and limit the damage.
Bullpen- 5 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 8 K. Now THIS is what we are looking for! Ryan Walker RHP, Erik Miller LHP, Taylor Rogers LHP, Tyler Rogers RHP and Camilo Doval RHP were all sensational. The only baserunner was a bloop single off Tyler Rogers to lead off the 8'th inning but he promptly erased that runner with a GIDP so it looks like as a group they faced the minimum number of batters over the final 5 innings.
The Dodgers and Padres both lost so the Giants finish the day tied with the D'Backs for 3'rd place in the NL West just 1.5 games behind the Dodgers and 0.5 games behind the Padres.
Jordan Hicks RHP tries for a series win tomorrow afternoon against Merrill Kelly RHP.
Churn Watch:
Kai-Wei Teng RHP was optioned to AAA Sacramento and Sean Hjelle RHP was activated off the IL. The Giants also acquired Mitch White RHP from the Blue Jays for cash considerations. Alex Cobb RHP was transferred to the 60-day IL to make room on the 40-man roster for White. White was once a highly touted prospect for the Dodgers and pitched fairly well for them at the MLB level but his career fell on hard times after a trade to the Blue Jays. The Giants pitching gurus will try to help him find the old magic.
Great game. I even got a Patrick Bailey bobblehead at Oracle.
ReplyDeleteGood game. Kyle Harrison - BoMel made a good move taking Harrison out in the 5th inning. The Dbacks had Gurriel, Walker, Suarez, and Grichek coming up, good right handed power bats . Jung Hoo Lee- I'm always interested to see his abs coming up. He's fun to watch play. Patrick Bailey had a memorable game. That was something when his homer in Mccovey cove handed directly in one of the kayaks. That's hard to do ! Hope they win tomorrow with Hicks but Merrill Kelly is a good pitcher too.
ReplyDeleteI know that it's early in the season but, can we please conclude that Bob Melvin, while not Bochy level, is a ton better than Kapler? That is all.
ReplyDeleteIn the Department of Nonsense, 13 of the 15 National League teams are "in" or within 3½ games of a playoff position.
ReplyDeleteMost likely Miami and Colorado can be counted out, and not all of the 13 teams — Pittsburgh has gone 2-8 after hot start — will hang around until August.
Arizona only won 84 games in the regular season last year but still managed to win one World Series game. Two 84-win teams made the playoffs which sort of sets the standard for mediocrity.
Alex Cobb's transfer to the 60-man IL, means he won't be with the Giants before May 27 (per Alex Pavlovic on X, see link below), just 36 days away. However, pitchers may play on a minor-league club for up to 30 days (not totally sure of this number) to prepare for return to the major leagues which would backdate to April 27.
https://twitter.com/PavlovicNBCS/status/1781837568814018866?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1781837568814018866%7Ctwgr%5E5dff1db56bf5ed6a6cc3b24cb2f9fdb00a5fd09a%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.mccoveychronicles.com%2F2024%2F4%2F20%2F21158140%2Fsan-francisco-giants-trade-acquire-rhp-mitch-white-from-blue-jays-transfer-alex-cobb-to-60-day-il)
April 27th date is when Cobb could pitch with one of SF's minor league teams in preparation for MLB at his earliest possible return May 27th, but KNBR "brains" said this morning he won't pitch until mid-June.
DeleteIt's not at all obvious that Cobb will be better than Winn anyway so the 5 SPs (when Snell is up-to-speed) are pretty solid.
Eno Sarris’ updated MLB starting pitcher rankings (The Athletic) have Giants SPs thus:
#7 Webb
#24 Snell
#37 Hicks
#58 Winn
#76 Harrison
#115 Ray
#142 Cobb
Ahead of Webb Sarris has Burns, Wheeler, Skubal, Glasnow, Peralta, and Rodriguez
Great bounce back after the 17-1 debacle the night before...Not great SP, but good enough,, and then the lights out RP, good D, enough offense...And throw in Bailey's awesome day! Looking more like the Bailey of early last year which the Giants need.. ANd Lee is indeed fun to watch..
ReplyDeleteCould be low scoring game today and a need to eek out runs..
SteveVA
The YtY haters are going to hate this game
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