Logan Webb turned in a Quality Start and Matt Chapman drove in the winning run to cap a 2-run rally in the 8'th inning to give the Giants their first series win of the season. Key Lines:
Jorge Soler DH- 2 for 4, 2B. BA= .243. Soler scored the winning run.
Logan Webb RHP- 7 IP, 10 H, 2 R, 0 BB, 3 K, GO/AO= 12/3. ERA= 4.86. If you keep the ball on the ground for a large enough sample size, good things happen.
Ryan Walker RHP= 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 2 K. ERA= 1.59. Ryan Walker and Landen Roupp are the Giants top relievers in the young season.
Camilo Doval RHP- 1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 3 K, Save(1). ERA= 6.75. I was able to follow the last inning on Gameday. It looked like Doval had the premium stuff and command going.
The win improves the Giants record to 4-6, tied for third place with the D'Backs, 3 games behind the Dodgers. They trail the second place Padres(5-7) by percentage points.
Blake Snell LHP makes his Giants debut tomorrow evening facing the Nationals who start Trevor Williams RHP
Gotta say, outside of Conforto, the offense has me worried ..I expect guys like Soler and Estrada to pick it up and Bailey looks reinvigorated, but the rest of the bunch I am not so sure of-----but really want to see it!....Three games against Washington could be a perfect tonic!
ReplyDeleteGonna put a lot of stress on the pitching staff, but the starters have been very good except for the one dud from Webb...as well as the relief corp where Walker, Roupp, Doval and Rogers should be good from the RS but the LHS??? We'll see
On a lighter side, you know who Nick Ahmed reminds me of ? Johnny Lemaster!!!
SteveVA
Doc, do you think the pursuit of faster and faster fast balls and higher and higher spin rates are causing the documented increase in serious pitcher injuries?
ReplyDeleteHow much, if any, has the pitch clock contributed?
Per CBS/MLB:
Last season, 34.2% of pitchers to appear in an MLB game had Tommy John surgery at some point in their past, according to researcher Jon Roegele. That number was 34.0% in 2022, 30.5% in 2021, and 29.8% in 2019, the last full season before the pandemic. The number keeps going up because pitcher injuries keep going up. It's an epidemic.
There were 132 pitchers on the major league injured list on Opening Day this year, or 80% of the 166 injured list assignments. Go back to 2019, and pitchers made up less than 68% of Opening Day injured list assignments.
https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/why-are-mlb-pitching-injuries-on-the-rise-four-possible-causes-from-pitch-clock-to-changes-at-amateur-level/
I think the pursuit of velocity and spin rates is the biggest factor but pitch clock could be a factor too.
DeleteIn two starts, since joining the Pirates, Joey Bart has homered, doubled, and driven in 4 runs. But we have Tom Murphy! :( Sorry. Had to vent.
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