Kyle Harrison's start went south fast but the Giants hitters and relief pitchers overcame the disaster start for the win. Key Lines:
Wade Meckler LF- 1 for 3, 2 BB. BA= .294. Meck is quietly having himself a nice little spring. There is a roster crunch in the outfield but he may not be out on a roster spot just yet.
Willy Adames SS- 2 for 4, HR(1). BA= .412. Adames was already having a fine spring and today he became, what, the 15'th Giants player to homer this spring?
Matt Chapman 3B- 1 for 1, 2 BB. BA= .400. Chapman is cruising.
Sam Huff C- 2 for 2, 2B, 2 BB. BA= .308. Huff seems to be the favorite to break camp as the back up catcher assuming Tom Murphy is not ready which seems very likely at this point.
Grant McCray CF- 2 for 4. BA= .200. McCray has not had a great spring but there is still plenty of time left. I would not count him out of the 4'th OF race for no other reason than he is the best centerfielder of the candidates by a large margin.
Casey Schmitt 2B- 1 for 3, HR(2). BA= .208. If you had your money on Casey At The Bat to be the first Giant to hit 2 HR this spring, well, you are the winner of the jackpot!
Christian Koss PR/3B- 1 for 3, 2B, SB(1). BA= .294. Koss might be the best all-around fielder of the utility infielder candidates. Darkhorse for a roster spot. He has a rooting section.
Kyle Harrison LHP- 1.2 IP, 7 H, 5 R, 1 BB, 2 K's. ERA= 12.77. Harrison was greeted by a hail of line drives in the first inning and was lifted with just one out in the inning after giving up 5 runs including Gabriel Moreno C's 3-run HR. He came back in the second inning and gave up a one-out single which he erased with a GIDP. He gave up a leadoff double in the third inning followed by a K on his 44'th pitch and came out of the game. Not a good day for Young Kyle. I forgot to look for velocities on Gameday. If anyone has those please post in comments. Fingers crossed it was just a bad day and he's not hurting.
Carson Whisenhunt LHP- 2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 K, 4/0 GO/AO. ERA= 0.00. The Whiz will likely start the season in AAA Sacramento but it sure looks like he is poised to take it to the next level.
Ryan Walker RHP, Lou Trivino RHP, Joel Peguero RHP and Antonio Jimenez LHP all pitched a scoreless frame.
Justin Verlander RHP gets the start tomorrow in Scottsdale against the White Sox.
8 players got cut from major league camp:
40 man roster players Marco Luciano OF and Mason Black RHP were optioned to the AAA Sacramento River Cats and reassigned to minor league camp.
Raymond Burgos LHP, Miguel Del Pozo LHP, Ethan Small LHP, Kai-Wei Teng RHP and Cole Waites RHP were reassigned to minor league camp.
Luciano's option might be a modest surprise but with Heliot Ramos OF needing catch-up time in LF, Luciano was not going to get much playing time which he desperately needs.
Luciano's has an "M" problem: Matos, Meckler, & McCray.
ReplyDeleteHe needs to play and learn a new position so he was pretty sure to play for Sacramento this season, at least for a while.
LHP's Raymond Burgos, Miguel Del Pozo and Ethan Small, were reassigned to minor league camp also, along with 3 RHP's
ReplyDeleteHmm....that was in the post.
DeleteUmmmm. What's this whole pulling the pitcher and then they come back in thing? Is this some new rule we're being forced to accept? If so, it's not cool.
ReplyDeleteOnly in spring training games so pitchers can get to their total pitch count without exceeding their 1-inning pitch limit.
DeleteHarrison averaged 91mph on 19 fastballs.
ReplyDeleteStill early in the spring and he got a late start but something to keep in mind.
DeleteI’m pretty bearish on Harrison. He’s a good competitor but he needs to work on his secondaries and/or needs a serious velo bump.
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Assuming he is healthy, which I have to wonder about, I think it's pretty clear he needs to get the velocity up to the 93-95 MPH range or start the season in AAA building up his arm strength and command.
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