The Giants were dominated by the Padres in every phase of a game whose outcome was never in serious doubt. Key Lines:
Casey Schmitt 3B- 1 for 4, HR(8). BA= .246. Schmitt's HR came in the 4'th inning. The Giants had just 3 other hits in the game including a double by Heliot Ramos LF.
Landen Roupp RHP- 2.1 IP, 5 H, 5 R, 2 BB, 2 K's. ERA= 3.80. Roupp already allowed 3 runs and had a runner on base when he was hit on the leg by a 95+ MPH comebacker that looked like it hit him on a soft part of the back of his leg but when he tried to get up to go after the ball it looked like his knee buckled and he ended up having to be carted off the field. Joey Lucchesi LHP was summoned and took his time warming up. Maybe he should have taken a little more time because the first batter he faced, Gavin Sheets, hit a 3-run HR to give the Padres a 6-0 lead after just 3 innings.
Tristan Beck RHP- 4 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 BB, 4 K's. ERA= 3.95. Assuming Roupp has to go in the IL, I would like to see Beck start his next turn. He'll probably get optioned out instead since he won't be available for several games.
The Giants can still get a split of the series tomorrow afternoon with Justin Verlander RHP facing Dylan Cease RHP.
Seymour may also get stretched out to start at this point. Tidwell picked the wrong time to get hurt. With options really being limited, I can see them signing Paul Blackburn off the street to start as a warm body.
ReplyDeletei had a theory that the Giants might suffer a brutal regression to the mean after their 107 win season, but this is getting ridiculous. -es
ReplyDelete2021 was a season where everything went right. I think we're way on the other side of that spectrum right now.
DeleteFinishing among bottom six lottery eligible team would be a win. Tank mode time!!
DeleteBlackburn would cost more than $1 million to pick up at this point ... no way!
ReplyDelete$1 million?
DeleteLots of money to most of us common folk, but the MLB minimum is more than ¾ million.
Our Hated competitors down state have a payroll of nearly $400,000,000. And the Giants should shrink from 0.25% (barely a rounding error) if that helps them compete?
Welcome to the Crazy World brought to you by the MLBPA and some Owners in NY and LA who like their Right to spend as much money as they want.
They might have the sign a vet to eat innings because they are fast running out of viable arms.
DeleteBlackburn is a free agent, he can be signed for the minimum as a warm body
ReplyDeleteI see that Tidwell in AAA has been shelved with shoulder soreness. Pity.
ReplyDeleteDoc, to what do you attribute this crash since June 15 (the Devers era) from 10 over .500 to 6 under?
ReplyDeleteIt's not Devers, he has a 116 OPS+, 2nd on the team, although they most likely expected more.
Chapman's injury hurt a lot. Pitching failures have cost games with only 3 SP's regularly available, and weakness in relief.
No reliable bat has stepped up. Gotta think Adames has been a disappointment, 1.5 bWAR is about half what was hoped for.
No one figured Christian Koss would have the 4th highest bWAR and it's not quite a "Starter" level.
The team is all but unwatchable on TV.
Is it the injuries? Everyone has them. The depth? Replacements haven't stepped in and helped much.
Certainly the Giants feel the loss of Rogers and Duval, and some for YtY as no one has stepped in and grabbed RF.
Things aren't going to look up with the next 6 games playing the Brewers and Cubs, but there is some relief with Baltimore and Colorado, but how bleak will be 7 games with the bad guys in September?
Will it get so bad we'll recall Kapler and F̶a̶r̶h̶a̶n̶ — no!
Good questions. I think everything you mentioned contributed. To me the biggest issue is the failure of the "big 4" high-priced free agent signees to deliver commensurate with their contracts. I will address the future in my Game Wrap tonight but I think Buster and we have to hope that this was a transition year for Lee, Adames and Devers and for Chapman's hand to be fully healed by next season. If I remember correctly I think I said before the season started I thought Buster was at least one veteran SP short. That proved to be true. Hopefully lesson learned.
DeleteRead the game update before this reply: thank you for addressing it so well.
DeleteGiven that nearly every player has ups and downs, we can hope that the "core 4" rebound, although Chapman is worrisome — will he age well? His 2023 was clearly an outlier.