There are only 3 left fielders with more errors than Pat Burrell (2), and none of them play in the National League. But Burrell is the only outfielder on the Giants with an error .
Defensively, the Giants outfielders are great (especially now that Huff is back in the infield [phew!])
Batting: Burrell is living up to his rep all home run and strikeout: but all of his ding dongs are solo shots. So he's gota low RBI total, also means he's probably striking out with guys on. He started in the .100's but lately has climbed back up to the mid-.200's, plus he's leading the club in bases on balls.
Torres went down early and that hurt, but Aaron Rowand has really stepped up. When it counts, he gets on base.
Cody Ross is off the DL and totally underwhelming. Totally! But let's not forget that he's not a NL MVP, he's an NLCS MVP -- over the course of 6 games in October he was good, but going into post, he was average. In fact, there was talk of leaving him off the team in favor of De Jesus.
He's at 33 A Bs and still under.200, if he doesn't turn it around like by the end of this Washington series, I'd hook him inf avor of Nate the Great, who seems awfully comfy these days.
Darren Ford's up, and with DeRo on the DL, Panda on the DL, he might stay up a while. Gothis first ML Hit today.
Burrell:
My calls: .265/35/95, 550 AB, < 120 Ks (batting 5th)
Actuals: .247/5/8, 10 runs, 10 BB ; .348 OBP (primarily bats 6th)
Torres
My calls: .280 and with several doubles and triples ; .280/12/60, 25 SB, 90 R, 2 Errors (batting 1st)
Actuals: .286/0/0, 1 SB, 0 errors, 8 games ; DL (bats 1st) ;
Rowand
Actuals: .294/1/8, 1 SB, 23 games out of 26 ; .333 OBP (batting 1st)
Cody Ross
My Calls: 270 BA with 15 HRs, 60 runs, and 15 SBs ;
Actuals: .182/0/1, 0 SB, 9 games out of 26; primarily bats 7th
Nate Schierholtz
Actuals: .278/1/3, .444 SLG, 21 games, 36 AB
Saturday, April 30, 2011
One Month Review: Infielders
The giants currently have the 13th most errors on the season with 17 and 18th best fielding percentage at .982.
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Miguel Tejada is the glaring offender in the infield, as he sports 4 errors and a .954 fielding percentage. That places him 20th and 21st for those stats respectively amongst regular MLB shortstops currently. It's not just the errors, though. Miguel Tejada is not playing crisply. Playing in the wrong position on stolen bases, shifted in properly and not getting to balls. All messed up.
Unfortunately, Panda Bear will miss all of May, and it looks like Miggy's going to have to stay in the lineup as the closest thing to a back up 3rd baseman. Not promising.
Fontenot, Whiteside, and Huffy are the only regular infielders that haven't commited an error yet this seaosn (including the Burriss and Belt). Of course, Fontenot was util in April, Whiteside is off the bench and Huffy's only been playing first for like 10 games.
The weak spot right now is the infield and that's going to be an issue. Since Burriss is up, hopefully he can offer a little late inning support.
Belt's hitting was a disappointment. Thinking that it's best to bring rookies up midseason rather than from opening day. Hopefully Belt's tough enough to mature and be a force at game 60 or 70-ish. It could be like Matt Williams.
Of course he could be like Todd Linden.
Huffy's another story. Ugh, .202 with only 2 homers, 18 K's in 90-something at bats.. Woof. We've finished month one, now's the time to worry.
Fred has been pulling his weight, I'd like to see him get really hot for about 2 or 3 weeks, but he's been pretty good so far, which makes me think he's going to slump soon.
Fontenot's been playing a very good defense, and when he starts, he hits like .300. But he's o'fer 10 as a pinch hitter. I'd like to see him get a little more time at SS. After all, Miggy's not hitting, and I remember that Fontenot was a regular on the Cubs.
Panda Bear has been a truly bright sot for the Giants so far this year. He's hustling, he's hitting, he's making plays he couldn't have last year. 2011 should be the year of the Panda Bear -- I really like a .300 Pablo with appropriate power and a bit of base stealing ability. Today it was revealed that Panda's going to be out 4-6 weeks with wrist surgery. Wrist surgery makes me think about DeRo, and DeRo was out a whole year.
Posey
My calls: No sophomore jinx ; .295/20/90, 140 games (batting 3rd)
Actuals at 4/30: .261/4/17 ; 24 games out of 26 ; primarily batting 4th ; back-up Whiteside is 3 for 14 with a GIDP
Belt
My calls: send him to Fresno if he struggles out the gate ; .285/15/70, 500 ABs (batting 8th)
Actuals at 4/30: .192/1/4, 52 ABs ; Fresno
Fred Sanchez
My call: .290/8/60, 80 R, 160 games, 6 errors (batting 2nd)
Actuals at 4/30: .273/2/9, 25 out of 26 (none missed due to injury), 1 error ; primarily batting 2nd ; back ups are Burriss and Fontenot
Sandoval
My calls: .310/25/90-95 ; 60 BB, 8 errors (batting 6th)
Actuals at 4/30: .313/5/14 ; 8 BB ; 1 errors ; primarily batting 5th ; no real back-up ; DL
Tejada
My call: hope for .270 w/ 15 HRs ; .260/15/65, 12 errors (batting 7th)
Actuals at 4/30: .216/1/9, 4 errors ; primarily batting 7th or 8th ; back up is Fontenot .233/1/2 w/ 30 ABs and 0 errors in 18 games out of 26
DeRosa
My call: .270 <15 HRs
Actuals at 4/30: .333/0/3, 18 ABs, DL
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Miguel Tejada is the glaring offender in the infield, as he sports 4 errors and a .954 fielding percentage. That places him 20th and 21st for those stats respectively amongst regular MLB shortstops currently. It's not just the errors, though. Miguel Tejada is not playing crisply. Playing in the wrong position on stolen bases, shifted in properly and not getting to balls. All messed up.
Unfortunately, Panda Bear will miss all of May, and it looks like Miggy's going to have to stay in the lineup as the closest thing to a back up 3rd baseman. Not promising.
Fontenot, Whiteside, and Huffy are the only regular infielders that haven't commited an error yet this seaosn (including the Burriss and Belt). Of course, Fontenot was util in April, Whiteside is off the bench and Huffy's only been playing first for like 10 games.
The weak spot right now is the infield and that's going to be an issue. Since Burriss is up, hopefully he can offer a little late inning support.
Belt's hitting was a disappointment. Thinking that it's best to bring rookies up midseason rather than from opening day. Hopefully Belt's tough enough to mature and be a force at game 60 or 70-ish. It could be like Matt Williams.
Of course he could be like Todd Linden.
Huffy's another story. Ugh, .202 with only 2 homers, 18 K's in 90-something at bats.. Woof. We've finished month one, now's the time to worry.
Fred has been pulling his weight, I'd like to see him get really hot for about 2 or 3 weeks, but he's been pretty good so far, which makes me think he's going to slump soon.
Fontenot's been playing a very good defense, and when he starts, he hits like .300. But he's o'fer 10 as a pinch hitter. I'd like to see him get a little more time at SS. After all, Miggy's not hitting, and I remember that Fontenot was a regular on the Cubs.
Panda Bear has been a truly bright sot for the Giants so far this year. He's hustling, he's hitting, he's making plays he couldn't have last year. 2011 should be the year of the Panda Bear -- I really like a .300 Pablo with appropriate power and a bit of base stealing ability. Today it was revealed that Panda's going to be out 4-6 weeks with wrist surgery. Wrist surgery makes me think about DeRo, and DeRo was out a whole year.
Posey
My calls: No sophomore jinx ; .295/20/90, 140 games (batting 3rd)
Actuals at 4/30: .261/4/17 ; 24 games out of 26 ; primarily batting 4th ; back-up Whiteside is 3 for 14 with a GIDP
Belt
My calls: send him to Fresno if he struggles out the gate ; .285/15/70, 500 ABs (batting 8th)
Actuals at 4/30: .192/1/4, 52 ABs ; Fresno
Fred Sanchez
My call: .290/8/60, 80 R, 160 games, 6 errors (batting 2nd)
Actuals at 4/30: .273/2/9, 25 out of 26 (none missed due to injury), 1 error ; primarily batting 2nd ; back ups are Burriss and Fontenot
Sandoval
My calls: .310/25/90-95 ; 60 BB, 8 errors (batting 6th)
Actuals at 4/30: .313/5/14 ; 8 BB ; 1 errors ; primarily batting 5th ; no real back-up ; DL
Tejada
My call: hope for .270 w/ 15 HRs ; .260/15/65, 12 errors (batting 7th)
Actuals at 4/30: .216/1/9, 4 errors ; primarily batting 7th or 8th ; back up is Fontenot .233/1/2 w/ 30 ABs and 0 errors in 18 games out of 26
DeRosa
My call: .270 <15 HRs
Actuals at 4/30: .333/0/3, 18 ABs, DL
Friday, April 29, 2011
Game 25: Frustration mounting as Giants drop a quality Lincecum start 3-0
5 hits off the bats of 4 guys. Cody Ross hit into a double play. Miggy played a shoddy shortstop. Not a game goes by lately that Giants don't disappoint. 0 for 3 with RISP.
Panda Bear beat out another double play with some quick digging down to first base.
Jason Marquis looked like a damn all-star.
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Panda Bear beat out another double play with some quick digging down to first base.
Jason Marquis looked like a damn all-star.
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Thursday, April 28, 2011
Game 24: A long time coming -- Vogelsong wins his first MLB game in 6 years, 5-2
Despite hitting .083 with RISP, despite grounding into 5 double plays, despite leaving 18 on base, The Giants get out of Pittsburgh with 2 out of 3 (they should've swept dammit)
Watched the dots on MLB.com today because the building I work in has super secret Cobra Commander FM signal blockers in the ceiling. Vogelsong pitched well, 8 ks in 5.2 is Lincecumian. He only gave up a couple runs too.
Lopez pitched another scoreless inning. He's got a 1 ERA after 9 IP this year, and Ramirez pitched a scoreless 7th, he's also sitting at 1 and a quarter.
Weez brought his ERA down to 7.71 with 3 Ks in an uneventful 9thank god) 7th save of the year. That puts him near the top in the NL.
Offensively, though the boys had 10 hits, Rowand had both hits of the game (and series) with RISP, a 2 run double in the 3rd and an RBI single in the 7th.
Panda Bear got an RBI shoudla been DP that he beat to turn into a fielder's choice. Thank God for Camp Panda.
Watched the dots on MLB.com today because the building I work in has super secret Cobra Commander FM signal blockers in the ceiling. Vogelsong pitched well, 8 ks in 5.2 is Lincecumian. He only gave up a couple runs too.
Lopez pitched another scoreless inning. He's got a 1 ERA after 9 IP this year, and Ramirez pitched a scoreless 7th, he's also sitting at 1 and a quarter.
Weez brought his ERA down to 7.71 with 3 Ks in an uneventful 9thank god) 7th save of the year. That puts him near the top in the NL.
Offensively, though the boys had 10 hits, Rowand had both hits of the game (and series) with RISP, a 2 run double in the 3rd and an RBI single in the 7th.
Panda Bear got an RBI shoudla been DP that he beat to turn into a fielder's choice. Thank God for Camp Panda.
Wednesday, April 27, 2011
Game 23: God Damn Fucking Hell!
God damn fucking hell!
2-0 (and it was almost 1-0).
Madison Bumgarner finally almost gets back on the horse, and the Giants go for 0 for 6 with runner in scoring position, hit into 2 double plays -- including one to end the game with 2 on and one out (TEJADAAAAAAA!!!!!)
This always freaking happens in Pittsburgh. 0 for 17 with RISP. OH FOR EFFIN SEVENTEEN! OH FOR SEVENTEEN!
I am so god damn frustrated. TOMORROW! Tomorrow they have to win (with Ryan Voglesong on the mound by the damn way).
Rowand's coming back down to Earth. So is Sanchez.
Looks like Buster's going to be hitting around .275 this year too, which might be his Sophomore slump.
Huffy goes 1 for 4. Need him to start hitting. He's under .220.
Fact is they went against a guy that has a 10 ERA and made him look like Cy damn Young.
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2-0 (and it was almost 1-0).
Madison Bumgarner finally almost gets back on the horse, and the Giants go for 0 for 6 with runner in scoring position, hit into 2 double plays -- including one to end the game with 2 on and one out (TEJADAAAAAAA!!!!!)
This always freaking happens in Pittsburgh. 0 for 17 with RISP. OH FOR EFFIN SEVENTEEN! OH FOR SEVENTEEN!
I am so god damn frustrated. TOMORROW! Tomorrow they have to win (with Ryan Voglesong on the mound by the damn way).
Rowand's coming back down to Earth. So is Sanchez.
Looks like Buster's going to be hitting around .275 this year too, which might be his Sophomore slump.
Huffy goes 1 for 4. Need him to start hitting. He's under .220.
Fact is they went against a guy that has a 10 ERA and made him look like Cy damn Young.
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OK, I'm officially over Mark DeRosa now
I'm not a piler on, and I don't blame the guy, but Mark DeRosa is now on the DL. Again. According to Andrew Baggarly.
All due respect to the guy that was apparentlysupposed to be the guy despite the fact that he has the career that never was, but I was unenchated with the acquisitoion of DeRo last year. Then he hits .194 and everyone sez "Oh don't worry, he just had a bad wrist."
Well, before Sabean was a World Champion GM, I was ready to rake himover the coals. Why are we signing a guy that's over the hill with a gimpy wrist? Why is the team doctor and training staff not seeing this? Whether Sabes is getting bum info or ignoring it, it all rolls back up to him -- and let me tell you: this dude is a bust. A hard core bust.
There are a few guys I'd rather have on the roster over DeRo,
Burriss
Ford
Belt (though I'd like him to stay in Fresno for a bit if he's not going to start)
So, put DeRo on the shelf permanently, give him a asst bench coach job, put him on TV --whatever: just know that his career is over!
All due respect to the guy that was apparentlysupposed to be the guy despite the fact that he has the career that never was, but I was unenchated with the acquisitoion of DeRo last year. Then he hits .194 and everyone sez "Oh don't worry, he just had a bad wrist."
Well, before Sabean was a World Champion GM, I was ready to rake himover the coals. Why are we signing a guy that's over the hill with a gimpy wrist? Why is the team doctor and training staff not seeing this? Whether Sabes is getting bum info or ignoring it, it all rolls back up to him -- and let me tell you: this dude is a bust. A hard core bust.
There are a few guys I'd rather have on the roster over DeRo,
Burriss
Ford
Belt (though I'd like him to stay in Fresno for a bit if he's not going to start)
So, put DeRo on the shelf permanently, give him a asst bench coach job, put him on TV --whatever: just know that his career is over!
Game 22: A running Ford gets the Giants the 3-2 win in extras
Cainer pitched well. The Giants were offensively stagnant until Darren Ford came into the game as a pinch runner for Rowand in the 8th.
He scored after going 1st to 3rd on a Fred single (that maybe 2% of the league would be able to go 1st to 3rd on) and then a Huffy sacrifice.
Then he scored after reaching on a fielder's choice, going from 1st to 3rd on a pick off over thrown, and booking it home on Fred's ground out to 2nd base (Pirates Walker fielded a ground ball, looked Ford back, through to first and that's when Ford broke for home).
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He scored after going 1st to 3rd on a Fred single (that maybe 2% of the league would be able to go 1st to 3rd on) and then a Huffy sacrifice.
Then he scored after reaching on a fielder's choice, going from 1st to 3rd on a pick off over thrown, and booking it home on Fred's ground out to 2nd base (Pirates Walker fielded a ground ball, looked Ford back, through to first and that's when Ford broke for home).
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