A rant: Jeremy Affeldt and Bruce Bochy must have a very special relationship. How else can you explain Jonathan Sanchez's removal from a game where he only had one truly stressful inning and only went to 6. 1 out, nobody on, B6 inning -- there's no reason to PH for a guy that's only thrown 100 and has only given up 1 run.
Let your pitchers go 7 innings, McFly; unless you've got a guy on third. Seriously, if you're clinging to a 1 run lead, is Sanchez or Affeldt the guy you go with? No to mention the fact that Sanchez has been hitting doubles lately.
Negatives over, now let's talk about how sweet it is to sweep the A's again. Oh, and BTW, your Colorado Rockies dropped all 3 to Milwaukee. For those keeping track, your boys in black are now 3.5 up.
Not to say that I'm counting my chicks before their eggs have hatched, but I do like the little bit of pulling away. The Giants MO has been to streak at home and stumble on the road. But, a .500 record on the road ain't so bad when you've got 9 consecutive wins at home (three sweeps against the best teams of late to sweep: LA, Colorado, and Oaktown).
All kidding aside, the A's outfielders have been awfully impressive this series. Too bad they can't hit, but they are a fantastic defensive team, and they'll be a force to reckon with should they make it to the playoffs.
Their starters were nasty too. Couldn't say as much about their bullpen, if the Giants were a better offensive team, they would've scored a lot more than they did. You give up 4 runs to SF, that's like giving up 8 to Philly or the Yankees.
just sayin
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Sunday, May 22, 2011
Wednesday, May 18, 2011
Game 41: Unreasonable, Giants lose 5-3
The Giants were swept in their 2 game set @ Colorado.
It is unreasonable to expect their pitchers to go out every start and protect a 3-run offensive output. Even the best pitchers need a spell. When your lead is always no more than 2 or 3, even one runner on base creates a high-stress situation. Eventually, that will wear on a guy.
Whereas a pitcher with 2 Cy Young awards (Timmy) or perhaps a pitcher that is regularly deified for his professional ethic and for carrying a subpar staff for the few years before it became sublime (Cain) probably can deal with such games with a plum. Those pitchers that are more emotionally fragile due to temperament (Sanchez), immaturity or inexperience (Bumgarner and maybe Vogelsong), or consistent scrutiny and criticism (Zito) are more apt to eventually collapse like a house of cards.
Without run support, this fantastic pitching staff is liable to fail and leave or fail and never recover.
On freaking notice:
It is unreasonable to expect their pitchers to go out every start and protect a 3-run offensive output. Even the best pitchers need a spell. When your lead is always no more than 2 or 3, even one runner on base creates a high-stress situation. Eventually, that will wear on a guy.
Whereas a pitcher with 2 Cy Young awards (Timmy) or perhaps a pitcher that is regularly deified for his professional ethic and for carrying a subpar staff for the few years before it became sublime (Cain) probably can deal with such games with a plum. Those pitchers that are more emotionally fragile due to temperament (Sanchez), immaturity or inexperience (Bumgarner and maybe Vogelsong), or consistent scrutiny and criticism (Zito) are more apt to eventually collapse like a house of cards.
Without run support, this fantastic pitching staff is liable to fail and leave or fail and never recover.
On freaking notice:
- Mark DeRosa (DFA today)
- Miguel Tejada (DFA today)
- Mike Fontenot (cannot be a regular starter)
- Power outage (Pablo Sandoval still has the team lead in HR's, despite missing the last 3 weeks w/ injury)
- Dan Runzler (AAA if he has options)
- Jeremy Affeldt (less of a role, please)
Friday, May 13, 2011
Game 38: Maddy gets dicked around again, Affeldt is done, Giants lose by a bunch, 11-4
The game started promising, but the Giants are the only team that can get to the 7th batter in the lineup in the first inning and still only score one run.
Maddy gave up 3 in the 2nd, but I don't think it was his fault. I thought he was squeezed on a 3-2 pitch to pitcher Ryan Dempster. After that, a few consecutive hits led to 2 more runs.
The true disappointment is with Jeremy Affeldt. Listen, I like Affeldt, he's a nice guy, but I think he's done.
In fact, I idolize the guy for game 6 against the Phillies. I do. But, he is notorius for letting inherited runners score, his curve ball goes up, and when he pitches against a decent hitter, he gets rocked.
Affeldt and Runzler: I'm ready to pull the plug on them. Their lines today (combined)
1.1IP 7H 7R 7ER 1K
Take their work out and we're in extra innings right now.
It's nice to have other lefties, but when Casilla comes back, I think we've seen the last of Runzler. So now, the Giants are in desperate need of another leftie, otherwise they're tetheredto Affeldt, good guy though he may be.
Which brings me to another stupid point:
Bochy: you start a lefty, the Cubs lineup is geared towards facing a lefty, and then, 2 our of your 3 relievers are lefties?
Why not throw your aresenal of right handed arms at the Cubbies? Make Quade go to his bench or suffer a bad match up? I mean I just look at Maddy facing righty after righty after righty -- give them a RHP for eff's sake.
Anyway, Vogelsong tomorrow. First Saturday Night Game @ Wrigley since Andre Dawson was on the team. hopefully it throws the northsiders off.
Maddy gave up 3 in the 2nd, but I don't think it was his fault. I thought he was squeezed on a 3-2 pitch to pitcher Ryan Dempster. After that, a few consecutive hits led to 2 more runs.
The true disappointment is with Jeremy Affeldt. Listen, I like Affeldt, he's a nice guy, but I think he's done.
In fact, I idolize the guy for game 6 against the Phillies. I do. But, he is notorius for letting inherited runners score, his curve ball goes up, and when he pitches against a decent hitter, he gets rocked.
Affeldt and Runzler: I'm ready to pull the plug on them. Their lines today (combined)
1.1IP 7H 7R 7ER 1K
Take their work out and we're in extra innings right now.
It's nice to have other lefties, but when Casilla comes back, I think we've seen the last of Runzler. So now, the Giants are in desperate need of another leftie, otherwise they're tetheredto Affeldt, good guy though he may be.
Which brings me to another stupid point:
Bochy: you start a lefty, the Cubs lineup is geared towards facing a lefty, and then, 2 our of your 3 relievers are lefties?
Why not throw your aresenal of right handed arms at the Cubbies? Make Quade go to his bench or suffer a bad match up? I mean I just look at Maddy facing righty after righty after righty -- give them a RHP for eff's sake.
Anyway, Vogelsong tomorrow. First Saturday Night Game @ Wrigley since Andre Dawson was on the team. hopefully it throws the northsiders off.
Wednesday, April 6, 2011
Game 6: Buster goes womp ass and the Giants save a split with the Padres, 8-4
B-Weezy made a debut, went 25-ish pitches and (with a little help from Jeremy Affeldt) turned a route into a save situation.
That's all right, in an 8-1 game, one can accept a little imperfection.
It was the path to the ninth inning that shone brightly today. Buster was 3-5, 4 RBI's and a ding dong. Timmy threw 7 with 13 K's and only allowed 3 hits.
Huffy also came out of his shell a bit, going 3-5 with 3 RBI's and a couple doubles.
All in all, the fellas that we want to see hit hit.
Burrell was o'fer in 3 AB's, that included a K and double play. Tejada hit into the Giants' other double play.
I hate double plays, especially early in the game, more than anything. That is something that needs to be fixed, it was the most torturous thing about last season.
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That's all right, in an 8-1 game, one can accept a little imperfection.
It was the path to the ninth inning that shone brightly today. Buster was 3-5, 4 RBI's and a ding dong. Timmy threw 7 with 13 K's and only allowed 3 hits.
Huffy also came out of his shell a bit, going 3-5 with 3 RBI's and a couple doubles.
All in all, the fellas that we want to see hit hit.
Burrell was o'fer in 3 AB's, that included a K and double play. Tejada hit into the Giants' other double play.
I hate double plays, especially early in the game, more than anything. That is something that needs to be fixed, it was the most torturous thing about last season.
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