OPS+ is in the 50s, you need to play D like Omar. If you’re just serviceable at D, solid fundamentally, you are looking at career of being a backup infielder stashed at AAA in event of injury to the middle infielders on the MLB roster.

I believe it is two, but it might even be only one of Manny’s hits that have reached the outfield untouched by an infielder. The guy is being overpowered, just as it appeared he would be.

The good news is that he has struck out only once in 33 at bats, which is exceptional. It appears to me that Manny has cut down on his swing in order to cut down on his strikeouts. But that appears to have made him into even more of a slap hitter than he was before.

I said over the winter that I was highly concerned by Manny’s skimpy 1.18 bases per hit as a minor leaguer. EXTREMELY small sample, but in the majors it has dropped to just 1.14.

If not for bunt and infield hits, Manny would be hitting less than Brian Burriss—although not striking out NEARLY as often.

The time for the Giants to begin addressing not losing fans after the 2007 All-Star game was back after the 2002 season. The Boston Red Sox signed Theo Epstein as their GM at that time (when some thought it might be Connecticut boy Brian Sabean) and Theo immediately pledged to revamp the BoSox’s scouting and development systems. The effort paid off, as a few of their World Series contributors last season were drafted by Epstein.

The Giants soon went the opposite direction, intentionally forfeiting high draft picks. They zizzed when they badly needed to zag.

When the Giants re-signed Brian Sabean last summer, they hinted that the stupidity went above Brian, all the way up the ladder.

The time to worry about not losing fans is before you begin to lose them. Now it is far too late.

We all have heard of making one’s own bed and then having to lie in it. The Giants are now resting not so comfortably in the bed they have made over the past five years—if not the last 20, which began right after Will Clark and Matt Williams were drafted.

Really, if we were running a school for prospective general managers, might we not use the Giants as a case study of what NOT to do?

Just how expendable does Richie have to be? :)

Didn’t the Giants realize when “Babe” Bowker got off to such a hot start that he was playing way over his head? After all, “Babe” had gone just 5-for-27, all singles, at Fresno.

Are you saying the Giants are stupid? Oh, you are? Then you’re pretty smart. :)

Race has nothing to do with it, jesus.

Bocock has showed extreme maturity at the plate in his willingness to take pitches and not try to do too much. He got picked off once like an idiot and never did it again. (he got picked again, but not looking like an idiot)

As far as Frandsen, not running out a pop up is a very veteran thing to do. duh.