I understand the Giants are in a race and all

by joe t on Aug 15, 2009 4:40 PM PDT Comment 23 comments

but would it be a bad idea to just call up Bowker and tell him "look, you're our guy in left field for the rest of the year. Do what you need to do, but try and keep that approach you had at Fresno"? I mean, it's not like he can't do what Rowand can do out there. I think Bowker in left, Winn in center, and Schierholtz in right give us our best outfield. And then we can have our 12 million dollar defensive replacement/double play machine available for late inning hijinks.

I would say that the wise move would be to get Lewis and/or Bowker enough at bats over the remainder of the year so the Giants can see what they have going into next year. Who knows? You might catch lightening in a bottle. You know what you have with Rowand (not much) and Winn (again, not much, but at least better than Rowand).

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I don’t really think Winn is better than Rowand at this point.

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by groug on Aug 15, 2009 4:49 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

He’s been much worse, actually. But let’s face it, neither one is losing playing time – If Bowker gets starts, it’s instead of Lewis or Schierholtz. So no, I don’t want him up – they are both giving us OK production, and I don’t see why you’d risk that in the middle of a playoff race. Could Bowker be better? Maybe, though I doubt it. We can find out next year, when Winn is gone.

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by Cookyman on Aug 15, 2009 4:57 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

this is not happening. The douchebag announcers today made it very clear that Bochy was telling them before the game that his veterans need to step up and carry this team to the playoffs. That doesn’t sound like he’ll be benching them.

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by rxmeister on Aug 15, 2009 4:57 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

What about Velez?

by positiveuphemism on Aug 15, 2009 5:09 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

I'm calling it

Two weeks from now you will feel very silly for thinking that Velez would continue to be a valuable player.

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by groug on Aug 15, 2009 5:15 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

One week.

by Evan on Aug 15, 2009 5:25 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

One week until “silly” and two weeks until “very silly”

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by groug on Aug 15, 2009 5:27 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I say we quit now while were ahead

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by CB30 on Aug 15, 2009 5:35 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

15 months ago for silly, 10 months ago for very silly.

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by Cookyman on Aug 15, 2009 5:58 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

i think we should just go with a platoon of.

winn rowand schierholtz and velez

by dez4o8 on Aug 15, 2009 5:50 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

John Bowker has a good 33 at bats which prove that he won’t be a useful player for this team this year.

Context, people. More context is good. Less context is bad. If you're willing to be reductive, then you're willing to be wrong.

by howtheyscored on Aug 15, 2009 6:33 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Again

We’re getting OK production from Nate and Fred right now. Teams don’t bench productive players for someone like Bowker in the middle of a playoff race.

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by Cookyman on Aug 15, 2009 7:47 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Oh no, I understand that there isn’t really room for Bowker right now. My comment was really just a Blolker joke.

Context, people. More context is good. Less context is bad. If you're willing to be reductive, then you're willing to be wrong.

by howtheyscored on Aug 15, 2009 8:16 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

OK seems pretty generous for what we’re getting from Nate. I just don’t see how he’s cemented himself into the lineup with what he’s done with the bat.

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by Roger on Aug 15, 2009 8:20 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

BATTING AVERAGE!!!

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by Josh from Hollywood on Aug 15, 2009 9:48 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

“Just one hit a week. One Texas Leaguer, one ground ball with eyes.”

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by Roger on Aug 16, 2009 8:31 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

He hasn’t hit that well, but his defense goes a long why to make up for it.

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by Cookyman on Aug 16, 2009 11:49 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Do people think his defense is really as good as UZR suggests? He just doesn’t look like an exceptional outfielder to me.

by Evan on Aug 16, 2009 3:30 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I don’t think anyone’s defense is as good as his UZR suggests, but I do think he’s pretty good. Faster than most RF, pretty average route-wise, and a great arm.

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by Cookyman on Aug 16, 2009 3:38 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Rowand's overall stats may be better than Winns

But given a key situation, against a good pitcher, who happens to have a slider,
I would much prefer Winn in a key situation than Rowand. PERIOD.!

by bradleybear on Aug 16, 2009 5:49 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

horrible manager

I am an intense Giants fan from New York, and can’t stand the way Bochy handles this team. First of all, Nate should never miss a start. For a team that can’t hit, this guy is the best pure hitting outfielder they have. That only should make it a no-brainer. Enough with Lewis already, he can’t field and has 15 rbi’s. The outfield should be Velez, Winn/Rowland, and Nate period. The world knows Edgar sucks, but our manager does not!. Start Uribe for most of the games and see what happens. Garko is an everyday player, since when? Since we got him! Platoon the guy and he might pay some dividends. We all know Molina needs to be moved, just for the fact that he clogs the bases, and he is not a number 4 hitter. Pablo batting cleanup is the right place for now. Nate seems like a pretty good choice for third.

With the pitching we have ,we all would have success managing this staff. This idiot finds a way to screw with it. Why does Affeldt get to face only one batter at a time, his numbers are great against both sides. Let him pitch to get his rhythm back. This move I loved, Righetti goes out to talk to Sanchez after the home run by Castillo; how about after the dropped ball by Lewis or after he falls behind Castillo. That is when Sanchez was upset! I know I was.

Look, they might be good enough to win the wild card, but this passive idiot is no help.

by dynamics on Aug 17, 2009 10:39 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs