Giants Rotation from here on out

by lincecumania on Aug 31, 2009 1:03 PM PDT Comment 44 comments

Based on today's transaction and Lincecum's start being pushed back until Thursday. The Giants will have off days to play around with, so it change.

The great thing about it is that the Giants will throw their best three against the Rockies again. The other possible storyline is Penny seeking revenge on the Bums twice.

Tue, Sep 1     @ Philadelphia    Sanchez
Wed, Sep 2     @ Philadelphia    Penny
Thu, Sep 3     @ Philadelphia    Lincecum
Fri, Sep 4     @ Milwaukee    Zito
Sat, Sep 5     @ Milwaukee    Cain
Sun, Sep 6    @ Milwaukee    Sanchez
Mon, Sep 7     San Diego     Penny
Tue, Sep 8     San Diego     Lincecum
Wed, Sep 9     San Diego     Zito
Thu, Sep 10    OFF DAY
Fri, Sep 11     LA Dodgers     Cain
Sat, Sep 12     LA Dodgers     Sanchez
Sun, Sep 13     LA Dodgers     Penny
Mon, Sep 14     Colorado     Lincecum
Tue, Sep 15     Colorado     Zito
Wed, Sep 16     Colorado     Cain
Thu, Sep 17    OFF DAY
Fri, Sep 18     @ LA Dodgers     Sanchez
Sat, Sep 19     @ LA Dodgers     Penny
Sun, Sep 20     @ LA Dodgers     Lincecum
Mon, Sep 21     @ Arizona     Zito
Tue, Sep 22     @ Arizona     Cain
Wed, Sep 23     @ Arizona     Sanchez
Thu, Sep 24     Cubs         Penny
Fri, Sep 25     Cubs         Lincecum
Sat, Sep 26     Cubs         Zito
Sun, Sep 27     Cubs         Cain
Mon, Sep 28    OFF DAY
Tue, Sep 29     Arizona     Sanchez
Wed, Sep 30     Arizona     Penny
Thu, Oct 1     Arizona     Lincecum
Fri, Oct 2     @ San Diego     Zito
Sat, Oct 3     @ San Diego     Cain
Sun, Oct 4     @ San Diego     Sanchez

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i like this

Mon, Sep 14 Colorado Lincecum
Tue, Sep 15 Colorado Zito
Wed, Sep 16 Colorado Cain

"Put your drawers on, and take your gun off."

by cloudydays on Aug 31, 2009 1:14 PM PDT reply actions

I hate this

Fri, Oct 2 @ San Diego Zito
Sat, Oct 3 @ San Diego Cain
Sun, Oct 4 @ San Diego Sanchez

We end in San Diego? We’re fucked if the season comes down to those games.

Proud father of Juan Carlos Perez. Think Albert Pujols at a position to be determined.

@#$% Juan Uribe. Dios es grande.

by marcello on Aug 31, 2009 1:51 PM PDT up reply actions

yeah, a final series at Petco with the WC on the line is actually very frightening.

STEVE HOLM! refuses to be the odd man out.

by UnleashTheGore on Aug 31, 2009 2:29 PM PDT up reply actions

I want the pennant to be on the line. Still, we’d be fucked.

Utter frustration and futility.

by Johnny Disaster on Aug 31, 2009 4:22 PM PDT up reply actions

r u serious? Every one of those guys is better than anyone in the Padres rotation.

by Evan on Aug 31, 2009 2:37 PM PDT up reply actions

The problem lies in how well we’ve played in Petco in recent history.

STEVE HOLM! refuses to be the odd man out.

by UnleashTheGore on Aug 31, 2009 2:52 PM PDT up reply actions

Ah, so it's based on SSS intangible irrationalities

I kid, well, sort of. But I do trust our team right now. I know I shouldn’t, but I do.

"The BB's are out. The BB's are being arseholes to me." - Brian Wilson.

by hairball on Aug 31, 2009 3:11 PM PDT up reply actions

Obviously it’s mostly tongue-in-cheek, but seriously, fuck Petco and fuck Coors Field.

Proud father of Juan Carlos Perez. Think Albert Pujols at a position to be determined.

@#$% Juan Uribe. Dios es grande.

by marcello on Aug 31, 2009 3:31 PM PDT up reply actions

100% agree. Sept 19th in LA will be interesting if this schedule holds as well.

Penny could melt in LA.

by MoreroidsforZito on Aug 31, 2009 8:13 PM PDT up reply actions

Remember

No more Peavy, no Chris Young. They’re rotation is a shell of an inkling of a memory of its former self.

"The BB's are out. The BB's are being arseholes to me." - Brian Wilson.

by hairball on Aug 31, 2009 3:10 PM PDT up reply actions

D'oh

Their

"The BB's are out. The BB's are being arseholes to me." - Brian Wilson.

by hairball on Aug 31, 2009 3:10 PM PDT up reply actions

NO MORE HAIRSTON!!!!!

by ACgiant97 on Aug 31, 2009 5:47 PM PDT up reply actions

Yeah but the Padres are always able to reach deep into their orifice and find some way to beat the crap out of the Giants at Petco

Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.

by jponry on Aug 31, 2009 3:22 PM PDT up reply actions

If they didn’t have such deep orifices, this wouldn’t be a problem.

Proud father of Juan Carlos Perez. Think Albert Pujols at a position to be determined.

@#$% Juan Uribe. Dios es grande.

by marcello on Aug 31, 2009 3:33 PM PDT up reply actions

Hate to agree here. Petco has never been a good place for the Giants.

by nataku on Sep 1, 2009 11:57 AM PDT up reply actions

1. LOL @ Colorado

2. That looks a lot better with Penny in it. Particularly that Dodgers series.

by KCE on Aug 31, 2009 1:16 PM PDT reply actions

Also, LOL @ Cubs

by KCE on Aug 31, 2009 1:22 PM PDT up reply actions

I agree

It looks pretty amazing.

"The BB's are out. The BB's are being arseholes to me." - Brian Wilson.

by hairball on Aug 31, 2009 1:39 PM PDT up reply actions

I agree completely

Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.

by jponry on Aug 31, 2009 2:32 PM PDT up reply actions

That rotation ends well if the Giants were to make the playoffs

Timmy could step right in to a Tuesday or Wednesday G1 start.

Eggs. Hatch. Count. All that.

Plotting the ultimate demise of Gore51 (never met him, I dunno he could be swell) so as to adopt Kyle Nicholson.

by Whiteteaandpoptarts on Aug 31, 2009 1:33 PM PDT reply actions

I also like the idea of Penny and Johnson out of the ‘pen in the playoffs. the more I think about it, the more excited i am about this team’s playoff chances.

STEVE HOLM! refuses to be the odd man out.

by UnleashTheGore on Aug 31, 2009 1:42 PM PDT up reply actions

Or a 1 game playoff

Linda's in the cold ground, won't see her anymore
Somewhere out on the highway tonight, the drunken engines roar
It's just one of those things, one of those things
-- Al Stewart, "Accident on 3rd St."
In memory of Nick Adenhart and all victims of drunk driving

by PaulThomas on Aug 31, 2009 2:49 PM PDT up reply actions

No kidding

Accidental genius?

"The BB's are out. The BB's are being arseholes to me." - Brian Wilson.

by hairball on Aug 31, 2009 3:12 PM PDT up reply actions

I actually wouldn’t mind if they went with Zito for game 1….

by Hobbes2d on Aug 31, 2009 3:34 PM PDT up reply actions

Don’t count all your eggs in one basket before they cross the road. (That’s what you meant, right?)

Meet my new son: Sundrendy Windster, on the Curacao-SF express (via Arizona).

by EliminateMe on Aug 31, 2009 5:40 PM PDT up reply actions

this made me irl lol for some reason

giants. and playoffs. in the same sentence.
WE’RE IN THIS THING

by sfoakbay on Aug 31, 2009 8:19 PM PDT up reply actions

So

We end the season with:
3 in Arizona
4 at home against the Cubs
3 at home against the D-Backs
3 in San Diego

Those are 13 very winnable games, if we lose more than 3 or 4 of those, it would be a major blow. On the other hand, if we completely sweep them away, the Rockies have a tad tougher end to their schedule…

I guess it just depends on how out of it the Cubs will be by that point, ‘cause if they’ve thrown in the towel and we have Lincecum, Cain, Zito and Penny going, that bodes really well.

71-59 - Giants Series Record: 23-13-5, 17-4 at home

Adopted Giant: Daryl "Dealio" Maday - Not reassigned after all. Still a mediocre AA pitcher.

by rhys on Aug 31, 2009 3:31 PM PDT reply actions

This is getting exciting with all the scoreboard watching and rooting for the spoiler teams that will go on this month. Penny for sure will circle those 2 dates in which he faces the Dodgers, I cents some revenge.

Win the inning.

by Scooter Ellis on Aug 31, 2009 3:54 PM PDT reply actions

Rockies have a softer schedule overall but they are plummetting

On paper, Rockies have it easier with only 6 games against over-500 teams: 3 w/ Cards, 3 with LA Bums.
While Giants have 3 with Phils and 6 with Dodgers.
So the key will be subliminally implanting feeds of Renteria slamming; Whiteside throwing out runners; Tulo whiffing at critical times etc into minds and media around Denver. Momentum is on our side.
ALSO we get a day off right before both LA series, so the better bullpen arms (you know who they are) can be rested

cheering for Adam Witter, who will hit bigleague dingers some day.
Still yelling "Go, Antoan"

by foothillsfan on Aug 31, 2009 4:22 PM PDT up reply actions

Wouldn't that be 9 games?

We play them 3 more times too.

by MoreroidsforZito on Aug 31, 2009 8:18 PM PDT up reply actions

yep I kinda ignored the Rocky-Giants series in that list.

If our guys take that, all the math gets much better.

cheering for Adam Witter, who will hit bigleague dingers some day.
Still yelling "Go, Antoan"

by foothillsfan on Aug 31, 2009 9:00 PM PDT up reply actions

I dollars some revenge.

Utter frustration and futility.

by Johnny Disaster on Aug 31, 2009 4:23 PM PDT up reply actions

I C wut U did There

I guess you could say I'm Maeby, reincarnated in male form.

by deebrizz on Aug 31, 2009 5:06 PM PDT up reply actions

Question to the McCoven???

Do you think Penny’s 6 starts will be the make or break as to wheher we make the playoffs?

by ACgiant97 on Aug 31, 2009 8:24 PM PDT reply actions

Depends on how he pitches.

I think we’ve seen this team enough all year to know that they rise and fall together. If they win or lose, the credit or blame will be spread around.

by MoreroidsforZito on Aug 31, 2009 8:46 PM PDT up reply actions

If 6 games are going to make or break our season I’d much rather have someone with Penny’s talent level pitching than someone with JMartinez’s (and I have nothing but love for Joey)

Nobody likes money

by fwoty oz on Sep 1, 2009 12:10 AM PDT up reply actions

I’m not going to take it for granted Penny makes 6 starts. Putting aside off days, if he goes out there and gets lit up like he has been in Boston the last couple months he’s probably not going to make more than 2 or 3.

But yes, tied with 31 to go, 6 starts is 20% of your remaining schedule. That’s certainly significant.

My Bucardo is better than yours.

A hot August weekday, before a small crowd, when the only thing at stake is the tissue-thin difference between a thing done well and a thing done ill. Insofar as the clutch hitter is not a sportswriter's myth, it is a vulgarity, like a writer who writes only for money.

by Roger on Sep 1, 2009 5:35 AM PDT up reply actions

Sorta

But considering what we have been getting out of the 5th spotin the rotation, if Penny can pitch well enough fo us to win half of his starts, then its a freakin bonanza.

by Countificus on Sep 1, 2009 11:36 AM PDT up reply actions

Ideally, Penny will just be able to eat up more innings than Sadowski or Martinez had been able to manage in many of their starts. If he goes 6-7 IP with 3-4 ER in every game, you really have to be thrilled with that out of your 5th starter.

by nataku on Sep 1, 2009 12:02 PM PDT up reply actions