minor lines 8/31/10
by steve S on Aug 31, 2010 10:51 PM PDT
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PrintHighlights from the Giants' farm: Brandon Belt homered while also drawing three walks, Chris Dominguez had four hits including a couple XBHs, and Justin Fitzgerald allowed 0 ER in 7.0 IP.
AAA: Fresno lost to Salt Lake 7-6 (10 innings)
Fresno: DH Jesus Guzman: 2 for 4, 2B, BB
Fresno: RF Brandon Belt: 1 for 2, HR, 3 BB
Fresno: 1B Brett Pill: 3 for 5, SB
Salt Lake: 3B Kevin Frandsen: 2 for 4, 2 2B, HBP
Salt Lake: 1B Mark Trumbo: 1 for 5, HR
Salt Lake: RF Terry Evans: 4 for 4, 3B, 2B, SF
Fresno: SP Henry Sosa: 6.2 IP, 11 H, 5 R, 4 ER, 0 BB, 5 K--1 HR, 1 HB, 1 WP
Belt homered for the second straight game as he reached base four times. Guzman and Pill both reached base three times. The Angels' minor league veteran Evans had four hits, including a triple to lead off the 10th inning. The ex-Giant Frandsen reached base three times, and Trumbo had his fourth HR in his last three games.
Sosa made his eighth start since rejoining the Grizzlies' rotation. This was his longest start and also his first start without a walk, but the 11 H were a season-high.
AA: Richmond lost to Erie 4-2
Richmond: 3B Brock Bond: 2 for 4, SO, GiDP
Richmond: SP Craig Westcott: 3.1 IP, 8 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 2 BB, 1 K--2 HR
With two singles, Bond was the lone Flying Squirrel to reach base twice.
Westcott matched his shortest start of the year. Since his promotion to the upper minors, his peripheral stats are 74 H, 24 BB, 9 HR, and 41 K in 60.0 IP. With a WHIP over 1.60, he has allowed too many baserunners.
A+: San Jose defeated Inland Empire 10-4
San Jose: RF Juan Perez: 3 for 5, 3B
San Jose: 3B Drew Biery: 2 for 4, 2B, SB, E
San Jose: LF Wendell Fairley: 2 for 4, 3B, 2 SB
San Jose: SP Justin Fitzgerald: 7.0 IP, 5 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 4 K
San Jose: RP Danny Otero: 1.0 IP, 5 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 2 K
With three hits, including his 10th triple, Perez raised his AVG to .300. Two of four other Giants with multi-hit lines were Biery and Fairley, the latter who had his 1st triple this year the night after he had his first HR (now through 375 AB).
Fitzgerald had one of his better starts of the second half. This was his only start in his last ten starts with allowing an earned run. Otero, who had allowed only 3 ER previously this year in seventeen relief appearances, nearly doubled his ERA with 3 ER in the 8th inning.
A-: Augusta defeated Lakewood 6-2
Augusta: 3B Chris Dominugez: 4 for 4, 3B, 2B
Augusta: 2B Ryan Cavan: 2 for 4
Augusta: SP Andrew Reichard: 5.1 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 7 K--1 HR, 1 HB
Augusta: RP Jose Valdez: 2.2 IP, 1 H 3 K
With four hits, including his 3rd triple and 29th double, Dominguez improved his season line to .269/.321/.435 through 536 AB. With a couple singles, Cavan extended his hitting streak to eight games.
The 25-year-old Reichard continues to perform well as a starter. His peripheral stats in a dozen starts are 71 H, 17 BB, 3 HR, and 79 K in 76.0 IP. Valdez had 2.2 scoreless IP, including stranding the two runners he inherited from Reichard.
ssA: Salem-Keizer lost to Eugene 4-1
Salem-Keizer: LF Ryan Scoma: 2 for 4, SO
Salem-Keizer: SP Taylor Rogers: 6.0 IP, 6 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 2 BB, 0 K--1 HR
Salem-Keizer: RP Devan Kline: 2.0 IP, 2 K
Scoma had two of the Volcanoes' six hits, raising his AVG to .309.
In his fifteenth start, Rogers allowed a couple earned runs in both the 4th and 6th innings. Kline added 2.0 perfect IP as the Volcanoes' only reliever to appear.
R: The Giants finished their season yesterday
(losing in the playoff semifinal to the Reds, who lost to the Brewers 10-8 for the league championship today)
DSL: Giants lost to Reds 13-3
(evening the best-of-five series at 1-1)
Dominican: SS Shurendell Mujica: 0 for 0, 5 BB, SB, E
Dominican: LF Leonardo Fuentes: 3 for 4, CS
Dominican: SP Ariel Hernandez: 0.1 IP, 3 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 1 BB, 0 K--1 HB
Dominican: RP Yeini Martinez: 4.2 IP, 4 H, 7 R, 7 ER, 5 BB, 2 K--1 HR
Fuentes (17.9 y.o.) had three of the Gigantes' five hits. Mujica walked in all five of his plate appearances. Hernandez (18.6 y.o.), who had a 2.01 ERA this year, retired just one of the four batters he faced. Martinez (19.9 y.o.) allowed 7 ER in long relief.
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Belt is a monster?
yes, Belt is a monster.
Belt is just ridiculous. Also, I kinda wish Jesus Guzman was gonna take Jose Guillen’s spot for September. Is there any chance the guy will ever be able to field any position adequately and make his way back onto the big league club?
Thing A
"Correlation between inability to use the reply button and general crappiness of analysis: pretty high." -Sleepy Freud
Yeah, the Giants need to do Guzman a solid and trade him to an AL team in the offseason. They won’t get anything back for him, but they’ll be doing him a favor if he can go to a team that will give him a shot at competing for a DH role in the majors.
"There ain’t much to being a ballplayer, if you’re a ballplayer." - Honus Wagner
Yeah, they should. Nobody claimed him off waivers before this season though, so I’m not even sure he can find that. Of course, the White Sox did DH Mark Kotsay for most of the year, so I bet someone could use Guzman.
I feel prickishly demanding!
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by giantsfansince1981 on Sep 1, 2010 9:30 AM PDT up reply actions
I think the term we’re looking for is “bag of balls”. I would bet that the Toronto pipeline is still open after how we gave them such a good deal on the FLew trade.
"There ain’t much to being a ballplayer, if you’re a ballplayer." - Honus Wagner
Belt is just ridiculous. Also, I kinda wish Jesus Guzman was gonna take Jose Guillen’s spot for September. Is there any chance the guy will ever be able to field any position adequately and make his way back onto the big league club?
Thing A
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you can say that again!!!
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by Mordy From Monsey on Sep 1, 2010 3:34 AM PDT up reply actions
So, which pitching prospect will we pick up next July when Guillen is finally traded to make room for Belt in RF?
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by Mike Benjamin Hit King on Sep 1, 2010 7:47 AM PDT reply actions
Of course I see your chasm, but just a reminder, Guillen will be a FA at the end of this season. Even BS isn’t in love with old geezer vets enough to offer him arb.
"There ain’t much to being a ballplayer, if you’re a ballplayer." - Honus Wagner
Even BS isn’t in love with old geezer vets enough to offer him arb.
Never say never, hopefully Susan will intervene.
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by Giant Torture on Sep 1, 2010 10:18 AM PDT up reply actions
Even BS isn’t in love with old geezer vets enough to offer him arb.
Source ?
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Actually, BS has been very hesitant to offer vets arb in the past few years. If he does anything with Guillen it will most likely be similar to what he did with FSanch or Bengie last year. Which means that he’ll either sign him to a new contract before the December deadline, or let him twist in the wind as a FA all winter then swoop in and sign him to a 1 year contract after he’s been thoroughly humiliated by the lack of suitors.
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Gary Brown
Made his Volcanoes last night with an ofer but he did get the lone RBI.
I’ll see him Friday for the first time.
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Any chance of you posting pictures after Friday’s game?
While you were reading this, Carlos Willoughby just stole second base.
You probably know this already, but there’s a ton of pictures of Brown over on Joe Pun’s blogsite.
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Yes
I just love the Volcanes unis, though.
While you were reading this, Carlos Willoughby just stole second base.
I'll see what I can do
Unfortunately I have a crappy little camera with a 3x zoom so I wouldn’t expect much.
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He hit a SF in his first AB
That was a quick turnaround for him. He played in the last game in Scottsdale that ended very late in the evening, then must have taken an early flight out to Oregon in the morning. He would have to had at least 3 connecting flights to make it to Salem, or they flew him into Portland on a 1-stop flight and had him picked up in Portland.
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They fly into Portland and then the trainer usually picks them up or they take a shuttle van from the airport. Flights into Salem are very expensive.
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"GM Jack Zduriencik is one of the sharper tools in the shed. Elsewhere in that shed, Brian Sabean continues to pound screws into bricks with a garden rake."
Yeah, I lived in Eugene for 9 years, so I knew he was unlikely to get a flight into Salem. Barring rush-hour traffic in Portland, you can usually scoot down I-5 and be in Salem within an hour of leaving the Portland airport.
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No non-stops from Phoenix to Portland? How do you figure? Just a quick look at Southwest’s schedule indicuates they have three non-stops flights each day.
Depends on the schedule. When I’ve flown to Phoenix I’ve had to make connections to get the fiights at the times I wanted.
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by NuschlerFace on Sep 1, 2010 11:19 AM PDT up reply actions
Dear Brandon Belt
Quit cheating the game!
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Sabean and Bork don’t like your kind of cheater in the big league’s.
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by Giant Torture on Sep 1, 2010 8:35 AM PDT up reply actions
Neal
was replaced in LF after 3 atbats. Hurt? Caught a plane for SF? Hey, this could be a poll.
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I voted "YES"
Can’t wait for the poll results!
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Sabean: In a word: No. If we had signed Guerrero or [Gary] Sheffield, we would have been without [Long list of replacement level vets]—obviously not being able to field a competitive team, especially from an experience standpoint, given our level of spending.
no, but they could use some CF depth now that the team has admitted that Rowand is horrible…and Ford is on the 40-man roster.
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by nostocksjustbonds on Sep 1, 2010 1:57 PM PDT up reply actions
They had to get him out of the Northeast so that he won’t be extradited to face trial in NJ.
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BTW, just in case somebody didn’t realize it, that was a joke. Ford is almost certain to get off with no more than a fine and a couple hundred hours of community service if even that.
"There ain’t much to being a ballplayer, if you’re a ballplayer." - Honus Wagner
It was a pretty low level offense. Maybe not even a felony, but I don’t remember how much money it was or know the levels in Jersey (it happened in Jersey, right?).
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by giantsfansince1981 on Sep 1, 2010 10:14 AM PDT up reply actions
Yeah, it was Jersey, and I don’t think it was a lot of money, but it was a felony indictment.
"There ain’t much to being a ballplayer, if you’re a ballplayer." - Honus Wagner
Ah, interesting. Probably lowest level felony. With no prior record (I think) and good prospects for rehab (I bet baseball players aren’t very likely to be repeat offenders) he should get a low sentence.
I feel prickishly demanding!
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by giantsfansince1981 on Sep 1, 2010 10:39 AM PDT up reply actions
As I wrote, there’s almost no way he doesn’t get probation with some community service. In fact, with his ability to hire a top lawyer, I wouldn’t doubt that he just takes a plea to a misdemeanor rap and pays a fine. The main damage of this whole episode is to his reputation, not whatever the court does to him.
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with his ability to hire a top lawyer
Not on a minor-league salary. Ask Garrett Broshius.
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Two things. Ford is on the 40 man roster, something Broshius never was, and those he makes more than every other minor leaguer. Two, he is getting called up so he is making 400+K pro rated to 30/160 G.
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by say hey nation on Sep 1, 2010 12:38 PM PDT up reply actions
Fine, I guess
I mean he can’t hit, but he could be a good speed + D guy. IMO he’s a DFA candidate in the offseason
Buster Posey>
Anyone have a sense of Belt’s defense in the outfield? As much as I love what I’ve heard of his defense at first and would love to see the Giants develop a first baseman, he immediately becomes more valuable if he can play the outfield.
I feel prickishly demanding!
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by giantsfansince1981 on Sep 1, 2010 9:31 AM PDT reply actions
he didn’t look great the one game I saw in Sacramento, but most good athletes like him can learn left field. And right.
Good winter project, if this org had a long range program.
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more game changing bunts than Buster Posey!
Unfortunately, that’s a big if. I like the idea of that as a winter program.
So the Giants need to run winter programs for Sandoval and Lincecum to get in shape (somewhat facetious) and for Belt to learn the outfield. That’s cool.
I feel prickishly demanding!
I couldn't be prouder of my recent adoptee - Tim Lincecum's dealer. He provides the secret fuel behind both Cy Youngs. Also, he taught Timmy the change-up.
by giantsfansince1981 on Sep 1, 2010 9:43 AM PDT up reply actions
If they resign Huff
why not just keep Huff in LF, where he’s already shown he can play decently, and keep Belt at first?
"I don’t think I’ve ever heard a louder chorus of boos than when the Dodgers made the third out of the ninth. It was awesome.." - Aubrey Huff
Because if Belt can play the outfield, there’s a decent chance he could do so better than Huff. Also because it makes Belt more valuable long-term. A good-hitting first baseman is relatively easy to find compared to a good-hitting left fielder, more so compared to a good-hitting right fielder.
I feel prickishly demanding!
I couldn't be prouder of my recent adoptee - Tim Lincecum's dealer. He provides the secret fuel behind both Cy Youngs. Also, he taught Timmy the change-up.
by giantsfansince1981 on Sep 1, 2010 11:34 AM PDT up reply actions
If you're Brian Sabean...
…a good-hitting first baseman is virtually impossible to find.
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by EliminateMe on Sep 1, 2010 11:40 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Yeah, but a good-hitting anything is virtually impossible to find.
I feel prickishly demanding!
I couldn't be prouder of my recent adoptee - Tim Lincecum's dealer. He provides the secret fuel behind both Cy Youngs. Also, he taught Timmy the change-up.
by giantsfansince1981 on Sep 1, 2010 11:42 AM PDT up reply actions
Not great
I was not impressed with him when I saw him. He was lackadaisical going after balls, didn’t square himself underneath them, and often caught them off to his side instead of getting under them. He also had some problems picking up a ball in the corner in the game I saw.
I think he can get the fundamentals down if he works on it. My suggestion in my scouting report was get roving instructor Darren Lewis for the job.
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by BruteSentiment on Sep 1, 2010 2:13 PM PDT up reply actions
Yeah, the Belt’s walk totals are ridiculous. Is he facing the same pitching at the rest of the team? Wow. I’m sure the average will be up in a few games. Belt will be a San Francisco Giant soon, which brings up a good question: Huff’s year may mean wants, and will probably get, a two-year deal. I’d love for him to stay, one year, but will he walk if someone drops a two or three-year deal on him? I just don’t think the Giants should give him a multi-year deal, the money would be better spent elsewhere, say Carl Crawford (but I imagine the Yankees will out-bid everyone).
How awesome it is that the Giants are finally building a team that could contend for year’s to come.
I’m worried about the Giants overpaying for Huff. I like him a lot, and he’s been a great player for the Giants, but he’s at the age where I worry about his production. If Belt can really play the outfield decently, then I’d stick Belt out there and try to keep Huff for, at most, two years.
I also wonder if we’re being presumptuous thinking Belt will be ready for next year. I think he will be, but I’m not sure we should assume it outright.
I feel prickishly demanding!
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by giantsfansince1981 on Sep 1, 2010 9:42 AM PDT up reply actions
I have to agree
The liklihood that this is Huff’s last really good year in his career is quite high. If I were BS I would only offer Huff a 1 year deal with a 2nd year club buyout option. I don’t want the Giants to have a repeat of the Dave Roberts, Renteria and Randy Winn fiascoes in 2012. Unfortunately, only BS is BS, so Huff is likely to get a 2 year deal with a 3rd year mutual option for a total of > $20M.
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I feel prickishly demanding!
I couldn't be prouder of my recent adoptee - Tim Lincecum's dealer. He provides the secret fuel behind both Cy Youngs. Also, he taught Timmy the change-up.
by giantsfansince1981 on Sep 1, 2010 10:05 AM PDT up reply actions
the market for Huff will definitely be greater this offseason than it was last offseason. Remember, he signed with the Giants b/c no other teams came calling.
Though there will probably be a glut of 30+ first basemen (Lee, Glaus, Pena, Konerko, Dunn) Huff is the only one who can also play LF and that market is much thinner after Crawford. He’ll have some more leverage with teams looking to use him in a similar role as he’s been used this year.
I wouldn’t want to give him more than 1 year + option, but I could see him getting a 2-year deal with someone and Sabean would do it.
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by nostocksjustbonds on Sep 1, 2010 2:16 PM PDT up reply actions
I'd go two years for Huff
Even if his performance declines somewhat, he’ll make up for it in entertainment value.
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What's the issue?
Assuming Huff performs reasonably well, if Belt is the first baseman of the future and there is no OF spot for Huff, surely at that time he would be tradeable for most or all of his salary, if nothing more.
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Belt
I know they made a significant adjustment to his approach by altering his batting stance, but his numbers are getting so gawdy, it’s more like someone told him it was OK to hold the bat with both hands or have his eyes open while he swung.
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He always had a good eye and plate discipline, and made consistent contact, in college, so those advanced tools were already developed before the Giants got ahold of him (thankfully so, since those are tools that the Giants have been thoroughly unable to teach to almost every single one of their prospects). However, In college his lower-body mechanics left him basically unable to hit for any decent power or to turn on an inside pitch and drive it to RF, so that is the surprising thing that he has developed so quickly this year.
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I wish the Giants would draft the tools they can’t teach more.
I feel prickishly demanding!
I couldn't be prouder of my recent adoptee - Tim Lincecum's dealer. He provides the secret fuel behind both Cy Youngs. Also, he taught Timmy the change-up.
by giantsfansince1981 on Sep 1, 2010 9:50 AM PDT up reply actions
They did it 2 years in a row with Posey and Belt, and we can all see where that got them. Two young, exciting players that have/will forced BS and Boch to shunt gritty, gamery vets to the bench or off the team entirely. I think that we can all see why BS directed John Barr to not repeat the same mistake in this year’s draft.
"There ain’t much to being a ballplayer, if you’re a ballplayer." - Honus Wagner
Yeah, this year’s draft frustrated me — it seemed to go back to athleticness without seeing if players had good approaches.
I feel prickishly demanding!
I couldn't be prouder of my recent adoptee - Tim Lincecum's dealer. He provides the secret fuel behind both Cy Youngs. Also, he taught Timmy the change-up.
by giantsfansince1981 on Sep 1, 2010 10:05 AM PDT up reply actions
I don’t do too much research on minor league “rankings.” Any idea how common it is for a 5th rounder to be ranked a top ten prospect in less than a year (if memory serves, that’s Belt)?
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qualify that with, coming out of a major college program, so it isn’t like only a handful of scouts actually saw him like some high schoolers or international players.
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by The Wisdom Cow on Sep 1, 2010 9:55 AM PDT up reply actions
Incredibly rare
Hell, it’s highly unlikely for even a first round to be a top 10 ranked prospect after his first year in the minors – even after Posey’s excellent first 500 ABs in the minors he wasn’t in most of the top 10 rankings.
Just to be clear though, I doubt that Belt will be ranked as a top 10 prospect going into next season – even top 25 will be pushing it. There’s just too much bias towards higher draft picks, and 1B is such a non-specialized position where analysts expect prospects to put up monster offensive stats.
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My boy
Is pretty good. Also, since it seems Belt might not be a call up, why is he still playing the outfield?
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I would assume that they’re grooming him for next year.
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...
Cause we have a plethora of 1B blocking him?
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in the D’backs system is another example. Plays primarily as a 1B, but has been shifted into LF about 30% of the time this year. He has a similar career path although he did stay in low minors longer.
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So other than Ford do we know any other call ups?
Minor Leaguers currently on the 40 man:
P:
Hinshaw
Joaquin
Pucetas
Runzler*
Sosa
IF:
Burriss
Gillaspie
Pill
Rohlinger
OF:
Ford
Peguero
Velez
The Giants don’t fare well against pitchers.
Runzler will be activated along with Renteria.
I’m guessing most of those players will stay in AAA for the time being due to the potential of making the playoffs.
I, for one, would like to see Joaquin, Sosa, Pill, and Rohlinger get the call.
I would also like to see Hacker, Guzman, and maybe Willis come up as well.
Just say no to Willis!
Chris Ray will probably be activated soon, too. I think he’s eligible to come off the DL on Friday (not sure about the exact date).
In addition to Ford, we will probably see: Rohlinger, Burriss, Velez and maybe Sosa or Joaquin.
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by Giant Torture on Sep 1, 2010 11:22 AM PDT up reply actions
Some nice woman handed us her tickets to sit in the Lexus Club...
(Or whatever it is called) on her way out. We sat there for the last 3 innnings. It is a cool perspective. You are literally 10 feet away from the players in the on deck circle. Other than a group of very drunk and obnoxious homophobic douchebags, it was nice. My point is that it was the first time I had seen Panda up close this year. I am not sure he could physically squat even if he had to…
Hinshaw actually has some potential
He just needs to learn how to throw strikes, which I think is the whole point of being a pitcher.
This is his 3rd Season at AAA
And his BB/9 have gone from 2.3 to 5.5 to 6.5. Methinks he is unlearning.
Is our Hinshaws unlearning?
"I don’t think I’ve ever heard a louder chorus of boos than when the Dodgers made the third out of the ninth. It was awesome.." - Aubrey Huff
by EliminateMe on Sep 1, 2010 11:40 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
The Giants should use reverse-psychology with him. Tell him to go out and try to throw balls outside the strike zone instead of in it.
"There ain’t much to being a ballplayer, if you’re a ballplayer." - Honus Wagner
The Giants also
preferred to keep him at AAA and go without a lefty reliever for a few days, even though they needed one. I don’t think they have any faith in him – seems weird that he would be on the 40 man. I’m fairly certain he would go unclaimed.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
Why Guzman?
As far as RH bats off the bench, we already have Rowand and at least one of Guillen/Ross (if the other is starting). As little as I like Rowand and Guillen I would send either one of them to PH before Guzman.
Willis, please no.
"I don’t think I’ve ever heard a louder chorus of boos than when the Dodgers made the third out of the ninth. It was awesome.." - Aubrey Huff
Without a doubt, Velez and Burriss will be up. BS has too much prestige wrapped up in them to admit that they’re fringe players at best. Velez has been picked off of 1B and 2B in the last 2 games while the Grizzlies have been fighting for their playoff lives.
I’ve got to believe that Runzler and Rent will be on the plane to SF today.
"There ain’t much to being a ballplayer, if you’re a ballplayer." - Honus Wagner
Never!
Which is why he must be fired.
"There's not many things to do in a trailer park." - A. Huff
Giants Front Office....Torture!
by Giant Torture on Sep 1, 2010 11:21 AM PDT up reply actions
Velez, Burriss, & Ford
How many pinch runners does one Jose Guillen need anyway?
"I don’t think I’ve ever heard a louder chorus of boos than when the Dodgers made the third out of the ninth. It was awesome.." - Aubrey Huff
I Imagine one of RyRohl or Burriss will get the call with Bond replacing them
Velez could also get called up with Neal taking his spot in Fresno
Buster Posey>
RafRod
Numerically, he had himself a not bad second half in AZ. His August Splits were pretty nice. In 79AB, he hit .342/.360/.443.
His vaunted advanced approach from 2009 completely disappeared this year.
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.
Beast is a Belt
Giant Dirtbags: John Bowker, Steve Hammond, Brian Anderson.
Jeremy Affeldt induces strained obliques
by Giant among Angels on Sep 1, 2010 1:29 PM PDT reply actions
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