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Dr Lefty
Today’s Game: Giants (2-57) vs Rockies (57-2) at the Dinger Dome, 12:10 p.m.
Matt Cain (3-5, 5.22 ERA) vs. Kyle Freeland (7-4, 3.57 ERA)
Ty Blach had a pinch-hit RBI single. Jeff Samardzija hit a homer, his first as a Giant. What more can the pitchers do?
Well…they can PITCH BETTER. Yeah, I know, Coors, and obviously the Rockies have a great lineup. But I’m trying to remember the last time a Giants starter had a quality start (Samardzija last weekend, maybe?) and the last time the bullpen just shut the other team down (never?).
This is the story of the 2017 Giants. They do whatever it takes to lose games. Good pitching? Great. Let’s score zero runs. Lots of offense? Great. Let’s never hold a lead for more than five seconds. Pitcher makes his pitch? Great. Let’s boot and mangle everything hit into the outfield.
While I’m ranting: What, WHAT has happened to Hunter Pence? I can’t remember the last time I saw a Giants outfielder have such a terrible game. And we had Angel Pagan for five years! (We were at a game last season at Yankee Stadium in which Pagan had two errors and just completely overran a third ball, giving up extra bases. That was one of the many times MadBum’s teammates cost him a win. Then there was that one last year against the A’s where Peavy just lost his mind and started screaming after Pagan booted his third ball in two innings. Even then, I think Pence was worse last night.) And Span clanked a ball, too.
Alex Pavlovic helpfully pointed out that the Giants have the worst outfield defense in the majors–minus-30 defensive runs saved! Minus. 30. I know PJ will hate me for saying this, but I would happily take an outfielder that hit .034 if he played stellar defense, ideally in center field. It’s just so, so hard to watch.
Here are today’s lineups. We have the all-righty (except for Panik) look again, with KT at the top and Slater moved up to #5. We all sneered at this lineup last Sunday, and then they went out and scored 13 runs! (Of course, that lineup had Nunez, but oh, well.)
Wouldn’t a great outing by Matt Cain, in honor of the fifth anniversary of his perfect game earlier this week, be a nice surprise that would cheer us all up? Hold those good thoughts. See you after the game.
Last time they faced Freeland @ Coors, he shut em out for 7 in, scattering 6 hits. Marge was hammered in a 8-0 bummer. So good luck with Cain. The exit velocity should be lower at any rate.
I agree. It would be great to have a guy like Billy Hamilton in CF. I’m sure all the pitchers would agree with you as well.
Is it UNC Day in the bigs? Or another money grab for some cause?
The Memorial Day caps were kind of cool. These suck as usual.
Couple Tarheels taken in the first round. Why not?
Father’s Day hats…really dumb.
Ask the dads playing and wearing them ~ ~
I don’t know if you’re aware, but some people actually form their own opinions.
After giving the rest of the uni a chance, they suck too.
Nothing says dad like powder blue
Will probably improve the Dbacks looks.
I wasn’t watching closely and only noticed the hats at first but yes, the whole ensemble isn’t a good look.
Warrior Fast Break Blog Leader says farewell
http://blogs.mercurynews.com/warriors/2017/06/15/it-was-a-great-time-out/
That is a bummer. He is fantastic.
Update:
Fast Break will be here next season and beyond to cover whatever comes next. The two terrific writers I added last year — Viggy and Robert L — are ready to assume starters minutes. Chris L still has an open invitation to contribute whenever inspiration strikes. And while I won’t be writing posts anymore, I will keep a twitter presence and may occasionally pop up in the comments section (if you’ll have me). Before I go, I wanted to thank the people who have made this unbelievably fun adventure possible.
Kelby joins the party.
Absolutely inexcusable– cost them a run
Does Bochy really need this?
It might not be a bad idea for Cain to wear his helmet out to the mound.
If the Giants want to sell collectible hats, they should make a 3 game win streak version. Rare indeed.
A rare steak version.
After that half inning, Southwest trolls us. Great season
They’re unstoppable.
Matt Cain: not so confident, keep a tourniquet handy.
We have no sound on our NBCS-BA channel. The other channels have sound and the non-HD version has sound. Anyone else?
Never mind. It just came back.
Krukow says everything is going to be perfect
Yeah. Lost sound for a moment. There’s sound on the CS Fullerton/Oregon State CWS game. College baseball is so honest. No check cashers. 100% effort on every pitch, at bat and play. So I’ll be flipping back and forth today.
Thank you. Gonna watch the Titans go for another title. Giants drafted a pitcher gotta see which one.
Lefty John gavin
Wonder if he’ll get a start in game two or three if needed.
I would like once for Mike to say “When you take your at bats against him…”
” you have to wipe the slobber from your chin”
John Myhill must be positively orgasmic that Slater is hitting fifth. Hopefully he didnt see the at bst
At least Slater feels respected
No he’s upset that he’s not batting cleanup
He was hitting just fine in the eight hole.
That’s why he’s not on the blog right now. Fell asleep three minutes after he saw the lineup.
But it is a blissful sleep
Bum proves you can looks awesome wearing anything.
Nice inning for Matt Cain. I was unaware their 1,2,3 hitters could be retired in order.
No Blackman today
Apparently they overlooked the Tomlinson pickoff for yhe “smart play”
Kuiper: Hill, Hundley, and Hernandez, the “Super H’s,” coming up.
/pause
Well, I gotta have a storyline.
“The Super H’s.” I love Kuiper.
We got quite a superteam
They need you, Hoona! You could be a Super H!
With those guys? No thanks haha
How about the Hitting H’s? Send a positive message to the universe. And they all hit the ball & got 20 + pitches out of the Rockies pitcher.
There is or was a WWE wrestler named “Triple H”. We could use that too.
H as in “hitless”
I miss seeing Arroyo with the big club.
He’s been out for a couple days since the HBP. I’m looking forward to seeing Ryder Jones tonight in Sacramento. He’s been on a major roll.
I’d really like to see him get called up soon. It might take a trade or a DL trip for someone.
But cmon aren’t you loving the professional veteran workmanlike efforts of Aaron Hill?
That was an extremely professional GIDP just now.
Way better than Arroyo could dream of hitting into…
10 pitches used up. I was seriously conflicted that AB, between wanting a Giant to reach base, versus thinking a hit would extend Hill’s stay. Not a good sitch for a fan.
Miss his last 1-21
Much better to stick with the vets that are carrying the Giants during this very successful season.
Thsts not the issue– having him here and falling is not a good long term plan. Hd had some huge hits but they adjusted. Needs to regain his stroke
Quit talking baseball sense. He doesn’t want to hear it
The idea is to learn. AAA doesn’t seem like much of a challenge for him, so what is he learning?
See Surf Maui below. Gosh you are wrong a lot.
Matt Williams failed quite a bit for three seasons. He seemed to turn out ok.
On what planet? Oh I get it, sarcasm
I’m not sure what you mean, but I know you’re aware that Matt Williams hit .198 over his first three seasons and 693 ABs.
and 160 something this year. A real success
Christian Arroyo this season: .192/.244/.304/.548, with 5 2Bs and 3 HRs in 125 ABs.
Matt Williams’ first 124 ABs: .185/.239/.298/.537, with 4 2Bs, 2 3Bs and 2 HRs.
That’s an excellent example to bolster their argument. He was sent back down 3 times before sticking.
Williams stayed up almost twice as long as Arroyo did in his first go around.
And the other huge difference is that when Williams made his debut in 1987, they were contenders.
Bochy is a managerial lifer. Mat Williams is not.
We were talking about Williams the player and Arroyo. Follow along.
Amazing how the Brooks Robinson plays from the ’70 WS are just routine good baseball now.
Check out Hernandez now blastung through the Mendoza Line
CarGo and Gorkys are perilously close in batting average.
Think cargo gets ridiculously hot this summer?
Buy low…I want the dude ( yes…as always, he will)
Arenado is due for a tear as well. Look out Bumbos!
Jonah?
Ill trade Gorkys for CarGo– sonehow I doubt the Rockies would do it.
Straight up! Good deal for the Rockies! Gorkys is cheaper!
Duck Snort City is better than the Gap dimensions at Coors + 5280 feet above sea level.
Dome the sucker and add a giant humidor.
Three Bloops in a row.
Cain with his usual two-out magic.
LOL, you have it bad for him…
He’s doing OK today so far. But it really is amazing how terrible he is with two outs and/or two strikes. Worst I’ve ever seen, I think.
Can make a scoreless inning disappear
I know the Giants are wearing their travel grays, and I know the Rox are wearing the home whites, but I’m having a difficult time differentiating between the two teams at times both wearing those blue hats. It’s quite confusing.
An easy way to differentiate the two is that the team that’s crossing home plate more often is the Rockies.
Ouch.
He’s like the dude in Hogans Hero’s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UmzsWxPLIOo
I didn’t know Joe West used to act.
Your like Comedian Kevin James very first gig at the Punch line. Your stuff is riveting.
LeMeheiu is 20 for 38. At 6’4 – he is by far the best second baseman most likely in both leagues.
The GM before Theo let this one get away trading LeMahieu and Tyler Colvin to the Colorado Rockies for Casey Weathers and Ian Stewart.
That 20-38 is against the Giants this season, 9-11 in this series. I’d heard earlier this season that he was originally a Cub, hard to believe they traded him. And Tyler Colvin, a former Giant!
Good play, Kelbinerd!
And again
That’s Super Kelby. Wonder if his cape is light blue today?
With a big red K!
Epstein begging Evans again about a Baez/ Tomlinson swap… G’s ain’t biting. 😉
Must not have seen him picked off
Just like they drew it up!
Atta babe Gorkys.
2-2 today!
1-1 yesterday.
Move outta the way Wolters!
Both guys going stank-eye on each other.
Yeah, Wolters is going to remember that one but that’s his fault though
Look at the unofficial MyGuy go!!!!!
With
A
Bullet
Hmmm, maybe Hernandez has found a clue.
It’s almost Fathers Day and we are 17 games out of first place. I’m spoiled.
Hernandez making a salary push
Trying to make The Oracle a die hard fan
Jarrett Parker is healing fast.
As Jeffrey Leonard once said, “It’s my arbitration drive.”
CarGo .218 is waving at something bothering him…don’t worry, CarGo…it’s just Gorkys .216 breathing down your neck!!!!!!
TO must have indigestion. TG = The Ghorky’s is figuring out how to actually hit MLB pitching.
Another 2 out rally brewing for Rockies.
Kuip is correct– Giants run was courtesy of Rockies stupidity or arrogance in pitching to Hernandez with first base open and the pitcher on deck– but credit Hernandez for making them pay for the mistake
Same with the Rockies’ run. Cain/Bochy pitched to the #8 hitter with two out and a base open.
Seven hitter– with the possibility of a pinch hitter.
Ideally you’d like the pitcher to lead off the inning. I get the thinking. Backfires and you look like an idiot. Happens.
Maybe Hernandez was intentionally holding back all season, baiting the Rockies into that moment.
You happy for Gorkys?!
To me, that’s a strange question. I don’t know Gorkys. I don’t care about him personally. My opinion about his ability hasn’t changed.
funny, by the number of posts about the 25th guy on the roster, I was suspecting a tiny obsession. Now that he’s having a nice stretch, you’ve abandoned him. It’s telling
Gotta admit, I do like “No Outs Matty” way better than “2 Outs Matty”
Gorked.
His way of saying, “Hey, LeMahieu…. ‘gork you!'”
“My name is Gorkys Effin Hernandez, and I am a Major Leaguer”.
I thought he had no chance at that flyball, whatsoever.
Gorkys has Acela Express speed.
Gorkys was supposed to be the 5th OF. Overexposure really hurt him. Slater’s arrival seems to have helped Gorkys stabilize a bit. At the very least, he can enjoy today’s contributions. Good for him.
As opposed to being the 5th Beatle?
Hernandez has been slammed so much by TO, folks have come to believe his cleats are even on the wrong feet.
Last month 10 for his last 27
Man, Arenado made that look so easy. Best third baseman in the game.
I have a man crush on Nolan Arenado
Can his brother be as good as him?
I’d be happy with 80%!
Chad Lowe All Stars, I believe
Atta babe Joe P.
Guess Buster got Cargoed.
What a gun, Slater!
Jim Barnett (the real one) thanking Fast Break Blog Author Adam Lauridsen for the last 11 years.
Adam, anything I write here will not do justice to what you have meant to so many of us over the last eleven years. Your understanding and love of basketball and the Warriors has been offered in literary form that can never be duplicated. You have been a must read for dedicated Warriors fans, including me.
And what a following you created. When I read the comment section there are so many loyal readers whom I feel like I know after all these years. You all are not aware of this because I have rarely commented, but I have appreciated your responses. There have been so many times after a game on the road, and we get in a plane to go to the next city, when I read Adam’s summation and all of your comments. It is always a very enjoyable and worthwhile experience.
Adam, I personally owe you and so many of your legion a personal debt of gratitude for, yes, saving my job three years ago. I am grateful and thankful to all of you!
The Fast Break Blog will continue, but you have set a remarkable standard of excellence that will be difficult for anyone to approach.
My sincere love goes out to you, Adam.
http://blogs.mercurynews.com/warriors/2017/06/15/it-was-a-great-time-out/#comment-3365416690
That’s awesome. The Fast Break blog DID save Barnett’s job. And can you imagine how sad it would be if JB had gotten axed RIGHT before things got really good? After all the years of calling games for a terrible team?
Never understood why they wanted to push him out, anyway.
CS Fullerton up on #1 in the nation Oregon State 5-1 B4.
wth is it with Cain and 2 outs?
Third time in five innings today.
Just got home and logged on. What’s with the blue hats?
Happy Fathers Day
OK. And now I see the blue trim on jerseys, etc., as MLB shamelessly trolls for more revenue. “A portion of all proceeds will be donated to prostate cancer research”. Yeah…a very small portion, I’m sure.
Also prostate cancer awareness. Or a Kuip called it, prostrate cancer.
Channeling his inner Andy Sipowicz.
…….as he lies prostrate on the press box floor …..
Morales’ dad retired from SJPD a couple of years ago.
Two Out Magic Wandoo for the ROX
The 2 out nobody on stuff is getting downright weird now
….an actual normal ground ball that was hit on a surface like a parking lot
It does seem as if our defense is a step slow, compared to the last two years. Alex commented on this earlier, Lefty linked it here.
Thank god Cain didn’t deflect that ball.
Does Arenado get Harper $?
We should pay part to get him to the AL
Ghorkys IBB IBB IBB
That’s right, Bitch! You do NOT pitch to Gorkys there!!!!!
Babe Hernandez
Bad call, Gary. Again.
Gary Pooderstrom
Give Cain some credit– 2 runs over 5 versus this lineup. Pretty good
And it would likely be tied 2-2 if Kelby hadn’t been picked off in the first.
Or more– inning would have continued
good point.
Agreed
Mattie C is Better than Mattie Mo
Now you’ve Done it Ollie
Way better, way tougher mentally. Moore is my biggest disappointment on this team this season…while others are barking about things like 5th outfielders, Moore’s face plant has hurt this team big time
True dat
Belt has a swinging strike check swing like no one else I’ve ever seen.
1 more ball for a walk Belt! You can do it!
Zero for 18
Gorkys is going to catch him
Picking off All Stars one at a time
Uff da
Belt is now 0-17, and 2 for 29 dating back to the Twins series.
One of the streakiest players in. baseball
Given his numbers he appears more streaky bad than good.
Still leads the team in HR– which is not saying much
It is definitely not saying much about him, anyway. More about the Giants.
Agreed
Probably in the bathroom too.
Still no word on Strickland suspension? Maybe MLB is having mercy on Giants by waiting till Colorado series is over.
Mercy would be a longer suspension
How many of those ground balls up the middle would Crawford have reached?
This is the type of Tweet that makes Baggs unpopular with the Giants players. I totally agree with him, but I don’t make my living covering the Giants.
https://twitter.com/extrabaggs/status/876183480425754624
I think what makes him unpopular with players is more about him sharing “Inside The Clubhouse” items, proving he doesn’t understand, or care about, the code.
Baggs has an entire years worth of players that he liked to go after:
Huff-Lincecum-Pagan-Romo-Melky
Jealous nerds don’t do well as reporters
Once Baggs went for the Comb over – it was down hill.
I liked him going after Lincecum, who was a little wet weasel.
he should be going after Belt for not having an balls.
“A little wet weasel”. My brain is not computing? Three WS * Two CY Youngs and * Two No Hitters …. hmmmm.
Belt has balls, maybe needs hitting glasses.
Wow. Way out of bounds, Efrain.
That’ll be enough, thank you.
I concur notwithstanding the the two big hits he had recently.
What is latest on Gillaspie? Morse?
Gillaspie has been playing in AAA. Morse isn’t playing anywhere yet.
Ryder Jones is raking and has played all four corners this season for Sacramento.
Would that be the four corners offense made famous by Dean Smith?
From today’s game notes:
Madison Bumgarner was placed on the disabled list on April 21 with bruised ribs and a grade one or two left shoulder AC sprain…Bumgarner sustained these injuries during a dirt bike accident on the team’s off day in Denver, Colorado on April 20…was transferred to the 60-day DL on June 6 to make room for RHP Sam Dyson on the 40-man roster…will throw a simulated game today at the team’s Arizona facility in Scottsdale, Arizona.
Michael Morse sustained his concussion during the Giants-Nationals brawl on Memorial Day…there is no timetable for his return.
Jarrett Parker broke his right clavicle on April 15 vs. Colorado after catching a DJ LeMahieu line drive and crashing into the left field wall…on April 16, Dr. Akizuki repaired his broken clavicle at the surgery center in SF…could be starting a rehab assignment soon.
Conor Gillaspie has missed the Giants’ last 32 games with back spasms…had a setback during his first rehab assignment, but then resumed his rehab with Class A Advanced San Jose on June 3…has played the last five games with triple-A Sacramento and is 4-for-16 with a pair of doubles.
Also, due to the Strickland limbo, Gillaspie is stuck in a holding pattern in the event they have to trade a fielder for another pitcher. Supposedly Bochy has talked with him about it.
Kind of like a positive for Hill, another positive for Hill, a put down of Hill, and a put down of the Giants.
Baggs will always be Baggs and that’s too bad in a 360 mode because he’s a thoughtful writer when doing a book for revenue. He is sniffing the barn now on how bad it will be for him through the summer.
Hill has a terrible BA. Hill has hit the ball HARDER than most .153 hitter. The only people to make note of that is the immediate dugout. When I player swings he has zero control of results. He does have control of which pitch he offers at.
Clutch, with all due respect I disagree. I’ve seen some weak ABs along with some shaky D from Hill. Not awful, maybe even acceptable, but given where we are right now, shouldn’t a younger player be in there?
That’s fine. He made a super play off of a rolling bunt today. Maybe he sat out too long. I always wanted him on our club because with ARZ he killed the Giants.
Of Course I was hoping JRoll made the team. At 35 Hill is accomplished at some stuff and not at others stuff. There is no real right answer. In years past opposing players from 31 to 39 have killed the Giants: Hairston brothers – Mark Ellis etc.
True that. I liked Hill too. Thought he would be a good add. He was a solid everyday player not so long ago. I hate seeing respected veterans begin to decline, and we have a good bit of that this year. Still a lot of baseball to play, so we’ll see how it works out.
Truth soup
Exactly. One of those guys should be saying some of what we’re all screaming here. Like, why activate Gillaspie and leave Hwang in Sacto? Bet we see that very soon.
Unpopular with the players is a pretty good tribute to a journalist. Unfortunately, the Giants have ways of punishing journalists, and their employers don’t stick up for them, so most of the reporters have given up. Hill never had a useful purpose in camp or on the roster
Might be the best hitter in baseball. Hoping little brother is half the player.
An Arenado RBI. What a surprise
The slo-mo caught stealing….
That Kona brewing commercial annoys me almost as much as the Southwest commercials.
Sad hour
They could at least have some eye candy drinking the beer if they’re going to try to convince me I should adapt their lifestyle.
This game has 4 runs on 19 hits…
Cmon Titans!
🐘 ⚾
Never forget about baseball?
🐘 💨
A lot of hot air!
The Kelby Krukow Kurse
Kids, run hard to 1st, despite Panik being extra cool.
For those of you new to Mike, “He was on it” is code for “strike”
He is the kind of guy who will always find a ray of sunshine on a gray and cloudy day.
And the subtext is, he missed an extremely good pitch to hit
Hunter going to play out rest of his contract hard
You see last night? His worst game in the field in black and orange
Not for lack of effort. 110%
Effort comes from preparation. He was not prepared last night.
Effort-scheffort. He badly misplayed three balls hit to his field, directly costing us runs in a game we lost by two. As Matthew said, his worst game.
Bingo
I honestly think he’s playing distracted.
https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/cf9fafd20edc76ec33dbe3aa1232f89b23d3b87fc1f982671b574ea443bc5ab4.jpg
Health?
Money and attention chasing with his new bride
You figure he’s just not 100%, whatever that means, or won’t ever be again? He’s not moving the same way at the plate or the field, it seems
Not a strike
Slater deserved better. Pitch was UP and AWAY. Unhittable thanks to Gabe Morales “needing” to show up a rookie trying to keep the inning alive and do his job.
By the way, can we declare that Warriors Dancing Mom’s 15 minutes are up?
Yes mainly because she can’t improvise. Same moves each time.
My new candidate for Warrior dancer is Rosemary Orozco formerly of Sac, now doing weather in SF https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/de77cb4c2747eb53ae00376c67aa6f92bcb37ac32daa0fce40cdbdda55bad43a.jpg
A Duck Snort grounder
Not our year
All 5 runs came after 2 outs I think
6 runs
Long game. Could be 8
I meant so far
Though this way the Giants can have the pull within 1 comeback inning in the 8th.
My mistake– misread the scoreboard
But to your credit, Giants scored their run after 2 outs too
What else would you expect? Sure glad we spent a lot of money on Melancon
It was never their biggest baseball need, but something they really wanted anyway.
It was all for optics.
Right. And to top it off, he’s been horrible anyway
And injured.
That was their biggest need, unless you knew in advance that so many others were going to take downward turns this year. And if they’d added a free agent left fielder was instead of Melancon, given the rest of the roster, it wouldn’t have made them into anything close to a contender.
You really think that’s the problem?
It has come early the season: the point where any Giants loss that hurts the Dodgers isn’t such a bad thing, I hate that point of the season, but here it is.
Well said. Go Rockies!
Go Dbacks?
It’s been longer for the Rockies since the D’Backs.
10 year anniversary of Rox world series visit
And whatshisname still hasn’t touch home plate.
I’m for Kershaw winning CY+MVP again
It’s only June, but if the season ended today, Scherzer would win the Cy again. He’s leading every category except ERA, and he’s barely behind Kershaw there.
Now that is one free agent pitcher signing that’s worked out absolutely fabulous.
Bellinger hit his 19th today. Where do they find these guys?
It may not be so much where do they find them, but how do they develop them? The Giants seem to be doing whatever is required to NOT develop them.
4th round pic. We could be piking same but Barr continues to have a job.
No we pick slappy guys like Tomlinson who won’t make any difference in the long run.
The Giants passed Stanton I think 6 times before he was taken. Our talent scouts have great insight.
So did everyone else except the team that took him.
What insight!
Goldschmidt was what, 7th-8th round, same year Trout was drafted. A lot of scouts missed on him, too.
River Cats starter tonight is still “TBD.” Gregorio? Andrew Suarez?
Dan Slania went back to AA when Suarez was promoted.
C’mon Titans 🐘
we should just take tomorrow off
we should just take the rest of the season off.
Yep, that last play sums up the game.
The fact that they can get away with playing Mark Reynolds on a regular basis says there’s weirdness out there.
I’d rather have Reynolds than Belt, and he only makes 4M/year
Belt only makes 4M this year, but 17.2 M/next year
Belt has done nothing to deserve that kind of contract thrown at him. The GM should be fired.
You’re aware of what he’s doing this season?
He is a slappy bunter fan, like a lot of people on this blog, but at a insane level .
You are maybe the dumbest guy on the blog, Reynolds is an MVP in 1st half, but you prefer bunters !
MLB has Royce Lewis (#1 pick) signing on live (just finished). Very impressive young man. Good luck to you, son.
Highlights http://m.mlb.com/video/v1504558783/sfcol-cain-to-duel-freeland-at-coors-field/?game_pk=491125&partnerId=ed-11602995-55341579
157 are of something the ROX did. There are about three Giants highlights.
The Rockies are simply much better than us.
Every team in MLB is much better than the Giants .
Doughnut’s statement was more accurate.
PJ was pretty close. There is only one team in MLB that is worse than the Giants.
They have way more young talent, the Phillies, with way more upside .
When you go by record and team salary nobody is close to as bad as the Giants .
Today June 17th – yes very true.
Fortunately or otherwise there are 92 games remaining.
The other team all ready started a full rebuild and have a fraction of the Giants payroll .
That payroll of the Giants is exactly what’s going to keep them a tail ender for years to come. When you’re paying nearly top dollar for mediocrity how do you back down from that?
Every team has a fraction of the Giants payroll, even if it’s 6/5
And they took the series from the Giants, so who is better?
Probably none are playing worse baseball … they may have less talent.
And the Giants lost 2 of 3 to the Phils, so…
The Padres aren’t much better than the Giants
Just 3 more runs to average the 7 runs a game over 4 games for Colorado
Harbaugh sighting. https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/ncaaf/2017/06/17/harbaugh-talks-up-another-european-trip-for-wolverines/102957812/
By the way the power blue outfilts, ugly and certainly the Giants did not look the same in em.
Cain is remaining in the starting lineup by the skin of his teeth. Nine hits in 5 innings plus a couple of BB. Morris took a salvageable game and put it out of reach. Just when you think the team can’t sink any lower, there they go. Once gain they scatter 10 hits, all but one singles. They just don’t have the SLG to get those multi-run hits.
Cain can finish the season … what difference does it make?
No difference whatsoever.
I want one of the new posts that are put up by our esteemed hosts to say:
New Post Mortem http://www.togetherweregiants.com
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