Let’s Talk About the Bullpen….
…..because there’s nothing else to talk about.
And that’s a good thing. Discussing the bullpen on February 24th just means the rest of your team is rock solid.
So Casilla is the closer, I think that’s a given until he implodes. Romo to be the 8th inning guy, probably.
Lopez will do that “3 inning a month specialist stuff”.
That leaves Strickland, O-Shit!, Kontos and Hest-by-Hest as the long man.
If they carry a 13 (unlikely) it might be Broadway. Or would the dark horse be Ricky Romero? Or do we tease ourselves into believing that the great great Big Time Timmy Jim JIm makes a glorious return to the kingdom that he built?
Am I missing anything?
I like our bullpen a lot. Nice mix of experience and young flame throwers. And hey, if the bullpen falters the one thing I KNOW the Giants will do is go get help. They aren’t spending 165 million on 2016 salaries and complement it with a leaky bullpen that gives away games.
So, nothing to stress on here. Cautious optimism warranted…….
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Hope it’s not 13 man pen, at least to start. Usually more off days at beginning tho I haven’t looked at sched.
Romo and Casilla handled RH hitters very well. Like to see Osich and Strick step into a full inning of work.
Kontos lot easier to trust than Broadway or one of the other kids from minors.
This is position of strength for 2016 esp as managed by Bochy…2017 likely manned differently.
And should some or all of Romo Casilla Lopez do not return after this year then 3 more guys can step into roles with ml club.
what those guys show Bochy and FO in ST plus reg season minors I’m sure will be closely monitored.
where do u think I Gardeck ends up?
Probably AA Richmond.
thanks for info. i coached him in little league. he’s a good kid. a late bloomer.
Yeah I don’t want a 13 man pen as well.Osich slides into Jeremy’s role just fine and Kontos& Stickland the RH heat should be good.
You have the best pitching guru coaching in the game with Rags& Gardy and of course how Boch handles the whole staff with match ups, so no worries from me right now!
Let’s get it on!!!
A 13 man staff? What? We went out and got “inning eaters”. We are paying our starting 5 over $72 mil this year, that’s about half the revenues for the island of Tonga and they don’t keep 8 in the Pen. Somalia might, but their starters are pretty weak.
I think Law and Romero will get some long looks this spring.
Jake “The Rake” Smith is on the 40 man so he will at least get a cup of coffee with the big club before being shipped off to whatever the Minor League camp is called.
Appears that Derek Law has come back strong from an injury situation. Smith, Romero and Gearin are also champing at the bit. In other words, the pen has not only excellence from the outset but also plenty of depth in the pipeline with a combination of quality experience and young flamethrowers. Bullpen is the least of our worries going into the season.
John and Steve – thanks for the articles yesterday. Good reads.
I think the pen is solid and if anyone falters, as others have noted, the Giants will fill the gaps. John nailed it in pointing out that they are not paying the starters as handsomely as they are to only get 5 or so per start. The Giants are going to expect, and get, performance across the team, and if that requires some changes/tweaks, they will make it happen.
Only seven days until the first spring game.
40 Days until Opening Day…
43 Days until the Home Opener!
Let’s play some fucking baseball, already!
On paper, I think this year’s iteration of the Giants is as good as any team in the majors.
So, my major concern this year is staying healthy. If they do that, and most of the guys play up to potential, I predict good things for us and our Giants.
13-man staff? Hardly, har, har, har. Almost not a chance, what with those three top of the line starters quite capable of amassing 600 innings amongst them. Yesteryear’s baker’s dozen was cuzzin onaccounta the fact that two starters were out injured coming out of ST and innings eaters had become a necessity. Situational relief got massively messed up as a result of that circumstance as evidenced by the misuse of Petit and his consequent ending up with the Nats this year. Roles should be much more clearly defined this year and because of the blend of talents and additional strength in the pipeline nobody should be worn to a frazzle come October.
I think Timmy’s the dark horse for long relief.
RE: Timmy – I have seen limited updates on his roadshow. Here is the latest I have seen:
http://espn.go.com/blog/mlb/rumors/post/_/id/23327/mlb-rumors-roundup-the-market-for-tim-lincecum
Has anyone seen anything else of note?
I’m not as confident about the bullpen as a lot of y’all. Father Time is nipping at the heels of Casilla, Romo, and Lopez. Hopefully they have one more trip to the mountain-top left in them.
The other four spots will make for an interesting story-line in Spring Training.
I will eat my hat, again, if they sign Timmy. That ship seems to have sailed.
Is it just me or does it seem like Bochy’s son tossed in the towel on his baseball career rather quickly?
He’s 28. I’m sure he thinks he’s reached the end of his baseball viability.
Lincecum was his name
High 90s gas his game
Rings, No Hitters, and warrior helmets part of his fame
Went under the knife hoping to recapture the flame
Awesome poem!
Love it!
Long live 55…
i like it too, but *high 90s?”
His max velocity was high 90s back in the day mostly 92 range I suppose.
I thought this was so outstanding Dirt, that I wrote Tim on his FB page and told him about it . . . I hope you don’t mind.
Steven Melikean to Tim Lincecum
Just now ·
Hi Tim, I am a big Giants fan now living in Colorado. I belong to a Giants blog, The San Francisco Giants Blog, where my friend, “Dirt” (Micah) wrote this poem tribute to you . . .
Lincecum was his name
High 90s gas his game
Rings, No Hitters, and warrior helmets part of his fame
Went under the knife hoping to recapture the flame
The blog URL is https://oneflapdown77.com/2016/02/24/lets-talk-about-the-bullpen/
It would be awesome if you stopped by and said hello. Thank you for everything you do!
That’s classic, blade. I wonder if he’d take it as a compliment. Lulz
hopefully he reads it once baked. He just might stroll on over to the Flap afterwards, lulz
Refs are awful tonight in Miami
That is most excellent, Blade.
Klay most excellent tonight
Read that short write up on Timmy and comments afterward, including clueless with the first one.
I’m not Kawakami’s biggest fan but I think he’s spot on here.
Hey everyone loved the guy for what he used to be, but man SF already gave him a $35 mil thank you gif
At this point (and hey he still hasn’t done the showcase yet) he is unlikely to be any better than Cain Peavy or even Heston.
In other words, perfect for the Padres who are mostly thankful they still have the Sherps around to keep them out of last place. At some point Pads will probably dump at least one of Price Ross or Cashner, so I’m sure they’ll have plenty of openings in rotation…something Giants just spent heavily to remedy.