Action Required, Action Demanded!
Well, here we are. July 31st. Our supposed *Super Bowl*. Sadly, Zaidi has been as inactive as….Sabean? I’ve fully braced myself for an onslaught of absolutely nothing happening—what a travesty that will be. And I will reign condemnation down upon Young Z. This is your damn job, man. This is why you were brought in here!
If I wanted the Giants to keep all the old guys around and/or trade or sign more old guys I would have advocated for them to keep Evans and Sabean!
Z has improved the team with some solid, under the radar outfielders (Pillar, Yaz and Dick). But there is so much more that needs to get done. Fuck this year and this idiotic pipe dream chase for one damn game.
Do what you were brought in here to do Young Z. My wrath will be swift and painful should you fail….
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Promising inning ends up a thud..
That’ll work. July was one hell of a month.
Love this fucking guy
He really enjoys a Giant victory and clearly annoys the miserable Dodger fan and his buddies in the background…
OMG I never even saw the Dodger fan in the background! I LOVE IT 50 X MORE NOW!!!!!!!!
21-7 PFI.
Still riding the wave . . .
Giants looking sharp, take game 2
3 Bombs, Shark 6 shutout innings no walks improve s to 8-8 and lowers his ERA to 3.77 very respectable in these days of juiced balls..
Yeah, maybe Smarj’s biggest game as a Giant so far. He looked like the guy we originally thought we were getting.
exactly AK. Smrdz quietly having decent year. 5 bombs from 5 different guys…this so isn’t the Giants of May anymore. They are right behind playoff teams thought they aren’t getting any help from A’s who are down 3-1 to brewers tonite.
Nothing “idiotic” about playoff chase save all the doom posts that deny it’s real.
Subbing Gennett for Panik looks great.
Read all the above, still trying to figure out what the hell happened.
But, I am loving’ me some Zman.
Dude makes more moves in an hour than Sabevans did in two years.
How he dumped Melancon and got Hotlanta to eat ALL of that fetid contract is beyond me. That alone is awesome work!
The rest I need to digest.
But, looks like we probably have a future 2nd baseman that’s athletic and quick, courtesy Brewers.
And, possible new outfielder with some pop, courtesy Twins; I think.
Gennet only cost some cash, that alone is an upgrade on Panik.
I have no clue what they do with Panic, looks like at least 3 guys can take his place now.
The only guy I will miss is Dyson, but hey, there’s young arms coming up to help.
Losing Black and Pom Pom are practically nothing burgers.
One thing is for sure, we have a hotdamn active GM that is friggin’ building up this organization, not afraid to make moves and get younger, and that is a beautiful thing….
The Melon dump reminded me of the Pirates taking washed up Matt Morris and his shit contract (for Rajai?) about a dozen years ago…
Yeah anytime you can put in a guy like Scooter over Panik is an upgrade.Especially when a guy hits 4 HOME RUNS and has 10 RBI’s in a game!!!
Yeah he’s just getting back due to some injuries and sure to have rust, but this guy can “HIT”knock on runs 2017 2018 50 HR’s and over 90 RBI’s both seasons!
If you can just buy some pop like that, there is very little downside to that, for sure. No bodies given up, roll the dice and if you end up snake eyes, whatever. I like the never up, never in; blow n’ go attitude of Zman…
Yes he can – in a joke park not Oracle Airport.
Fixing the park is mandatory in the off season…
Early game tomorrow: 10 AM Pacific Time.
Today proves what I said quite a while back, that Zman has experience and contacts in both Leagues.
And that pays off in spades, he’s crafting deals with both leagues.
He managed to make sell-happy fans like me happy, and stand-pat fans that wanted Bum and Smith to stay, happy as well. If those guys both walk in the offseason after a no playoff appearance, that won’t be great, but trades were made today using current asset value to get young talent, and that’s good…
And then this from Dereck Rodriguez getting Jaylin Davis from the Twins:I played with him in the minors”He can hit the shit out of the ball”
Right-handed hitter with 1.100 OPS since moved to AAA and can play all 3 outfield positions..
Just saw a vid of this Jaylin Davis kid out of Minnie AAA team. He’s a RHB outfielder with 15 jacks in AAA since being called up from AA not too long ago. Dude crushed a 425′ oppo bomb to right center. I’m likin” the look of that already.
Here are his numbers in 41 games with Minnie AAA: .331 AVG, 15 HR, 42 RBI, .405 OBP, 1.112 OPS
Bring it ON !!! …
And Heliot Ramos looking like he could be legit.
And Bart on the way.
Good times ahead.
Yes sir !
Giants changing from
Old and pathetic, to
Young and athletic…
Made a good start today, but Longo, Craw, Posey, Belt and Cueto are still very much on the books for big bucks…
They took a poll on Triples Alley:
Player of the game:Shark 41%
Second: Zman 38%
Next on Z’s agenda:
Try to sign Bum (and TFLR) before they go FA?
New manager?
Clone Farhan, theirs your manager…
Vogt was with Zaidi, I think, in Oakland.
They knew each other before this season.
So, in the offseason, deal Buster.
Bring up Bart out of 2020 Spring Training; Garcia is backup.
You’ve got youth and pop at the C position.
Vogt to manager…
I could see that more like 2021.
Bagg’s twitter feed says Bochy has told Panik that they will resolve his situation soon, whatever that means.
I assume it means they’ll DFA him, I don’t see any other choice.
He has an option, but may have enough years to refuse to go back to the minors.
They must have tried to trade him, but no takers?…
Vogt as the manager would be ballsy as fuck but I love that idea so much more than some retread like Wotus or the other guy. But you know what, I don’t think Z would ever have a retread in his sights anyway, that would be what Sabean and Evans would do. We’re golden.
I was already down with the Zman.
After today, I’m totally in.
For me, the guy has 2020 and 2021 to get this S together. He may make some wrong moves, but that’s part of the deal.
He’s a trader, a gambler. A volume deal guy, there’s bound to be some detritus along the way, but he trusts his approach, and so do I.
Accumulate, aggregate, segregate, then obliterate (the opposition)…
Great post snarkk. Like you, I have been in his corner since day 1. Read your post again . . . Wow! Spot on my man!
The Giants were very patient with Panik. 5 or 6 years in the majors to make his case.
That concussion may have had caused some lasting trouble…
Panik never really became the “all fields” hitter we hoped he’d be. He became just another guy pounding the ball into the shift.
OMG Z must have read your opening paragraph Craig! Melancon started pitching well and he got someone to take that contract!!! Yes!
Reloaded with some talent and gave away nothing the people on this blog give 2 shits about. Yes Dyson was pretty good, but a small price to pay. And got the Reds to pay Gennets contract so we could bench or get rid of Panik. Best day for SF re trading since Sabean got kent.
looks like Giants did get the ML ready replacement for Panik after all with the kid Dubon. Brews fans mostly all disappointed especially given what they got back in Poms, who could help them, and Black (who sucks).
see what happens with Gennett, who might only be a rental. But nice rental to have around for couple more months.
Agree with all of that.
Panik has to be gone, I should think. Gennet will play in, if he’s healthy, all he cost was $, which the Giants print anyway…
The more I read about this Dubon kid from the Brew Crew. rated their #3 farmhand, the more it looks like this could be a steal for the Giants. Kid has some pop, speed, very athletic, can play basically anywhere in the IF except 1b. If he turns out to be as good as he seems, then giving up Pom and Black for him will look like theft by Zman…