Where Are We With The Archways?
They must remain closed. I did some light googling and couldn’t find anything that said what the team plans to do with this. Anyone else?
I greatly enjoyed watching our park play more normally last season and with a deadened ball (supposedly) we will need every advantage afforded the hitter.
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Totally agree. We need a fair ballpark that free agent hitters won’t avoid. This is another step toward making that happen. I’d like to see the fences still brought in even more.
An early morn San Diggity post is good to see. I’m about to enter Piazza”s where my good natured quiz focused courtesy clerk awaits
no quiz today. He just flipped a quarter 3 times, best two out of three. I lost so he beat me out of .25 this morning!
I’m all for the arches remaining closed. I could be wrong, but somehow I think Baer will have a big part in this decision. He has been the guy the ownership has always relied on in the past to be their connection to the fan-base.
i think you’re right. Baer only stepped aside for PR reasons, he’s still completely tied into the ownership group and management.
Get a new version of Rusty, and have it go by the archway really really slow when the Giants are up and disappears when the other team is at bat. Wax on, wax off.
we need more knuckleballers in this boring game they play today where everyone is the same
I guess that proves spin isn’t everything.
See how this unfolds if fans are allowed in, even gradually. Interesting how well couple BC LHs did last year, great seasons for Belt and Crawford. Belt raked at home and overall has OPS over 1.000. Boring????hardly
Also note emphasis on adding LH bats to roster by Z—Vosler LaStella Wade Jr. Maybe he gets part of Baer’s attention. Of course, you still have to pitch to opposing teams, and Dodgers LHs very dangerous.
OPS numbers never really did it for me. Bombs. Stolen bases. New faces. Bat flips. That’s the shit i find interesting, not a number…
mm they might steal more bags than last season, but new faces and bat flips aren’t part of “the process.” And they didn’t add much power either. Winning and scoring runs like last year are of far more interest to me.
Last year’s short-term success does not predicate a season’s worth of solid production for any of them.
I certainly don’t think they are as bad as people say, but this is an 82 win team at best.
i’ll be shocked if they get to 74
Unc I hear you but you can say that about players on every team, not just BC Giants. Are you just gonna ignore the whole 2020 season? The O definitely played different with archways closed in summer last year–if they stay closed no reason not to think this helps LHs, of any age. Maybe Kap’s coaching staff had something to do with it too.
part of my negativity about the win total is that we have to play the Dodgers and the Padres 36 times.
I’m still thinking 72, but that could change a bit before opening day. For example, Longo might start the season on the IL. If so, my guess might move up a game or two.
I think this whole narrative some of you sell that we can’t blame Zaidi cuz Baer still has significant control is total bullshit, I think Zaidi is firmly in charge now and has been for some time. He gets the blame or the praise in my book–no one else.
I’m feeling 77 wins.
Reasonable. What I’m saying is if they can hit like last season and score runs/win comeback games with rallies by offense, it will be anything but boring.
so what do they go against SD and LA? 13-23? At best? Probably worse. That is going to significantly impact their overall record by year’s end.
Historically, the Giants have always played the bums tough. in the previous decade (2010-2019) Giants have a 95-92 advantage. Last year, Bums 6-4. SD is another story.
Pad-Giants past several years (Wins-Losses for Giants):
2020 – 2-8
2019 – 9-10
2018 – 8-11
2017 – 12-7
2016 – 8-11
2015 – 8-11
So, it isn’t like LA or SD has totally kicked our asses the last several years.
could very well be Flav though SF usually gives Dodgers good fight. Giants didn’t come in with very high expectations last season either, did they? Yet pickups like Flores Gausman Smyly were fine. I’m skeptical pitching holds up, but offense last season was enough to almost even up run differential. That happens this year, SD might not be so far off.
No Willie, but injuries play a much bigger part in a 162 game season compared to a 60 game one. I’d love to see Belt and Crawfish do what they did. I just don’t see it over a full year.
I’d say 80 wins if held to a number. And that’s optimistic AF.
Will wilson. Ain’t that the guy we bought from the Angels?
Yeah, they ate Zack Cozart’s $s to get him.
Here’s a number that ain’t exactly exciting, but a little intriguing: Cueto 94 mph fastball. If he has that, he’ll be good. At least until the DL calls.
94 works just fine.
I feel the same way about radar guns as I do about the teletimers on Belmont’s turf courses.
Don’t trust ’em…
I learned that from the great Clocker Ray…
I bet good ol clocker ray has seen some shit
Why do they continue to waste at bats on Joe McCarthy?
They are trying to help him get the team lead in strikeouts.
He and Luciano are in a close race.
Shea first line in chron today: “Giants mgr. Gabe Kapler says his lineups aren’t necessarily indicative of what to anticipate once the season begins. They aren’t drawn up just to get the front-liners ready at their regular positions, but largely to see what works and what doesn’t, an ongoing experiment to help determine the makeup of the Opening Night roster.”
Wonder how many in above will be part of that..my guess, 3 tops.
Make it 4…Dick,Ruf,Dubon&Wood
I’d add Casali to your list for 5.
mm you guys probably right but I wasn’t thinking about Wood, just position players. Good call though!
DUGGAR BOMB
impossible. That guy sucks according to so many *experts* here……So, team lead in bombs right now?
another oppo bomb. This guy is finding a legit power stroke.
ST home runs = Pre-game 65 yard FGs. That and $5.00 gets you a cup of joe. And a date with Randy Elliott.
I’ll.take.the.guys hitting them over.the guys not hitting them
What would you prefer a bomb or a fly out? A bomb or a weak ground out?
This oppo stuff (with power) is.exciting. it’s like what posey dreams he could do but doesn’t have the strength to execute
You forgot about the 25 MPH wind helping it along! That was a glorified pop up.
are lots of bombs going out today? I’m not watching the game
I don’t know, but the announcers thought it was a pop up/fly out.
So were 500 of Hank Aaron’s “bombs”
Chief Noc-A-Homa made more basket catches than Mays…
Now he scored on a wild pitch. The Graveduggar is making shit happen with his well rounded athletic skills!
The Grave Duggar clearly worked on his upper body over the winter.
He reminds me of Paul O’Neill in many ways…
There is good video of.him swinging this spring compared to last year. Totally different swing this year
Yes, round is a shape.
Now he drives in a run showing plate discipline drawing a walk. He’s gonna have his fingerprints all over this victory. He’s probably made a couple of sweet grabs as well.
He can do anything.
I’m Grave Duggar, hear me roar
With numbers too big to ignore
And I know too much to go back an’ pretend
‘Cause I’ve heard it all before
And I’ve been down there on the floor
No one’s ever gonna keep me down again
Oh yes I am wise
But it’s wisdom born of pain
Yes, I’ve paid the price
But look how much I gained
If I have to, I can do anything
I am strong (strong)
I am invincible (invincible)
I’m Grave Duggar…
Except make the opening day roster!
Jaylin will drink GraveDuggar’s milkshake.
Yeah, on the bus to Sacramento…
Geez why don’t they give Duggar a franchise tag while your at it?
Oh thank god wrong sport!
Here we go again. I just reupped the MLBtv package that I cancelled last year.
why not just use bilasport?
Thanks again, bilasport was awesome but I decided for $130 bucks I’d go with easy. I can cleanly watch MLBtv from all my devices and even watch games that have already been played, I could probably do all that on bilasport but I already have mlb set up on everything and I’m a lazy fucker.
Come football season I’ll be singing the bilasport song again fer sure.
Ramos Bombos
3 walks for Duggar, interesting.
he’s got that upper cut swing now. You see the change in swing from last year to this year?
Haven’t been watching the games, but will look at a clip.
i tried to find it but couldn’t. It’s out there tho
I read the Arches will remain closed, the whole 6 feet apart can’t be controlled out there. Depending on injuries, I see this team as a .500 club
BF, for your amusement, using 2019 stats I put together an ultimate Bombs and Bags low OPS starting 8 below . At each position, I picked the player with the lowest OPS who had either 25 SBS or 25 HRs.
CF Mallex Smith SB: 46 HR: 6 OPS: 635
SS Elvis Andrus 31 12 707
2B Rougned Odor 11 30 721
RF Kole Calhoun 4 33 792
3B Manny Machado 5 32 796
LF Eddie Rosario 3 33 800
1B Rhys Hoskins 2 29 819
C JT Realmuto 9 25 820
The overall stats look a lot like the Rangers, who finished with 220 HRs and 131 SBs, the latter the most in baseball. They finished a little above the MLB average in runs scored and a little below avg. in team OPS.
3 of those guys lost their starting gigs last year (Smith, Odor and Hoskins).
I guess it’s not THE ultimate . . . .
do we have a Giant who would be projected to have an OPS of over .800 with 25 projected bombs or steals?
A Giant with an OPS of 830 with 19 bombs is no less valuable than one with 28 bombs, hard as that is to believe. The extra hits and walks to get to 830 help create the same ~18 runs the HRs produce.
comprehensive rundown of the game today in case you missed all of it
https://www.knbr.com/2021/03/09/two-giants-outfielders-have-huge-days-in-otherwise-ugly-game/
just fired off my answers to Daniel’s *playing Pepper* segment he’s running next week. I think this is the 6th year we’ve done this, man time is flying by
mm looks like anyone who had good day at plate had lot of company–Brewers had 17 hits including 10 for XBHs on way to 13-7 W. according to box I saw. Zach Green had double and triple and I think they hit 4 bombs too.
but break out saran wrap if it makes y’all happy..