All He Does Is Throw Up Zeros
Another shut out for Casalli. Man, do those SP’s jizz at the sight of his fingers or what! At this point, whether you think that’s luck or not, wouldn’t it be at least a good idea to consider to have Posey play first base and Casilla catch? I know Buster has about the same affect on our SP’s so it probably isn’t worth it since you lessen the D at first base with that move. But Belt is hitting .186 so…..Also, how much offense do we really need if Casilla is coaxing out these shut outs like a snake charmer teases a snake from his chambers?
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Think Giants would get more out of Flap faithful attending more games.
i barely have time to catch some of the games on TV
MLBTV condensed games, FTW.
I never tried that LJ.
How condensed are they?
Usually around 8 minutes, Loo. Sometimes I wish they were longer, but they’re a lot better than most abbreviated highlights.
Thank you.
That’s quite condensed!
Shea tweeted Longoria had tight left hamstring. giants finished game with another makeshift IF as Crawford entered game at SS and Dubon slid over to 2b, LaStella to 3b. Makes you wonder how long Kapler can go with 12 position players and 14 pitchers. Good for Santos though.
Yeah, Santos looks like he was born to wear that Giants uni. I’m excited to start seeing some of the young guys get a chance. I love Longo, the consummate professional, a fine ballplayer and a solid Giant, but it will be nice to start seeing some guys get a chance who don’t get hurt seemingly every week. That goes for a lot of the older players. Was there any word on Sanchez? Miller made some mention that he could be hurt, but I didn’t watch the game live so I didn’t hear any follow-up.
Anyway, good win. 12-7.
LJ…Kapler says that Sanchez is not right just still trying to build up his arm strength as his fastball was topping out maybe 90 and lower.He’s not going to push him right now thus the quick hook after 5 with a low pitch count.
Got away with it with a good sinker getting ground balls and a key DP ball to get out of a 2 on nobody out first inning.But Sanchez could turn into another concern for Kapler going forward unless they lt him pitch in shorts when he hits 95 on the FB
That makes sense. Thanks, Kat.
Thanks, Kat.
What a pleasant surprise to see some of our younger pitchers shine. Santos and Doval are the shot in the arm this team needs. Who knew our pitching was gonna be our strength. And for the most part our team hitting might not have the average we thought but we certainly have been getting some timely hits that count.
Hey BF .. How’s Carson feeling this morning? Vet Doc give him some magic pills for colitis to take?
Giants have a MASH unit worth of injuries going on with right now with the addition of Longoria ( mostly minor stuff except Barrels) no need to tempt fate with moving Posey to first, besides when are folks gonna get it, he doesn’t want to play first, he loves to catch and he’s still among the best and I respect him for that.All the hitters are struggling and it just isn’t this team.But this team is winning with pitching and the best defense I’ve seen in quite a few years overall! They must rank near the top on least errors allowed right?
The pitching and defense has been a nice and unexpected surprise.
Any updates on Carson, Flav?
SF now second in defense to Braves, but Atlanta has played 120 fewer innings.
HRs and scoring are down across baseball. Ks are not. Deadening the ball was inevitably going to have that effect, because hitting the ball in the air is still your best bet to maximize offense. The problem, if you define it as such, is compounded by the high velocity, which you can’t combat without perversions like moving the mound back.
Because of the uptick in offense after 68, I assumed velocity was reduced via the lower mound height max. It turns out there are studies showing that having a mound has little to no impact on velocity.
It’s the angle of attack that changed. Not the velocity.
Yep, I get that, just took for granted the intuitive idea that a mound adds to velocity. It felt that way to me when I pitched.
And remember in famous words of J T Snow, playing 9 innings at 1b is not “a day off.” Flores looked fine over there, and Belt is usually outstanding. Doubt many others could have made that foul grab he had other day.
Casali shutout magic will wear off; good to see him get clutch knock.
Platooning Belt as Kapler has done makes sense. Ruf also missed a ball in the 9th yesterday that the doofus would have had, but it’s the offense that will keep Belt in the line up. The he’s hitting 186 argument might have some merit after 200 PAs. Besides hitting 186 in 10 game’s worth of at bats, he’s on pace to hit 30 HRs in this new dead ball era.
what did you think of Dubon at SS?
Funny, I almost posted something in response to Chuck and Kat’s earlier exchange about that. He looked like an ok ML shortstop, fluid and confident. The throws had zip on them. His hitting must really be bumming out management right now.
Speaking of things due to wear off, Melancon got 7th save for Pads last night in 3-2 W, striking out Betts on high 91 mph fastball to end it. Pads Emilio Pagan gave up back to back HRs as Dogs tied game 2-2, then they scored off Treinen in top 8th and got out of bases loaded jam with great DP (highlights on mlb.com) bottom 8th.
The pitching continues to amaze, especially when we all anticipated this being questionable, and that the bats would be the team’s strength. With all that said, the thing that I am really liking is the huge improvement on D.
WTF…going to take it as long as they keep dishing it.
As others have alluded, with guys getting nicked-up, how long can they go with only 12 position players (4 player bench)?
For as long as the replacement starters don’t get injured? It looks like they’re trying out bullpen arms early in the season, maybe to see if they can dispense with one or two of the underperforming veterans. At the very least, Doval and Santos won’t come up green later in the year, ya know when SF is fighting it out with LA and SD :-).
This team having the second best record in the NL and tied for the second best record in all of baseball is literally quite shocking…
One thing that totally stands out is the defense big time!
Last year they started out kicking the ball around to the tune
of 19 errors in there first 19 games.
This year through 19 games only 5 ( all from the BC.. 2 by the usual sure hand Doofus face, 1 for Longo, 1 for Posey,1 for Dick)
Usually u would expect some from Barrels&Wilmet by now but not so far, go figure? Bonus no errors by the pitching staff as well!!
12-7 tied with the A’s and Mariners for 2nd best record in baseball, damm sweet, and reall should have 2 more wins to be 14-5 but I’m not going to nitpick on success.Keep it up orange&black..
Just like in football, defense wins championships.
Surprisingly little drama for a 3-0 game after the first inning threat, the Fish getting only 2 singles, a walk and a HBP. Giants got 15 outs on groundouts, including two double plays.
Giants have only given up 13 runs in 7 home games.
I’ve seen zero HRs in both the games I attended. Duvall’s drive last night came closest, and even that didn’t create more than a split second worry. While there, it’s felt like it’s nearly impossible to hit a ball out at Oracle.
Reds games featured some bombs iirc
I have them with only 10 runs allowed in 7 home games?
But anyway u look at it they have played 12 road games to only 7 home games and getting the job done, pretty amazing..
Kat, middle game of Reds series when Cincy hit 2 2 run HRs in first off Gausman Giants won 7-6
Flav – Hoping Carson is OK…
Baggarly put up a long piece on Casali that runs with the fact that each of the five occurred with a different SP. But he’s good with the pen, too.
Still looks like rain for Sunday.
Would of been great if Norton dumped a pail of water on Ralph’s head from upstairs..
Carson update: Still not sure but it looks like he has Colitis–that is manageable.So Diabetes and Colitis, Jeez. He’s back at home now. Thanks for all the good thoughts, guys.
Thanks for the update, Craig. Good vibes and healing wishes to Carson.
Second that! Stay strong Carson!
No your right Willied I counted a 3-0 loss for the Giants thinking Casali threw another shutout lol 😂
So it is 13 runs allowed, still less than 2 runs a game average, guess it’s time for that other catcher some guy named Posey? to step up to the party and get a shutout too,🤣
Like Chuck said, cats are hearty critters and can bounce back from a lot of stuff. I’ve seen that enough myself over the years. Glad to hear Carson is back at home. Most cats don’t like to go to places they’re not familiar with, especially if that place is the vet. I’m sure he’s much happier hanging out with his human.
Giants announced attendance last night 4580, more than 4000 less than allowed. 6-1 at home right now—starting to wonder if paying customers are still staying away in droves, what does that mean for mgmt spending $$ coming offseason even if payroll is lower due to few high priced vets no longer around.
A lot of the old regulars may have discovered they can live without it…
This can be taken the wrong way, but plenty of people’s lifestyles were actually improved by COVID and some will even admit it…
I’d be interested to hear about how lives have been improved. I can certainly see how some folks might discover that they can do without attending games, though I personally think most of it is driven by fear.
There’s also the nuisance of taking the test, if you’re not yet fully vaccinated, which is still true of most folks.
I can see that. It might just be the general hassle of all of it that’s putting some people off, but I’d hazard to guess that the Giants are surprised by their inability to get more people out to the park. I live near Seattle, and I don’t know if the Mariners or any other teams are having the same problem.
The biggest thing I hear is how happy people are not spending hours commuting.
Another one is being free of family gatherings and other undesirable social obligations…
Family gatherings are about the only gatherings I’ve done in the past year.
I do love a good excuse to sit on my ass at home with a book or my guitar. When we do go out, it’s awesome having formerly crowded places to ourselves.
I wouldn’t write off Casali’s streak as some kind of fluke.
This ain’t Tim, Cain and Bum in their primes that he’s working with.
It’s hard to fathom that this guy could be better than Buster at anything,
but this should be national (baseball) news at this point…
1. Tommy La Stella (L) 2B
2. Mike Yastrzemski (L) RF
3. Wilmer Flores (R) 3B
4. Brandon Belt (L) 1B
5. Alex Dickerson (L) LF
6. Buster Posey (R) C
7. Brandon Crawford (L) SS
8. Austin Slater (R) CF
9. Alex Wood (R) P
I assume Wilbur did decidedly identify as White.
When his walkup music is Friends,Wilbur’s white..
I went to rossanti’s this afternoon for beers and food with work people. It’s called the alpine inn now but the old schoolers know what it’s really named. Place has changed but it was fun to get out and about and socialize. Everyone was so happy to be there lol
Rossotti’s sorry I’m on my phone and, drunk
Good for you BF, yeah Rossotti’s is always going to be the real name for that establishment.Use to go there all the times when I use to ride my motorcycle with my buddies for a burger & beer 🍺
yep, pitchers of beer and burgers and fries. I loved that place.
Kat – what did you ride?
Man the Giants bench is sure thin with only Dubon, Ruf&Casalli they sure don’t need someone pulling up lame tonight.
Yeah, our ballpark is enormous.
I blame it on the shitty catcher.
Jazz says I got your shutout right here.
Geez the hoodie has no effect on Jazz, he crushed that!
Jazz sure can turn on a ball, he took Jacob DeGrom upper deck earlier in the year with a pitch over 100 mph, so Wood is like batting practice for him..
i love that there are dudes here at the Flap who know about Rossatti’s. That shit was a staple of my childhood and today as well.
The other night, Giants hitters did little against Alcantara except extending him. First inning both Yaz and Belt pushed up his pitch count to 23, a modest beginning but not to be overlooked. Hey! Look at Whilllbrrr’s BA. He has escaped from underbeneath Mr. Mendoza with that single.
Woody musta been pissed at himself for getting Jizzed by Jazz. Strikes out the side in the second.
Jasrado “Jazz” Prince Hermis Arrington Chisholm Jr. surely does enliven a game.
Bring up the bat of Heliot Lemuel Ramos Lebrón.
His stylish arrogance in the field is better at the ballpark. You’d appreciate it. He’s a talent.
deGrom is an ace. Do not ever, EVER let anyone tell you we have an ace…..Wow what a performance tonight
Yeah that would over a 40 pt performance for Degrom in my baseball fantasy days! Quite a start for sure overpowering with 15 K’s no walks in a 2 hit CG Shutout..
And he had 2 hits of his own.
Incredibly, he didn’t come up till he was 26 and is about to turn 33.
All you heard about was Harvey & Syndergaard.
There was no hype here for deGrom…
Inevitability of DH–Giants pitchers now 0-27 this season. None of them hit last year and doubt only few will miss it.
18 Ks and 4 SHs.
Gausman in career is 2 for 63 with 41 Ks—Ron Herbel territory.
Lulz
you gotta get off this average or slightly above average pitcher’s dick dawg!
Alcantara is NOT economical. Buster worked him well and it even took 5 pitches to dispatch Wood. Current pitch count, first run through the lineup: 42. Third inning he need’s to get Giants hitters to sucker early in the counts or he will have quite the workout early on.
Both hurlers at 42 pitches. Wood over three innings. Alcantara at two. It took some maneuvering for Wood to get Jazzulations this time.
It’s Yaz v Jazz so far.
YaZmaTaz !
Like some get long in the tooth, Alcantara was getting long in the count. 4-seamer command was off. He went to the stinker too many times and Yaz cashes in.
What ever the pitching coach said Yaz understood and jacked it out!
Alacantra is not fooling any one the second time thru the LU.
Are you crying?
There’s no crying in baseball..
One thing about BB9: The vet drives pitchers crazy. Nine pitch walk. Foul after foul. Pitch count going through the roof in the third.
Finally suckered Dick and induced the pitcher’s best friend—nevertheless Alcantara at 67 pitches through 3 vs 42 for Wood. Rate of just over 22 pitches per inning. If he doesn’t settle in the 4th, he’ll have a tough time going 6.
Did the Giants have an “ace” in the 30 some years between Marichal and Schmidt?
Was Schmidt an ace? Is there a minimum year requirement?
Krukow. Estes. 🤣🤣🤣
Wood sure can be tough when he’s on. Love the pace he shows out there. It’s refreshing in this day and age of the “deliberate” pitcher.
Wood now at 60. He should have dispatched Gary Cooper’s great-grand nephew instead of walking him…a bit too fine on that one. Duvall he owned. At the current pace and with the bottom 40% of the lineup in the 5th he could be good for six. Deep bullpen follows. Let’s get some insurance.
Tatis Jr. takes misplaced Opie fastball 431 ft. 2-1 Pads
abbreviated follow through, kept both hands on bat.
And on the seventh pitch Buster Jazzes to Jesus.
Would like to have seen–or to see–Kapler doing a bit of transposition in that lineup. Dick/Buster need to be switched, as Buster is a more measured batter, while Dickerson is impetuous. Ditto with Slater and Crawford. Alcantara basically owns Craw tonight, while Slater seems to read the ball better. Some chance the Giants would have scored at least one more run or at least dragged deeper into pitch-count territory.
Dude is just sailing along.
What’s an ace?
https://www.sportingnews.com/us/mlb/news/ace-pitcher-theory-number-one-starter-greinke-baseball-philsophy/rm2bq6eiz9y61m9v0lomz4ijt
1962 Mets ace:
Roger Craig (10-24)
Seven swing thru strikeouts for Wood plus low pitch count, damm these Giants SP are surprising the hell at of me. Thank god we have Webb to bring us back to reality when need to..
Yaz might just be coming around with that second hit of the night, he busts past Mendoza with a hot and heavy .205.
Pitcher’s best friend nails Wilmer. At 93 in the books, Alcantara now has a chance at going six.
I’ve been waiting to see a J Sanchez 100 pitch 5 inning game against the Giants, and SF keeps screwing it up every time they get close.
No one before or since had so much “arm slot” sloppiness.
Wood’s first pitch to Jazz in the 6th was a study in the hurler’s art. It was a sinker which just caught the upside middle of the zone.
He’s lucky JC’s LD hit his glove and not his head.
Tonight the man from Nacogdoces, Texas is “Walkin to New Orleans”.
Still need Crawford,Flores &Belt to inch over the Mendoza line..
Crawfish is having him a horrendlous blue plate special. Swinging like a barn door—and mostly at offerings few pitchers dare to throw to LH batters.
I think Buster shouldered the largest percentage of blame there.
Opie has given up 3 solo homers tonight as Padres lead 3-1 ..
Hell of an outing by Wood.
97 pitches through seven IP. Helluva performance. One Homer hit on the first batter he faced. Period.
One walk since and that’s it. gonna be helluva game score bill james stat.
Dubon gets in there.
Wilmet! another mound visit backfires on Marlins
Lucky the boys in NY had no resin on the monitor lenses from they’re bong otherwise Doobie Dubon is out..
In that Dodgers game, Tatis jr. has 2 of the HRs…22 years to the day after Tatis Sr. big night with 2 slams in same inning, at same yard, dodger stadium.
The numbers never lie.
Flores and Belt over the Mendoza line with key RBI hits!!
They can do know wrong., quality at bats..
At long last, the gang that couldn’t hit straight gets the job done, picking on the BullFish. Particularly impressive was Dubon’s honoring of Wood by slicing that devastating double from the #9 spot. Even the first two outs were productive, LaStella’s moving Dubon to third and Ruf getting another Ribeye with his sac-fly. They looked fully professional in the 7th.
Almost reminiscent of the old conga line…
Wilmet showing the D!