Rested And Wilted
Letting Paddock just cruise into the 8th inning when he hasn’t been past 5 all season was embarrassing. Nice to see Harrison do his best Birddog impersonation. Maybe that’s just how these guys are going to get used this year.
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Watched most of Yanks-A’s game where Yanks hit 5 doubles/4 HRs in 10-2 thrash. After leadoff walk to start game Judge hit first pitch he saw off top of the wall in LCF but that was only hit he got. Golds did hit one out and J Dominguez provided thump with 3 bombs/7 rbis.
There was column about how well Judge is doing in TA yesterday-OPS is over 1.200. Rest of team is at .720 iirc. Golds is over .800.
There was some weirdness in 5th. Yanks had runners on 1b (Rice) and 2b (Grisham) and fly ball was hit into short LCF where A’s CF dove for it and held up glove with ball in it. Replay showed he’d trapped it and Grisham had run to plate and scored. Call from ump was out; Rice had been halfway to 2b then stopped and went back toward 1b, where batter was already standing and waving him to 2b.
After the review, Grisham was put back at 3b and Rice was given 2b, which Boone objected to. Next batter hit sac fly to LF and Grisham scored anyway.
Day game up there today, where Sac is supposed to be in 90s.
seems to be something about Apple games that hexes Giants.
Curious to hear from those who saw game thoughts on Hicks.
Was down a run after first few pitches, then wobbled in 5th, throwing 28 pitches allowing 2 singles and run (error on Ramos no rbi) 1 HBP and 2 wild pitches. Came back out for 6th and got 3 up/3 down so only Harrison used from pen. 79 pitches 7 hits 3 runs all earned 0 BBs 6 Ks.
Willied,I thought Hicks actually pitched real well,6IP 7 hits,O walks 7K’s and was hitting 100 mph 2-3 times 99 consistently.Yeah even in the 5th they didn’t hit the ball hard just some bad luck bloops and yes another hack job by Ramos in LF bobbled a hit the runner would of stayed at 3rd on.He pitches in hard luck sometimes, and when you get no-hit for 5 2/3 that’s not on him,,
I know Melvin likes a guy like Birdsong and maybe now Harrison stretching him out, but these 2 are Starters imo, Hicks can still give u plus innings along with Roupp in the BP..
So I’ve been saying it and agree with P/A that starting unit should be Webb,Ray,Verlander,Harrison,Birdsong and I have it R/L/R/L/R combination!!
Personally I think both Birdsong and Harrison should be in the rotation. Webb Ray Birdie Harrison Verlander. Hicks and Ruopp can go to the pen or get spot starts. They seem like quality starters, I’d hate to see them “get used to” 2-inning appearances and it screws them up.
The thing with Hicks is that last year he was great out the gate and faded by mid-season. Over the off season Hicks and the Giants strategized how to rectify the Issue. I think what we are witnessing is the results of whatever adjustments they’ve put in place. This year Hicks weak start has been concerning (5.82) but slowly and incrementally improving — era was well over 6 before yesterday’s start. Maybe we are seeing the ‘strategy’ working and, given some time, will produce the desired effect of Hicks lasting longer into the season. But, the trade off could be that he won’t be quite as effective has he was at the beginning of last season. He was near phenomenal then. I’d give Hicks a few more starts and see what he can do.
a very lucky DP got Hicks out of the first inning after he gave up a triple and a single. The later inning with the HBP and wild pitch was ugly. His stuff was good, though.
His first inning disasters are odd. How’s that translate to the pen? Can he come in and shut down? I think both Hicks and Harrison belong in the pen, however. Harry will blow his shoulder out again if he tries to throw a starter’s load of innings. My guess.
I’m going to call out Buster for this Harrison move. Early results show he figured something out re mechanics shown by his velocity back up to 95-86 range when he was 92-93 all last season. In 2022-3 he was a top prospect with #2 starter stuff. If he is back to that he should be starting. To call him up as a reliever makes no sense at all. he should still be in the minors. If he is a reliever for 3-4 more weeks until suckyness or injury opens a slot, his stamina for starting will be reduced. DUMB!
Harry’s high heat only works if it’s hot.
Further to that, Paul’s point stated above is well taken. We don’t want to screw up Bird & Harry. It’s probably easier to discombobulate them with this 2-innings-out-of-pen stuff than it is sending Hicks there permanently.
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Hicks did add weight and extra muscle which he didn’t have last year and his stamina was lost once the heat started climbing and plus he’s diabetic so that has to be counted for..
Saw some chart that he’s right up their in velocity still can hit 100 just a matter of control which he did yesterday no walks, it’s the first inning like a lot of pitchers where he struggles.But going thru the 4th he only threw 29 pitches then 28 in the 5th? But a hbo, a couple cheap hits and Ramos Fizz hacking another play didn’t help him could of been 1 run, but wtf Giants are getting no hit by Paddack finally Koss broke it up and Chapman hit one out in the 7th and that’s it ,offense still out of wack!!
Good take Kat. Thank you. I didn’t know about his diabetic situation.
Good take Kat. Than You. I didn’t know about his diabetes.
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Huh, through first 3 innings in Sac the A’s had the only 2 HRs and led Yanks 4-0. Yanks have 1 hit, single by Golds, and Rodon has thrown 58 pitches so far.
Then Judge put first pitch of 4th 90 mph fastball from J P Sears into RCF seats, his 13th.
Giants will be hosting A’s for 3 next weekend.
Thanks Willedav, I’m tunning in now (2-4 in 6th).
sort of interesting on Harrison.
https://x.com/matthewk36711/status/1921255981180150196?s=46&t=k0FDC_rVBvlG86Y-OHTiNQ
The A’s are looking formidable. That kid Wilson at ss is something, plus Rooker, Soderhiem & Langeliers.
correction: Soderstrom
Geez these interviewers sure are not top of their games.Guy asked Robbie Ray what’s it like having Bailey behind the plate for you ?Ray I actually have Sam Huff back there lol..
Next pitch are 2 Ramos goes yard, interviewer says what do you think of that?Ray Nice! Wtf do you think he’s going to say?
1-0 nice to get a run early..
oh man Ramos.
Just picked up game can’t believe I saw that.
Giants base running smarts and awareness has to be severely questioned. WTF are they doing? Was Matt Williams doing/saying anything to keep Ramos aware? …
Great bunt by Koss. making an impression.
Pathetic.
That was a tough loss.
I can’t even blame Ramos he’s the only Giant that knows what the bases look like! He had all 3 hits including the bomb, now finally Koss gets a hit to leadoff the ninth, and Yaz DP Back to the pitcher!!Ballgame as Webb is “Cained Fucked “again after another great start !
Unfortunately, the team hitting is looking like last year’s lackluster squad. Maybe it’s because most of this year’s squad is the same as last year’s group. Wade is just disastrous at the plate. Pop ups galore, the rare barreling up.
Wade: BA .154 and .512 OPS in 104 ABs.
Do you make a move if he doesn’t improve by the 150 AB point? DFA him, he’ll go down to Sac since nobody else will take him, he can work on “things”. Meanwhile put Villar over at 1B — he’s hitting over the Mendoza line and has some pop. Irrelevant to me that he’s RH hitter, at this point of a disastrously unproductive 1B hole, so far…
Warriors hanging right with TWolves despite going 0-5 from 3. Reid and DDV have 6 fouls 5 turnovers and 3 hoops, Ant 3-12 from floor. Kuminga and Butler killing it…need some help.
Slusser said Encarnacion played 1b for Sac today and eligible May 23 to be activated. Fitz still not ready to resume playing, Schmitt closer.
DFA Wade and add Encarnacion, Villar to 1B until he proves he can’t do it…
Jerar’s in the LU at 1B tonight.
Kuminga&Butler 48 of the 70 points now Heild helping out with 9 points in quarter With 3 three pointers,need to keep the pressure up though as T-wolves won’t go away and should be a bloodbath to the finish..
Subtract Ramos’s 3 hits, basically a combined 1 hitter by the Twins pitching staff. Wade is only the tip of the iceberg regarding the Giants hitting woes. We have 5 of 9 hitters with a combined batting average below .220, two of whom, the aforementioned Wade and Bailey – both hitting below the Mendoza line. The 2 supposed “catalysts” for this team, Chapman and Adames, part of the .220 and below grouping.
I don’t see any reinforcements via Sacramento, nor via trade.
Tip of iceberg is spot on. Game before Giants couldn’t even get anyone into scoring position. Wade’s last AB he at least advanced Ramos to 3b with deep fly ball from where he was promptly picked off. Even Lee is struggling as BA has dropped way off from when he was hitting .350.
Pitching and D is only going to go so far. April seems like mirage.
Agree about Lee Willie . . . I almost mentioned him (regarding slowing down), but I thought that would be piling on. Compared to everyone else on the team, he’s been Babe Ruth (I kid, I kid) with 4 hits, 3 runs, 1 bomb, and 4 RBIs in his last 25 ABs.
Lee’s focus and precise execution of fundamentals may rub off. Hope so.
Lee is my fav hitter by far. 0-12 since 3 hit game vs. Cubs 4-22 last 5.
Btw Eldridge at .278, 15-54 with 3 HRs .825 OPS
Also 3 errors at 1b in 11 games. B/R page lists fielding as well, and last season at 1b was ugly–15 errors btw Low A and High A ball in 85 games.
the Oaxaca Wonder is learning 1B as he rehabs. Ojala que….
as to Lee, his overall game is precise, disciplined, hyper aware. Tv doesn’t show it enough because there are so few fuck ups to replay in slo mo. Unlike Heliot’s gaffe yesterday, eg. Lee as far as I’ve been able to see knows exactly what’s happening every moment the ball’s in play.
Well, this is what so many of us were saying in the offseason. They didn’t do nearly enough to bolster the hitting. Wade being the glaring problem at 1st is worse than I imagined it would be.
Well you could take a flier on Anthony Rizzo who still thinks he’s worth a big contract over the minimum every interested team offered.Hard pass rather keep Wade he still has value short term,they really don’t have a choice, I would give Villar more starts,but facing more RH pitchers then Lefty’s doubt the Giants do that it’s always the dreaded L-R matchups..
As much as people want Eldridge up the kid is far from ready,just getting back in shape from his wrist injury,he’s still at AA before he will likely move to AAA soon, but his glove work has a long way to go,and will struggle with it in the beginning with the Giants for sure, but I’ll trade some errors for a power bat 1B anytime
yeah Kat, pursuing Rizzo would be a waste, I agree. Eldridge ain’t gonna save us either. We gotta work in-house. Schmidt should be good to go in couple of weeks and he was ok at 1st base although another weak bat (so far) in that position won’t change much.
Great observations this morn from Blade, Willedav & Xoot. “April seems like a mirage” (Willedav) Oh Yes, does it ever! Blade’s insightful “Tip of the iceberg” comments and Xoot’s comment on Lee’s “precise and hyper aware” approach were very informative for me. Thanks guys!
Sweet. couple well hit balls already and BB to Chapman.
yay! A sac fly run!
Wade = nothin’
Another clean, low p-count inning from Roup. Wow, whatta concept!
Yeah Wade another crack for an RBI and continues his pop ups, very frustrating..
Well atleast Roupp looks solid so far against their Ace..
Roup is settling into those first pitch strikes, challenging those guys. Nice approach.
Ramos bomb!
Chapman and Heliot! Boom boom!
Interesting column in TA about baseball fans of Blue Jays from Vancouver who have decided not to visit Seattle for weekend series as they have in past. In comments section another guy talks about he and friends from Ontario no longer plan to come to Detroit to watch games.
This is not just baseball but also hotels restaurants etc. losing tourism $$.
don’t know JT exactly but I saw that homer Roup gave up coming from a mile away. It must be my Giants PTSD syndrome.
*why* not *JT* .. fkin autocorrect.
this home plate ump sucks.
Lee gets run home with sac fly nice AB.
Yaz is having a solid season so far. He is an excellent defender and his bat has been damn good. Gives me hope for the rest of the squad.
Think I counted 30 pitches for Roupp that inning.
Like to see Birds right behind him.
29 pitches in that frame from Roup, kinda negates the previous low count innings but he’s still only @ 75, should be able get through 6, hopefully.
As usual, turn on the game, hey! one run lead!
base hit walk base hit base hit.
So much for Roupp’s decent outing as Miller’s been trash 🗑️ couldn’t even get an out .Doval time hopefully gets some outs.Roupp only 75 pitches thru 5 innings couldn’t give him one more?
He got hit hard his last 2 innings, but yeah, couldn’t have been worse effin’ Miller.
exactly right Kat. Why not one more from Roup sitting at 75? Are they still stretching him out?
Eric Miller so far this season very so so…
Damn, step away for a sec and .. Fck Me! Cannot allow Twins sweep.
Nice work by Doval got the force at home and if the next batter hit it harder ( think broken bat) could of got a DP, K’d Buxton but it’s 6-5 and this Twins BP is real good..
Bottom of the order just sucks ball from Matos,Wade,Huff,Wisely nothing but Zeros and K’s..
And now 3 up 3 down yikes not looking promising..
Wisely is a AAAA player. Bad glove around the bag, misses catchable throws, bad tag technique on sliding runners, bad footwork. Is Wotus coaching him? Runs into one once in a while. Definitely not optimal for a long stretch of time.
Enough of Wade.
Giving up lead off double not a good look for Ornithology.
Good one
But Bird gets the worm
Ha! LOVE that tune by Charlie Parker!
Yep. Miles cooks on that one, nice solos from Bird Duke Jordan Tommy Potter and Max Roach. Lot of music put into 2:47.
Hey W,
Something I’ve found striking is some of the new releases of old jazz recordings from that period have outtakes included. Timings on those is what is so interesting. Different takes on the same tune will time in at almost precisely the same times length. Eg. If first take of track is 2:47, 2nd take is at 2:46, 3rd at 2:48. They play exactly same arrangement, same solo order and length. To have a 1 or 2 second difference in length of track is incredible. It shows how strong the players of that generation’s sense of rhythm was. These days with click tracks and quantization of beats it is relatively simple do this but back then they only had their internal ‘clocks’ to rely upon. Humbling.
40 games in, Buster has work to do…
Our pitching hasn’t been exactly lights out, especially Miller’s feeble effort. But the fizzling bats at the bottom of the order as Kat pointed out.. seems like the same ol, same ol Giants.
Yep, Ramos is dialed in.
Can they just start Birdsong and stop dicking around with his career?
Now thats some little ball. Keep the line moving.
Finally some life at the top of the order
Fucking ump is blind.
Too bad teams need so many pitchers on roster. Would have been great opportunity bring a PH like Harry Spilman or Matt Stairs or Lenny Harris into hit late game with RISP.
why was BoMel ejected (I’m only on Gameday) arguing balls & strikes on Koss? He whiffed mightily on 2 of 3 pitches, none in strike zone.
Rogers Ks the side in 9th no less. Pen has kept Giants in this one after Miller meltdown. 4 shutout innings from Doval Birds and Rogers 2 hits 0 BBs 7 Ks.
Stupid of Melvin he should know a rook is not going to get a checkswing call. Guess he was trying to get a spark out of team that can’t hit ,well that didn’t work.Yaz base hit then Adames swings at ball 4 , and Lee flies out.
Well ghost runner time maybe they can score 9 again lol 😂
Walker time. Do it pr lose it.
not a good time for Flores to be slumping.
Well Villar comes thru with the swinging bunt beauty!
Can Johnny Walker🥃close it out???
It’s not looking good Kat.
Ramos played that perfectly.
Come on and turn two.
I hate the ghost runner. Not just saying it for our side. Stupidest rule/change EVER.
Totally agree. That’s the most detestable rule change ever!
Yes . . . No idea what the Commish was thinking.
Aaaaand come back to see hey! One run lead. Ghost runner flair error.
Pitch clock violation and no pitch? The ump caused the PCV?
Whateves. No pitch.
Swept away.
booooooo
Gotta get outta that town, doncha know.
After the series win in Chicago this sweep in Twin Cities feels like a real gut punch
Slip sliding away.
Giants need a bat. Badly.
Walker’s closer expiration date looks looming…
Or more ghost runners.
Yep a .067 hitter beats them as they get swept. Chappy had a runner easily nailed at the plate but bobbled it and all down hill from there..
Chapman has been unusually shaky with the glove lately.
Chapman has been unusually shaky with the glove lately.
Chapman has been unusually shaky with the glove lately.
WordPress has been really shaky, too
Yes! To all you said Snark.
I’m going agree with you 3 times Snarkk !
Lulz!