For those who served and to those who paid the ultimate sacrifice, you are not forgotten. Strangely enough both my grandfather (born in 1900) and my father (born in 1925) didn’t make it out of training before the respective wars ended. Dear old dad was training to be a fighter pilot and got a little seat time in a P-51 when the war ended. Funny thing is, my oldest sister was born in 1950. She broke the streak by having her daughter in 1968.
Lots of chatter out there about 4th round OT pick Carver Willis being the guy who helps solidify this swiss cheese O line by winning the left guard spot. Let’s hope so. That still leaves the revolving door that is Jake Brendel, at center but one thing at a time. Someone may fall out of a troster somewhere hopefully.
As for the hapless Giants? Yesterday is kinda what we thought the team would be. Decent hitting with middling pitching. Instead we get 1-2 game sa week where everything lines up surrounded by 4-5 that don’t.
Not sure how we get out of this other than to hope all their slow starters wake up. There’s plenty of time to get things right, but with the pitching being so scattershot with the starters AND the pen, depending on this team to consistently hit its way to victory is proving to be too much.
Hope y’all have a nice long weekend, and gland to hear Paul is on the mend. We al seem to be about the age where maladies and medical procedures are the grist of the mill.
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Last 2 games the Giants look like a different team.
No consistency though, win a series and then get swept in the next one
Umm, yeah. Wait and see. Glad they are playing the Snakes again, as they swept the Gmen.
After the Snakes, they go on the road and face the Rockies, Brewers, and Cubs. All tough in their ball parks. Brew crew and Cubs very, very tough in their parks.
Bats come alive great way to end weekend. Now get some payback on DBax. Kelly Rodriguez and Soroka are the SPs, only 1 LHP. Leave Schmitt in LF and let Eldridge DH at least vs. RHPs; doesn’t seem like Ramos is due back anytime soon and rest of OF beside Bader- Rodriguez Brennan Bericoto Gilbert- is very weak.
In the bottom of the 8th we had 2 on with Adames and Arreaz coming to bat. Adames swung at a sure ball 4 and struck out and Arreaz struck out on a pitch that looked like one of wild things. And to me that is what our season boils down to. Don’t get me wrong I love that we scored 8 runs but we should have had more.
Good point Winder. Agree that was a weird sequence, particularly with Arreaz, whom rarely swings at a bad pitch (inside and up) . . . Dunno if it was in reaction to being hit twice or what.
Adames? Go figure. He’s almost aways swinging for the fences with his uppercut swing. Still having a crappy season, despite 3 bombs in last 6 days.
Giants first round pick (#13) last year Gavin Kilen is hitting .316 for High A Eugene, and playing SS. Might get moved to AA later this year…not far away, maybe. somebody to keep eye on.
Rather have Outfielder Bo Davidson make the jump who’s at AA right now over the shit ass outfielders we have right now..
Giants have like 5 SS prospects seems like trade candidates to me since Mr.Gatorade isn’t going anywhere.Outfield is where the major help is needed, along with pitchers that can go more than 5 innings..
Yeah AK, 2 of the SS are in the top 50 of all MLB, but as Willie said the other day, they’re practically low or high A league at the moment. Forgot their names, but one is Jhonny (weird hispanic spelling for Johnny).
Just found it . . . Both of these guys are supposed to be rising studs in the Giants minor league system. Probably years away though.
1. Josuar Gonzalez, SS
2. Jhonny Level, SS
Killen is ranked #5 in the Giants minor league system, but as Willie said is much, much closer to the big leagues versus the two I mentioned.*
https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/47684227/2026-top-10-prospect-rankings-all-30-mlb-teams-kiley-mcdaniel#sf
*Eldridge is still listed #2, so I moved Level up a spot and Killen is #4.
As WilleD pointed out, pitching is maybe a bigger concern than hitting with neither Webb or Ray producing like the aces they were supposed to be. Yet, there remains the fact that G’s are #5 in HITS and #29 in RUNS which points to the ol’ RISP issue.
I hope our bats give Roupp some support today. These are the games we need to win to stay alive.
Yes. I hope Roupp can keep pitch count down-2 starts ago it took like 105 for him to get through 5.1 vs. Dodgers and game before that 94 in 4 innings in game he lost to Pirates. Last time he faced DBax he did pretty well, but Vitello tends to leave guys with high pitch counts in too long, doing same thing to Ray in earlier games.
I think that’s thing I hate most about game today–always looking at pitch count.
Not bad 15 pitch inning.
If Roupp can limit Marte, Carroll and Arenado to a total of 3 hits, chances are good the Giants can win. He needs to throw strikes, and quit the 80 pitch in 4 frames throwing, not pitching.
DEVERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
that will work! Nice shot Devers.
WTF Adames???
Oh boy. Why is Schmitt out there? He’s not very good out there. I know we don’t have much out there, but holy shit.
Adames is a joke.
Well, a number of us commented on the outfield situation in the previous thread, e.g., Willie’s May 19th 10:28am; AK 3:49pm; Paul 6:48pm . . . Then May 20th, snarkk’s 10:36am, AK’s 1:32PM and snarkk’s 2:09pm, which probably said it best:
“Giants today have to be fielding one of the worst OFs in MLB for overall talent. It’s pathetic that one decade from the last playoff appearance (2016), the Giants have a very average OF no matter who is out there. How is that even possible? . . .”
Yep, the OF has been a S show for years, since the 3 in 5 days.
Putting Schmitty out there in LF sounds like a good idea because of his bat and he’s a gamer. But, obviously and predictably a bad idea due to his glove out there, and that’s not his fault. As they say, “the ball will always find you”. What team puts a dude into the OF in major league games who has NEVER played there since high school? A loser team…
Looks like this one is done.
Gibby is is just a human flail. Schmitt shouldn’t be out there.
Kuip is getting tired of the shitty.
WTF — Adames’ error likely cost the game. Started an avalanche of suck.
I give Giants until the 2028 season to deal this guy. Average glove, scatter arm, streaky as hell bat, sometime jackass. If they had gotten their S together while Craw was around to develop a SS, they would never have signed him. Word is there are lots of SSs in the system now, so by 2028 hopefully one of them can beat the hype and take over for this turkey.
Marte now with 3 hits himself, 2 for Carroll. I wanted them to limit 3 hits to Marte, Arenado and Carroll combined.
Hentges? Struggggliing. Roupp — fell apart after the Adames error.
Now down 6-2, they haven’t come back to win even once this season in late innings. Barring a miracle — looks like back on the loss train…
It all started with an Adames error.
Yeah. Sucks that the gates opened on that and Schmitt’s flub. 2 outs became no outs. Schmitt still raking though.
I think I’d be more comfortable than Schmitt out there in LF. He looks like a little leaguer.
Rubs me the wrong way too that Adames joyfully chats with the opponent whenever they reach second (e.g., last inning) or he gets on 2nd as a batter (far less frequent. lqtm).
All an act in my mind, wanting to be liked by everyone. Barf . . .
Yes Blade me too. I noticed at game I went to last year with SD and I asked him, “You OK with that? I just have too much respect for competitor Frank Robinson was to appreciate the camaraderie vs. guys trying to take your lunch money
Bader made a bad ass catch there. One elite defender we have in the outfield.
Didn’t think I’d miss JH Lee that much.