Game Thread: 4/13 PV @ Stoners

[calsnowskier]

If they score here on a sacrifice, I will admit that the game should be over...

 

[Mays-Fan]

2 runs, especially in this park, and with this Giants offense, is hardly an insurmountable deficit.

It's not the 2 runs in this game so much as the unsettling fear that Peavy is turning into Timmeh II.

 

[calsnowskier]

It's not the 2 runs in this game as the unsettling fear that Peavy is turning into Timmeh II.

Completely unfounded fear.

 

[msgkings322]

Completely unfounded fear.

Yeah it's a bit early in the season to let the first inning of a second start at Coors decide if a guy will be your 4th/5th starter or not. Usually 40 games (8 starts) is about when you see what you have on your team, pitching and batting.

 

[msgkings322]

Our hitters sure aren't helping matters. Back to 'aggressive' batting 'plans'

 

[LHG]

If they score here on a sacrifice, I will admit that the game should be over...

Hey, they tried. Six batters, only one ground ball hit (fair).

 

[Mays-Fan]

Yeah it's a bit early in the season to let the first inning of a second start at Coors decide if a guy will be your 4th/5th starter or not. Usually 40 games (8 starts) is about when you see what you have on your team, pitching and batting.

Maybe I'm spoiled. I'm seeing one cylinder misfiring, and it stands out.

But I see a smaller guy with a lot of miles on him, losing velocity, injuries in the past, who has started to fade late in prior seasons, and can't go past 6 IPs even on his better days. If it was just one or even two symptoms, I'd be less concerned. But all of these at once, and the odds are this won't end well, and do so sooner rather than later.

 

[msgkings322]

So that graphic shows that for Peavy 80% of his pitches are fastballs and cut fastballs. And they aren't very fast. Yeesh.

 

[calsnowskier]

OK, I step away from my desk for a minute and miss the entire Giants half of the inning.

I am sooo excited!! I am getting 2010 flashbacks here...

 

[msgkings322]

Maybe I'm spoiled. I'm seeing one cylinder misfiring, and it stands out.

But I see a smaller guy with a lot of miles on him, losing velocity, injuries in the past, who has started to fade late in prior seasons, and can't go past 6 IPs even on his better days. If it was just one or even two symptoms, I'd be less concerned. But all of these at once, and the odds are this won't end well, and do so sooner rather than later.

Just remember, everything you see the FO sees x10. If he's done, they will deal with it.

Also this ain't the Warriors where you expect to win every game. We're gonna lose 60+ games. Peavy will start a few of those.

 

[msgkings322]

OK, I step away from my desk for a minute and miss the entire Giants half of the inning.

I am sooo excited!! I am getting 2010 flashbacks here...

Minus the legendary pitching (today at least)

 

[calsnowskier]

Maybe I'm spoiled. I'm seeing one cylinder misfiring, and it stands out.

But I see a smaller guy with a lot of miles on him, losing velocity, injuries in the past, who has started to fade late in prior seasons, and can't go past 6 IPs even on his better days. If it was just one or even two symptoms, I'd be less concerned. But all of these at once, and the odds are this won't end well, and do so sooner rather than later.

He may very well flop this year. I would actually put in the "likely" column. But his expectation were never to the level of Timmeh, and we have multiple arms waiting in the wings just for this scenario.

I am not concerned about a Peavy flop.

 

[Stokes1931]

The good news is that we have won every game this season when the other team scores first. So we have them right where we want them, right?

 

[calsnowskier]

The good news is that we have won every game this season when the other team scores first. So we have them right where we want them, right?

We are pace to be the first team in history to throw a shutout and still lose the game.

 

[tzill]

gonna be tough to get a five and dive outta PV. OTOH, it's still first time through for the hitters. I'd expect us to tattoo this guy second time through.

 

[msgkings322]

Clown shoes. Good outcome. We're gonna need about 9 runs to win today

 

[calsnowskier]

Blackmon saw almost as many pitches THAT AB as the Giants have seen through 2 innings (11 vs 12).

 

[msgkings322]

4 pitch leadoff walk is a nice touch

 

[msgkings322]

Seriously, Posey who?

 

[calsnowskier]

4 pitch leadoff walk is a nice touch

Sir BamBam must be pissed.