Game Thread: 5/17/19 This is not the 2010 Giants vs. This is not the 2001 D-Backs

[LHG]

Panik - 2b
Duggar - cf
Posey - c
Belt - 1b
Sandoval - 3b
Crawford - ss
Pillar - rf
Williamson - lf
Samardzija - sp

And the team is down 3-0 in the 7th. Interesting to see Duggar in center and Pillar in right.

 

[LHG]

Top 5 hitters on the team, after tonight:
Aramis Garcia - .167/.286/.667 (6 ABs)
Pablo Sandoval - .284/.310/.593 (81 ABs)
Stephen Vogt - .280/.333/.520 (25 ABs)
Brandon Belt - .231/.348/.477 (130 ABs)
Tyler Austin - .267/.340/.467 (45 ABs)
Buster Posey - .255/.314/.418 (110 ABs) (included if you don't count Garcia's SSS)

Oh, and I just realized that the season is already a 1/4 of the way to finish. The Giants are on pace, after 43 games, to go 68-94 on the season. Amazingly, they have a lot of competition for the 1st pick of 2020. The Marlins, Royals, Orioles, Nationals and Blue Jays all have a worse record and the Tigers are tied with the Giants for 6th pick. The Rockies, Reds and A's are not very far back either.

 

[Stokes1931]

Holland was no better in relief than he has been as a starter. Perhaps he thought it was the first inning?

 

[LHG]

Holland was no better in relief than he has been as a starter. Perhaps he thought it was the first inning?

It was his first inning. Unless he starts pitching better, I can see him getting jettisoned by late June.

 

[1phlapdown]

Top 5 hitters on the team, after tonight:
Aramis Garcia - .167/.286/.667 (6 ABs)
Pablo Sandoval - .284/.310/.593 (81 ABs)
Stephen Vogt - .280/.333/.520 (25 ABs)
Brandon Belt - .231/.348/.477 (130 ABs)
Tyler Austin - .267/.340/.467 (45 ABs)
Buster Posey - .255/.314/.418 (110 ABs) (included if you don't count Garcia's SSS)

Oh, and I just realized that the season is already a 1/4 of the way to finish. The Giants are on pace, after 43 games, to go 68-94 on the season. Amazingly, they have a lot of competition for the 1st pick of 2020. The Marlins, Royals, Orioles, Nationals and Blue Jays all have a worse record and the Tigers are tied with the Giants for 6th pick. The Rockies, Reds and A's are not very far back either.

But isn’t the baseball draft the biggest crapshoot in sports? Trout was the 25th pick in 09.

 

[LHG]

But isn’t the baseball draft the biggest crapshoot in sports? Trout was the 25th pick in 09.

Maybe, but the higher the pick, the better chances there are, typically, to get someone good. Looking over the past 20 years, the Giants typically have gotten a better player when they were higher in the draft.

 

[tzill]

Holland was no better in relief than he has been as a starter. Perhaps he thought it was the first inning?

Or perhaps he just SUCKS...