Game Thread: 8/31 Champs @ doyers

[tzill]

Gotta say, if we do end up losing this one, it is at the feet of PEAVY. TAKING AN 8 FIGURE SALARY TO NOT PITCH 6 INNINGS IS LARCENY.

Jeez, Cal, editing you is a full time gig....

 

[SFGRTB]

My initial reaction to the price may have been an over-reaction. I am not sure why we need another OFer, though. Who will sit? Aoki?

And the trade has not been mentioned by Kruk and Kuip yet. Odd.

Maxwell is pretty much useless, and they mainly want him for his lefty bat.

 

[calsnowskier]

Jeez, Cal, editing you is a full time gig....

So who should the Giants have gotten instead?

The Peavy contract is better than the Shields contract. Who else was available at that time.

If you want to content, you have to overpay. Aren't you the one who played that top-40 hit over and over last year?

 

[msgkings322]

Duffy, Belt, Posey. If anything is gonna happen it better happen now.

 

[filosofy29]

I would guess that pitchers love that Noggin sticks with them, has faith in them. Especially the vets. But this love for pitchers and leaving them in too long has really bitten us concerning both Cain and Peavy this year. Peavy is an 80 pitch pitcher. Period. Terrible decision to leave him in too long.

While I agree with the masses here (in a vacuum).....when 4 of your 5 pitchers for most of the year (not blaming Leake) only go 5 innings most of the time, Bochy is gonna have to extend his starters where possible if they've shown good results up to that point. I think Boch is a victim of circumstance here more than he's forgotten when/where to pull starters. You can only go back to the well so many times.

 

[SFGRTB]

Duffy, Belt, Posey. If anything is gonna happen it better happen now.

 

[Stokes1931]

Maxwell is pretty much useless, and they mainly want him for his lefty bat.

He's a CF/LF, so maybe Oxy is not coming back as planned?

 

[msgkings322]

While I agree with the masses here (in a vacuum).....when 4 of your 5 pitchers for most of the year (not blaming Leake) only go 5 innings most of the time, Bochy is gonna have to extend his starters where possible if they've shown good results up to that point. I think Boch is a victim of circumstance here more than he's forgotten when/where to pull starters. You can not go back to the well so many times.

This is a fantastic post.

 

[calsnowskier]

Duffy, Belt, Posey. If anything is gonna happen it better happen now.

Best to do it now, but we will have Byrd/Craw/JCP(??) in the ninth, assuming 1-2-3 8th.

 

[SFGRTB]

He's a CF/LF, so maybe Oxy is not coming back as planned?

Oxy played all 9 innings tonight. He's fine and will be here tomorrow. I really think it's mostly for a threat off the bench. All we have is Maxwell, EA and Perez off the bench.

 

[calsnowskier]

While I agree with the masses here (in a vacuum).....when 4 of your 5 pitchers for most of the year (not blaming Leake) only go 5 innings most of the time, Bochy is gonna have to extend his starters where possible if they've shown good results up to that point. I think Boch is a victim of circumstance here more than he's forgotten when/where to pull starters. You can not go back to the well so many times.

If this were July 31 instead of August 31, I would agree.

But tomorrow is September 1.

 

[msgkings322]

Good start. Steal?

 

[Stokes1931]

While I agree with the masses here (in a vacuum).....when 4 of your 5 pitchers for most of the year (not blaming Leake) only go 5 innings most of the time, Bochy is gonna have to extend his starters where possible if they've shown good results up to that point. I think Boch is a victim of circumstance here more than he's forgotten when/where to pull starters. You can not go back to the well so many times.

Concur. This series is a playoff series, and sticking to the starters too long is not a good decision. Especially when there may be pitching help coming tomorrow. Leaving Peavy in to face AGon was OK. But leaving him in to face Turner and Ethier was not. Hindsight, I know.

We gotta get some runs off this Doyer bullpen

 

[calsnowskier]

I love the kennel!

 

[LHG]

Oxy played all 9 innings tonight. He's fine and will be here tomorrow. I really think it's mostly for a threat off the bench. All we have is Maxwell, EA and Perez off the bench.

Ysla's numbers were bad in San Jose and he wasn't on my list of top 25 prospects but DeAza feels like a knee jerk reaction to do SOMETHING before September 1st. However, it does seem that DeAza plays well with his new team before fading badly.
Jon Miller talking about it now on the radio.

 

[msgkings322]

Best to do it now, but we will have Byrd/Craw/JCP(??) in the ninth, assuming 1-2-3 8th.

Um, yeah, I'll take door #1

 

[calsnowskier]

Belt and Byrd are our Boppers right now. We need them here.

 

[LHG]

Jon Miller just reported that Lollis was dfa'd.

 

[calsnowskier]

Ysla's numbers were bad in San Jose and he wasn't on my list of top 25 prospects but DeAza feels like a knee jerk reaction to do SOMETHING before September 1st. However, it does seem that DeAza plays well with his new team before fading badly.
Jon Miller talking about it now on the radio.

Still silence on TV

 

[calsnowskier]

Jon Miller just reported that Lollis was dfa'd.

Ok. I can see that, I guess.