I thought he was hitting a lot worse than that lately. I don't understand how he could be so productive but not appear to be so.
Not in the new era....if we only expect 4 innings from the starters each game we have a shot...
Hey, maybe the starter struggles will set the Giants up for success in the playoffs as other managers may be more hesitant to pull their starters and leave them in too long. Here's to hoping that to be so.
We see it happening right in front of us, starters are becoming long relievers that pitch first.
understatement of the year. This offense is HISTORIC. More HRs from 1b than any position for any team in baseball. More HRs from 1b in franchise history, including Willie Macs ROY season.
I think so. I'm ready for 5 years of the Bryant Wars.
Yeah, I'm wondering about that...can our bully sustain that kind of workload? At some point somebody besides Webb has to step up and throw 6 good innings (I'm looking at you, Gausman and Disco). I think that ship has sailed for Wood and JC.
Wood still could I doubt Cueto can
I'm thinking we may wind up traveling this road. Our SP outside of Webb has had a real issue trying to get past 5 innings. Hell, even Webb struggled the last time out.
Indeed. We're not the favorites, but we're not completely unable to win either
Yes ... offensively ....we have the ability to capitalize on any pitching mistake from any position within our lineup.
That's the thing, Ross was a guy no one expected going nuts for a series. We instead have 8 guys who can all hit, we don't need one of them to go unexpectedly nuts just need one or two to produce each game.
That's probably the best summation of our position.
Exactly, my alt. We don't need Travis Ishikawa (although feel free to step up, Babe Casali!). Our lineup punishes meatballs and is patient, forcing even the best pitchers to throw more strikes than they want to. That's going to be the crux of the playoffs: can we get enough mistakes to win the game? Because we will punish them.
I think it's going to take 106 to win the west. I expect the Gs to win both series. If they sweep the snakes, they will clinch Fri night.
Yep .. if we go 4-2 we will have 106 wins. I don't see the doggies going 6-0 ... maybe 5-1 .... and fall a game short.. For us the AZ series is critical. We need atleasr 2 but hopefully a sweep.. don't want to play the Pads in a must win situation. Also not thrilled with a tie for the division. Makes you shuffle rotations around ... a lot ...
If there is a 163, it will be at China Basin. And that starting pitcher should be ready to go in game 2 of the NLDS.
Yep ... but the loser of 163 has a WC game 2 days after 163 ... that eats up another SP ... either the Doggies or us if there is a 163 ... just rather win it all early in the SD series ...
And the WC starter will likely not be available in the NLDS until game 4 (I think…. I did the mapping a few weeks ago)
