August hot/cold

[LHG]

More players did well than I thought this month:

Hot
Angel Pagan - .324/.480/.480
Denard Span - .336/.351/.536
Derek Law - 12 appearances, 0.706 WHIP, 0.79 ERA
Hunter Strickland - 13 appearances, 0.923 WHIP, 1.38 ERA
Brandon Crawford - .299/.353/.514
Joe Panik - .276/.390/.471
Buster Posey - .321/.412/.407
Jeff Samardzija - 5 starts, 1.071 WHIP, 2.76 ERA

Cold
Hunter Pence - .247/.300/.323
Madison Bumgarner (by his standards) - 6 starts, 1.371 WHIP, 4.14 ERA
Johny Cueto - 6 starts, 1.243 WHIP, 4.38 ERA
Javier Lopez - 9 appearances, 1.75 WHIP, 4.50 ERA
Gorkys Hernandez - .188/.188/.313
Will Smith - 13 appearances, 1.552 WHIP, 5.59 ERA
Trevor Brown - .154/.241/.154
Jake Peavy - 8 appearances, 1.75 WHIP, 6.75 ERA
Matt Cain - 3 starts, 1.892 WHIP, 7.24 ERA
Cory Gearrin - 6 appearances, 2.143 WHIP, 11.57 ERA
Gregor Blanco - .083/.154/.083

 

[msgkings322]

I'm just glad that shitty month is over, I think we were 11-17

 

[LHG]

I'm just glad that shitty month is over, I think we were 11-17

It was awful. Look at those pitchers on the cold list.

 

[Stokes1931]

And September begins a new month or continues the old?

We are now something like 3-12 in opening games of series post-ASB. What is it about this team that cannot seem to win the first game in a series? Are they not motivated? Are they tired? Are they bored? Are they hurt? Are they just not as talented as we thought? You'd think they'd get up for the opening games in series, but they continue to lose them. Makes it tougher to win/tie a series when you are already down a game.

I posted last week the top MLB teams and their best and worst 40 game stretches this season, and the splits are by far the worst for the Giants. They were like 31-9 and also 14-26 for a 17 game differential. The Chubs, as bad as they had played earlier in June, only had like a 6 game differential.

Jekyll and Hyde.

 

[msgkings322]

And September begins a new month or continues the old?

We are now something like 3-12 in opening games of series post-ASB. What is it about this team that cannot seem to win the first game in a series? Are they not motivated? Are they tired? Are they bored? Are they hurt? Are they just not as talented as we thought? You'd think they'd get up for the opening games in series, but they continue to lose them. Makes it tougher to win/tie a series when you are already down a game.

I posted last week the top MLB teams and their best and worst 40 game stretches this season, and the splits are by far the worst for the Giants. They were like 31-9 and also 14-26 for a 17 game differential. The Chubs, as bad as they had played earlier in June, only had like a 6 game differential.

Jekyll and Hyde.

It's just baseball man. Hot and cold streaks. They are gonna lose 70 games at least. Early in the year the same players won a lot more games. So maybe they will again, not much more to be done about it.

 

[tzill]

More players did well than I thought this month:

Hot
Angel Pagan - .324/.480/.480
Denard Span - .336/.351/.536
Derek Law - 12 appearances, 0.706 WHIP, 0.79 ERA
Hunter Strickland - 13 appearances, 0.923 WHIP, 1.38 ERA
Brandon Crawford - .299/.353/.514
Joe Panik - .276/.390/.471
Buster Posey - .321/.412/.407
Jeff Samardzija - 5 starts, 1.071 WHIP, 2.76 ERA

Cold
Hunter Pence - .247/.300/.323
Madison Bumgarner (by his standards) - 6 starts, 1.371 WHIP, 4.14 ERA
Johny Cueto - 6 starts, 1.243 WHIP, 4.38 ERA
Javier Lopez - 9 appearances, 1.75 WHIP, 4.50 ERA
Gorkys Hernandez - .188/.188/.313
Will Smith - 13 appearances, 1.552 WHIP, 5.59 ERA
Trevor Brown - .154/.241/.154
Jake Peavy - 8 appearances, 1.75 WHIP, 6.75 ERA
Matt Cain - 3 starts, 1.892 WHIP, 7.24 ERA
Cory Gearrin - 6 appearances, 2.143 WHIP, 11.57 ERA
Gregor Blanco - .083/.154/.083

 

[shrksfn9192]

I'm just glad that shitty month is over, I think we were 11-17

It wasn't that bad. They went 11-16.

 

[LHG]

I almost put Brandon Belt on the hot list but his batting average was .237. However, he was still getting on base around a .340 clip and his slugging was over .400. He didn't get many hits but when he did, they weren't singles.

 

[Stokes1931]

I almost put Brandon Belt on the hot list but his batting average was .237. However, he was still getting on base around a .340 clip and his slugging was over .400. He didn't get many hits but when he did, they weren't singles.

I will take a lower OBP from Belt for a higher AVG and a higher SLG. He's not paid to get on base, he's paid to drive in runs, isn't he? The only way his walks drive in runs is with the bases loaded.

 

[LHG]

I will take a lower OBP from Belt for a higher AVG and a higher SLG. He's not paid to get on base, he's paid to drive in runs, isn't he? The only way his walks drive in runs is with the bases loaded.

His slash line for August was .237/.348/.433. That includes 12 singles, 6 doubles, 2 triples, 3 home runs and 17 RBIs. He led the team in RBIs for the month (one better than Panik). Not quite numbers I felt comfortable putting him in the hot list but decent numbers nonetheless.

 

[Stokes1931]

His slash line for August was .237/.348/.433. That includes 12 singles, 6 doubles, 2 triples, 3 home runs and 17 RBIs. He led the team in RBIs for the month (one better than Panik). Not quite numbers I felt comfortable putting him in the hot list but decent numbers nonetheless.

Didn't realize he had so many RBI's in the month, but that needs to be consistent. He and Posey have really been disappointing in how few runs they have driven in this season.

 

[LHG]

Didn't realize he had so many RBI's in the month, but that needs to be consistent. He and Posey have really been disappointing in how few runs they have driven in this season.

Yeah, if you look at Belt's monthly numbers, he fluctuates from month to month in that department. August was one of his better months in terms of driving in runs.

 

[calsnowskier]

It wasn't that bad. They went 11-16.

OK, BoB...

 

[LHG]

OK, BoB...

 

[shrksfn9192]

OK, BoB...

Hey, just trying to be positive.