Brandon Belt

[Stokes1931]

He's slashed .316/.352/.521 in three full seasons over there. Hope he can latch on with some big league team. Maybe he could be our new left fielder.

BBREF says 2016 was his last season in Korea.

 

[LHG]

BBREF says 2016 was his last season in Korea.

Yeah, I guess I should have looked more carefully at which three years. I wonder why he didn't play in 2017? Injury? Retirement? Hold out for a bigger contract?

 

[Stokes1931]

Yeah, I guess I should have looked more carefully at which three years. I wonder why he didn't play in 2017? Injury? Retirement? Hold out for a bigger contract?

His forwarding address is a dumpster behind the local IHOP. That way he can be "discovered" by the Giants scouts.

 

[LHG]

His forwarding address is a dumpster behind the local IHOP. That way he can be "discovered" by the Giants scouts.

He needs to make sure he's got a couple of tires always sitting just outside the dumpster.

 

[Stokes1931]

Yeah, I guess I should have looked more carefully at which three years. I wonder why he didn't play in 2017? Injury? Retirement? Hold out for a bigger contract?

March 31, 2017 1B Brett Pill retired.

January 11, 2017 1B Brett Pill assigned to Toledo Mud Hens.

 

[LHG]

March 31, 2017 1B Brett Pill retired.

January 11, 2017 1B Brett Pill assigned to Toledo Mud Hens.

Interesting. I guess he wasn't going to make the AAA team out of spring training and decided to just hang it up instead of trying to catch on with another team. He had a good run in Korea, too bad he didn't get a better chance back in the US.

 

[Mays-Fan]

March 31, 2017 1B Brett Pill retired.

January 11, 2017 1B Brett Pill assigned to Toledo Mud Hens.

Part of the Happy Hour Trio at first base for the Giants - a Huff, a Pill, and a Belt.

 

[calsnowskier]

Part of the Happy Hour Trio at first base for the Giants - a Huff, a Pill, and a Belt.

Followed by a thrill...

 

[Mays-Fan]

Followed by a thrill...

Someone else had mentioned we should have made a deal for Justin Smoak as well. Would have turned out to be much better than just a joke.

 

[LHG]

Someone else had mentioned we should have made a deal for Justin Smoak as well. Would have turned out to be much better than just a joke.

 

[LHG]

Why Giants’ Brandon Belt gets bum rap on strike-zone approach

Just going to add this here.

 

[LHG]

Yeah, this needs to be here as well:

See, I promised I'd write something about the Giants.

 

[LHG]

"I think you're talking about one of the most professional hitters in baseball at this point, you look at the OPS [on-base plus slugging] and everything, on-base [percentage] and all of that,'' Bochy said.

Wasn't this the same manager that made overtures during the offseason that he was tired of his 1st baseman?

 

[calsnowskier]

"I think you're talking about one of the most professional hitters in baseball at this point, you look at the OPS [on-base plus slugging] and everything, on-base [percentage] and all of that,'' Bochy said.

Wasn't this the same manager that made overtures during the offseason that he was tired of his 1st baseman?

No one can argue against Belt. This year, though. He hadn’t busted out until this year. I think it is not a weird thing to see opinions shift.