The "experts" also weren't too keen on the Giants of 2010, 2012 and 2014. I don't pay much attention to these rankings. They make more sense for college sports, when you have so many and its hard to determine who is the best prior to the end of season. And even those are very much subjective! Doing that for professional sports is pointless, except to stir up interest in the people doing the rankings.MLB Power Rankings: Another AL East team (not the Yankees!) joins the top 5
Four teams from baseball's toughest division are in this week's top 10 -- including an up-and-comer that has been O so good.www.espn.com
Has us BEHIND such NL teams as the Phils, Brewers, and Padres.
The Giants were the underdogs in every single series (including the wildcard games) in ‘10, ’12 and ‘14.
Agreed. Mostly, that we need another SP. At this point:
Perfect world, Harrison is not ready. He is still walking entirely too many hitters. He is getting a lot of Ks and not giving up many hits or runs, so maybe that is OK, but I would like him to cut his walks down a bit before he is called up.
We are going to need our hitting depth to prevail. We can't let their starters throw 3 hit shutouts.
The announced a week or so that they were going to actively ramp up his innings, so this is all part of the “published” plan for him.
Kyle Harrison strikes out eight | 06/16/2023
Top Giants prospect Kyle Harrison strikes out eight over a season-high five innings for Triple-A Sacramentowww.milb.com
"Top Giants prospect Kyle Harrison strikes out eight over a season-high five innings for Triple-A Sacramento"
His first win in Sacto, cuz he hadn't gone 5 innings yet this year.
Prepping him for an imminent callup?
Whatever the Over/Under is on the number of days till he's called up, I'll take the Under.
I don't think prepping him for a call up and continuing his regular development are different things. According to Kyle Haynes (Dev Director), they are just continuing to work on his command and filling up the strike zone. Once he starts doing that, he'll last longer in the games. Once he starts consistently going 6-7 innings, they probably call him up. I'd guess July.Kyle Harrison strikes out eight | 06/16/2023
Top Giants prospect Kyle Harrison strikes out eight over a season-high five innings for Triple-A Sacramento
"Top Giants prospect Kyle Harrison strikes out eight over a season-high five innings for Triple-A Sacramento"
His first win in Sacto, cuz he hadn't gone 5 innings yet this year.
Prepping him for an imminent callup?
Whatever the Over/Under is on the number of days till he's called up, I'll take the Under.
Ideally, yes. But it looks like we need someone pronto. Can't let the perfect get be the enemy of the good.
Can't let impatience be the enemy of proper development either
