Definitely. Still no gut punches, you know, the ghastly blsv. I may be wrong tho.
He heard Gearrin's footsteps toward the bullpen mound.
I will admit I had thought for sure that the Giants were about to get swept after 2nd innings. Glad that got the lead and made it stick.How many of you thought, like me, that this was a loss after the first inning, and that Holland wouldn't make it out of the 3rd inning?
I wasn't a fan of his pick up either and didn't want him on the team. However, he is currently outperforming everyone else healthy enough to be in the starting rotation. If we can get Bumgarner and Cueto back before the end of the month, I'd be fine with a rotation of Bumgarner, Cueto, Holland, Suarez and Stratton. I think Blach should be the odd man out. Of course, Samardzija will probably be back by then and he'll have to take a rotation spot, so bump Stratton. That will make the rotation worse, but, hey, Samardzija is a veteran that brings veteran presence!
1) Gearrin ain’t going anywhere
I agree with cal on his points. Additionally, I really doubt Samardzija is going to come back healthy, if he comes back quickly. He stated that he thinks he's dealing with the same issue that he had in spring training, which means he's been pitching through it the entire time. And all that it is going to take is a start skipped? I find that rather dubious. I get the feeling that there is something going on that he's not telling and that he's going to need to miss more than one start in order to get better.
Unless Gearrin somehow got a 4th option year (I can never figure out how that is possible), he's not going to the minor leagues without being taken off the 40 man roster. He would have to be designated for assignment.
As LHG said, Gearrin can’t get “sent down”. He is either on the active roster, DL’d or DFA’d. And he seems to be one of the “chosen ones”, so I don’t see him getting DFA’d.
