tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23735245.post279954662229214294..comments2024-02-23T20:49:09.057-08:00Comments on obsessivegiantscompulsive: Your 2015 Giants: Road Trip Gauntlet Overobsessivegiantscompulsivehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11362706004246875823noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23735245.post-8101645966030329142015-08-26T10:07:41.689-07:002015-08-26T10:07:41.689-07:00Posted this on Raising Cain after bad Cain start:
...Posted this on Raising Cain after bad Cain start:<br /><br />Yeah, it was pretty sad. And it wasted a great comeback by the offense on the Cubs bullpen, 5 runs normally good enough to win with. <br /><br />There are no days off so the Giants can't just skip his start, which falls on the last start of this homestand. I can see him getting a short leash, with Bochy quick to hook him if necessary, since that is on August 30th, and fresh arms can be brought up to the majors in two days. Basically, to do that, he would probably have to hold back Petit, just in case, and hopefully our other starters can go at least 5 IP over the next four games. <br /><br />The beat writers were hinting that Cain could be DLed, but Bochy is quoted as saying that he's healthy, so there would have to be a sudden "injury" for this to happen. <br /><br />Next two games we face Hendricks (Peavy) and Haren (Bumgarner). Both Hendricks and Haren have not pitched all that well in the past month or so (28 days), 5.23 and 6.05 ERA, respectively. Both should be good battles, we should have a good chance of winning them.<br /><br />However, wow, the only Cubs starting pitcher really pitching well in the past month is Arrieta (0.92 ERA). Hammel is next at 4.01, Lester 4.44, then those two. For them to go 20-4, the Cubs batters basically is duplicating that Bugs Bunny cartoon where the hitters have a Conga Line from home to all the bases and then back to home to score. <br /><br />If we can shut them down, we should be able to win. But we were unable to in Chicago. However, Peavy was one who was able to in Chicago, so we have some hope there with him, and Bumgarner has had string of DOM starts for about a month, so we have a really good chance to still win the series. Unfortunately, needed to sweep to stay in WC chase.<br /><br />That's OK, should really be focusing on NL West division title anyway, WC is only if we are out of West race, and we are still very much in it. But it can turn very quickly in the next week, we got two tough series in Cubs and Cards, while Dodgers are only facing Reds right now but then get to face Cubs too: hopefully we can beat them, but not cool them off enough so that then they continue to stay hot in LA. Then we get 3 in LA, and obviously we need to win that series, anything less and our chances will be hurt a lot, there are not a lot of games left by then, roughly 30 games, 4 weeks (right now 2.5 games back, if stay there [i.e. that many back] and lose LA series, then we would be 3.5 games back, tough to make up in 4 weeks). obsessivegiantscompulsivehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11362706004246875823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23735245.post-55200162058371601922015-08-25T15:40:52.461-07:002015-08-25T15:40:52.461-07:00This CSNBA post takes a quantitative look at the G...This CSNBA post takes a quantitative look at the Giants remaining schedule compared to LA, and finds that the Giants have a slight advantage over the Dodgers in their remaining schedule:<br /><br />http://www.csnbayarea.com/giants/remaining-schedule-gives-giants-slight-advantage-over-dodgers<br /><br />Supports my thoughts that we have a good chance to catch up with them by the end of the season. And remember that this SOS analysis takes into account that LA is slightly better than the Giants, meaning that the difference in schedule is slightly stronger in the Giants favor outside of playing LA, whom they have played well against so far. obsessivegiantscompulsivehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11362706004246875823noreply@blogger.com