Not that he doesn't deserve it but in the report on his call-up, Bochy noted that they will work him into the lineup: "...We wanted to get him up here. He'll get playing time. We want to work him in as much as we can to keep him sharp."
Well, Schierholtz has done well too and he should play a lot as well.
But with Roberts being the only OF who platoons, and he sits against lefties and Lewis and Schierholtz shouldn't hit against lefties, that leaves splitting time in LF when Bonds isn't playing. So when do they play?
The only way I see them getting regular playing time is if Roberts and Winn start to see more days off. Given that both of them has been hitting poorly in June, that would give a reason for Bochy to give more days of rest to them. That plus Bonds' days off are the main way I see of getting them regular playing time to keep them sharp.
Another alternative is if they start playing Schierholtz at 1B. He was a 3B when drafted and played there for a season professionally. He probably hasn't seen any time at 1B and the majors would be a poor place to learn the position, but if he starts practicing now he could maybe play 1 game a week there. Just a thought, not suggesting it.
You have a great blog.
ReplyDeleteI have added your blog to my blogroll on both my baseball
blogs http://www.sanfranciscogiants1.info and http://www.oaklandathletics1.info
Can you return the favor and add them to your blogroll? Thanks.
-Paul
OR, they could option Schierholtz out and bring back Rich Aurilia, giving Lewis all the OF at bats... :^)
ReplyDeleteStill, who's going to play in the OF when Roberts need to sit against a tough lefty? I suppose they could play Feliz in RF, Winn in CF, and Frandsen at 3B, but that's quite a shuffle.
Paul, I'm willing to put up your Giants' website, but too many A's fans have given me too much sh*t for me to post a weblink for them on my blog, sorry.