As all Giants fans already know by now, Madison Bumgarner injured himself severely on a dirt bike, and was placed on the 10-day DL. He is expected to be out for up to two months.
Ty Blach now moves into his rotation spot, for now, and Chris Stratton was called up to take his place in the bullpen as long relief. No word if Stratton will get short relief tries as well, like Bochy noted that Blach would get opportunities doing short as well.
Speaking of Bochy, he missed the KC series in order to have a heart procedure done. Something about a misfiring muscle that caused an irregular heartbeat. He says it was no big deal, he was fixed up.
These are just my opinions. I cannot promise that I will be perfect, but I can promise that I will seek to understand and illuminate whatever moves that the Giants make (my obsession and compulsion). I will share my love of baseball and my passion for the Giants. And I will try to teach, best that I can. Often, I tackle the prevailing mood among Giants fans and see if that is a correct stance, good or bad.
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Saturday, April 22, 2017
Friday, April 07, 2017
Your 2017 Giants: Chances Are Awfully Good With Starting Rotation
I have normally done a huge review of what I think the Giants would do in the season (and generally before the season starts), but I've been busy. But it's not like I turned off my brain to all this, just that I don't have all the time to get it all out there like I used to. So I'm breaking this up into parts, where I'll discuss what I'm thinking about your 2017 Giants. In this installment, I'm talking about how good the Giants chances are for making the playoffs and going deep, as well as the starting rotation, where it all begins for the Giants in this dynastic period.
Sunday, April 02, 2017
Your 2017 Giants: Opening Day Roster
The Giants Opening Day roster has been settled. Haft reported it in an article:
ogc thoughts
As most probably saw before camp, most of the spots were filled the way as expected. I'll run though my thoughts on the ones that didn't or wasn't clear what was happening.
One of the bigger surprises, to me, was that Rollins did not win a spot. His poor performance before should have clued me in, but his poor performance this spring, plus Hill hitting well enough (Tomlinson too), pushed him out.
One of my hopes for the spring was that Morse would win the 5th OF spot, and he accomplished that, but unfortunately, as it often has for him in his career, he suffered another injury and will be rehabbing in the minors instead. His loss is Marrero's gain, though Marrero's 8 homers was a very good reason why he's on the team too, the Giants want some power off the bench. It also sounds like he and Parker will be platooning some, as well, plus he might see some time at 1B as well.
I was not surprised that Cain won the 5th starter spot, as his contract size and his return to goodness last season before the hamstring took him out made him likely to win just by showing progress during the spring. Blach, unsurprisingly won the long relief spot, as his consolation prize for a good spring.
I was surprised to see Okert get sent down, but Ramirez had a spring to suggest that he's back to his prior goodness from early in his career, after years of injuries and recovery, and there was no one else more logical to send down via options. This gives the Giants good depth in the bullpen should there be injuries (and there will be) down along the line.
- Catcher: Posey; Hundley (FYI, I was mistaken before, he's not Hot Rod's son, sorry)
- Infield: Belt, Panik, Nunez, Crawford; Gillaspie, Hill
- Outfield: Parker, Span, Pence; Hernandez and Marrero
- Starting Pitchers: Bumgarner, Cueto, Moore, Samardzija, Cain
- Relievers: Melanco, Strickland, Law, Kontos, Gearrin, Ramirez, with Blach as the long reliever, but also sometimes short stints too, per Bochy
ogc thoughts
As most probably saw before camp, most of the spots were filled the way as expected. I'll run though my thoughts on the ones that didn't or wasn't clear what was happening.
One of the bigger surprises, to me, was that Rollins did not win a spot. His poor performance before should have clued me in, but his poor performance this spring, plus Hill hitting well enough (Tomlinson too), pushed him out.
One of my hopes for the spring was that Morse would win the 5th OF spot, and he accomplished that, but unfortunately, as it often has for him in his career, he suffered another injury and will be rehabbing in the minors instead. His loss is Marrero's gain, though Marrero's 8 homers was a very good reason why he's on the team too, the Giants want some power off the bench. It also sounds like he and Parker will be platooning some, as well, plus he might see some time at 1B as well.
I was not surprised that Cain won the 5th starter spot, as his contract size and his return to goodness last season before the hamstring took him out made him likely to win just by showing progress during the spring. Blach, unsurprisingly won the long relief spot, as his consolation prize for a good spring.
I was surprised to see Okert get sent down, but Ramirez had a spring to suggest that he's back to his prior goodness from early in his career, after years of injuries and recovery, and there was no one else more logical to send down via options. This gives the Giants good depth in the bullpen should there be injuries (and there will be) down along the line.