Archive for June, 2010.
I’m curious as to what most Giants fans think now about Freddy Sanchez? Since the day we made the trade for him. I thought it was a great trade, but a lot of fans were skeptical. We traded Tim Alderson who was one of the top prospects in the Giants organization. He was behind Buster Posey and Madison Bumgarner on the list. He was still one of our bright shining stars in the organization.
Trading Alderson made sense to me. The Giants have the great pitching, so we were able to part ways with a prospect to get a bat that the Giants so desperately needed. He was a good chip to have to pull off a trade that can land an All Star 2nd Baseman. In 2006 Sanchez was the NL Batting Champion, and who wouldn’t want to add a bat like that to their offense?
There was a lot of Giants fans out there. That were bagging on Brian Sabean for making the trade for a hurt Sanchez. I knew a healthy Sanchez would be a great addition to the Giants lineup. I really think Sanchez is the best number 2 hitter in the game. He’s a very good situational hitter. With a runner on 1st. He can go to the right side to get the runner to 3rd base. Plus he hit s for average.
In 19 games this year for the Giants. He’s 25-for-69 and that’s a .362 AVG. I’m sure a lot of fans that were bagging on him prior to his return are loving the fact that he’s a Giant now. For those of you that like to judge players by their contract. I would say the Sanchez contract is a steal. He’s locked up for this year and next year for $12 million total. That would have to go down as one of Sabean’s better signings.
~King of Cali
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This is the road trip that Bruce Bochy is showing he’s in control of this Giants party bus. The San Francisco Giants are currently 3-1 on this trip. Taking 2-out-of-3 from the Pittsburgh Pirates and game one against the Cincinnati Reds.
Bochy has made some statements on this trip, and basically telling these guys if you’re not hitting then you’re not playing. The very first bold statement was dropping Pablo Sandoval in the lineup to the 8th spot. He’s also started Pat Burrell in left field and sat the slumping Aaron Rowand. The young phenom Buster Posey got his first start behind the plate this year and Bengie Molina had a nice view from the bench. Bochy is making it clear on this road trip that he’s going to go with who’s swinging the bat, and not by who’s bankroll may be a little larger.
Molina is really slumping bad right now (4-for-52 slump), but I wouldn’t say the Giants are phasing him out at this point. There is so many up’s and downs during a season. Guys are going to get hot and cold at various times. Bochy’s job is to try to get everyone enough AB’s to keep them fresh. With that said though. I would still go with the hottest hitters at all times. The Giants have a lot of guys that can move around the diamond, so it’s very easy to mix and match lineups to go with the hot bats.
I was asked on SF Giants Rumors Facebook. If I had control of the lineup what would it be? Position and order? Well Jeff Z. from Facebook. You asked and you shall receive my Giants lineup.
This would be my starting lineup for tonight.
CF Andres Torres
2B Freddy Sanchez
3B Pablo Sandoval
1B Aubrey Huff
SS Juan Uribe
C Buster Posey
LF Pat Burrell
RF Nate Schierholtz
P Matt Cain
I look forward to seeing comments with your starting lineup!
~King of Cali
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The San Francisco Giants were able to avoid the sweep and salvage the final game of the 3 game series with the Colorado Rockies. Although the Giants were almost swept by the Rockies. They are 5-2 in their last 7 games. I’m trying to look at the positives and group it as a 7 game stretch, and not saying they lost 2 out of the last 3. Just trying to get that positive vibe going. With our offense on life-support. We can use all the good vibes as possible.
The Giants still need to figure out ways to score more runs. They are 24-6 when scoring 4+ runs. Which means if they can scratch out a few more runs a game. They can have a pretty decent record, and continue to make this NL West race a tight one. We do need more offense, and I’m sure glad Buster Posey is living up to the hype! With that said, they still can’t count on him to be on fire the whole time. Eventually he will cool off and hit a dry spell. Other players on this team need to step up. Maybe Pablo Sandoval will get hot and carry the team on his back for a while.
Last night’s win over the Rockies was the Giants 12th comeback win of the season. It’s nice to see them have some comeback wins. Last year when they got behind. You could chalk it up as a loss, and just start to focus on the next game. Which shows that they do have a better hitting team than last year. Just not good enough unfortunately. Only time will tell if Brian Sabean will pull the trigger at the trading deadline. To get more offensive help in San Francisco.
~King of Cali
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It seems like everything has changed since my last post. There has been some highs and some lows.The Giants swept the Arizona Diamondbacks, Posey has been called up, Giants have signed Burrell, and now the Giants are trying to salvage a game against the Colorado Rockies.
Buster Posey finally is getting his chance to show Giants fans what he can do in San Francisco. Posey was hitting .349 (AVG) with 6 homers and 32 RBI’s in Triple-A Fresno. Which had fans leaving comments on blogs, calling radio shows (KNBR) and sending emails in outrage. Knowing that the Giants were struggling so bad offensively and having Posey tearing it up in Fresno. Maybe Brian Sabean finally felt the pressure and decided to bring Posey up. In 4 games for the San Francisco Giants Posey is currently 7-for-16 (.438 AVG) with 4 RBI’s.
I have heard a lot of mixed reactions to the Pat Burrell signing. He’s from the Bay Area, so it’s nice to see a local guy play for a local team. It’s not a bad signing like some fans are saying it is. He’s pretty much coming over for nothing. He’s not going to be put in left field as the everyday starter. He’s going to give us that right handed power coming off the bench. He will get some starts here and there just like any other guy on the team. If he’s hitting well then he gets more playing time. If he’s not then he’s just going to be that right handed stick with power that gets put in the game with runners on base. His job at that point will just be to try to drive in runs off the bench.
Burrell has currently played in 3 games for the Fresno Grizzlies. He’s 5-for-12 (.417 AVG) with 1 homer and 4 RBI’s. The good thing about this signing is “Pat the Bat” is going to try to prove himself. He’s basically trying to show teams that he’s not done and he’s still a force to be reckoned with. I like the signing for those reasons.
~King of Cali
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