SF Giants Rumors – Pitching, DeRosa, Burrell Rumors
It’s nice to read some Giants articles today and see that fellow writers are saying Eric Hacker and Madison Bumgarner are ready to take the 5th spot in the rotation from Todd Wellemeyer. Maybe they read yesterdays post “SF Giants Rumors – Not So Wellemeyer, Two Prospects Ready For The Call”, and they are stealing our story? No they are not stealing anything. SF Giants Rumors was just able to do some due diligence, and let fans know about the replacement options first!
If Nostradamus would have told me that the Giants would put up 7 runs in last nights game. I would have chalked that up as a win! Well they got the 7 runs, but Tim Lincecum was struggling with his command. He gave up 5 runs in the fifth inning. Definitely not the Lincecum that Giants fans have come accustom to seeing pitch every fifth day.
The loss was very frustrating, but don’t be worried about the pitching. That was a fluke kind of inning for Lincecum to give up 5 runs. Then the bullpen giving up the other 3 runs. Majority of our games have been low scoring, so in my mind having all those runs scored against our pitching wasn’t anything to write home about. Let’s just hope these guys can step up this weekend in Oakland. Were now sitting in 3rd place, and looking up at the Dodgers and Padres.
Side Notes
Mark DeRosa is eligible to come off the disabled list on Tuesday at home against the Washington Nationals. Larry Baer said on a radio interview with Ralph and Tom (KNBR) that DeRosa may play some rehab games prior to that. He also mention that Edgar Renteria may be in the lineup this weekend against the Oakland A’s. It’s possible that the Giants may finally have all their projected starters (Renteria, DeRosa and Sanchez) in the lineup for the first time on Tuesday against the Nationals.
Pat Burrell is available and the Padres have shown some interest. Any team that signs him will only owe him the pro-rated portion of the minimum salary. He obviously hasn’t been playing good ball, but do you think the Giants should take a stab at him? His defense is a liability and his bat hasn’t been great, but he does still have that right-handed power. I say we pass on signing him but what’s your thoughts on this possible signing?
~King of Cali
Then YOU must have ripped off MY report (posted at 7:27 AM on May 20, BEFORE your post)….
http://www.22gigantes.com/2010/05/giants-shellemeyered-by-d-backs-13-1.html
Most of us bloggers are sharp enough to look down at the farm and see who’s doing what. (No to mention Wellemeyer barely beat out Pucetas in spring training.)
As for Burrell, only two other sites besides you (MLBTR and Pro Rumors) have mentioned him and they both were grasping at straws, since nobody in Giants-land has said a word about there being any interest in Burrell (probably because he’s not worth the dirt on my boot). I, for one, didn’t waste any space on my blog about him because there is absolutely nothing linking him to the Giants — nor should there be.
Here is a link from the St. Petersburg Times that says Burrell wants to go back to the NL. Three possibilities – Giants, Padres and Phillies – were all reported last week to have no interest.
http://www.tampabay.com/sports/baseball/rays/rays-tales-model-behavior-with-evan-longoria/1096990
~King