Lost in The Loss

Dirty:
Perhaps lost in last nights loss was the fact that Joe Martinez pitched … somewhat unnecessarily too I might add. The Giants were losing by three runs and he was supposed to be in the pen for “long relief.” The Giants had a day off on Monday and Wilson was the only pitcher that had thrown and inning on Tuesday, so the Giants theoretically could have run another pitcher out there. As it was, Martinez went out there and got into all kinds of trouble before getting out of a bases loaded, one out jam. Why is this important? Joe Martinez was the penciled in starter for Saturday’s game against Boston. Also, Madison Bumgarner’s next scheduled start would be… that’s right, Saturday. Was Bochy creating an excuse to bring up Madison Bumgarner? I think he might have been. Martinez threw 22 pitches and could probably still start Saturday, but Boston will probably clobber him. I’m ready for Bumgarner. Here are his numbers excluding his two horrendous starts to start the season.

People are starting to talk about it and it is pretty clear that Bengie Molina’s days are numbered. Listen to this stat, I read he has scored 1 RUN in his past 28 games which included 26 starts. Take a second to let that soak in. HE HAS SCORED 1 RUN IN HIS PAST 28 GAMES???? Yes, wow. You can’t hit him 5th or 6th or 7th because his slugging percentage is 100 points lower than 2009. Oh, and when you hit him 8th and by some stroke of luck he actually managers to REACH BASE – which is rare – you can’t bunt the pitcher because it’s basically a double play or near it.


So it seems to me that we are ever so slowly c r a w l i n g to the Giants actually fielding the best team that they can.

Torres CF
Sanchez 2B
Huff 1B
Uribe SS
Burrell LF
Sandoval 3B
Posey C
Schierholtz RF
PITCHER

And what if you add that OF bat/glove it seems they need?

Torres CF
Sanchez 2B
DeJesus RF
Huff 1B
Uribe SS
Burrell LF
Sandoval 3B
Posey C
PITCHER

That’s a pretty decent looking everyday lineup, certainly better than Opening Day…

Rowand CF
Renteria SS
Sandoval 3B
Huff 1B
DeRosa LF
Molina C
Bowker RF
Uribe 2B
PITCHER

Dirty:
So much for Cain’s string of dominance, he got HAMMERED today by the worst hitting team in the major leagues.