SF 4 COL 0
The Giants have managed only FOUR shutouts this season. To see how anomalous this is, check out the totals for the previous eight seasons:
2009: 18
2010: 17
2011: 12
2012: 14
2013: 13
2014: 12
2015: 18
2016: 11
This is a pitching-based team and I expect it will be a pitching-based team next season. That means we need to see more zeroes! Matt Moore put up six this afternoon and the bullpen (Okert, Gearrin, Strickland, Dyson) added three more. You have to like that. The lineup had only seven hits but five were for extra-bases (three doubles, one triple, one homer). Another thing to like. And Nolan Arenado was 0-for-8 in the two games! When's the last time that happened? Giants finish with a 7-12 record against the Rockies.
Matt Moore will be on the club in 2018 as the Giants exercised their $9M option. He joins a long list of Comeback Player of the Year candidates. Speaking of comebacks, Joe Panik is killing it in September.
Giants are off tomorrow and go to LA for three and thence to Arizona for three. They'll finish at home on the final weekend against San Diego. Can they get three more wins out of those nine chances?
--M.C.
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3 wins will not be easy. I hope Panik can continue to stay hot. Pablo had 7 hits in the last 3 games, really 8, but Crawford misread a bloop, and was forced out at second, taking away a hit. He is such a good fielder he takes away hits on both sides of the field. I was looking at the defensive WAR on ESPN, and of course Crawford has the best rating, and Posey's is Okay, Pablo though had one of the few positive defensive WAR stats, while a large number of giants had negative defensive WARS. Don't know if I can trust today's defensive metrics. Would like to see Posey have a nice hitting streak to finish the season, perhaps with a 4 for 5 game in the mix. Would like to see him back in the mix for the batting title. Giants still last in the league with only 4 shutouts. When Moore is on, he is nice to watch. He seems to easily hit 94, and his pitches move. Do not need to see other pitchers go by the way of Jonathan Sanchez, Tim Lincecum, and Matt Cain at relatively young ages. It irks me that for Cain's career, he is a below 500 pitcher. That just seems so unfair for a guy that had been so good.
Sabes talks to Bruce Jenkins.
Nice story about Timmy.
Giants have allowed twenty-one 3-run HRs this season. They've hit six.
I should have noted that Samardzija has allowed six of those 21 homers.
I should also note that if you miss Ehire Adrianza, if just for his name, you don't have to worry as the Giants claimed Engelb Vielma, who surely has All-Name Team credentials. He's also a Venezuelan utility infielder with no power (two homers in 2224 minor league PA).
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