The tally included seven doubles and three homers. The Giants had an 8-0 lead after two innings. The most runs they've scored this season was 14, that was in a 14-4 win over the Rockies in May. Last night's margin of victory--11 runs--was the year's biggest. They did lose 17-1 to the Diamondbacks (a Snell start) in April, and 14-3 to the Phillies in May.
Jerar Encarnacion hit an opposite-field home to RF. That's pretty rare for a right-hander in San Francisco. Everyone in the linuep had a hit except Heliot Ramos, but he did walk and score. Austin Warren was recalled from the minors and pitched in relief.
Hayden Birdsong tonight (6:45 PT).
Go Giants!
--M.C.
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Through the first 4 innings, Snell had 5 K's had given up 3 hits, and had 2 BB's. He did that on 77 pitches. Rea had given up 11 hits, 10 runs, had one BB, and IK, and through the first 4 innings he tossed 74 pitches. Even with that line he threw 3 less pitches than Snell. I the next inning Snell tossed 18 more pitches, gave up a double and struck out the side for 8 K's on the night. When I saw the pitch count after 4 innings, it seemed surreal.
Snell throws more pitches than anyone. He led all of baseball in walks last year and still got the CYA! He's the opposite of Logan Webb. That being said, I think they should extend him, much like with Chapman. Having a talent like Snell around is a good thing.
Everything I read says Snell is expected to opt out and become a free agent. I suppose it my depend on his last couple of starts. As you remember, the one just prior didn't go so well. Of course, the Giants can seek to re-sign him, or maybe LA can just give him a billion dollars.
Yeah but they just proved they could extend a Boras client. I think that's telling. A lot of players don't like the free agent process. They don't like the uncertainty. And Snell clearly can't waste another Spring. He needs the prep time and the clarity of a contract. His track record is spotty and a lot of teams are leery of a long deal for him. He likes the West Coast. I think there's a chance the Giants could extend him just like Chapman. It may be a small chance, but it's one worth watching as I think the stars might be aligning for it.
In hindsight it seems like a big mistake that they did not extend Manaea. I was upset at the time, because it seemed as if the giants actually fixed him, and he pitched very nicely during the last 2 plus months in 2023. The giants must have figured that their young pitchers would be ready. I looked at a fixed Manaea as a solid and reliable number 3. He would not be that expensive. I felt so at the time, so when I say in hindsight, it proved that the giants gambled incorrectly. Farhan gambled incorrectly way too many times and it makes me wonder how they judge talent. If they sign a guy with an opt out because he had been problematic or had an injury and he does well, they are gone, and if they do poorly we are stuck with them. It seems to me if that is how you have to sign free agents, it is a recipe for mediocrity. It is not working. We lost Gausman, and Manaea that way. Also Rodon, who I thought we should try to keep, but I have to agree, on losing him, as his contract was off the wall, and it would not have been great for the giants to match it, even if he pitched great since we lost him. We do have a lot of young pitchers who could be more ready for next year, but a healthy Snell could help anchor the pitching staff, and I would hate to see a staff that contains Webb, not given the support to have a winning season. It feels like a waste of the Webb years.
I think there is a strong possibility that it was Manaea who didn't want to be a Giant. Remember he was used as a starter, a short starter and a reliever intermittently without a clearly defined role. He didn't complain about it in public, but that doesn't mean he was OK with it any more than most pitchers would be.
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