The Mets spent a lot of money in the off-season and beefed up their roster. Their payroll is north of $350M and since Steve Cohen bought the team in 2020 their only competitors in spending have been the Yankees and the Dodgers. The Giants will spend about $220M. That's around 12th place. They are above the middle but not in the top third.
I only bring that up because in the early going the highly-touted Mets are 3-4 and have scored 25 runs. The Giants have scored 21 runs and are also 3-4 (both teams have allowed 27 runs). It was nice to see that the home squad could put a whuppin' on a fancy-pants outfit from the Big Apple. I know it's only one game but I like the way it went.
Robbie Ray, who I think always looks shaky, looked shaky in the first two frames. He settled in after giving up two runs and put up zeros into the 6th. Meanwhile the Giants tagged Mets pitchers for 13 hits including a double by Matt Chapman, a triple by Luis Arráez, and a homer (his first) by Rafael Devers. Rookie Daniel Susac, making his ML debut behind the plate, had three hits and a walk. Casey Schmitt, batting ninth, also had three hits.
That's all good stuff but I'm giving the game ball to The Tennessee Kid, Blade Tidwell, who pitched three scoreless in relief to log a save. Tidwell came to SF in the Tyler Rogers trade. He did not break camp with the team but was recalled to take José Buttó's spot. Buttó was also acquired in the Rogers trade. He went on the 15-day IL after his rough outing in San Diego.
Looks like FNG veteran Tyler Mahle is lined up for tomorrow night (7:15 PT) and will face young Nolan McLean, the phenom who pitched for Team USA. McLean will be making only his tenth career start.
Go Giants!
--M.C.
Daniel Susac and Casey Schmitt were both on base 4 times, neither scored. The bottom of the lineup did better than the top!
ReplyDeleteBoth Adames (0-for-4, 3K, DP) and Devers (2-for-5, 1K) each left three runners on base! They could have scored a dozen runs.
ReplyDeleteA hit or two from Adames, and it would have been a double digit blowout. One day Adames looks as if he has it all figured out, the next day he looks like the guy who had a miserable offensive first half last year. When he wasn't hitting last year in the first half the giants were winning. Thanks to Wilber Flores, when Adames was hitting the second half, the giants were not winning that much. Correlation is not causation.
ReplyDeleteI miss Wilmer.
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