Watching this Giants game here. I feel it is going to be a long year in SF, and Alou made a very questionable move but it is probably going to be their season in a nutshell.
Giants get Eaton on the ropes, have runners on 1st and 2nd, 2 out. Schmidt has already got to 104 pitches and Alou lets him hit. What kind of message does that send to his team?
A) a 104 pitch Jason Schmidt is better than anybody fresh out of my bullpen. While he has thrown well, this is a team that has talked all week about needing the big 2 out hit and had a players only meeting called by Omar Vizquel today. He has a left handed hitting batter in Lance Niekro or Michael Tucker on the bench, that could possibly force Bochy to remove Eaton, or setup the lefty righty matchup. But he lets Schmidt hit and he promptly strkikes out. I don't know how much better Bonds makes this team. The lineup is slower than old people porking, and I feel they have one of the worst bullpens in baseball. I wish I had sweetened up my preseason prop for under their win total. But hopefully catching little things like this in games will help down the road. Hope I provided some decent insight.
Schmidt gives up big 2 out double, and his pitch count is now up to 128. I would think whomever he faces in his next game may have some good value.
Giants get Eaton on the ropes, have runners on 1st and 2nd, 2 out. Schmidt has already got to 104 pitches and Alou lets him hit. What kind of message does that send to his team?
A) a 104 pitch Jason Schmidt is better than anybody fresh out of my bullpen. While he has thrown well, this is a team that has talked all week about needing the big 2 out hit and had a players only meeting called by Omar Vizquel today. He has a left handed hitting batter in Lance Niekro or Michael Tucker on the bench, that could possibly force Bochy to remove Eaton, or setup the lefty righty matchup. But he lets Schmidt hit and he promptly strkikes out. I don't know how much better Bonds makes this team. The lineup is slower than old people porking, and I feel they have one of the worst bullpens in baseball. I wish I had sweetened up my preseason prop for under their win total. But hopefully catching little things like this in games will help down the road. Hope I provided some decent insight.
Schmidt gives up big 2 out double, and his pitch count is now up to 128. I would think whomever he faces in his next game may have some good value.
