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Post by klaiggeb on Sept 13, 2016 12:28:13 GMT -5
My solution is very well thought out.
I NAMED whom I'd use if I couldn't pick one up in FA.
boly
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Post by Rog on Sept 13, 2016 12:42:16 GMT -5
We mentioned Posey (not going to happen), Gillaspie, Adrianza and Tomlinson. None of those guys (Posey aside) is going to be a second quartile first baseman, and Tomlinson is probably the only one with the potential to be anything better than fourth quartile at the position. And if we think Brandon lacks power ...
Did I miss someone else? There needs to be a plan if we're suggesting tearing something down, doesn't there?
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Post by Islandboagie on Sept 13, 2016 13:46:28 GMT -5
Why are we talking about Belt when Denard Span is the real problem?
Span is not consistent, he has weak at-bats, he's a sub par fielder with an awful arm. Move Pagan to center and play Tomlinson in LF and bat them #1 and 2 in the lineup. Problem solved.
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Post by klaiggeb on Sept 13, 2016 20:06:40 GMT -5
I'm not looking for better, Roger, I'm looking for equal, with consistency.
boly
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Post by Rog on Sept 14, 2016 11:46:33 GMT -5
Whom would we consider to be about equal to Brandon, but with noticeably more consistency? Incidentally, if we're looking for streaky players on the Giants, how about Buster Posey, Denard Span, Angel Pagan, Hunter Pence, Eduardo Nunez, even Joe Panik and Brandon Crawford?
Going back in time, we might want to look at Willie Mays, who foreshadowed his streakiness by going oh for 13 to begin his career, before hitting a mammoth home run against Warren Spahn, only to go hitless in his following 12 at bats. IIRC, Willie also slumped a bit down the stretch. I know that after batting third for a while, he wound up hitting behind Bobby Thomson, which I'm thinking might have been the seventh slot.
Looking it up, all that is indeed true, with the exception that Willie went oh for 12 (not 13), then oh for 13 (not 12) after the homer, which cleared the left field stands and about which Spahn later joked, "If I hadn't given up that home run, maybe we wouldn't have had to pitch to Willie for the next 20 years." Or something similar. Warren had a fine sense of humor and of course later became Willie's teammate with the Giants.
Few remember that Warren pitched a no-hitter against the Giants the Friday night before Willie Mays hit his four home runs against the Braves. While Joe Adcock may have come closest to five homers in a game (he had four homers and a double), Willie lined hard and deep to center fielder (yes, on that day) Hank Aaron on what may have been Willie's hardest-hit ball of the day, despite at least one tape measure shot.
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