(04-25-2018 10:21 AM)flyingswoosh Wrote:  

(04-25-2018 10:18 AM)stever20 Wrote:  

(04-25-2018 09:50 AM)flyingswoosh Wrote:  

(04-25-2018 08:41 AM)stever20 Wrote:  

(04-25-2018 08:25 AM)flyingswoosh Wrote:  Yup, absolutely. He's had some bad fluke injuries

If he gets one in the next day or two, I'm holding you personally responsible.

Giants definitely with a solid month this month. 11-12 so far with looking at it great pitching matchups this weekend vs Dodgers- avoiding Kershaw and having Cueto and Stratton set for the double header on Saturday. Gotta be frustrating for Giants fans thinking where they could be if instead of Beede and Suarez making 3 putrid starts where the Giants go 1-2 and have to kill the pen- even Samardzjia. Or instead of Holland, Madbum. They could have been easily 15-8 right now and really challenging Arizona.

And you'd be justified in doing so.

Honestly, the SP as a whole unit have the 8th best ERA in MLB. It kills me more to think about how many close games we might've won if the hitters hadn't been totally pathetic. Or the fact that we might be 12-11 or 13-10 if management hadn't stuck with the awful Hunter Pence and instead given Mac a shot sooner. Oh well

I'm seeing 9 right now but whatever. It's 9th best- but that's with of the 2.0 WAR right now only 0.2 coming from the 7 starts of Beede, Holland, and Suarez.

What's been bigger than that now last week is while yes Williamson doing great- Longoria and McCutcheon have been doing well in the last week. Longoria with a 156 and McCutcheon with a 146 wRC+. Their offense has improved last week, and that's with Posey stuck at a 74 wRC+.

Right now Madbum is the only injury we have that really matters. I can't bring myself to complain when other teams also have injuries. It's great to think about where we'd be if he was healthy, but it isn't realistic. Where would the Dodgers be if Turner was healthy?

Also, we really need to pump the brakes on Stratton. His BABIP is .224 and he's yet to allow a HR.

on the other side for Stratton- 3/5 runners he's left on when coming out of the game have scored. All other Giants pitchers- 5/21 have scored. So his ERA could have been much better. He was above average last year in supressing homers(0.8/9 vs league average of 1.1/9). Walking fewer guys.