Even with the growing pains that come in form of shaky defense and base running, Matos and Ramos look ready. I would really like to see them stay with the Big club

I've given away tickets before, but would like to get a couple bucks back on these from a Giants fan in this sub. Seats are VR314, row 17, $45 for all 4 tickets, you won't find any this cheap on any of the ticketing sites (closer to $30 each). Just shoot me a DM. Thanks!

Edit: Sold

I'm a Giants fan living in KC. Wife, Inlaws, all Royals fans. Father-in-law bought a table at the 10 year anniversary celebration of the Royals 2014 WS team, so of course we're going (tonight).

Wife said I couldn't show up in a Mad Bum jersey, which would have been hilarious.

Question: Poor taste, or a must from a Giants fan in the house? (wife thinks I'm a dickhead) 😈

Injuries suck but I dont care as long as they can win games. If they have a squad of weirdo's and nobodies I'll still be happy if they win games. "Melvin's Misfits" has a nice ring to it.

I know we talk about giants low batting averages, but that's all around the league. Watching the giants game, I was checking put Dodgers players. Lux and Oatman have really bad averages. I think MLB has a problem with hitting. Which is a concern.

I tried something different the last few days.

I stopped caring about results like wins and standings and went back to simply enjoying the Giants as my favorite team since 1978.

When I was a kid I didn't care much about that stuff, I just wanted to watch the Giants play.

Going back to that now and it has made a huge difference. The joy of watching baseball is back baby and I love it!

GO GIANTS!!!

So hear me out. Take out our games against the Phillies and the D*dgers (1-9) and he have a 19-16 record, not bad! My suggestion is that we don't play the Phillies and Dodgers so much.

We went 6-9 over the last 15 games, nine of those games were away, and we went 1-6 against the top two teams in baseball. It was a damn roller coaster from the start with some glaring gaps with our team. But we are sitting at 20-25 overall and have a ‘chance’ to sweep the suddenly hot Rockies. 

During last night's post-game, they asked themselves if it was better going into a day off with a big win after a long stretch or keep the momentum heading into another series. With all the injury shuffles, call-ups, pelicans, and some confidence loss with our SPs, I feel this day off is well timed. I don’t know about you, but I am mentally exhausted from the last 15 games. After Colorado, we play the Pirates (19-25) and Mets (19-23), and I feel we have a chance to get to .500. We’ll see, but until then I’m taking off the jersey. See you all Friday!

Strike threeeee!

Everybody is talking about it so let’s make it a discussion of its own.
Who is on the IL?
soler, Slater, lee in the outfield.

Ahmad, Bailey, Murphy infield

Snell, Cobb, Ray.

By the end of May, or even the third week,several return, so with addition will come subtraction. Here is my take on what could or perhaps should happen.I am Dealing with more immediate changes, so Lee, Ray, Murphy are more distant concerns.

Conforto returns I would send down Wisely, for the latter is playing very little anyway, and you have OF and IF coverage without him.

Soler returns, send down Luciano to give him more minor league reps. Alternatively, could send down Schmidt, but his defense at short is valued more, so if Luci is not playing other than to pinch hit, I assume he gets more reps in minors.

Lee is gone for at least a few months, so either Ramos or Matos stays. The latter is viewed more of a center fielder, but latter is an excellent fielder and doing well at plate, soot is a toss up, but …

Slater is supposed to return relatively soon. I see almost no upside in replacing either of the above rooks with Slater. First, if you want Matos in center, how could you send Ramos down, who has arguably been our best overall player since he’s been up, and has had more than enough time in AAA. Second , both are in the lineup against righties, whereas Slater only bats against lefties and although that is his strong suit , since the middle of last year with him playing almost exclusively against lefties his hitting has dropped off considerably. Thus, you have two young players who could be the future thrown in the fire against primarily righties doing better than a more discretionary batter who is in his last contract year. So in my opinion, as much as I value his past, Slater, also oft injured, is more expendable. Three, it would be demoralizing to young players who have nothing left to prove to just be put in storage until the next player gets injured.

Bailey return,this is a tough one. Sabol can hit and has improved his catching, but looking at ERAs, with various catchers, Bailey yields a 3.3, whereas Murphy, Sabol,and Rietz have ERAs in the upper 5s or higher. Thus, Casali makes sense since a key to our weak offensive team is to hold opponent runs down. Murphy wont be back for awhil, Reetz is an emergency anyway, Sabol has offensive value, but has options. Nominate Casali.

Ahmad, this is also tough. Several ways to go here. Could keep Schmidt depending upon his performance in Ahmad’s absence, and release Ahmad. Could send Schmidt down and keep Ahmad, or send Fitz down, despite versatility and allow Schmidt to provide versatility in the IF. The value of keeping Fitz is he plays the outfield as well, and is good in center, so that might be a need, particularly if Slater is gone. You could release Ahmad as stated, and keep the two younger players.

Those are my thoughts to open the discussion.

I’ll be honest, for April and a lot of May, San Jose had been a team of disappointments, but the team absolutely combusted in the right way as they had their best team offensive day in a while.  Meanwhile, players in new places, be it new cities or new spots in the batting order do very well today.

AAA: Sacramento 4, Oklahoma City 1

Link

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Player of the Game: CF Hunter Bishop: 2-4, 1 R, 3 RBI, 1 HR (1), 1 K

Hunter Bishop has started off his Triple-A stint by hitting the ball hard in his first two games, and reaping the rewards with his first PCL home run, and third overall this season.  He’s hitting .375 (3-for-8) so far.

Other Players to Spotlight:

• SP Carson Whisenhunt: 5.0 IP, 4 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 6 K, 1 HR - Whisenhunt has a good bounce back after giving up six runs his last time out.  His ERA is still 6.16, but he has 47 strikeouts to 20 walks in 30.2 IP.
• RP Reggie Crawford: 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 0 K, 1 HBP - Crawford made his Triple-A debut, without allowing any runs, but giving up two free passes.  He had five walks and four HBP in 9.2 innings at Double-A.
• 2B Brett Auerbach: 2-3, 1 CS (1) - Another recent callup, Auerbach is 4-for-11 (.364) in four games with a triple.

Top Prospect Lines:

• LF Ismael Munguia: 1-4, 1 K

Other Notable Lines:

• DH Jorge Soler: 0-4, 1 K - His first rehab game.
• 1B Trenton Brooks: 0-2, 2 R, 2 BB, 1 K, 1 SB (5)

AA: Richmond 6, Reading 4

Link

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Player of the Game: CF Grant McCray 2-4, 2 R, 2 RBI, 2 2B (7): Stats

For the first time this season, McCray was hitting outside of the leadoff spot (6th in the order) and he took to it well, with a pair of doubles. He’s still struggling, hitting just .148 on the season, but .175 in May.

Other Players to Spotlight:

• C Adrián Sugastey: 2-4, 1 RBI, 1 2B (4), 1 K - Sugastey broke a 4-game hitless streak with this 2-hit game.  HIs batting average has slipped to .205.
• 3B Luis Toribio: 1-3, 1 R, 2 RBI, 1 2B (2), 1 BB, 2 E (6) - Toribio picked up just his second double in 21 games so far this season, and just his fifth walk to 33 strikeouts.  
• 2B Jimmy Glowenke: 2-4, 2 R - Glowneke’s only gotten into five games this month due to injuries, but he’s 5-for-17 (.294) in those games.

Top Prospect Lines:

• RF Victor Bericoto: 0-4, 1 K

Other Notable Lines:

• SP Ryan Murphy: 4.0 IP, 4 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 1 BB< 4 K
• RP Evan Gates: 2.2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 1 K

High-A: Everett 5, Eugene 4

Link

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Player of the Game: 1B Andrew Kachel: 3-5, 1 R, 2 RBI, 1 HR (2), 2 K, 1 CS (1)

Andrew Kachel was in the leadoff spot for just the second time this season in 23 games, but he picked up three hits, including a game-tying 9th inning 2-run home run.  He has a .275/.420/.425 batting line.

Other Players to Spotlight:

• CF Alexander Suarez: 2-4, 1 R, 1 2B (2), 2 K - Suarez picked up his first extra-base hit since his first game of the season (which as late, on April 18th).
• C Zach Morgan: 1-3, 1 R, 1 BB, 1 K - Morgan is hitting just .220, but maintained his even K/BB ration, with 15 of each in 24 games.

Other Notable Lines:

• 3B Thomas Gavello: 1-4, 1 R, 3 K, 1 SB (4)
• RP Nick Morreale: 2.1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 2 BB, 4 K, 1 Balk, 1 HBP
• SP Seth Lonsway: 4.2 IP, 5 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 3 BB, 4 K, 1 WP

Low-A: San Jose 16, Modesto 5

Link

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Player of the Game: LF Bo Davidson: 3-4, 4 R, 1 RBI, 2 2B (4), 2 HBP

This wasn’t an easy decision on who to pick among San Jose hitters, but with Davidson getting a pair of doubles and on base five times in six plate appearances.  In May, Davidson is hitting .278/.350/.472 with four doubles and one home run.

Other Players to Spotlight:

• DH Cole Foster: 2-3, 3 R, 1 2B (9), 1 BB, 2 HBP - Foster’s got a 6-game hitting streak going, though this is the first multi-hit game of the streak, and first multi-hit game in all of May.
• CF Jonah Cox: 3-7, 2 R, 2 RBI, 2 K, 1 SB (21), 1 E (4) - Cox’s good season continues, now with an 8-game hitting streak, going 16-for-36 (.444) with two triples in his streak.
• 1B Bryce Eldridge: 1-5, 2 R, 3 RBI, 1 HR (3), 1 BB, 1 K - Eldridge got just his first home run of May, first dating back to April 26th.  He has a 7-game hitting streak.
• RP Shane Rademacher: 3.0 IP, 4 H, 2 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 6 SO - Rademacher hit a season high in strikeouts, and now has 27 strikeouts to six walks in 23.0 innings.

Other Notable Lines:

• SP Ubert Mejias: 4.0 IP, 3 H, 3 R, 1 ER, 3 BB, 6 SO
• 3B Charlie Szykowny: 0-3, 1 R, 2 RBI, 2 BB, 2 K, 1 SF, 1 E (3)
• SS Jean Carlos Sio: 1-4, 1 R, 2 RBI, 1 BB, 1 HBP

ACL: No Game Scheduled

Luis Matos

Selling one ticket for Friday(5/17), and one ticket for Saturday(5/18) games. Prices for both tickets are cheaper than the team or from stubhub, seatgeek, etc. DM if interested!

How long do we believe the Zaidi train to be? I hopped off last year when the Giants stared at their spreadsheet, decided they had “everything they needed,” and sent cash to Seattle for a single player at the trade deadline. Since then I’ve learned how Bochy’s departure was handled back in 2019, that Brian Sabean (with help from Greg Johnson) was basically run out of town, the way that Brandon Crawford was treated and that there will likely be a provision in the next CBA thanks to the way the team in SF handled JD Davis. Zaidi only hires managers he’s worked with before, so if it turns out that Bob Melvin isn’t going to work, then what? Money will get you a long, long way in contract negotiations with free agents, but if 3 or 5 teams can meet the asking price, you have to have something extra to offer. Something beyond resurrecting a pitching career. You have to be able to connect human to human somehow and help the player feel welcome in San Francisco. All Zaidi can do is jump in at the very last moment with the last digit in the dollar figure one higher than what he thinks someone else offered. I’m not sure I can put the departure of Renel Brooks-Moon squarely in his lap, but I’m keeping score now.

Postgame Thread 5/16/2024

Final Score: Dodgers 1, Giants 4

Purpose of this thread

• Discuss developing baseball action LIVE

• Discuss the Giants game

• Post hilarious memes / images / gifs / information that may not deserve a front-page post of its own. If it's big news, feel free to do both! This, and the gameday thread, are good places to post your Dodger jokes and memes.

• Discuss ANYTHING as long as it follows the rules of conduct.

Highlights

Nominate your Player of the Game (POTG). Upvote your choice if it's posted, or add your own!

For more off-topic fun, check out /r/SFGSocial!

I got a set of 5 tickets from SeatGeek but it doesn't say the exact seat numbers. When do we find out?

right after i bought them i got two emails, one saying pending and then another saying confirmed but still not exact seats. Do we know when we find out the exact seat numbers?

Great outing by the Ace today! Also hell of a catch by Matos!!!

I swear the last couple weeks I’ve noticed it sounds like the exact same 3-4 songs each time DJ Umami does their set. Has anyone else noticed / can confirm?