[Mick]

Jordan Hicks is pretty good. I'm impressed.

It's fun to watch him pitch. He's always had great stuff, has a pretty well developed splitter and sinker and has (apparently) learned how to conserve his arm. Pitched 7 innings, 5 strikeouts, no walks, 5 hits, has a 0.75 ERA on the season. Great call by Farhan.

And it's good to see Bailey hitting well, .333 after getting two hits in three of the past five games. Bailey and Giants have third best WAR by the catcher position in the major leagues. Hope it continues.

The Pirates, on the other hand, have the 26th best WAR at the catcher position. Their #1 and #2 catchers, Henry Davis and Jason Delay have 4 hits in 31 at bats, 5 walks and 10 strikeouts. Yesterday, they tried out their #3 catcher, fella named Joey Bart, who had a double and a home run (410 feet, left center, 109 exit velo), current OPS is 1.600. #2 OPS on that team, incidentally, is Connor Joe at .980. #6 is Bryan Reynolds at .819. Bart didn't have an error or passed ball, but allowed three stolen bases.

One think I really liked about Bruce Bochy was that if you hit a home run, you played the next day. Today, Joey Bart is sitting in favor of Henry Davis (.143 BA). On the other hand, the Pirates are 7-2, so SFG's farm team is doing well...

[Mick]

Jordan Hicks is pretty good. I'm impressed.

It's fun to watch him pitch. He's always had great stuff, has a pretty well developed splitter and sinker and has (apparently) learned how to conserve his arm. Pitched 7 innings, 5 strikeouts, no walks, 5 hits, has a 0.75 ERA on the season. Great call by Farhan.

And it's good to see Bailey hitting well, .333 after getting two hits in three of the past five games. Bailey and Giants have third best WAR by the catcher position in the major leagues. Hope it continues.

The Pirates, on the other hand, have the 26th best WAR at the catcher position. Their #1 and #2 catchers, Henry Davis and Jason Delay have 4 hits in 31 at bats, 5 walks and 10 strikeouts. Yesterday, they tried out their #3 catcher, fella named Joey Bart, who had a double and a home run (410 feet, left center, 109 exit velo), current OPS is 1.600. #2 OPS on that team, incidentally, is Connor Joe at .980. #6 is Bryan Reynolds at .819. Bart didn't have an error or passed ball, but allowed three stolen bases.

One think I really liked about Bruce Bochy was that if you hit a home run, you played the next day. Today, Joey Bart is sitting in favor of Henry Davis (.143 BA). On the other hand, the Pirates are 7-2, so SFG's farm team is doing well...