[Mick]

I think Brisbee and Baggs are wondering what the heck is going on. Alex Pavlovic had a brilliant article that pointed out the good, the bad and the ugly in the preseason:

https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/10-num...59857.html

The Good
- The relief pitching has the 2nd best bullpen ERA (3.19) in MLB. Their strikeout rate is 8.94 per nine innings, 13th in MLB, and better than the last four seasons in which they were ranked between 24thand 27th. Caleb Kilian (0.64 ERA), Keaton Winn (2.84 ERA), Stanford's Erik Miller has had 17 strikeouts in 11 1/3 innings...might be time to have him close.
- Casey Schmitt leads the Giants in homers, OPS and wRC+ (148), elite territory for an infielder.
- Arraez' defense. He ranks 4th in MLB in OAA, 3rd in MLB in Fielding Run Value and 15th in Defensive Runs Saved

The Bad
- Eldridge has five HRs and a .922 OPS in Sacto, but there's no place to put him. Yet.
- 8 steals, dead last in MLB.
- Arraez is hitting .305, but with few walks and no power, his wRC+ is 97.
- Giants hitters have only won 43% of  their plate challenges, 22nd in the league; and 44% of pitching challenges, 29th in MLB. Bailey is 12 for 25, ranking 16th among 17 catchers with at least 20 challenges.
- Logan Webb, 4.30 ERA (but a 3.45 FIP)

The Ugly
- The Giant batters' walk rate (5.8%) is the worst in their history and the worst in MLB. 144 MLB hitters have double digit walks, the only Giant is Matt Chapman. They are the only MLB team under 7% walk rate.
- The Giants have just 19 HRs, last in MLB. Adames, Chapman and Devers have just six this year after combining for 86 last year. Adames is a legendarily slow starter, Devers is slow-ish (and had a very slow start last year), but Chapman's bad month is typically September. Adames is 2 for 38 over nine games 
- Bailey has a .411 OPS.

[Mick]

I think Brisbee and Baggs are wondering what the heck is going on. Alex Pavlovic had a brilliant article that pointed out the good, the bad and the ugly in the preseason:

https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/10-num...59857.html

The Good
- The relief pitching has the 2nd best bullpen ERA (3.19) in MLB. Their strikeout rate is 8.94 per nine innings, 13th in MLB, and better than the last four seasons in which they were ranked between 24thand 27th. Caleb Kilian (0.64 ERA), Keaton Winn (2.84 ERA), Stanford's Erik Miller has had 17 strikeouts in 11 1/3 innings...might be time to have him close.
- Casey Schmitt leads the Giants in homers, OPS and wRC+ (148), elite territory for an infielder.
- Arraez' defense. He ranks 4th in MLB in OAA, 3rd in MLB in Fielding Run Value and 15th in Defensive Runs Saved

The Bad
- Eldridge has five HRs and a .922 OPS in Sacto, but there's no place to put him. Yet.
- 8 steals, dead last in MLB.
- Arraez is hitting .305, but with few walks and no power, his wRC+ is 97.
- Giants hitters have only won 43% of  their plate challenges, 22nd in the league; and 44% of pitching challenges, 29th in MLB. Bailey is 12 for 25, ranking 16th among 17 catchers with at least 20 challenges.
- Logan Webb, 4.30 ERA (but a 3.45 FIP)

The Ugly
- The Giant batters' walk rate (5.8%) is the worst in their history and the worst in MLB. 144 MLB hitters have double digit walks, the only Giant is Matt Chapman. They are the only MLB team under 7% walk rate.
- The Giants have just 19 HRs, last in MLB. Adames, Chapman and Devers have just six this year after combining for 86 last year. Adames is a legendarily slow starter, Devers is slow-ish (and had a very slow start last year), but Chapman's bad month is typically September. Adames is 2 for 38 over nine games 
- Bailey has a .411 OPS.