[lex24]

Only things that matters is health.  And with Longoria and maybe Wade out…. Not good

Belt also - recurring knee inflammation. Given the age of the Giants lineup one has to anticipate an above-average number of games lost to injury this year. Zaidi is excellent at finding adequate backups, but it would be overly optimistic to expect this aging group of starters to get through the season unscathed.

Remember 2011?  Great pitching.  Awful hitting.  Buster injury Led to the Wheeler-Beltran trade.  Turned out badly.  But was a legitimate  risk at the time. Unfortunately, Beltran got hurt. 

Pitching should be very good this year. If the staff says relatively healthy.  Offensively, this team could be flat out bad.

Gamboa had his third home run of the spring today.  Would be nice to have a player named Archimedes on the field...and Blandino hit a home run.

Slater started at leadoff, went 2 for 4 with a run scored, no strikeouts.

Spring Mick….. :). You’d have loved Randy Elliott.  :)

[lex24]

Only things that matters is health.  And with Longoria and maybe Wade out…. Not good

Belt also - recurring knee inflammation. Given the age of the Giants lineup one has to anticipate an above-average number of games lost to injury this year. Zaidi is excellent at finding adequate backups, but it would be overly optimistic to expect this aging group of starters to get through the season unscathed.

Remember 2011?  Great pitching.  Awful hitting.  Buster injury Led to the Wheeler-Beltran trade.  Turned out badly.  But was a legitimate  risk at the time. Unfortunately, Beltran got hurt. 

Pitching should be very good this year. If the staff says relatively healthy.  Offensively, this team could be flat out bad.

Gamboa had his third home run of the spring today.  Would be nice to have a player named Archimedes on the field...and Blandino hit a home run.

Slater started at leadoff, went 2 for 4 with a run scored, no strikeouts.

Spring Mick….. :). You’d have loved Randy Elliott.  :)

[Mick]

Only things that matters is health.  And with Longoria and maybe Wade out…. Not good

Belt also - recurring knee inflammation. Given the age of the Giants lineup one has to anticipate an above-average number of games lost to injury this year. Zaidi is excellent at finding adequate backups, but it would be overly optimistic to expect this aging group of starters to get through the season unscathed.

Remember 2011?  Great pitching.  Awful hitting.  Buster injury Led to the Wheeler-Beltran trade.  Turned out badly.  But was a legitimate  risk at the time. Unfortunately, Beltran got hurt. 

Pitching should be very good this year. If the staff says relatively healthy.  Offensively, this team could be flat out bad.

Gamboa had his third home run of the spring today.  Would be nice to have a player named Archimedes on the field...and Blandino hit a home run.

Slater started at leadoff, went 2 for 4 with a run scored, no strikeouts.

Spring Mick….. :). You’d have loved Randy Elliott.  :)

We'll see if anyone on this club is batting .547 at the end of spring training...

I remember Randy.  He was a specimen, but ultimately a fragile one.  6'2", 190 pounds, 1st round pick.  Terrific minor league numbers, and of course he had a magical spring in 1977.  As a right handed hitter, as long as his lead shoulder (left shoulder) was in fighting trim, he was awesome. Doug Rau hit Randy on his left shoulder in the second game of the 1977 season, and his shoulder popped out on the next at bat.  He hit .098 for the month, took time off, came back too soon, hit .240/.275/.402/.677 for the year.  From May through August, he was very strong, with a .278/.315/.452/.757 slash line and 21 RBIs in 112 at bats. He injured his shoulder again at the end of the year and tanked.

WHERE ARE THEY NOW? / Randy Elliott / Giants' spring phenom of '77 didn't enjoy a fairy-tale career (sfgate.com)

Randy was a super-sub.  As a backup, his line was .325/.386/.575/.961.  Much worse as a starter.

Researching the Myth of Randy Elliott | A Place To Talk About Giants Baseball (oneflapdown77.com)

[Mick]

Only things that matters is health.  And with Longoria and maybe Wade out…. Not good

Belt also - recurring knee inflammation. Given the age of the Giants lineup one has to anticipate an above-average number of games lost to injury this year. Zaidi is excellent at finding adequate backups, but it would be overly optimistic to expect this aging group of starters to get through the season unscathed.

Remember 2011?  Great pitching.  Awful hitting.  Buster injury Led to the Wheeler-Beltran trade.  Turned out badly.  But was a legitimate  risk at the time. Unfortunately, Beltran got hurt. 

Pitching should be very good this year. If the staff says relatively healthy.  Offensively, this team could be flat out bad.

Gamboa had his third home run of the spring today.  Would be nice to have a player named Archimedes on the field...and Blandino hit a home run.

Slater started at leadoff, went 2 for 4 with a run scored, no strikeouts.

Spring Mick….. :). You’d have loved Randy Elliott.  :)

We'll see if anyone on this club is batting .547 at the end of spring training...

I remember Randy.  He was a specimen, but ultimately a fragile one.  6'2", 190 pounds, 1st round pick.  Terrific minor league numbers, and of course he had a magical spring in 1977.  As a right handed hitter, as long as his lead shoulder (left shoulder) was in fighting trim, he was awesome. Doug Rau hit Randy on his left shoulder in the second game of the 1977 season, and his shoulder popped out on the next at bat.  He hit .098 for the month, took time off, came back too soon, hit .240/.275/.402/.677 for the year.  From May through August, he was very strong, with a .278/.315/.452/.757 slash line and 21 RBIs in 112 at bats. He injured his shoulder again at the end of the year and tanked.

WHERE ARE THEY NOW? / Randy Elliott / Giants' spring phenom of '77 didn't enjoy a fairy-tale career (sfgate.com)

Randy was a super-sub.  As a backup, his line was .325/.386/.575/.961.  Much worse as a starter.

Researching the Myth of Randy Elliott | A Place To Talk About Giants Baseball (oneflapdown77.com)

[lex24]

Dodgers get Kimbrel.  Ugh.

[lex24]

Dodgers get Kimbrel.  Ugh.