by carlos guerrero
When you're a team that finds it very hard to get hits and score runs you have to rely on other parts of the game. The Giants (other than the first and third games) have had a horrible time scoring runs, not going over three in their losses.
Now I expected them to be a little better scoring runs but still to have a difficultly getting across home plate. But more alarming to me is that in the four games in a row they have lost, they have allowed six or more runs, and not making defensive plays in crucial spots.
Now I know its early but pitching and defense were going to be the Giants' identity and they are not doing it well.
Here are some of the reasons they are of to this slow start.
Hitting
We all knew going in it was going to be a struggle to score runs this year but we hoped there would be some improvement. So far there is none. The Giants are hitting .250 as a team right now, ranking them 21st in the majors. They are 29th in home runs and 28th in runs scored with 3.9 per game as of April 14.
On top of them not scoring runs they young guys are struggling. Pablo Sandoval swings at every thing and any thing, as well as the whole team as they have struck out at least 11 times in back to back games, while hitting .192—fourth lowest on the team.
What happened to the guy that was hitting .400 during spring training?
Travis Ishikawa is still learning how to hit big league pitching, Edgar Renteria, who was supposed to be an offensive guy on the team, is also off to a slow start hitting .160. The only guys producing are Rowand, Winn, and Fred Lewis.
I know these guys are young, but they have to get better fast.
Now I expected them to be a little better scoring runs but still to have a difficultly getting across home plate. But more alarming to me is that in the four games in a row they have lost, they have allowed six or more runs, and not making defensive plays in crucial spots.
Now I know its early but pitching and defense were going to be the Giants' identity and they are not doing it well.
Here are some of the reasons they are of to this slow start.
Hitting
We all knew going in it was going to be a struggle to score runs this year but we hoped there would be some improvement. So far there is none. The Giants are hitting .250 as a team right now, ranking them 21st in the majors. They are 29th in home runs and 28th in runs scored with 3.9 per game as of April 14.
On top of them not scoring runs they young guys are struggling. Pablo Sandoval swings at every thing and any thing, as well as the whole team as they have struck out at least 11 times in back to back games, while hitting .192—fourth lowest on the team.
What happened to the guy that was hitting .400 during spring training?
Travis Ishikawa is still learning how to hit big league pitching, Edgar Renteria, who was supposed to be an offensive guy on the team, is also off to a slow start hitting .160. The only guys producing are Rowand, Winn, and Fred Lewis.
I know these guys are young, but they have to get better fast.
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