The Joey Bart Era came to an unceremonious end this morning when he was DFA’d to make room for Daulton Jeffries because the Giants started the season with just three healthy starting pitchers. It didn’t take long for the Joey Bart Curse to take hold as Tyler Fitzgerald booted a grounder on the first Giants defensive play of the game which pretty much set the tone for the rest of this one. Key Lines:
Jung Hoo Lee CF- 0 for 2, 3 BB. BA= .286. Lee continued to do leadoff batter things but for naught in this one as hw was left stranded 3 times.
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Lamonte Wade Jr. RF/1B- 2 for 4, BB. BA= .357. Not sure why LMWJ is batting third and not 2’nd Melvin’s early season lineup. Wade Jr had to move over to 1B after Wilmer Flores tumbled into the Padres dugout in the first inning in chase of a pop foul and suffered a cut finger and shoulder contusion. Wilmer finished the inning but Luis Matos PH for him in the top of 2’nd. Sounds like Wilmer is day-to-day and will be evaluated tomorrow.
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Thairo Estrada 2B- 1 for 4, HR(1). BA= .267. Will this be the year Thairo gets to 20/20?
Patrick Bailey C- 2 for 3, BB. BA= .444. Bailey is hitting well in the early going. There was a weird passed ball in the weird first inning but that seemed to be more of a cross-up on the pitch rather than catching technique.
Daulton Jefferies RHP- 2 IP, 9 H, 0 R, 5 ER, 0 BB, 1 K, GO/AO= 5/1. Well, that didn’t go well! Gotta think he might have been a bit disconcerted by the booted groundball to lead off the first inning, but it’s his job to stop the bleeding. Sinkerballers sometimes get knocked around if they are amped up because the ball doesn’t sink if they overthrow. With a flotilla of veteran pitchers set to come on board soon, he might have to wait awhile for his next shot.
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Kai-Wei Teng RHP- 3 IP, 4 H, 3 R, 3 BB, 4 K’s. ERA= 9.00. After a rough first inning of work, Teng settled down and pitched two more scoreless frames. His first MLB K was Fernando Tatis Jr.
Ryan Walker RHP and Landon Roupp RHP pitched scoreless frames and Tyler Fitzgerald allowed a run while mopping up in the 8’th inning.
No time to recover as the Giants start a 3-gamer in LA tomorrow evening with Keaton Winn RHP facing James Paxton LHP.
Feel bad for Joey Bart but the Giants stated pretty loudly with their actions they believe in Patrick Bailey and I’m not going to argue it’s the wrong call. Bart had his chances and did not take advantage of them. Still, he was the second overall draft pick in 2018 and it seems like a good chance he’ll eventually figure it out and have a solid MLB career, except with another organizations. Lot’s of what ifs to pick through here: Untimely injuries, 2020, COVID 19 and being thrown into the gap when Buster Posey chose to sit out that season. I do have to say I saw Bart play up close in San Bernardino in A ball and got an uneasy feeling when it appeared to me he was grooving his swing. In other words, his bat appeared to take the same path through the strike zone regardless of where the ball was located. It reminded me of another big guy I noticed that on in San Bernardino: Angel Villalona. I’m no scout but if I was and saw that again, it would be a huge red flag.
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