How To Win: SF Giants season

by GM of Giants on May 4, 2008 10:04 PM EDT

To win at least 90 games, the Giants must do the following #1: Trade Rich Aurilia for an average prospect #2: Call up Nate Schierholtz, send down Jack Taschner #3: Release Ray Durham (he has 0 trade value) Impact: They win at least 79 games i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i ii i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i

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Who in their right mind will trade for Rich Aurillia?

"When a true genius appears in the world, you may know him by this sign, that the dunces are all in confederacy against him."
-Jonathan Swift

by King Billy Royal on May 4, 2008 11:03 PM EDT reply actions

90 wins

It’s simple, all they have to do is convince MLB to go to a 320 game schedule.

Or maybe just cut all their hitters and hire 8 midgets. They would have the worst slugging percentage but their OBP would be killer!

Fielding? Lincecum doesn’t need any stinking fielding!

by pedrophile on May 4, 2008 11:38 PM EDT reply actions

Impossible

Eddie Gaedel was truly ahead of his time!!!! ;)

"When a true genius appears in the world, you may know him by this sign, that the dunces are all in confederacy against him."
-Jonathan Swift

by King Billy Royal on May 4, 2008 11:43 PM EDT up reply actions

A Book to Read

You should check out Andy Roddick Beat Me With a Tennis Racket.

It has a full chapter about the potential for a midget baseball team.

The Dodgers won't win a playoff series until the Cool-a-Coo returns.

by mckeeno on May 5, 2008 11:04 AM EDT up reply actions

I don't know if the Lincecum comment is sarcastic or not

so if it is, my apologies in advance, and please disregard the rest of this post (and I’m not picking on you). If it’s not, read on.

I really hate the saying “_ doesn’t need defense!” because even though it’s only semi-serious and witty, it really does perpetuate the underration of defense. His K rate is an awesome 25.1%, but that still leaves 75 percent of balls in play up to a lead defense if you neglect it. That’s an awful lot of base runners on that otherwise wouldn’t be.

by elrey34 on May 5, 2008 9:43 PM EDT up reply actions

obviously sarcastic

by pedrophile on May 6, 2008 7:38 AM EDT up reply actions

thank you

by elrey34 on May 6, 2008 5:32 PM EDT up reply actions

The Giants are doing pretty well

all things considered. Certainly they are doing much better than a lot of Giants fans thought.

I guess it goes to show that if you have good pitching, even a below average lineup will still let you win games.

by Scott Proctor Fan Club on May 4, 2008 11:42 PM EDT reply actions

fred lewis is kinda good

....and…. bengie molina

maybe you can work out a deal with Arizona where they’ll let you fly in Micah Owings to bat cleanup on his off-days?

by daveh33 on May 5, 2008 12:23 AM EDT reply actions

wow

I am shocked that they are doing this well.

I think the only way they win 90 games is if they switch out the AL interleague games with games versus AA.

Also, sign Barry Bonds and get a lot of luck too.

by elricsi on May 5, 2008 12:31 AM EDT reply actions

re

Stick Merkin Valdez in the closers role. No question he has the best stuff of any reliever they have.

by spectfreak on May 5, 2008 3:51 AM EDT reply actions

Wilson’s been fine. There’s really no reason to move him out of that role.

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by groug on May 6, 2008 2:24 AM EDT up reply actions

Wilson (not the glove)

Brian Wilson’s success or failure will likely depend in great part on his control. Early last season he failed badly under the stress of horrid control. This season he so-so success has been limited by better control than last spring, but control that hasn’t been as good as when he was called up last summer.

by sharksrog on May 6, 2008 5:44 PM EDT up reply actions

valdez as closer?

To even have this be any value, you first have to be winning a game. They are putting up many more runs than I expected, but they really have black holes all over the field/lineup.

by thudean on May 5, 2008 4:21 AM EDT reply actions

hm

#1: Trade Rich Aurilia for an average prospect
#3: Release Ray Durham (he has 0 trade value)

You have contradicted yourself. DUCY?

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by rswanzey on May 5, 2008 9:55 AM EDT reply actions

#4: Avoid, at all costs, making incoherent, ungrammatical posts

on boards that are only tangentially related to the Giants.

This is what McCovey Chronicles is for. (Actually, I take that back. McCovey Chronicles is for intelligent, well-reasoned discussion of the Giants. This really doesn’t qualify.)

Your 2008 Athletics: It's Nothing Personal.

by PaulThomas on May 5, 2008 11:13 AM EDT reply actions

Shut Down Zito

It will never happen because of the money he’s owed. But the Giants should cut their losses on this season and shut him down. Worst case scenerio you have less innings of his 6.50 ERA in 2008. Best case scenario-he comes back with some velocity and value as a pitcher in 2009.

by bl on May 5, 2008 11:41 AM EDT reply actions

SIGN ‘EM UP!!!

by rutgersjpm on May 5, 2008 12:38 PM EDT reply actions

Sign Barry Bonds

by elrey34 on May 5, 2008 9:44 PM EDT reply actions

In order to win 90 games this season the Giants must ...

receive divine intervention.

by sharksrog on May 5, 2008 11:52 PM EDT reply actions

Taschner's been pretty solid

And swapping a pitcher for an outfielder isn’t gonna provide any playing time for Schierholtz, so he’ll rot on the bench in San Francisco instead of playing every day in Fresno. The Giants need to play Randy Winn so he can prove he’s not terrible and has some trade value, then trade him for something, then call up Schierholtz and let him start.

And they have to hope Dave Roberts stays injured. I can’t overstate how important that is.

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by groug on May 6, 2008 2:24 AM EDT reply actions

Randy has trade value

According to scout Shooty Babbitt, Randy has trade value. He also has a limited no-trade clause. As to why the Giants haven’t yet traded him, I haven’t a clue, unless Randy was extremely good with the teams he included his no-trades to and eliminated the teams that need him.

The Giants need to trade one San Ramon Valley High (California) graduate (Winn) in order to open up playing time for another (Schierholtz).

by sharksrog on May 6, 2008 5:42 PM EDT up reply actions

Zito and Lewis

Its probably now time to admit that giving Zito that contract has set the Giants organization back probably 5 years. That may very well go down as the worst contract in the history of Major League Baseball, and Sabean probably should be fired, not only for that move, but for putting together one of the worst, if not the worst, offensive teams in Giants history.
It also seems obvious that Fred Lewis should be playing every day and leading off for this team-—-I think he can become a .280, 20 HR,25SB,100 run player if given the opportunity, and right now, as of today, the Giants do not have a better long term prospect at the major league level than Lewis-—-and it would be a travesty if Roberts causes this kid to lose any playing time-— Villalona is probably 3 years away , although they will probably try to move him too quickly based on their obvious needs for a big bat!! Even with studs like Lincicum and Cain and a decent pen, IMO this is at best a 70 win team that probably finishes dead last and about 28 games behind the division winner in the west.
Pretty sad!!

by dancer on May 6, 2008 6:35 PM EDT reply actions