
Thursday, June 2, 2011
Nate Schierholtz, the every day starter?

Whitey filling in for Posey

As Blake has mentioned below, the Giants catcher and former rookie of the year is out for the whole season due to his injury. So, will Giants get a new catcher or will they stay with their back up pitcher Eli Whiteside. Bruce Bochy has decided to give Whiteside and opportunity and will not get a new catcher. Yes, the fans might not be very happy because as we have seen, Whiteside is not the best hitter. It is hard to see our catcher going 1-4 or 0-4 through the game, not helping get runs up on the board. He might not be the best batter but we need to think about his job, which is catching. We need to remember last year when he caught Jonathan Sanchez's no hitter. Whiteside has done a good job at catching and it is only fair to give him the opportunity to be the Giants new daily catcher. Hopefully, hit hitting will improve as the season continues. Giants wont be getting Posey back until next year so for the remaining of time we need to trust that Whitey, as Bochy calls him, will get the job done. Fans are not currently happy with Bochy's decision, they have even made a video about it http://youtu.be/ro109khfgWw, but they need to adapt to this new decision and support Whitey.
Wednesday, June 1, 2011
Injury!
There is a major trend in the MLB this year, injuries. There are six teams that have been affected more than the others. These six teams are the Twins, Cubs, Rockies, Giants, Mets, and Orioles. The Twins have suffered the loss of their all star catcher, Joe Mauer. This loss has been huge for the Twins. They are just not the same. They have also lost their star closer Joe Nathan to the DL. Without that presence in the later innings, the Twins are vulnerable to late inning comebacks. It is not only these stars who are hurt. There are seven more prominent names on the Twins that are suffering injuries.
The other teams have suffered a lot of losses but the Giants have suffered one large one. Buster Posey was hurt on a play at the plate. It has really hurt an already struggling Giants offense. Lets hope their amazing pitching staff can keep them in the race.
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