00:00So I said a couple times that yesterday was Tony Vitello's worst game
00:03so far as the Giant manager.
00:05I want to have the umbrella take that this is not on Tony.
00:08Tony does not have a bullpen.
00:10And Tony does not have a bat.
00:12But even managers can have bad games.
00:14Yeah, and I thought that he did.
00:15And it doesn't have to just be the result like,
00:18oh, you put this guy in and he gave up runs, therefore it's a bad move.
00:22I think that's unfair.
00:23I agree, but I don't understand a high, and that is.
00:28It's the seventh inning.
00:29It's a two-run game with two runners on.
00:30I ain't going to Bo Rucky.
00:32He's just not that good.
00:33Third reference.
00:34He's not that good.
00:35He hasn't been that good in the past.
00:37He has not been that good this year.
00:39I know you want a lefty to face Schwarber.
00:41I'm sorry.
00:42Get Matt Gage.
00:44And I don't want to hear, well, but we were saving him for later.
00:48No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no.
00:50There's no saving him for later when it's 4-2 in the seventh inning
00:53with two runners on.
00:55That's like game seven of the World Series.
00:58Ah, we'll save him for, no.
01:00No, now.
01:01Go now.
01:02Go with your best.
01:04And if you get out of the seventh, now you can start to,
01:07I know Eric Miller can't go back-to-back games yet, so he's out.
01:11But you've got Walker.
01:13You've got Keaton Wynn.
01:15You've got things that you could have tried to do in the eighth and the ninth inning.
01:18So, to me, that's a poor move that I've already brought up.
01:22Like, I just think he's gun-shy on making a move.
01:25Patrick Bailey hitting in the ninth inning with nobody on and one out in a two-run game
01:30is inexcusable.
01:32Like, he's a terrible hitter.
01:34Like, he's...
01:35He had a hit in the game.
01:36He's literally one of the last people in the National League I wanted to play at that moment.
01:40Yeah, he's hitting 129 batting average.
01:42He has four hits in 11 games.
01:44Ten games, really, because he sat the other game.
01:47But I'm with you.
01:48Go ahead and, you know, roll the dice.
01:49Let's go to the bench and let's see if somebody else can produce.
01:52And you mentioned Jared Oliva, who actually is in the lineup tonight.
01:55And he's somebody who maybe can push a bunt or even hit, like, a seven-hopper to short
01:59and beat it out.
02:00You just never know.
02:02By the way, I don't want to make it sound like he's got...
02:04And I know it's spring training, but the spring training game we watched,
02:07at bat number one, gorgeous bunt down the third baseline, beats it out, steals second.
02:12Second time he comes up, he whacked one that landed in the lady's lap about 10 feet to my left.
02:19I was in the left field.
02:20He's got pop in his bat.
02:23He's a journeyman, so he's not a star.
02:27But, again, my thought last night, bottom of the ninth, I'm like,
02:29I don't understand why he's on the team.
02:31If you're not putting him in right now, why is he here?
02:34You use that roster spot for another reliever if this is the way you're going to run your offense.
02:38Or another player that you have the faith to actually go ahead and put him out there.
02:42But that's how he's approached the entirety of the bench.
02:45Christian Koss doesn't get to play.
02:48Casey Schmidt gets three hits.
02:50Now he sits for three or four days.
02:51And so he's going with his guys, and he's doing it to a fault until today.
02:56And I know there are lineup changes, and we'll get more into it as we go.
02:59But this is the first time that he's looking at it and thinking, all right, I'm going to have to
03:03shake something up.
03:04We're three and eight, and half my team is not hitting.
03:06John in Santa Clara.
03:07Hey, John, thanks for calling.
03:08What's up?
03:10Hey, Willard, you hit it?
03:13I'm talking about Patrick Bailey is the whole problem with the Giants.
03:18Okay?
03:19Not the whole problem.
03:20At least somebody said it.
03:21I know you're not going to say that, but what championship team, what team in the playoffs has a catcher
03:28that sucks?
03:29Batting.
03:30Nobody.
03:32Alejandro Kirk.
03:33You got Will Smith.
03:34You got all the championship teams, all the teams in the playoffs.
03:36Got a decent hitting.
03:39Hatcher.
03:39Bailey is dog doo doo.
03:412-2-12 batting average last year.
03:44This year he's betting, like, what, 190?
03:47Come on, man.
03:48You got to move on with him.
03:50And Buster Posey knows him more than anybody, right?
03:53Who did we have when we were winning all those years?
03:55Buster Posey.
03:56Buster Posey, yeah.
03:57Hello.
03:58Yeah, he could hit.
03:59He dreams about hitting 190, by the way.
04:01He's hitting a buck 2-9.
04:02Oh, man.
04:03John, I hear you.
04:04Here's what I would say.
04:05Look, I think Patrick is a very good defensive catcher.
04:08I know the metrics will tell you he's the best defensive catcher in baseball.
04:12That's sort of a historical fact over the last couple years.
04:15I do not think he's been the best defensive catcher in baseball now.
04:19But I do value the defense, and so do the Giants.
04:22And Logan Webb likes him out there on the mound and all that stuff.
04:24I'm not saying the Patrick Bailey time is up.
04:28I just would love to see some openness, and when someone is struggling that hard,
04:33get another catcher in there, especially when the guy comes in and goes 3-for-3.
04:37Like, let's see that.
04:39You know, I'm like iron sharpens iron.
04:42It would be great for Bailey to get pushed.
04:45It'd be great for Susack to come in and hit 300 for a few weeks.
04:49Let's go, Pat.
04:51Turn it on.
04:52The not bat.
04:54Let's go.
04:55There are 10 major leaguers who qualify who have a worse batting average than Patrick Bailey.
05:01So there's that.
05:02That's exciting.
05:03Looking at you, Kyle Manzardo.
05:062-for-32.
05:07Have I heard of any of them?
05:09Oh, yeah.
05:09Marcelo Zuna.
05:10Oh, okay.
05:11Juan Mankata.
05:13Eriberto Hernandez.
05:14God, Mankata was...
05:17Dansby Swanson below him.
05:18Huge prospect.
05:20Was supposed to be just...
05:21Yeah.
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