00:00No, Spadoni today. It's Grandi in. So Shaski and Grandi with you on the morning roast.
00:05Happy Friday. If you're a Giants fan, it's hard for it to be a happy Friday because that was one
00:10of the worst days I can remember as a Giants fan, Shaski.
00:14Is that an overreaction?
00:15I mean, it was like a triple whammy. It felt like one of the worst Giants days ever.
00:20So you lose on walk-offs where you were an out away in both games.
00:24Strike away in the second one.
00:26Yeah. And you blow a Logan Webb game.
00:28Yeah. You blow a comeback game.
00:32You blow very specific situational baseball stuff.
00:37Like eight things had to go wrong for you to lose that game, the second game.
00:40And they all went wrong.
00:41100%.
00:42Yeah, so no, it was like a quadruple whammy.
00:44And then you just look at just the body of work from the overall team and you end the month
00:48on such a down note.
00:49You literally got swept by a team that had come in scuffling.
00:53They just fired their manager.
00:55They were 1-11 in their previous 12.
00:58They're the worst team in baseball.
01:00And they sweep you.
01:027-0 on Tuesday.
01:05You mentioned Vitale left Malley in a little bit too long.
01:07It was 1-0 after 5.
01:09That was a competitive game.
01:10Halfway through, you lose 3-2 in walk-off fashion in game one yesterday.
01:14And then 6-5 in walk-off fashion in game two.
01:16All right.
01:16It's the bottom of the ninth in game two.
01:18All right.
01:19Bottom of the ninth, you're up 5-4.
01:22And you know you're not going to use Ryan Walker because you burned him in game one.
01:26Yep.
01:26Right?
01:26Yep.
01:26And so, to me, I think because you lost the first two, because of how big this game is for
01:36you mentally, emotionally,
01:37you want to wipe away the blown game that you had earlier today.
01:42You had to come out with a win in this one.
01:43I think you needed to be pulling all levers from the dugout.
01:48So, I want to break this down.
01:50Marsh doubles to lead off the ninth.
01:53Keaton wins in there.
01:54He pitched the eighth.
01:55Yes.
01:55Keaton wins in.
01:56And they keep him in there.
01:57So, he comes up.
01:58Then they walk Garrett Stubbs.
02:00Okay?
02:00So, you've got first and second, Trey Turner, top of the order, coming up.
02:05He grounds into a double play.
02:07Big double play.
02:08So, now you have a runner at third.
02:09Marsh is now advanced to third.
02:11You got a runner at third with two outs.
02:14You've got two open bases.
02:15Out by one.
02:16Yep.
02:16You've got Schwarber coming up.
02:18You got Harper behind him.
02:20And you have Garcia.
02:21Now, in my mind, you could go in a couple different directions.
02:25And they chose none of them.
02:28We could walk Schwarber.
02:29He was three for three.
02:30Well, not only that, his last seven games, he's got three home runs and seven hits and
02:35batting over 300.
02:36Behind him in his last seven games, Bryce Harper, 300, seven hits, one home run.
02:42So, both are heating up right now.
02:45They're both lefties.
02:46Now, when you dig into the numbers this year, and again, the samples aren't huge.
02:51Keaton Wynn versus lefties.
02:53What are they batting?
02:54250.
02:56Keaton Wynn versus righties.
02:58What are righties batting?
02:590-77.
03:01Wow.
03:02So, you have two open bases.
03:04And you're throwing, I think it was a splitter or whatever that was, over and over and over.
03:09And he's golfing them foul.
03:10Okay?
03:11This is Schwarber.
03:12And I'm thinking to myself, okay, what's Schwarber's batting average versus lefties this year?
03:16Now, last year, him and Harper actually hit lefties really well.
03:19Schwarber's good versus lefties.
03:20Has been.
03:21Well, this year he's 196.
03:22Versus righties, he's batting 250.
03:24But he's also red hot.
03:25And you have open bases.
03:27Okay?
03:28And again, I gave you the numbers for Keaton Wynn.
03:31So, if you're going to keep Keaton Wynn in there, and you're going to go off the numbers, and you're
03:36going to use that, I would have walked both Schwarber and Bryce Harper.
03:41So, you're cool walking the winning run into scoring position, where then a single beats you.
03:46Listen to me.
03:47I'm just asking.
03:48I would, in this situation, knowing the guy on the mound against righties, Garcia's the righty in this situation, 077.
03:55Now, Garcia, a little better versus righties than lefties.
04:00So, if I wanted to, that's one option.
04:02I'm just presenting the options.
04:04Okay?
04:05You walk both guys.
04:06The other option, and then you go righty on righty.
04:08Okay?
04:09The other option is I bring Gage in from the bullpen.
04:12And he's ready in the pen.
04:13Okay?
04:13He's been warming up.
04:14I pitch around Schwarber, maybe, in this situation, because of how red hot he is.
04:18And I try to attack Bryce Harper.
04:21Or, you know, I go at both guys.
04:23Now, Gage, you know, I looked at his numbers.
04:26What's Gage doing this year?
04:28I don't know.
04:28Against lefties, 071.
04:32Okay.
04:33That's pretty good.
04:34It's really good.
04:35Okay?
04:35Against righties, 222.
04:37Yeah.
04:37Right?
04:38So, I'm not saying you had to walk the bases loaded.
04:41I'm saying if you're riding with Keaton Wynn, play the matchups if you're going to do that.
04:46And that's what you're hoping to do.
04:48We all know he is not Mariano Rivera.
04:52We'll just, he's our closer.
04:53He's going to the Hall of Fame.
04:54Doesn't matter the matchup.
04:55We like him no matter what.
04:57We like him no matter what.
04:59In this situation, to me, I think I play the matchups.
05:03So, if I'm going to go to the lefty in that situation to attack both guys, hey, maybe I'm dancing
05:08around both guys and hoping to get a strikeout.
05:10You know?
05:10Like, I'm just playing this out.
05:12If you're going to stick with Keaton Wynn, yeah, I actually do like either pitching around Schwarber.
05:17Maybe I go at Harper, which sounds insane on the surface, but in the context of the last three days,
05:24two days, whatever it is, I think I'd rather face Harper than Schwarber.
05:28I don't know.
05:28Like, I'm going eyeball, but I'm also going data.
05:30Yeah.
05:31No, I'd rather face Harper right now.
05:32And if I'm going to go to the bullpen in that situation, I'm going to Gage to face one, if
05:36not both, lefties.
05:37Yeah.
05:38Me, I'm not walking the winning run on base.
05:40That's fine.
05:41But I'm going to the lefty, and I'm bringing Gage out of the pen.
05:43And you go at Schwarber.
05:44You're careful, but you go at Schwarber.
05:46If he gets on base, then you go at Harper.
05:48But, yeah, I'm not leaving Keaton Wynn, who's up around 30 pitches.
05:53This is another element of it.
05:54And go at one of the hottest hitters in the game.
05:57And the guy that's hit you hard all series long, Kyle Schwarber.
06:00And then after the base hit, they ended up intentionally walking Bryce Harper anyway.
06:03Right?
06:04So, I mean, yeah, at that point, the tying runs on base, and it was a double.
06:07So, he's scoring this, so you have an open first.
06:09That was the right decision.
06:10No, I agree, but.
06:11Once you get into that spot, it's the right decision.
06:13But how you got into that spot, I don't think it was good.
06:16Well said.
06:16Now we get to the ninth inning.
06:18Okay?
06:19So, or tenth inning, excuse me.
06:20This is just, I just.
06:22So, you give up the lead in the ninth.
06:25We get Ghostrunner in the tenth.
06:26Yeah.
06:27Gilbert on second, the lead off the tenth.
06:28Ramos singles on a ground ball.
06:30That goes off the glove of the second baseman.
06:32Mm-hmm.
06:32Justin.
06:33No, not Justin.
06:34Stop.
06:34Stop.
06:35Stop.
06:37You don't send him.
06:40It's inexcusable.
06:41I don't know what else to say.
06:42I mean, he should have been scoring, what, 100 out of 100 times?
06:45It's one of the easiest sends that I can remember talking about.
06:49Okay.
06:49Because those aren't ever things we talk about.
06:51Because that is a send 100 times out of 100.
06:54It's one of the worst holds I've ever seen, honestly.
06:58100% agree.
06:59There are bad sends.
07:00That is a terrible, terrible hold.
07:03Let me make it worse for you.
07:04What does the next guy do?
07:06Now it's first and third.
07:07Ramos, the camera shows him, and he's like, why didn't he go?
07:10And I'm being generous here.
07:12Next guy comes up to the plate.
07:13It's first and third.
07:14With no outs.
07:16You're a professional hitter.
07:18Your name is Matt Chapman.
07:19And this is my biggest bugaboo with the three top dogs right now.
07:23Strikeout.
07:24Swing in.
07:25On a pitch right down the middle.
07:27The two-strike approach from guys making a combined $550 million.
07:35It's going to put me in the grave before I should be.
07:40And I'm thinking about Will Clark, because Will Clark did this big breakdown
07:43with Eric Burns about why Devers and these guys are struggling the way they are.
07:46They are failing to adjust with two strikes.
07:51And I hear everybody, where's the hitting coach?
07:54The hitting coach cannot take at-bats for you.
07:57You can have concepts and things you're working on.
08:00It is up to these professional hitters who are making gobs of money
08:04to go up there and figure it out and execute whatever it is in their mind
08:11they need to do to get the job done.
08:13Chapman has to get that run home.
08:16Has to.
08:16It could be a double play.
08:18Just get the run in.
08:20I just...
08:20I just...
08:21What did the Phillies do in the bottom of the 10th inning?
08:25My bad.
08:25Arise, by the way, the lines out after that.
08:27And then Casey Schmidt.
08:28Yeah.
08:29So you don't score any runs with a ghost runner
08:31and first and third with no outs.
08:33And then what do the Phillies do when they have the same situation?
08:35Sack fly.
08:37Sack fly game over.
08:39And sometimes baseball comes down to those small things.
08:41Well, they sack-bunted, moved the runner over.
08:43Great punt.
08:43Yeah.
08:44Great punt.
08:44It was perfect.
08:45Two productive outs.
08:46That's all you need to score in extra innings in today's Major League Baseball.
08:50Two productive outs.
08:52And the Giants had a single.
08:54And they so couldn't get a run in after that.
08:56I just...
08:57I just don't know what to say.
08:59And then, like, I'm looking at these top dogs.
09:01And again, I told you, like, I...
09:02How many times do I need to preface this by saying, like, I really want to love these guys?
09:06I am trying my damnedest to love Chapman and love Adamas.
09:11And for God's sake, Devers, just do anything.
09:15Just show me a pulse.
09:17Just a small pulse.
09:18We will wrap our arms around you.
09:20I'm dying to want to love you guys.
09:22And at every single turn, you're telling me not only have you been horrific signings,
09:26you're on the short list of worst contracts in Giants history through a year and a half.
09:33The two of them.
09:34Yeah.
09:34It's Armando Benitez, Barry Zito, maybe Matt Morris.
09:38Who else?
09:39Aaron Rowans.
09:40Do you include him in there?
09:41At least he won a World Series in 2010 while he was on the roster.
09:43I hate Aaron Rowans.
09:44But yes, I'm with you.
09:46Like, he's definitely on the list.
09:47But, like, Adamas.
09:49Guys, we might have gave Adamas $85 million too much.
09:54It's not.
09:54It's not.
09:55It's not just the AAV.
09:57It's not just what he's making per year.
09:59It's the length of the contract.
10:01You have issues with him at shortstop right now.
10:04Imagine what it's going to be three years from now.
10:06I just think he's adequate.
10:07I don't think he's great at shortstop.
10:10He's adequate.
10:10I think that's fair.
10:11And I'm not trying to be, like, harsh.
10:12I think it's an accurate assessment.
10:14His arm is adequate.
10:15His range is adequate.
10:17But when you look at the young players around the league, like, he doesn't have the range
10:21of those guys.
10:21He doesn't have the arm of those guys.
10:22And how many plays have been hit up the middle where he's failed to pivot and turn and throw?
10:27He's made a couple of those plays.
10:28And then yesterday, in the first game, like, I'm sorry.
10:31A $200 million shortstop has to make that play.
10:34That's a really hard play.
10:35And that's a lot of speed.
10:36I agree.
10:36Does Francisco Lindor make that play?
10:39I think so.
10:40Yeah, I think so.
10:41At least makes it closer than Adamas did.
10:43I mean, look, if I was holding out hope for Adamas, it would be, wow, look what Francisco
10:48Lindor did to salvage his season the last couple of years.
10:51And I just don't know if he has that kind of high-end streakiness in him to be that good
10:57for that long.
10:58I mean, for them to get back to, like, an 85-90-win clip weight.
11:02Oh, they're going to win at a 100-win pace for the rest of the season, basically.
11:05Essentially.
11:06Essentially.
11:07Which feels unrealistic.
11:08Absolutely, it feels unrealistic, considering what they've been so far.
11:11They're 13-18.
11:1313-18, and they just got swept by a team that had been the worst team in baseball up to
11:17this
11:17point.
11:17And your three best stories, in no order, Landon Roop, Casey Schmidt, Jung Hooley.
11:24Am I missing?
11:25Whose guys are those?
11:26Arise as well.
11:27Arise.
11:27I'm sorry.
11:27Arise has been good.
11:28Yeah.
11:28I was not a fan of the Arise sounding, but I can admit he's been a whole other guy.
11:32But here's why you can't sign him to a multi-year deal.
11:34Because I might have to move Adamus over there in the next year or two.
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