While San Francisco could be using the months of August and September to audition top prospects like Christian Arroyo, Tyler Beede and Austin Slater, all three players are nursing injuries that are keeping them off the field.
New pitcher Shaun Anderson joined our Giants beat writer Kerry Crowley on the first episode of The KO Podcast, and talked about being traded from the Boston Red Sox organization for Eduardo Nunez last week.
Krukow told PCon and Mac on Friday morning that the Giants coaches told Jones he needed to be more of his outgoing self if he wanted to succeed in the Major Leagues, and that he was overwhelmed by the moment his first time around.
Ty Blach didn’t just carry the load with his bat in Thursday’s 11-2 victory over the A’s, he did it with his arm as well. And lately, that arm has been getting stronger.
Ty Blach took a seven run lead into the bottom of the fifth inning Thursday night in the final game of the 2017 Bay Bridge Series between the San Francisco Giants and the Oakland Athletics. He took the first pitch for a ball. He did not take the second pitch.
“Conor, as you know…as you well know, he did a lot for us last year,” Bochy said. “He just played great baseball. Of course he got the big home run to get us through the Wild Card game.”