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How about one word:
Bench.
He should never use the shampoo from the dispencers in the lockerroom. The previous away team pisses in them after their last game before leaving.
Well, he's had 25 of his PA in SD and LA, two extreme pitchers parks, out of 46 total PA, and Seattle is a pitchers park too. If I recall right, many of them were against pitchers who are tough on the Giants too.
Plus, he didn't really start hitting for much of anything until May 10th, and he's been mainly at home since then, and did not see a lot of starts on the road, as there were LHP.
What does the park have to do with strikeouts?
Yeah, let's hold off making any huge decisions until Travis has a chance to swing through some of the smaller Eastern parks. Martin, good point about most of his games being in pitcher-friendly parks.
I agree with OGC, 39 ain't enough ABs, and small samples like that might be skewed. It might just be bad luck. I hope so. It would be nice to have an .895 OPS first baseman!
My solution = time. With age comes experience, yada yada.
Lefty, is my punch/pie in the mail? ;)
One great swing against an 80 MPH cheese ball and we have found our savior at 1B. Really?? And the beat goes on.
Weren't you the same guy who was screaming that Winn was finished and to bench him just a few weeks ago based on an incredibly small sample size? Patience was needed. You have been down on Ishikawa from spring training onward because you wanted the Giants to move Sandoval to 1B (which is the exact opposite of where he should be: his max value is at C, then 3B, then 1B). You even dogged Ishikawa when he hit that bases clearing triple in the 1st game of the seaon and you said anyone could hit a hanger when it was actually a change-up. Nobody is saying Ishikawa is the savior, but his ceiling suggests he could be an average 1B offensively with gold glove defense. Almost all players need some league adjustment time and it would be quiet foolish to give up on a player with Ishikawa's ceiling prematurely. Seriously, who else should get the ABs at 1B for the Giants right now? Guzman can't field, and as for Aurilia, even if he didn't currently suck there is no upside there. This is way different than the Burriss/Frandsen situation in which there actually is a legit internal alternative and the players still have minor league options if sent down. Patience is needed until Ishikawa gets enough ABs for a full evaluation. Will he succeed? Who knows, but he deserves patience.
Two Words: Road Beef
Or: Slump Buster
This is really simple.If other people can step up like Rowan,Winn,Renteria then there is less pressure on the kid.You have roughly $30,000,000 of salary right there that just needs to hit clutch. They dont need to be great they just need to be CLUTCH! Rowan is a fraud. He swings a little boys bat that weighs about 28 ozs. It is a joke He needs to be a man and bring a little more bat to the plate.