These things we once relied on: Home field advantage, fan support, pitching and defense, team chemistry all grinding to a halt for want of a solid lead-off hitter. I get that correlation does not imply causation but once is happenstance, twice is coincidence, three times is a pattern. We've been down this road before.
Priority 1: Get Pagan back in the lineup or get a viable replacement for him.
Priority 2: Get Belt back in the lineup.
The Giants problems right now lie in the training room. The prognosis sounds better for Pagan and Belt than Scutaro and Cain at this point. Sanchez is getting beaten like a pinata back there and making the case everyday for moving Posey out of the catchers box and into the infield.
| DISABLED LIST | |||||||||
| NO. | NAME | POS | BAT | THW | AGE | HT | WT | BIRTH PLACE | SALARY |
| 6 | Ehire Adrianza DL15 | 2B | B | R | 24 | 6-1 | 170 | Guarenas, Venezuela | $500,500 |
| 9 | Brandon Belt DL7 | 1B | L | L | 26 | 6-5 | 219 | Nacogdoches, TX | $2,900,000 |
| 18 | Matt Cain DL15 | SP | R | R | 29 | 6-3 | 230 | Dothan, AL | $20,833,333 |
| 16 | Angel Pagan DL15 | CF | B | R | 33 | 6-2 | 202 | Rio Piedras, PUERTO RICO | $10,250,000 |
| 29 | Hector Sanchez DL7 | C | B | R | 24 | 6-0 | 234 | Maracay, Venezuela | $512,000 |
| 19 | Marco Scutaro DL15 | 2B | R | R | 38 | 5-10 | 185 | San Felipe, Venezuela | $6,666,667 |
from CSN Bay Area:
Rewind: Bochy, Giants 'buffaloed' by home woes | CSN Bay Area:
Cause and effect isn’t usually as simple as it sounds, but the Giants’ inability to compete at home correlates neatly with losing Angel Pagan to a lower back injury. The more you see them play without him, the more clear it becomes that this offense just doesn’t work in AT&T Park’s big spaces without him atop the order – especially when they aren’t hitting home runs. (Michael Morse hit four in his first 19 home games. He has zero in his last 38, dating to May 15.)'via Blog this'
The Giants tried to change it up. Bochy tweaked the lineup. They even threw the baby out with the electrolytes, swapping out the blue sports drink that has filled the dugout jugs for several years with a reddish one.
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