Thursday, August 01, 2013

Pill and Kieschnick shine in Giants victory



This is what the Giants have to look forward to the rest of the season. Playing "getting to know you" with some of these guys and determining if they are more prospect than suspect. Gary Brown needs an extended look in CF as well. Maybe throw Heath Hembree into some late inning situations at AT&T.

Both Pill and Kieschnick may be fighting the perception that they are more AAAA than big league. Well, now is as good a time as any to find out what they can do. Then they can move pieces around in the off-season and come back in 2014 ready to compete.

Both players have flashed some inconsistency, Pill when promoted to the big club ( he has nothing else left to prove at AAA ) and Kieschnick has played "good month - bad month" down at Fresno this year. Both showed some good patience which will help a team that is last in FanGraphs plate discipline statistical metric. That standing leaves the Giants overall offense very much average across the board in some of the more advanced metrics that lead to run creation.

I guess I just  picked a bad season to subscribe to MLB.tv and have the ability to watch the Giants every day. Oh well, there's always the Rays.

UPDATE:  Thursday's opponent is the Rays, so like the Giants lately, I just can't seem to win.

from Yahoo Sports:
San Francisco Giants - Team Report - MLB - Yahoo! Sports:
A pair of newcomers helped the San Francisco Giants escape the offensive doldrums and snap their losing streak.
 Brett Pill and Roger Kieschnick, recalled from Triple-A Fresno on Tuesday, combined for five hits and six RBIs Wednesday night as the Giants halted a five-game losing streak with a 9-2 victory over the Philadelphia Phillies.
 Pill went 3-for-5 with a homer and a career-high four RBIs, while Kieschnick, making his major league debut, went 2-for-5 and drove in two runs.
Pill, a first baseman who spent parts of the previous two seasons with the Giants, hit .148 in 14 games with San Francisco earlier this year. However, he batted .344 with 18 homers and 79 RBIs during his time at Triple-A Fresno, and went 3-for-4 in Tuesday's loss to the Phillies.
With the Giants seemingly out of the NL West race, they could give their prospects a long look. With Angel Pagan shelved after hamstring surgery, playing time is available in the outfield for Kieschnick, and Brandon Belt's offensive funk will give Pill time at first base.
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  • 2. Heliot Ramos 6-2, 185 OF Potential high-ceiling player the Giants have been looking for. Great bat speed, early returns were impressive.
  • 3. Chris Shaw 6-3. 230 1B Lefty power bat, limited defensively to 1B, Matt Adams comp?
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  • 7. Aramis Garcia 6-2, 220 C from Florida INTL projects as a good bat behind the dish with enough defensive skill to play there long-term
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  • 9. Garrett Williams 6-1, 205 LHP Former Oklahoma standout, Giants prototype, low-ceiling, high-floor prospect.
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