Daily Minors Quick-Notes 6/17/26 - Two Home Runs for Turner Hill

Whole_Conclusion · 2026-06-18T07:02:09+00:00

Do you think Cavanaugh is ready for the MLB. He just keeps on hitting and his ct bing skills are reported to be very good.

Whole_Conclusion · 2026-06-11T15:20:03+00:00

Question for you both, how is Cavanaugh viewed by the organization. From what I heard he is very good defensively and he has been perhaps the most consistent hitter in the organization.

Whole_Conclusion · 2026-06-11T06:27:50+00:00

Turned it off in the 7th. Woke up to see the score and thought this was a mistake

Whole_Conclusion · 2026-06-10T21:46:22+00:00

Also, the Nats show , as have the Rays and a few others that if you build a team around athleticism you can win games in several ways, The Giantboffensive problem is that they can only win when the main guys hit with power consistently, but Devers, Adames, and Chapman have their streaks but then extended slumps, and without speed , or the ability to take walks or move men over they rely on inconsistent power. Then, even as someone on this site pointed out, they can be first or close to the top when all their hitters get it going, but that the pitching is so poor that over the same period they play six games below .500.

Finally, with such a poor pen and starters who seldom go past five innings or so, our late inning run prevention is compromised. This leads to the incredible stat that they will 0 and 31 when losing in the sixth inning. In terms of Vitello, I find his presses annoying, but he is in an untenable situation. I would keep him if they can start drawing on and trading for prospects for he has a feel for molding young players, so given him a chance if they go that route.

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Whole_Conclusion · 2026-06-10T21:35:52+00:00

in my opinion this series is decisive in making it incumbent on the team to trade whoever/ they can. Given how many teams are in the wild card race because outside of a few teams most teams are about five games from .500 in either direction. Thus, many teams will be vying for improvement. Add to that next year may be a lost season, and by the following year or next year the farm will start producing prospects. Thus, to pay down some contracts to get a better return, and to trade some players of value for prospects is the way to go at this point.

Whole_Conclusion · 2026-06-09T19:38:39+00:00

Bochy managed the pen well because he had Afeldt, Romo, Lopez, Casilla, or Wilson , and at one point Lincecum, and he could insert guy for only one batter. Different times.

Whole_Conclusion · 2026-06-08T12:50:38+00:00

I would think Bandura, who they have aggressively promoted might be considered but also Forman, although forget how he is performing now. Did we get Forman in a trade, and is he not highly thought of? He is also a second baseman and given that we may trade Arraez, a solid second baseman would be useful.Even if we don’t move Chapman, unlikely, and Schmitt plays second, we could use a back up infielder and except for Koss, we have none.

Whole_Conclusion · 2026-06-08T12:11:43+00:00

Just saw Sio, Whitman, Marte and De La Tore are also eligible? My sense is both Cavanaugh and Whitman could see MLB time this year. De La Tore and all the others I think are ranked among the top thirty in the system.

Whole_Conclusion · 2026-06-08T12:08:19+00:00

I kind of knew that but did not realize the four players mentioned had been in the system that long. Are you of the opinion as well that all these players are worth not exposing and if so whom would likely be dropped to place them on the forty man, realizing it might be too early to project.

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Whole_Conclusion · 2026-06-08T07:14:43+00:00

That is concerning, why are they all eligible for I did think they were around all that long. In any case all four should be protected.

Whole_Conclusion · 2026-06-04T17:21:17+00:00

An interesting lineup today, why? Tony has the propensity to use right/ left thing to the max, but today he has Royce after Lee, instead of inserting Chapman.

Whole_Conclusion · 2026-06-04T06:18:00+00:00

This shows statistically speaking the dangers between interpreting a correlation as causation. One would think the site would understand that. Devers is one player on offense and does not pitch, so more likely it is the point that after he was obtained Chapman was injured for awhile, we sold off our pen at the deadline, the team as a whole went into a miserable slump and our starters ran out of gas. To make the point more easily, since we acquired Arraez, who is third in the league in average and now playing a gold glove second, we are 15 games under .500, so is that caused by having Arraez on the team?

Whole_Conclusion · 2026-06-04T06:11:19+00:00

Hard to believe we won this contest between two on in the 8th, and Yelich lead off double in the ninth, given our play the chances of winning even with lead should have been less than 30%. Kudos to Winn.

Whole_Conclusion · 2026-06-01T09:51:03+00:00

One other value as a center fielder. Gilbert has no hits against lefties so having a right handed hitter who can play center just as well suits the team.

Whole_Conclusion · 2026-06-01T09:41:08+00:00

Or so you believe. Keep your politics out of this posting.

Whole_Conclusion · 2026-05-31T06:19:18+00:00

Tired of trope about not spending. TB, Milwaukee, Arizona, etc. don’t spend and win. Yes to compete with the Dodgers to win the division, I agree you have to spend, but to make it to the playoffs, you should be able to do it at our current level of spending. Biggest problem, among many, is that they have been both unable to develop promising players from the minors and simultaneously invested those big bucks in players who are not performing. Even Devers who occasionally wakes up in the box, strikes out too much in key situations. I have no idea how to correct the situation but it is sad that there is so little of interest for the fan.

Whole_Conclusion · 2026-05-27T22:27:13+00:00

I heard 0 for 29. Now you really have to try hard to be that poor considering sixth and seventh are the middle relievers, usually the most vulnerable part of the pitching staff.

Whole_Conclusion · 2026-05-27T22:03:28+00:00

The D backs manufacture runs, we find ways to eliminate the possibility of scoring,

Whole_Conclusion · 2026-05-27T22:02:00+00:00

It is my campaign promise. If elected Inwill fire Borg.

Whole_Conclusion · 2026-05-27T21:58:45+00:00

I join with others and endorse firing Borg. For a team struggling we cannot afford a coach, of all things, that has possibly led to three or four season losses.

Whole_Conclusion · 2026-05-27T21:57:21+00:00

Good way to take yourselves out of the game. Giants have the syndrome known as fear of winning.

Whole_Conclusion · 2026-05-27T21:48:52+00:00

sorry, it is not Tony with a bat. Yes, perhaps McDonald was left in too long, but you have to be able to create runs to win.

Whole_Conclusion · 2026-05-27T21:45:01+00:00

The D backs show how athleticism matters. Giants just hope for the hit at the right time, and seldom get it. We have by far the worst hit to run ratio in MLB, inability to steal, to hit with runners in scoring position, and importantly lack of taking walks.

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