We win the game and you want to pick on Bochy for not letting him finish? Come on. He will have plenty of chances to go the distance.Originally Posted by chris82790
Bochy you +*#*++$ at least let Bumgarner finish the game
This past November, "Operation Panda" became full-go for Pablo Sandoval and the Giants. The purpose was to take the Round Mound of Pound and remove the round and the mound. The plan called for him to begin strength training for the first time in his life and to adhere to a strict diet. I'm guessing mostly bamboo. The Giants hoped the change in habits would make him better in the short-term and keep him viable in the long-term. They wanted him to become toned and fit. They wanted him to become quick and agile. They wanted him to become, you know, an athlete. Instead, he simply became tired and feeble. Somebody get that man a cheeseburger. Granted, I don't really know how Sandoval feels. I haven't asked him. But he wouldn't be the first athlete to lose functionality in his efforts to gain strength. For all his hard work and discipline this offseason, for all the portions measured, workouts logged and weight lost -- 15 pounds before camp and five during -- he still came out looking as big and round as ever. What was the point of it all? Friends come in all shapes and sizes. Elmo said so. Some players are built the way they are, and no amount of dieting or exercising can change that. If Sandoval has a genetic predisposition for size, maybe that's his peak operating capacity, and any attempt to change it is nothing more than wasted energy. You can't fit a square peg into a round hole -- or vice versa, in this case. Of course, that explanation is nothing more than a wild guess on my part. The more scientific lesson to learn here is that players whose primary contribution is batting average aren't the most reliable investments in Fantasy. Most of Sandoval's value last year came from his .330 batting average, and while it showed he's a better contact hitter than, say, Dan Uggla, it still owed something to luck. Most players are capable of hitting within 30 points of their career batting average within a given year. Even a drop to .300 would have a huge impact on Sandoval's Fantasy value since his power numbers weren't especially impressive and he didn't walk much. What would he fall back on? And now that he's batting .269 with six home runs, we're all better prepared to answer that question. Chances are he'll get better from here, but he has a long way to go to meet last year's numbers, especially coming off such a draining offseason. We can probably give up on him being an elite option, at least for this year. |
| vs. | |
| 8-4 | 7-5 |
| 3.28 | 5.29 |
| 121 | 68 |
| 46 | 33 |
| 1.30 | 1.50 |
I recall reading he gained a good majority of what he lost here once he went back to the motherland, or something along the lines of that
