The Giants loss today to the Arizona Diamondbacks is one of those losses where you realize, despite what you so fervently may want, it's hard to sweep just about any major-league baseball club. The Diamondbacks won't be good this year, but they've got some good players.
Flying to Denver to face the Colorado Rockies, it's definitely time to throw out a ton of fluff and rhetoric about how either this is a very important series to "make a statement", or how it's still a bit too early to worry about anything short of a Rockies sweep.
You never want to predict any pitching duels for games played in Coors Field, but the pitching matchups are all extremely interesting, especially now with Ubaldo Jimenez slated to start in the second game of the three-game series.
Here's some things I'm going to say, preceded by a small dot:
- I think the collective fanbase of the Giants let out a bit of a sigh of relief after the Aubrey Huff home run. Yes, he still remembers how to hit them.
- If Aaron Rowand keeps hitting something like he is currently, there'll be an interesting dynamic to things once the Giants get everyone back healthy. Cody Ross and Andres Torres will return to a complex situation if Rowand's hitting well, and Pat Burrell and Brandon Belt are still struggling. I don't think it should really change whatever plan Bruce Bochy had in place already, assuming he had one, but it probably will.
- Here's to hoping Panda stays somewhere in the middle of the order. A lot of his hits in the first bunch of games were dinks/dunks, but he's squaring up the ball more often now. He's a natural fit to hit 5th. Hey, that's kind of catchy...
- Guillermo Mota has been stupidly valuable so far this season.
And, lest anyone have forgotten, I'll repeat myself -- Rockies = scary.
But, you know, screw 'em anyway. Go Giants!
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