Wednesday, June 8, 2011

Okay, I'm back now

After spending a couple of weeks in Oregon for work, my inner outdoorsman is now satisfied, and I should have time to write again.

It would also seem I'm way overdue to say Miguel Tejada is done, and get rid of him as soon as possible -- say, when Pablo Sandoval comes back.

I don't really know what Brian Sabean will do, of course, and that's not good -- I think this is just about as simple of a decision as things get in baseball. Tejada is horrible, he's only on a one-year contract, and at this point it's essentially a sunk cost.

Mike Fontenot won't be far behind Panda, so it'll really come down to three players: Tejada, Manny Burriss, and Brandon Crawford.

Crawford is busy making sure it won't be him who will be off the roster -- some timely hitting, some pop in his bat, drawing walks, and playing good defense at shortstop is making sure of that. In other words, things Tejada hasn't done all season. Burriss can play all of the defensive positions Tejada can, can play them a bit better, has even played a game in the outfield, and is more valuable on the bases with his speed.

No brainer, Brian.

Pat Burrell is also done. Not done in a done-with-baseball kind of sense, but being the Pat Burrell he used to be isn't going to happen. He's basically become a Matt Stairs/Jason Giambi kind of player. Pinch-hit him late in games, let him swing for the fences or draw a walk...if he gets on, pinch-run for him.

Coming up soon as well will be the Barry Zito/Ryan Vogelsong decision -- again, I don't know what will be done, here, but in terms of the Giants trying to stay on top in the NL West, it's also a no-brainer. Vogelsong hasn't just been good, he's been very, very good, and even before Zito had his odd injury, Zito wasn't very good in his limited time in 2011.

So...within these next couple of weeks, a few "tough" decisions that really shouldn't be tough at all, including what they'll do with Brandon Belt and Darren Ford when they come off the DL.

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