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A closer look at the Giants' Tyler Rogers return: Drew Gilbert, Blade Tidwell and José Buttó
A closer look at the Giants' Tyler Rogers return: Drew Gilbert, Blade Tidwell and José Buttó

New York Times

time4 hours ago

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  • New York Times

A closer look at the Giants' Tyler Rogers return: Drew Gilbert, Blade Tidwell and José Buttó

As the San Francisco Giants' season circles clockwise down the toilet — counter-clockwise for Damian Moss — it's easier and easier to look toward next season. It's unrealistic to expect every inning and plate appearance to be given to a young player, but it's time to start erring on the side of youth. The Giants appear to agree, giving a string of starts to rookie Drew Gilbert, who is auditioning to be the next Mike Yastrzemski. He's 1-for-11 so far, and if he's not x-for-151 by the end of the season, it will have been an opportunity missed. Advertisement The rest of the season should be devoted toward sorting players into two categories: 1. Players who should feel comfortable buying a home or signing a one-year lease in the Bay Area 2. Players who should learn all of the different In-N-Out locations along the I-80 corridor The players are mostly sorted into these groups already, but there's a month-and-a-half for some of them to make a case that they belong in the better of the two categories. A player can make the jump faster than you think. And if there are any young players with a chance to do it, the ones the Giants received from the Mets in the Tyler Rogers trade all seem to have an excellent shot. Here's a look at a trio that might take up three spots on the 26-man roster at some point next season. Or this one. It's fairly uncommon for a team to find an immediate replacement at the deadline for a player they're trading away in a separate deal. Here's what the Giants are hoping for from Gilbert: some power, good swing decisions, speed, a good arm, strong defense in right and an overall sense of good vibes and scrappy affability. Here's what they're not expecting: much against left-handed pitching. In other words, exactly what they had been getting from Mike Yastrzemski over the last few seasons. Don't underestimate just how tricky that might be. Having a major-league career like Yastrzemski's has to be something like an 85th-percentile outcome for any outfielder. That specific number is a guess, but the odds are forever stacked against every outfielder in the Giants' system ever earning a bobblehead giveaway at Oracle Park. It's hard for them to do what Yastrzemski did for even one season. Still, Gilbert has enough of a prospect pedigree — he's a first-rounder and former top-100 prospect — that it almost feels reasonable to put him down for a Yastrzemski-like career. It's not reasonable yet, to be clear, but it's not outlandish, either. The tools are there. The skill set looks familiar. It doesn't require a lot of imagination. Advertisement The good news is that Gilbert should strike out far less than Yastrzemski, based on their respective strikeout rates in the minors. The bad news is that it's hard to see him having as much power, at least right away. It's the power that made Yastrzemski a plausible starter, so the gap will need to be made up somewhere else, whether it's average, on-base percentage, speed or a combination of all three. Gilbert should also start in every game for the rest of the season. I don't care if Tarik Skubal is the scheduled starter. He's in the lineup. Tidwell has two appearances for Triple-A Sacramento since the trade, throwing 10 innings, with a 1.80 ERA, 16 strikeouts and three walks. He's racked up 31 swinging strikes in those 10 innings, which is exceptional. He's already on the 40-man roster, and the Giants have already been turning to various options to fill holes in their rotation. Everything in this paragraph makes you think that he could be called up tomorrow. Perhaps. But let's talk about what to expect from the Tidwell experience, at least initially. Here's a sweeper that he threw for his third pitch of the game on Sunday: Friends, that is one gross sweeper. It has more spin than the average major-league sweeper, enough to put it in the top-20 or so. It put the batter on his back knee, which probably isn't the best way to hit a pitch in the other batter's box. Now that you're properly hyped up, here's the pitch that Tidwell threw immediately before that sweeper. No, it wasn't a home run, but you have to appreciate the camera work here. That ball went a long, long way, and it deserved exactly this sort of dramatic cinematography. Statcast had that pitch as an 87-mph sinker, one of a handful he's thrown in the 80s this year, but Statcast has also clocked his sinker as high as 98.6 mph (!) this season. It's a pitch that contains multitudes, and it's also one that could threaten the Coke bottle in left field if he throws one like that in the majors. Advertisement This isn't a complaint about Tidwell's sinker, specifically, but just a reminder of how unfathomably raw he still is. He's going to give up moon shots. He's going to walk the bases loaded, and then he's going to strike out the side. Then he's going to try it again, only to get blasted and pulled in the third inning. This isn't a guess; it's roughly how his first stint in the majors went. This might go on for years. You've been spoiled by the relatively undramatic progression of Logan Webb, along with pitchers like Madison Bumgarner before him. They had their hiccups, but not the kind that pitchers with command and control problems suffer. Those are the kind that make you wonder, loudly and often, if it's ever going to work at all. However, the Giants might have an idea or two on how to address this issue. Don't rule them out. You could have used a similar scouting report to describe Randy Rodríguez a couple years ago. Kai-Wei Teng's BB/9 was 3.5 in the Pacific Coast League, a robo-ump league where the average BB/9 is 4.5. The Giants aren't perfect as an organization when it comes to getting their pitchers to throw strikes — Erik Miller and Mason Black have both struggled, just to give two examples — but they seem to have an easier time than most. If they can sprinkle a little of this dust on Tidwell, he could be a starter for a long, long time. If they can't, he might be a reliever sooner than you think. Either way, these are the meaningless games in which the Giants should find out. Mostly meaningless, at least. It's complicated. Gets hitters to chase. Struggles with command. Not a bad reliever to have in a bullpen, but he'd be even cooler if he threw strikes. If the Giants can get him throwing strikes, they might have something. He throws five pitches — four-seamer, sinker, slider, sweeper, change — so maybe there could be some benefit in focusing on his best two or three, Kevin Gausman-style. If the Giants can't get Buttó to throw as many strikes as they want, he still has the ability to be the Jean Machi or late-career George Kontos of a functional bullpen. Buttó is not in direct competition with Spencer Bivens for a roster spot yet, but we'll see what the Cactus League brings next season. There will be other prospects and newcomers to watch, but it's rare that a team gets to show off an entire trade-deadline package in the months following the deal. It's not as fun as, say, contending or 'winning Major League Baseball games,' but it's still pretty fun. The Giants got better grades for the Tyler Rogers trade than any of the other ones they made at the deadline. With any luck, we'll all get to see why over the coming months. (Photo of Gilbert: Thearon W. Henderson / Getty Images) Spot the pattern. Connect the terms Find the hidden link between sports terms Play today's puzzle

Drew Gilbert records first career MLB hit with Giants
Drew Gilbert records first career MLB hit with Giants

Yahoo

time14 hours ago

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  • Yahoo

Drew Gilbert records first career MLB hit with Giants

San Francisco (59-60) opened a three-game series Monday versus San Diego (67-52). The Padres won the series opener, 4-1, at Oracle Park in San Francisco, California. Former Vol Drew Gilbert started in right field for the Giants. He went 1-for-3 and recorded his first career Major League Baseball hit with a single to left field in the third inning. Gilbert made his MLB debut on Aug. 8. He played at Tennessee from 2020-22 and won a SEC regular season and tournament championship in 2022. He is the 12th former Vol to play for head coach Tony Vitello at Tennessee to reach MLB, joining Garrett Crochet, Chase Silseth, Ben Joyce, Andre Lipcius, Trey Lipscomb, Jordan Beck, Seth Halvorsen, Chase Dollander, Blade Tidwell, Christian Moore and Chase Burns. Gilbert was selected by Houston in the first round (No. 28 overall) of the 2022 MLB draft. Follow Vols Wire on Facebook and X (formerly Twitter). This article originally appeared on Vols Wire: Former Vol records first career MLB hit

Drew Gilbert makes MLB debut with Giants
Drew Gilbert makes MLB debut with Giants

Yahoo

time4 days ago

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  • Yahoo

Drew Gilbert makes MLB debut with Giants

San Francisco (59-57) opened a three-game series against Washington (45-70) on Friday at Oracle Park in San Francisco, California. The Giants won the series opener, 5-0. Former Vol Drew Gilbert made his Major League Baseball debut for the Giants. He started in right field and went 0-for-4. Gilbert also made a diving catch for an out in the third inning. He is the 12th former Vol to play for head coach Tony Vitello at Tennessee to reach MLB, joining Garrett Crochet, Chase Silseth, Ben Joyce, Andre Lipcius, Trey Lipscomb, Jordan Beck, Seth Halvorsen, Chase Dollander, Blade Tidwell, Christian Moore and Chase Burns. Gilbert was selected by Houston in the first-round (No. 28 overall) of the 2022 MLB draft. He appeared in 58 games during his final season at Tennessee in 2022, totaling 11 home runs, 70 RBIs, 60 runs, 72 hits, 21 doubles, four triples, 33 walks and four stolen bases. More: Final 2022 records for each SEC baseball team Game No. 2 between the Giants and Nationals is slated for 4:05 p.m. EDT on Saturday. Follow Vols Wire on Facebook and X (formerly Twitter). This article originally appeared on Vols Wire: Former Vol Drew Gilbert makes MLB debut with San Francisco

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