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The long nightmare is over. Hunter Pence is returning to right field fo the San Francisco Giants. This Andrew Baggarly tweet rolled across the ol’ Twitter timeline Friday afternoon.
A bit of breaking news: Hunter Pence is on his way to Cincy from Las Vegas today, I’m told. Won’t be activated until tomorrow.
— Andrew Baggarly (@extrabaggs) May 15, 2015
That is great news for all of us. The world is just a better place with Hunter Pence in the starting lineup. His hustle helps the Giants get through soe rough times. It will be great to see him charging hard through first base and sliding around the outfield.
Hunter Pence is back.
The Giants did a great job of fighting to have a .500ish record while he was injured. Having him back for 2 in Cincinnatti and then a home series with the Dodgers could be a launching point for this team. Or it could not. But he’s such a positive force on that field and in the clubhouse that it has to be a boost for the team. Hunter Pence is back. So who gets sent down to make room for Pence on the roster? John Shea says it’s going to be a catcher.
After game, #sfgiants might say who’s coming off roster once Pence is added. Hint: I heard there will be just two catchers tomorrow.
— John Shea (@JohnSheaHey) May 15, 2015
If I had a vote. It be fun to have a vote, wouldn’t it? I’d send down Hector Sanchez. The addition of Andrew Susac catching to give Buster Posey some days at first is working out just fine. There’s no need to carry 3 catchers anymore. The bullpen is set right now so shuffling around isn’t needed. The real shuffle happens when “It’s Travis Ishikawa” comes back to the team. But that’s another day.
With Pence returning to the lineup Saturday night here’s the batting order I’d love to see on a regular basis. Brandon Belt has been in a funk with a lot of the swing and miss lately. Maybe moving to 6th and lenghtening the Giants lineup will get him going again. Make it happen Boch.
Aoki LF
Panik 2B
Pagan CF
Posey C
Pence RF
Belt 1B
Duffy 3B
Crawford SS
Pitcher
On Posey first base days you can just slot Susac in for Belt. You’ll also note that I have Matt Duffy in the lineup. He should be playing everyday. But that’s a whole other post I don’t have in me right now. Today’s news is all sunshine and roses.
Hunter Pence is back.
-Eric
@2outhits
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One of my favorite things about baseball is that as soon as you make some sort of claim or call for a course of action, it turns around and bites you. In this case Belt just went 9 for 12 with 3 HRs…
It’s just amusing. Happens to everyone. Certainly to me because I was advocating shipping Vogey off about a month ago. After a pretty lack-luster 2014, a bad spring training and horrible opening, he looked ‘done’ as in ‘burnt.’
And after I said it was ‘time,’ he’s gone out and pitched well in five of his last six starts…
Definitely baseball gods laughing at us