[Mick]

Man, the Padres are dropping a series at home to the Pirates. The D-backs are dropping one at home to the Cardinals.

I just can't make any sense of this NL season. The Mets and Padres clearly have more talented players than the Giants, but somehow the Giants have a better record. Now the D-Backs have fallen apart just like the Giants, 3-9 since break.

Anyway, where does Luciano play? Nobody thinks he is a good enough athlete with a good enough arm to play SS. But he's never played anything other than SS in minors, and he is playing SS for his MLB debut.

Bailey C, Matos CF, Schmitt 2B, and Luciano SS all in the lineup tonight. An all rookie up the middle defense. Has that every happened for the Giants before?

Nobody?  Luciano’s minor league mgr. at Richmond raved about his defense at SS.  This was a key to his promotion to Sacramento.

Luciano had a .956 fielding percentage, 7 errors and turned 24 DPs. Not too shabby.

https://www.statscrew.com/minorbaseball/...078/y-2023

[Mick]

Man, the Padres are dropping a series at home to the Pirates. The D-backs are dropping one at home to the Cardinals.

I just can't make any sense of this NL season. The Mets and Padres clearly have more talented players than the Giants, but somehow the Giants have a better record. Now the D-Backs have fallen apart just like the Giants, 3-9 since break.

Anyway, where does Luciano play? Nobody thinks he is a good enough athlete with a good enough arm to play SS. But he's never played anything other than SS in minors, and he is playing SS for his MLB debut.

Bailey C, Matos CF, Schmitt 2B, and Luciano SS all in the lineup tonight. An all rookie up the middle defense. Has that every happened for the Giants before?

Nobody?  Luciano’s minor league mgr. at Richmond raved about his defense at SS.  This was a key to his promotion to Sacramento.

Luciano had a .956 fielding percentage, 7 errors and turned 24 DPs. Not too shabby.

https://www.statscrew.com/minorbaseball/...078/y-2023