[Mick]

Joey Bart just hit his second home run for the Pittsburgh Pirates. He's batting .400 and his on-base percentage is .538.

He's still the third string catcher, he's only got into three games. He's had four hits and 10 at bats, and three of the four have been out for extra bases.

Looks like the change in scenery agreed with him. At least so far.

Now, he’s just a player on another team…….

True, but I pay attention to what's happening with former members of the family; e.g., Zack Wheeler, proud possessor of a recent 5 yr/$118 mms. contract. 3.00 ERA, 1.04 WHIP (yay!) and an 0-3 record (awww).

And Joey Bart has the second-highest OPS in MLB, second only to Royce Lewis who has two doubles in two ABs. Always thought he would do okay once he was out of SF. I imagine that when the Giants drafted Bailey, Bart had a few long moments wondering why he was here. But now he's there, and he'll be just fine.

In other news, Giants are #17 in team OPS (.702), and #26 in ERA (4.99). Also #6 in fielding percentage (.990) and #16 in Rtot (-2). I think all numbers will improve as the team gels and they don't play a lot of games against the Dodgers and Padres...

[Mick]

Joey Bart just hit his second home run for the Pittsburgh Pirates. He's batting .400 and his on-base percentage is .538.

He's still the third string catcher, he's only got into three games. He's had four hits and 10 at bats, and three of the four have been out for extra bases.

Looks like the change in scenery agreed with him. At least so far.

Now, he’s just a player on another team…….

True, but I pay attention to what's happening with former members of the family; e.g., Zack Wheeler, proud possessor of a recent 5 yr/$118 mms. contract. 3.00 ERA, 1.04 WHIP (yay!) and an 0-3 record (awww).

And Joey Bart has the second-highest OPS in MLB, second only to Royce Lewis who has two doubles in two ABs. Always thought he would do okay once he was out of SF. I imagine that when the Giants drafted Bailey, Bart had a few long moments wondering why he was here. But now he's there, and he'll be just fine.

In other news, Giants are #17 in team OPS (.702), and #26 in ERA (4.99). Also #6 in fielding percentage (.990) and #16 in Rtot (-2). I think all numbers will improve as the team gels and they don't play a lot of games against the Dodgers and Padres...