Baseball Musings
Baseball Musings
April 08, 2005
War of Attrition

Moises Alou has a strained calf muscle that may land him on the DL:

Alou, San Francisco's 38-year-old right fielder, will have an MRI on his strained right calf Friday to determine his status. He left Wednesday's 10-4 loss to the Dodgers after the fourth inning with tightness in the calf -- the same injury that landed him on the DL during the 2000, '01 and '02 seasons.

"I think the DL is something we'll consider the next couple days based on how he reacts," trainer Stan Conte said Thursday before the Giants hosted the Dodgers. "Three of the last five years he had this problem and spent 15-17 days on the DL and didn't have any problems the rest of the year."

The Giants have a good team if they stay healthy. But it looks like they'll be without their two best hitters for most of April. Looking at the boxscore last night, they seemed to make Jeff Weaver's life very easy. Weaver threw eight shutout innings, averaging less than 13 pitches per inning. Given that he only struck out two, the Giants were likely swinging early in the count, and getting nothing out of the balls in play. They were 5 for 25 on balls in play, a .200 average. That's not going to win them many games as the month progresses.

Games in April count, too. Teams have both won and lost the division in April due to good or poor starts. The Giants are facing May 1 so far behind the division that a perfect Barry Bonds couldn't help them climb out of the hole.


Posted by David Pinto at 08:34 AM | Injuries | TrackBack (0)
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The Giants are bound to struggle this year because the odds of keeping a team that old healthy is very slim, and we're already seeing evidence of that.

Durham missed a game two nights ago, which means Deivi Cruz had to play, and you have no other IF's. Alou goes out, Tucker goes in, and you have no OF's with any MLB AB's.

Not to mention a weak bully. there's just not much margin for error there.

Posted by: KevinP at April 8, 2005 04:24 PM
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