This is your Giants News, Rumors, and Commentary Roundup for the Morning of June 28, 2021.
“Giants infielder Tommy La Stella’s minor league rehab assignment has been delayed due to a new injury, as MLB.com’s Maria I. Guardado (Twitter link) was among to report that La Stella suffered a small fracture in his throwing hand. La Stella jammed his thumb while taking grounders, resulting in the fracture, and he will now…”
“What better time to assess a team? The Giants, shockingly, reached 50 wins before the halfway mark. And while they’re still a few games away from the halfway mark of the season, this feels like a good time to step back and look at the prospects for the rest of the year (no, not those prospects — that’s a different thread). The Giants, shockingly, are on pace to blow past the 100-win mark. The Giants, shockingly, were the first team in baseball to hit that mark.”
“Even with their 6-2 win over the Giants on Sunday, the A’s are only 4-6 over their past 10, and they’re two games behind the surging Astros in the AL West. Who’s hot? Mike Zunino, who has four homers and eight RBIs in his past eight games. The Mets are still the only NL East team with a winning record, but the 37-38 Nats, now in second place, are close to breaking even thanks to a string of 11 wins in their past 14 games. They’ve won 10 of their past 12 games and have hit 23 homers and have scored 83 runs during that span.”
““I think the first inning, I left a few pitches up there when I was ahead in the count that I wanted down,” Long said. “The crowd was electric,” Long said. Long left a few pitches up against the top of Oakland’s lineup in the first inning, resulting in three consecutive singles that put the Giants in a quick 2-0 hole. It’s been a pretty action-packed first three outings.” The action continued in the 25-year-old left-hander’s fourth big league appearance on Sunday afternoon at Oracle Park, which marked his first foray into the Bay Bridge Series.”
“Hits have been hard to come by for Jones, whose average sits at .222 through 46 games, but he’s reached base in nine of his last 11 games and his .368 OBP in June is a bit more of what we’re used to seeing from him. White Sox prospect stats » Mets: Alex Ramirez, OF (No. Ramirez has struggled so far to keep the whiffs down, but his .333 average and .375 OBP in his last 10 games are encouraging signs. White Sox: Micker Adolfo, OF (No.”