Tuesday, July 20, 2004

 

Aurilia Goes To Padres, Bullpen To Pieces

Rich Aurilia has been traded to the San Diego Padres, dashing my hopes of seeing him return to the Giants this year. I wish him the best of luck down there. I hope he revives his career now that he's back in the National League.

Meanwhile, the bullpen has had some unspeakably bad outings recently. Worst of all has been our supposed closer, Matt Herges. No doubt that Herges is a nice guy, classy and a gamer. But he sucks as a closer, and the Giants need to make a change. Unfortunately, the powers that be are sticking with him. They do have better choices for the role, though no really great ones. Either Felix Rodriguez or Scott Eyre would be better choices. Best choice of all would be an acquisition like Eddie Guardado or maybe (if all else fails) Urgeth Urbina.

I just can't see this team making the playoffs without the bullpen getting a little help. If the season ended now, the Giants would be the wild card, and they'd be swept by the Cardinals in the opening round.

For myself, I'm just hoping my work schedule settles down so I can watch more games. Between the flurry of 2 a.m. calls, Sunday shifts and what not, I don't know what day it is half the time.

Jefferson 10:07 AM

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