After watching the Giants play a few games in Arizona last spring I picked out four minor legue players to watch that wern't necessary on the Giants top 20 list. Both Juan Perez and Johnny Monell had good enough seasons with Fresno to be part of the September call up. Adam Duvall played 105 games mostly at thrd base for Richmond and hit .252 with 17 home runs. Rudy Oropesa a very big first baseman split the season between San Jose and Richmond hitting .201 for the Squirrels and .295 for the San Jose Giants.
Is this a warning? The Giants now have Pagan back leading off, Sandoval has lost 25 pounds and Belt has learned to be a very consistent hitter and they are still losing. . . I can't believe that a last place team like the Giants can keep Joaquin Arias on the bench. He has proven when he plays he hits and did you see how quickly he turned the double plays against the Padres playing second base for one of the few times in his career. Krukow mentioned last night n TV that it was good to see Scurato back in the lineup replacing Arias who only had three hits the previous night. The Giants play favorites especially at second and short and it will really hurt when they lose Arias to free agency.
Homer Sweeney
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