SFGATE: Would Giants’ Samardzija make a good closer?
Would Giants’ Samardzija make a good closer?"
Published on June 30, 2018 at 08:49AM by By Henry Schulman
PHOENIX — Anytime the Giants fall into a ninth-inning “crisis,” Jeff Samardzija’s name arises as a potential closer. The idea has its appeal. He throws hard, and when healthy last year he threw strikes. Looking deeper, the issue that persuaded the Giants to have Samardzija make a fourth rehab start Monday makes him less suited to short relief: Samardzija is not a good first-inning pitcher. A closer has to charge out of the chute. “He knows that’s an area where he’s got to come out letting it go because that’s something that can determine the game,” manager Bruce Bochy said Friday. In 2017, Samardzija’s first-inning ERA was 6.47, the worst of any inning.
Published on June 30, 2018 at 08:49AM by By Henry Schulman
PHOENIX — Anytime the Giants fall into a ninth-inning “crisis,” Jeff Samardzija’s name arises as a potential closer. The idea has its appeal. He throws hard, and when healthy last year he threw strikes. Looking deeper, the issue that persuaded the Giants to have Samardzija make a fourth rehab start Monday makes him less suited to short relief: Samardzija is not a good first-inning pitcher. A closer has to charge out of the chute. “He knows that’s an area where he’s got to come out letting it go because that’s something that can determine the game,” manager Bruce Bochy said Friday. In 2017, Samardzija’s first-inning ERA was 6.47, the worst of any inning.
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