(Wind) blown grounders?
Third baseman Pablo Sandoval’s two errors, which doubled his Cactus
League total, might have been a mild concern to Giants fans. Bochy,
however, remained patient.“It’s going to take a couple of days to adjust to this infield,”
Bochy said. “It’s a completely different type of infield than he’s used
to playing on.”For one thing, it’s a much better infield than the ones in Arizona,
which were sun-baked and produced bad hops. But the pace of groundballs
at AT&T is slower, which could have thrown Sandoval a changeup,
figuratively speaking.“The ball’s not getting on you quite as quickly,” Bochy said. He
also noted that Thursday night’s stiff wind could have altered the
course of a grounder or two — that’s right, it doesn’t happen with
just fly balls — which would have flummoxed Sandoval further.Sandoval also went 3-for-4 with a double, triple and two RBIs. Overall, he did just fine.
I’m not too worried about Pablito’s D, though it’ll be harder on him to be prepared for two positions for every game. But excusing errors by saying the turf is too good and the wind pushed it, that’s bush. Don’t make excuses for him, just let him play.
Oh, by the way, still crushing the ball. I’m ready for these to count.
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