TUESDAY MAY 9 2017

GUEST:

TOPICS:

GIANTS PREGAME: 3:10

DIAMOND NOTES:

PITCHING:

STATS:

INJURIES:

SCOREBOARD:


WARRIORS:

-Is dominance (Warriors , Cavs) - Good for sports?

-IS DRAY DIRTY - SHUTS DOWN THPMAS ON ISSUE 

The Warriors are No. 1 among playoff teams with a defensive rating of 96.9, far and way the best of any team in these playoffs. It’s better than that of the 2014-15 Warriors, whose 97.4 rating was the best of that postseason.

They’re first in field-goal defense, holding teams to 40.7 percent. They’re first in rebounds, first in blocks, first in deflections, first in points allowed and No. 1 in limiting the assist totals of opponents.

Draymond Green, the Defensive Player of the Year candidate, is the catalyst for the defense. He’s excellent in isolation, fabulous in communication and superb at recognition. But Kevin Durant, Klay Thompson and Andre Iguodala also make an impact on that end.

But the real key to this team’s defensive success is its high collective IQ and the ability to switch with ease. It helps that 10 players on the roster fall are between 6-foot-6 and 6-9.

NBA:

-Blake to OKC?

-Who is right KG and Co or Ray Allen? 

-Thomas to heckling fan: "I will F you up and you know that 



GIANTS:

-HARVEY ADMITA BEING OUT UNTIL 4 AM, GOLFING, BEING IN NO SHAPE TO PITCH 

The prospcts of them getting better:

Belt: .228 / .775 OPS YES
Panik: .299 - STAY THERE
Craw: INJURED - YES
Nunez: .256, NO POER , .328 OB - YES
Buster - .363 / .942 OPS NO
SP: 4.95 ERA 27TH IN MLB
RP: 4.47 ERA (22)
OF:
RUNS (29), LAST IN NL,
HR (30) 21
OPS 29 .630

OPS LF .467 (30), CF .502 (30) RF .630 (26)

1B: .715 (24)
2B: .777 (19)
SS: .678 (22)
3B: .622 (23)
C: .796 (7)
P: .352 (2)

Is this who they are?:

The 11-22 Giants have sole possession of the worst record in baseball in May or later for the 1st time since June 3, 1991 (via @EliasSports)

OLNEY: WON'T GET A LOT FOR CUETO:

The way the Giants are right now — they’ve got older guys that they probably would not be interested in trading, or they’ve got younger guys who probably haven’t performed up to what expectations have been,” Olney said. “They don’t have a lot of marketable players. People have asked about Johnny Cueto because of the opt-out at the end of the year. The way that other teams would look at Johnny Cueto is yes, he’s a really good pitcher and he’s someone that’s great in the postseason, but if we trade for him, he may walk away from us at the end of the year so they’re not necessarily going to get a lot in return.”

Another factor hurting the Giants in trading Cueto is the upcoming free agent market for starting pitchers is highly competitive, especially compared to a sparse 2016.

“Here’s the other factor about Johnny Cueto- this year’s starting pitching market, which last summer and last winter was really thin… There’s going to be absolutely a flood of starting pitchers that are going to be available,” said Olney. “So if the Giants put up a high price on Johnny Cueto, other team’s are going to say, ‘You know what? We’ll go talk to the Rangers about Yu Darvish, we’ll go talk to the Rangers about Cole Hamels, we’ll talk to the Pirates about Gerrit Cole.’ There are going to be a ton of guys, it’s not a great situation for them to get great return.”

49ERS: OVER/ UNDER WHY?

NFL:

-I FEEL BAD FOR NICK BONNCONI BUT WHAT DID HE THINK WOULD HAPPEN? 

OTHER:

-FIREWORKS OREOS WITH POPPING CANDY

FLORIDA TEEN WHO THREW 68 YEAR OLD INTO POOL TURNS SELF IN 

-WOMAN DOCUMENTS NOT SHAVING 

-BABY BORN WITH IUD IN HAND