Must have been those selected games I saw (about 50% of them), but this is how Giles looked in the majority of them to me. Gives up a big hit. Throws a wild pitch. A couple outs near the wall. But mostly gets the job done (at least in avoiding the loss). I am yet to be convinced this is the guy I want in there in a 1 run game though.
If I remember he had perfect outings in like 40% of his games, and gave up one baserunner or less in like 70%, plenty of very easy outings. He was dominant by any standard. And then everything came off the rails in October. Sometimes guys don't recover from that, time will tell.
I agree the stats back you up. But Giles is a guy where the stats say one thing, and the eye test another (for me). There is a reason I reach to bite my nails every time he comes into the game. My reaction and the feeling in my gut doesn't say dominant closer.
I know it’s crazy early, but count me in as one that has zero trust in Giles. I had a friend that would hammer Giles all year last year and I thought he was ridiculous because of Giles success rate. Not that I didn’t feel like Giles flirted with danger a little too often, but I was good with him. Closer cannot be a point of weakness this year imo. Guess we will see what happens.
Gallo either pulls grounders or hits ball in the air. Astros went to a 4 man OF to better cover where he hits the ball.
