August 12, 2007
Power Returning?
Geoff from Ducksnorts sent the following note:
Brian Giles has hit two more homers today, giving him five in the last three games and seven on the season.
Giles was one of the premier power hitters in the game from 1999 to 2002. Then his home runs fell off, and the Pirates made the smartest move of Dave Littlefield's tenure, trading him to the Padres for Bay and Perez. It was never clear to me why Giles power took a hit. He maintain a good eye for the strike zone, his doubles power and his batting average. If somehow he's gotten his home run stroke back, the Padres will in very good shape heading down the stretch.
It seems to be multi-homer day as Geoff Jenkins goes deep twice for Milwaukee, accounting for the only two runs so far in their game against Houston.
Posted by David Pinto at
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I almost picked up Brian in a fantasy league, then I read that Cincinnati is simply a home run heaven for him. He's still only hit one HR since April not in Cincy.
you have to at least consider the fact that PETCO is a much harder park to hit a HR in than PNC in Pittsburgh. That could definitely explain some of Giles' drop-off.
That, and the fact that he's just starting to get old.
The Pirates sure let him go at the exact right moment. They got one fantastic season out of Ollie Perez (and swapped him for Nady) and have gotten 3 excellent seasons out of Bay. Not bad.
