Giants' Offense Is Pathetic: Bring Up Guzman and Send Down Ishikawa

I thought that the Giants would have a better offense this season than last season, but I was very wrong. This 2009 lineup of the Giants is just plain awful.

I figured that the young players such as Fred Lewis, Pablo Sandoval, and Travis Ishikawa would boost the offensive production of this team and that the veterans, such as Edgar Renteria and Aaron Rowand, would also help out.

Rowand is only batting .233 and Renteria is not doing that much better with a.253 average.

Lewis seemed to have regress and strikes out too much for a lead-off hitter. He has only one RBI this season and no home runs. Sandoval slumped during the beginning of the season, but he has picked it up of late.

Ishikawa, on the other hand, is batting only .217 and has had some terrible at-bats of late. He looked terrible with runners in scoring position yesterday afternoon against the Rockies pitchers.

Ishikawa should be sent down to Triple A, and the Giants should bring up Jesus Guzman to take his place. Guzman has six homers and 20 RBI with the Fresno Grizzlies.  And the Giants really need his bat right now.

The Giants are last in the majors in runs scored with only 82 runs in 23 games. They have no power hitters, and have only 13 homers this season. Barry Bonds is still not retired, but we all know that Brian Sabean, the Giants GM, has no interest in Bonds.

So far, this offense has made average pitchers like Jason Hammel, Eric Stults, and Shawn Hill look like Cy Young.

If the Giants continue to struggle at the plate, they should fire their batting coach Carney Lansford. I don't know if Lansford is a good batting coach or not, but someone has to be accountable for the offensive struggles.

This team has some solid starters like Tim Lincecum and Matt Cain, but they have to almost be perfect in order to win every time they are on the mound.

Fans enjoy watching runs being scored and powerful offenses, but the Giants are, right now, a very boring team to watch.

I am certain that I am not the only one who misses Bonds and also wished that the Giants signed Manny Ramirez last winter.