27-year old righty swinging 1B Brett Pill is hitting the heck out of the ball in AAA for the Giants this year. Pill has played in 75 games in AAA-ball so far this year and he is 90 for 298 (.302 avg, .865 OPS) with 46 runs scored, 13 homers, 60 RBIs and 4 stolen bases. Pill has now played in 682 games in his first six years in the minors and he is 705 for 2,562 (.275 avg, .763 OPS) with 362 runs scored, 72 homers, 444 RBIs and 29 stolen bases. Pill is pretty well blocked at 1B by Aubrey Huff, Pablo Sandoval and Brandon Belt.

30-year old righty swinging RF Cody Ross is hitting the ball well so far this month. He has played in 24 games so far in June and he is 23 for 80 (.288 avg, .855 OPS) with 12 runs scored, 2 homers, 10 RBIs and 2 stolen bases. Ross has played in 59 games for the Giants so far this year and he is 50 for 191 (.262 avg, .774 OPS) with 24 runs scored, 6 homers, 23 RBIs and 4 stolen bases. Ross is tied for 2nd in runs scored (24), he is tied for 2nd in homers (6) and he is 3rd in RBIs (23) for the Giants this year. Those are alarming numbers as the Giants have had a really hard time scoring runs this year.

Righty swinging RF Jack Clark was a very solid player for the Giants. His best year with the Giants came in 1982 when he played in 157 games in which he was 154 of 563 (.274 avg, .853 OPS) with 90 runs scored, 27 homers, 103 RBIs and 6 stolen bases. Clark finished 7th in the voting to the MVP Award in the N.L. in 1982. Clark played in 1,044 games in his 10 years with the Giants and he was 1,034 of 3,731 (.277 avg, .836 OPS) with 597 runs scored, 163 homers, 595 RBIs and 60 stolen bases. Clark only made it to two All-Star games with the Giants but he was a very consistent force with the bat for them.

The Giants have placed 28-year old lefty starting pitcher Jonathan Sanchez on the 15-day disabled list with left biceps tendinitis. Sanchez has started 16 games for the Giants so far this year and he is 4-5 with a 3.81 ERA and a 1.42 WHIP. He has only given up 68 hits this year while whiffing 92 batters in his first 89 2/3 innings, which shows just how nasty he can be. But he has also walked 59 batters so far this year and that has gotten him into a lot of trouble. The Giants have activated 33-year old lefty starting pitcher Barry Zito from the D.L. to replace Sanchez in the starting rotation. Zito started 3 games earlier this year for the Giants and he was 0-1 with a 6.23 ERA and a 1.54 WHIP. Zito started 4 games on his rehab assignment inn A+AAA-ball and he was 4-0 with a 2.20 ERA and a 0.78 WHIP.

29-year old righty closer Brian Wilson started this season on the D.L. and he looked rusty in April. But, in May and June, Wilson has pitched in 21 games in which he is 5-0 with 12 saves, a 0.42 ERA and a 1.29 WHIP. Wilson has pitched in 32 games (0 starts) overall this year for the Giants and he is 5-1 with 20 saves, a 2.53 ERA and a 1.41 WHIP. Wilson needs to stay sharp because due to the Giants’ lack of offense, most of the games they play are close ones.