[新聞] Belt, Stewart, Crawford brought up to Giants
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Belt, Stewart, Crawford brought up to Giants
By Adam Berry / MLB.com | 05/26/11 4:37 PM ET
SAN FRANCISCO -- While Brandon Belt's return to the Majors this season was
all but inevitable, these certainly weren't the circumstances under which he
hoped to come back to AT&T Park.
The highly heralded left-handed-hitting Belt, who was batting .337 with four
home runs for Triple-A Fresno after hitting .192 in 17 games with the Giants
earlier this season, joined the big league roster Thursday morning. He was
joined by catcher Chris Stewart and shortstop Brandon Crawford to fill in for
catcher Buster Posey, infielder Mike Fontenot and outfielder Darren Ford, who
were moved to the disabled list.
When asked before Wednesday's game if he would consider promoting Belt from
Triple-A to replace Ford and inject some much-needed offense into San
Francisco's lineup, manager Bruce Bochy said he hoped to call up Belt in a
situation where he would see more regular playing time. Unfortunately for
Bochy and the Giants, that proved to be much sooner than expected.
"Right now, I don't know if we're in a position to be real sensitive to
anybody's ability to play. Right now, there's a sense of urgency," Bochy
said. "We need these guys. Hopefully they look at this as a great opportunity
to show what they can do, and they'll all get some playing time."
None of the three callups were in the starting lineup Thursday afternoon
against the Marlins, but Bochy insisted the club will need all of them to
contribute in order to stay in contention. Belt, whose return was so widely
expected that his nametag was never removed from his locker when he went back
to Fresno, brings a big left-handed bat to the Giants' struggling lineup --
something desperately needed with Posey likely out of commission for the rest
of the year, and Belt can play first base or either of the corner outfield
spots.
Belt has been primarily used in left field for the Triple-A Grizzlies, though
he has also played right field and occasionally at first. But more
importantly, Belt said, his time in Fresno allowed him to clear up some
mechanical and mental issues that plagued him at the plate during his short
stint with the Giants this season. He admitted he was probably putting too
much pressure on himself, and getting sent back down provided him an
opportunity to "reset and start over."
"Everybody's goal is to get up here. It's terrible that it had to happen
under these circumstances," Belt said. "I don't know whether I would have
come up or not, but either way, it's not good to happen like this. I'm just
happy to be here anyway, and hopefully I can do a little better than I did
last time and have some good, productive at-bats."
Belt and Stewart were in Fresno when they received the news late Wednesday
night. Stewart said he was following the Giants' extra-inning game online,
saw Posey had been injured and instantly knew the club would have to add a
player to its 25-man roster due to the severity of the injury.
"I saw the play, the video of the play, and it just looked horrible," Stewart
said. "I don't know if I've seen anybody recover from something that drastic
that quick. I figured something was going to go down. I didn't know what it
was going to be. If something was going to happen, I hoped it was going to be
me to come up."
And so the call came, and Stewart and Belt were told they would be promoted
and picked up at 6:30 a.m. Thursday. With the players running on less than
three hours of sleep, travel coordinator Mike Scardino's initial plan fell
through, leading Scardino to drive down and pick up the duo himself.
But they eventually made it to AT&T Park, ready to contribute, albeit a
little worse for the wear -- the night was so hectic that Stewart couldn't
remember whether Fresno played a day or night game Wednesday, and Belt hadn't
even spoken to Bochy before the rookie talked with reporters.
"It's been a long night. Not a lot of sleep, and then a pretty good little
drive over this morning," Belt said. "A little short on rest today, but I'm
sure I'll find some energy somewhere."
Adam Berry is an associate reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject
to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.
希望Brandon Belt在3A磨練的成效能帶到MLB賽場上
好好加油吧!!!
巨人隊的打線夠慘了而且一堆傷兵 = =
尤其少了Posey更是衰洨
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