no, but seriously

I'm going out of town tonight for a few days (woo, Bahamas!), but I wanted to get out a quick blog before I left.

The Giants have been playing great. 8-2 in their last ten games, now only four games behind the Dodgers. A season-high seven games over .500. No errors so far this month. Brandon Crawford has really started to emerge as the great defensive shortstop that we knew he could be. And, as much as I love my boy Schierholtz, Gregor Blanco has really solidified himself as a great right fielder and lead-off man.

But, here's my biggest issue with the last few games...why isn't Brandon Belt starting every single one? Bochy finally came out and said that Belt would see a lot more playing time over the next few weeks, but he's only started two of the last six games (and he's starting today, so I guess three of the last seven). I know that Bochy is trying to get Brett Pill in there and likes to start Pill against left-handed pitchers for the lefty-righty match-up. And Pill has three homeruns to Belts zero. But Belt has 15 RBIs to Pills 9 and they have almost the exact same average (Belt at .226, Pill at .227). While the stats are not overwhelmingly in Belt's favor, he still needs to be starting almost every day, even against lefties. If Belt is your first baseman of the future and you believe that he will be out there every day, he needs to be out there every day. When he's struggling, stick with him. Bochy needs to boost his confidence and let him know that he believes in Belt. It's cheesy, but it's true.

We'll see if he gets more playing time this weekend. I'll be rooting for it from the beach. #freeBelt