Where there's a Randy, there's a way

Mariners 6, Giants 3

Five thoughts on five random players who suited up for the Giants and Mariners in their careers. Three of them are named Randy. None of them are named Robbie, who qualifies and started Sunday’s loss.

1. Randy Johnson: I love that Randy Johnson was a Giant. Dave Righetti told Marty Lurie he thinks Johnson had a lot to do with the Giants’ pitching success in 2010. The other day I looked to see if there were any autographed baseball cards with Johnson in a Giants jersey. No luck. There has to be one somewhere.

2. Randy Winn: Before he started running the Giants farm system, he was an unbelievable trade acquisition from Seattle. He hit .359 with an OPS over 1.000 to close out the 2005 season. Then he hit over .300 across two awful Giants seasons in 2007-08. Luis Arraez 🤝 Randy Winn?

3. Randy Messenger: I was so excited the Giants traded away Armando Benitez I didn’t care who came in return. It was another Randy, and he was actually worse than Benitez in ‘07. Never let facts get in the way of your feelings, though.

4. David Bell: He hit over .300 in the 2002 postseason but will be remembered only for one beautiful bellyflop.

5. Curt Casali: Maybe my favorite stat from 2021 is that the team went 42-13 when Casali, the backup catcher, started. In other words, they won about 75% of the games Buster Posey didn’t start. Remarkable. Casali joined Posey’s front office this year as an advisor.

Up next: The Giants head to Kansas City, where it’s hard to believe a dozen years has gone by since the game we all think of when we think Giants-Royals. It’ll be Trevor McDonald (3-7, 5.02 ERA) against Michael Wacha (5-7, 3.77 ERA) at 4:40 pm. You remember Wacha, don’t you?