tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9173844320572558582.post7920777137244676059..comments2023-10-14T02:20:58.518-07:00Comments on The Dodgerhater: A San Francisco Giants Blog: Get used to the name Brandon BeltDPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10996874042290490152noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9173844320572558582.post-61551603482058120942010-07-20T12:51:56.463-07:002010-07-20T12:51:56.463-07:00Bochy hasn't ruined Nate's confidence and ...Bochy hasn't ruined Nate's confidence and he believes in Nate enough to keep starting him even when he is not hitting for a long while, but at some point you have to sit the guy down, he's not getting any better getting all the starts.<br /><br />If he ruined his confidence, then Nate wouldn't have sat on the bench for most of April, then belted the ball Belt-like for a while, until he got injured and tried to play with that injury (again, he did this last season too) but couldn't so he was totally cold. And I wonder if he might be getting ready to break out, he has two homers in the recent stretch.<br /><br />If Ishikawa isn't hitting well and the Giants don't trade for a 1B, I can see a Belt call-up. <br /><br />Belt actually was not considered that good an amateur, in fact, Baseball America Jim Callis tweeted that he is still not a believer in Belt, despite this breakout.<br /><br />I am a Belt Believer. I've been studying who the top hitters are in AA and by age, and when they are as young as Belt and Pablo, and hitting that well there, that is a good sign of talent that translate to the majors (not perfect sign but good sign).<br /><br />Also, I've read on one of the Giants blogs that Belt had his batting mechanics totally changed by the Giants, changing it more to Ted Williams' philosophy from his Science of Hitting book. Apparently he was taught, like Andres Torres was, by his former coaches to slap at the ball. Usually that is taught to hitters who have speed, and while 1B usually not speedster, Belt does have a lot of steals, so I would guess that he has some speed. In any case, the Giants taught him to swing with an uppercut and with force, and clearly he has taken to his lessons. :^)<br /><br />He has been a nice surprise for 2010, Charlie Jones too (#7 draft pick this year). If at least one of Gary Brown, Jarrett Parker, Carter Jurica, Seth Rosin (great name for pitcher, eh?), can sign and do well in a short period, it would be a pretty good year for picking up prospects, Michael Main too in the Molina trade.obsessivegiantscompulsivehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11362706004246875823noreply@blogger.com