My expectations for this year are fully tempered. I don’t need much. I know the Giants are going to be lousy and I know that they’ll struggle to win games. I’ve made my peace with this. I’m cool. As long as Matt Cain and Tim Lincecum pitch a healthy season, I’ll consider this year a step in the right direction…. Read more →
Opening day is here at last. The Giants will kick of their season at 4:10 PM EST against some evil team. For the G’s Barry Zito takes the mound and opposing him will be that guy that dated Eliza Dushku. I’m not jealous. OK, maybe a little. I wonder if Brad Penny smells like fried chicken? Will the Giants start… Read more →
With two D’s for a double dose of pimpin’! I upgraded Word Press to 2.5 this morning. Everything should stay the same for users but there’s always a chance that something might hit a snag along the way. Hopefully later today I’ll also upgrade some of spam software and that’s caused some brief problems in the past. If anyone runs… Read more →
There are a few reasons to watch the Giants this coming season, Tim Lincecum might be most of them. You can conveniently move aside the official Spring Training motto of “These games don’t matter” and enjoy Lincecum’s dominating start against the Athletics last night, a team that has already played a couple of official games — the early start against… Read more →
Kevin Towers is a good GM. He always seems to demonstrate a knack for finding good talent and acquiring it on the cheap. Take for example: Cla Meredith, Josh Bard, Adrian Gonzalez, Chris Young, Scott Linebrink, Heath Bell, and Mike Cameron just to name a few. We might be able to add Justin Huber to that list of good, cheaply… Read more →
I’d like to thank Will Carroll for taking the time to answer these questions. If you’re unfamiliar with Will’s work, I recommend that you head over to Baseball Prospectus and look for his ‘Under The Knife’ column. Will is BP’s resident injury expert and he sat down with us today to shed some light on Giants related injury questions. This… Read more →
Infielder Kevin Frandsen has ruptured his achilles and could miss the entire season. From SFGiants.com Frandsen was testing his leg after being sidelined since March 16 with tendinitis. Manager Bruce Bochy, who accompanied the Giants here for their 6-5 exhibition loss to the Arizona Diamondbacks, was told that Frandsen had singled and was rounding second base on his way to… Read more →
Back to the blog after a short break. Fangraphs is one of my favorite baseball websites on the internet. It’s always been a great resource for people searching for more in depth baseball statistics. They’ve just recently added a feature where you can search by pitch type — type of pitch, speed, and percentage thrown — it’s another great tool… Read more →
Mini-blurb from the Chron on Zito’s Spring outing yesterday. Sure, he gave up a first-inning grand slam, but he settled down to beat the Mariners. Sweet! Zito, who’s making some changes to his delivery, still hasn’t had what I would call a strong Spring performance. A common theory for why Zito isn’t pitching so well is that he never pitches… Read more →
Seems like the Giants are still taking a look at Brandon Inge to play 3B. From the Chronicle this morning, emphasis mine: The Giants reportedly are scouting Detroit’s Brandon Inge, the third baseman who wants to be traded because he’s playing behind Miguel Cabrera. The Tigers would need to pick up some of the $19.1 million left on Inge’s contract,… Read more →