Note: This is not a post to debate the merits of pitch counts. Don’t do that. We’ve all heard the arguments for and against PC’s ad nauseum. This isn’t a post endorsing, or opposing them, just information for you to look at. I personally believe that pitch counts are only a proxy to work from because there are many other… Read more →
After watching Matt Palmer struggle once again to throw strikes in last nights game, I got to wondering, why do Giants pitchers always seem to walk so many batters? Poor Palmer walked 6 hitters in 4.1 innings pitched — he walked a total of 13 hitters in 3 major league starts. The “real Matt Palmer” that Mike Krukow told us… Read more →
Be still, my beating heart! The Giants have won 5 games in a row. Before you raise the “Playoffs or bust!” banner, playing the Padres might have had something to do with our mini-streak. The Pads lineup isn’t bad, they’ve got some very nice hitters in Giles, Gonzalez, Gerut, Kouzmanoff, and Headley but their pitching staff, usually a strength, is… Read more →
The Giants won another game in their last at-bat yesterday when Manny Burriss scampered home to score the winning run after Marlins closer, Kevin Gregg, uncorked a wild pitch in the dirt that got away from Paul Lo Duca John Baker — sweet, sweet, Schadenfreude. Who says you need to hit to win games? In the eyes and minds of… Read more →
A brief post this morning on who’s pulling the ball the most on the Giants. Thanks go out to the new baseball statics website, StatCorner. StatCorner has some really interesting stats including batted ball information for pitchers and hitters, daily updated wOBA scores, and much more. I’ve added them to the ‘Essentials’ link section, should be a great resource. In… Read more →
I’m drinking a jug of coffee and trying to turn on my brain. So, please, forgive me if my writing is a jumbled. I’m getting married in October and every weekend until the Big Day™ is filled with places to go, things to do, and people to see. But, despite my zombie-like state, a lot of interesting Giants happenings this… Read more →
It’s a post on everyone’s favorite topic: The Bullpen! I’ve ranked our relievers by pLI — a player’s average leverage index for all game events — and I’ve included FIP as well. FIP stands for ‘Fielding Independent Pitching’ and it’s a measure that removes fielding — hence the Fielding Independent part of FIP — and only measures what the pitcher… Read more →
First, big news buzzing in Giants Land this morning. The Giants have made a flurry of draft pick signings. The biggest news is that, according to Andrew Baggarly — whom I feel that I’ve been linking to almost everyday for the past week, keep up the great work Andrew — is that #5 overall pick Buster Posey is on the… Read more →
Oh-my-freaking-god. SO HAPPY. To clear room for the additions, first baseman-outfielder John Bowker and catcher Steve Holm were optioned to Triple-A Fresno. Infielder Jose Castillo, San Francisco’s primary third baseman for most of the season, was designated for assignment. All three players promoted had been thriving offensively, fostering the Giants’ hopes that they could bolster their limp hitting overall. Ishikawa… Read more →
Good lord, what a terrible game last night. In the 0.5 seconds it took for Brad Ausmus’ — hereby referred to as the evil one — line drive to reach Lincecum’s knee, every tragic career ending scenario flashed through my head. Watching Lincecum limp badly off the field as he leaned against our head trainer, so to keep his balance,… Read more →