Quick plot post this morning before I run off to a meeting. Release points for Matt Cain and Geno Espineli from last nights loss against the Padres. Cain’s release point looks pretty good. The pitches are grouped pretty closely together. Sometimes if a pitcher changes his arm angle to throw a breaking ball, hitters will be able to tell by… Read more →
How many Giants blogs are providing in depth looks at Brad Hennessey? Eh? Not many! And for good reason, he’s not the most exciting pitcher on the Giants team and it’s possible that he could be non-tendered before the 2009 season. Still, his spot start yesterday could have bought him some more time with the team and it definitely bought… Read more →
Your head might spin after you read this post but I thought it would be interesting to examine a successful Barry Zito start. We haven’t had many opportunities to do so this year and after Zito’s start last night, I figured now was the perfect time. Zito’s line from last nights game against the D-Backs: 6 IP, 5 H, 2… Read more →
A thrilling start from Lincecum last night in which he just barely missed his first career complete game. Lincecum cruised through the game until he reached the 9th inning, hit some bumps, and had to be pulled because of pitch count. Lincecum has been and is still one of the biggest reasons to watch this Giants team. There’s nothing like… Read more →
You know, for as bad as the Giants have been this year, they sure do surprise us now and then. The team has just called up 37th overall 2008 draft pick — yes, you read that right, 2008 — Conor Gillaspie to the major league club. Conor had previously collected a scant 93 AB’s for the AZL Giants and the… Read more →
I meant to do this earlier when the call-ups were first announced, but I got sidetracked. If you’re wondering how some of our minor league player’s performances might translate to the majors, this post is for you. Note: Translations are NOT a guarantee of performance nor are they a prediction of what a player will do, but they are a… Read more →
In yesterday’s post (scroll down) I started to compile a roster of the worst Giants from 1983-2008, or the least successful seasons of Giants ballplayers over the time period that I’ve been alive and a fan of baseball. Yes, I was a fan of baseball at 1-month-old, if not fully aware, my love for baseball was latent and buried deep… Read more →
Stealing an idea from U.S.S. Mariner, I thought it would be fun to construct a roster full of the worst players ever to play for the San Francisco Giants. Trying to watch the 2008 Giants has been hard. Our offense is terrible, we don’t play defense well, and our bullpen is one pitch away from total nuclear annihilation. This is… Read more →
I haven’t seen a Giants game in days. It was partially because of the long weekend — and having better things to do than watch a .400 baseball team get beat — but also because I’m burnt out on the Giants right now. I haven’t caught a game since Lincecum’s one hundred and glickity glick billion pitch performance against the… Read more →