I thought I’d mention that I’ve joined the staff off Beyond the Boxscore to occasionally post on baseball. BTB is a member of the SportsBlog Nation network. They do really good work and they’ve got some great people writing for BTB. I’m thrilled to be a part of the team.
And it’ll be a good excuse for me to write about more non-Giants stuff. I should have a post going up tomorrow on the free agent market. I’ll be taking a look at the catching and first base talent that’s on the market right now using the Oliver projections. So, if you’ve enjoyed my writing here, be sure to check out BTB. I’ll link to the article when it’s published.
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Not much Giants news happening today. Probably the “biggest” news item is that former Giants catcher, Eliezer Alfonzo, has signed a minor league deal with the San Diego Padres.
These are slow times for Giants-related baseball news.
Anyways, you’ll probably remember Alfonzo for his 2006 season in which he hit: .266/.302/.465 with 12 HR’s in 200-something AB’s. He missed most of 2007 with a knee injury and was suspended for 50 games in 2008 when he tested positive for a banned substance. With the catching depth in the Giants organization right now — Sandoval, Holm, Witter, and Posey — Alfonzo was going to have a hard path to the majors. He could make the Padres as a backup catcher for 2009.
congratulations!
Congrats! I can’t wait to read more of your work.
Thanks Oldgarmet and Marcello.
I think I’m going to turn this blog into a lolcat image depository now. Hmm, I like the sound of LOLCATcity.com
Perhaps Giants themed lolcats? I like!
Also, what’s the deal? oldjacket gets his name spoofed and I can’t even get a maroboe?
FTW CQ-CPU. Congrats man.
BTW, are you working on projected WAR’s for 2009, a la what was posted with the Dodgers yesterday at BTB? Or are we just going to have a community projection thing again at McC?
@Marcello
Sorry! Marjello? I don’t like the sound of it. I’ll come up with something.
@Baetown
Funny that you mention that, I did a rough composite of the starters, bullpen, and position players yesterday but I need to check my numbers. The Giants came out as a 84-win team which seems really, really optimistic. I need to make sure I have my averages set correctly then I’ll post them. Stay tuned, maybe sometime this coming week or weekend.
I actually have become increasingly optimistic about the Giants chances this year. I think that if we sign Randy Johnson, Lincecum does not regress to badly and most of our young position players perform adequately we stand a fair chance to win the west.
@Kenshin
I’m optimistic(ish), too. I think bringing in Johnson would be huge for the rotation. Also, I still really like Joe Crede at 3B if he can be picked up cheap. You could pencil him in for 400 AB’s and let Pablo pick up the slack at 3B and 1B.
Congrats and excellent post. For some reason I was slightly suprised to see “by xanthan” instead of Chris.
Joe Crede
shudder
Pablo Sandoval playing defense for 800 innings at third base…
/bigger shudder
Looking forward to Xanthan on BtB, way to go, Chris. I’m much too Giants-centric to stay on top of the rest of MLB, that’s why I lurk (hastily) at BtB, THT, BA, BTF, B&C, etc. I count on you guys to keep me informed!
Congrats Chris!
Just for the record I have to say I have greatly enjoyed your site and it has helped me not only survive the ’08 season outside of a padded room but to better understand how some of the newer stats measure and inner act with the game I greatly enjoy. I lurked and read here far more then I posted and this seems a good time to give your due – Just incase this become a LOLCats repository.