And sign Brad Penny to a pro-rated contract worth around $75K. I guess this answers the question of who will start on Wednesday after Lincecum got pushed back a start. Ignoring the Dodger Stink™ for a second, Penny is a nice rotation upgrade at a bottom dollar price. He’ll slot in behind Sanchez right now as the 5th starter. With… Read more →
From the Boston Herald: Penny will be placed on release waivers tomorrow and clear them on Monday. He can talk to other teams while on waivers, but he can’t formally enter into a contract until he clears. He would like the opportunity to start, which probably wasn’t going to happen in Boston. Penny, the former Dodger and disgruntled right-hander, became… Read more →
After the last soul-crushing defeat, the Giants needed this game. Matt Cain chipped in 7 innings of 2 run baseball and Travis Ishikawa belted a 3-run HR in the 8th inning to break a 2-2 tie. Something that I’ve noticed about Cain this year is that his K/9 has dropped by almost 1 full strikeout per 9 innings. Cain owns… Read more →
There are few things in baseball that I like less than playing the Rockies in Coors Field. You hit 4 home runs, they hit 6. You score 10 runs, they score 15. You battle, claw, scratch, fight, and try your hardest to get back into a game, and you still lose. This game was truly the worst of the year…. Read more →
Here’s a plot of Pablo’s at-bat today in the 8th inning. Velez was on third and there was 1 out. Ultimately, this at-bat didn’t kill the Giants (the Rockies tacked on another run in an ugly 8th inning by the Giants) but it was a good chance to tie the game. Pitches are labeled by the number in the at-bat… Read more →
I don’t like the Giants’ offense. Not much to say. I just got off work and I’m beat. The Giants also just lost a heart breaker to the Reds 2-1. There’s nothing like pounding out 11 hits in a game and only scoring 1 run. That’s Giants baseball for you. Anyways, here’s a quick graph post today on the Giants… Read more →
Updates have been a little slow lately but watching tonight’s game against the Reds made me think. It seems that teams have really started to pitch Pablo pretty hard inside. Currently, it’s the bottom of the 8th and the game is tied 5-5, but I wanted to share my quick observation with a PitchF/X graph. At the moment, the Reds… Read more →
Run prevention is a hugely important team skill in baseball. Baseball highlights will often be composed of those who can hit the longest home runs, but having a top defensive team can do wonders for a team’s record. For example, take the Giants. Collectively as a team the Giants can’t hit their way out of wet paper bag. Despite Sandoval… Read more →
After watching the final game in the Giants vs. Dodgers series yesterday, I’ve come to the decision that I want robot umpires in baseball. Gone are the days of humans officiating sports, I want the cold eye of a machine to determine outcomes. Long live robot umpires! I’m not one for complaining about officiating but yesterday’s game was full of… Read more →
Oh, Eugenio. Everything was going so well, too. The Giants haven’t played their best baseball against the Dodgers. Stop the presses. Thus far in the series, the Giants have only scored 3 runs while our pitching has given up 13 runs. Not what you would call a winning formula for baseball. Our hitting has made the combination of Kuroda and… Read more →