Heading up to NJ for a few days for Thanksgiving, so I’ll be off the grid until Monday at the earliest. I hope everyone has a safe and enjoyable Thanksgiving holiday. I’ll see you after my turkey-coma! What Giants-related thing are you thankful for? Me, I’m pretty glad we have this guy:
There’s been some discussion on the Giants and Dan Uggla. The Giants, who drastically need to upgrade their offense, have been rumored as a suitor for Uggla despite claims that nothing is imminent. With Freddy Sanchez’s ability to play third base — he’s logged over 1,300 career innings at the position — the Giants could very well add another bat… Read more →
And by good, I mean really-friggin-good. You can find the voter break down on the BBWAA website, here. Player ERA+ SO/9 BB/9 IP W L H R ER BB SO ERA Chris Carpenter 185 6.73 1.78 192.2 17 4 156 49 48 38 144 2.24 Tim Lincecum 173 10.42 2.72 225.1 15 7 168 69 62 68 261 2.48 Adam… Read more →
(H/T to Lefty for reminding me of this bit ‘o news.) After enduring another season plagued by injuries, Jason Schmidt is preparing to hang up his pitching cleats and retire from baseball — most likely. “Just leaving my options open,” he said. “At this moment, no, I’m not thinking about pitching anymore. Down the road, I’m not sure. Initially, I’d… Read more →
Brief update today, the 2010 CHONE projections have been released. You can find them, here. Free agents are listed, here. The pitching projections have not yet been released. Just the hitting projections to this point. Interesting projections: Nick Johnson .264/.395/.407 Mmm, OBP. Johnson’s slugging has been down in recent seasons (especially in 2009 when he posted an ISO of .114… Read more →
Hi. It’s me, the offense from last season. All hitters on the Giants with at least 100 plate appearances. The vertical dashed-line indicates a league average .330 wOBA hitter. It’s still not a pretty sight to look at/think about. I’m going to be really ticked when the Giants eventually release Fred Lewis. Other free thoughts, the mid-season pick-ups of Garko… Read more →
There’s a good chance the Giants could use the FA market this offseason to upgrade at first base. The good news for the Giants is that the 1B market is cram-packed with options. You can’t swing a dead cat without hitting a first baseman looking for work. The market is full of guys like: Carlos Delgado, Nick Johnson, Russell Branyan,… Read more →
Short answer: No. Long answer: I’ve seen a lot of talk recently about Buster Posey and his AFL performance. If you didn’t know, Posey is hitting .230/.338/.361 in 61 at-bats. Most of the discussion seems to center around his current batting line and how it either represents that Posey isn’t ready for full-time MLB play or that it means that… Read more →
There’s not much left for Buster Posey to prove in the minor leagues. In 2009, the young catcher put up a .433 wOBA in San Jose in 80 games, was promoted to Fresno, and put up a .390 wOBA in 35 games. If a slash-line is more your thing, Buster has a career .327/.421/.538 minor league line. He’s the best… Read more →
Phillies decline $5.5M option on Pedro Feliz. The 34-year-old spent his first eight years in the big leagues with the Giants and his last two with the Phillies, compiling a .254 batting average with 135 home runs and a .964 fielding percentage at the hot corner. Feliz made $8.5 million his previous two seasons in Philadelphia, which took the $500,000… Read more →