Hold onto your straw hats and barstools, it’s time for our part two of our Top Prospect List. Today’s post tackles the #10 through #6 spots in the Giants farm system. 10. Eric Surkamp, SP 23 years old in 2011 Chris Quick: Eric Surkamp has excelled since the Giants drafted him in the 6th round of the 2008 Player Draft…. Read more →
Our favorite writer and projection machine Dan Szymborski has an ESPN insider article that a lot of Giants fans probably won’t like. The whole article is available to insiders, but the gist is that the Giants have some obstacles to repeating, mainly lack of starting pitching depth, injury risk, and regression from key offensive players. There’s more, but I think… Read more →
I don’t know about you, but I’ve always found the offseason to be great prospect discussin’ time. The news generally slows down in baseball over the winter months and it provides us with ample time to rank, discuss, and lobby for our favorite prospects. This year we’re adding a new feature to the site in that we’re going to be… Read more →
Ah, yes. I love projection systems, especially ZiPS. Dan Szymborski — creator of ZiPS — has posted his projections online today for the 2011 Giants squad. Go give them a look-see. Points of interest: * The Giants have 6 players (Posey, Sandoval, Huff, Belt, Ross, Burrell) with an OPS+ of 100 or greater. * ZiPS has Sandoval bouncing back to… Read more →
In mid-December, I wrote a quick blurb on the Giants’ age for the upcoming season among their position players, entitled ‘Are the Giants Geezers Again?‘. I decided to dig a little deeper to see how Sabean has done during his tenure with the Giants by age group and WAR. What I’ve done is to take every player that’s accrued at… Read more →