By now you’ve probably heard that Brian Wilson has a mild oblique strain. Please, step back from the ledge. Additionally, his status for Opening Day is in doubt. Henry Schulman broke the original report of Wilson’s injury on twitter, and expanded on it at his blog. Bochy tried to be reassuring, saying, “Nothing is torn or anything,” but even he had to… Read more →
Good morning blog readers. It’s Saturday! The sun has finally come out, the weather is getting nicer, and baseball is just around the corner. Let’s celebrate with some links! * Is Jeff Suppan getting close to locking up the last pitcher’s spot on the roster? Coming off his worst start of the spring, Suppan “rebounded” and threw 4 innings against the Dodgers… Read more →
‘Giants try out Rowand in left field‘ Rowand started in left field for the Giants as they defeated the Texas Rangers in their second World Series rematch of the spring, 11-8. It marked the first time that Rowand manned a spot other than center field since he played right field for the Chicago White Sox on June 22, 2004, against… Read more →
A couple of weeks ago I posted an A – B comparison between Pablo Sandoval and Robinson Cano. The goal was to look at similar players that had success at a young age. To me, Sandoval and Cano were similar because of their shared ‘swing at everything’ hitting approach and early success. At the tail end of the post, I… Read more →
I’ve been working on the following graphs on and off for the past week. For the longest time, I’ve wanted to do a franchise scatter plot based on OPS+ and ERA+ for the Giants and today, finally, I’ve got the chance to put them online. The idea is that we can split past Giants teams into four quadrants based on… Read more →
In case you missed it — or you aren’t following our twitter accounts, you jerks — me and Otis took over ESPN’s SweetSpot Blog today. Head on over to the blog to check out the full posts, here’s a few links and quotes from our postings. The top 10 struggling sluggers since 1950 I run down a list of the… Read more →
Here’s your latest update on tracking the ‘best shapes’ for the 2011 Giants team. If you missed the original post, you can find it here. The goal, in a nutshell, is this: We’re keeping track of all players on the Giants that are in the ‘best shape’ of their career in some way. That includes fitness regiments, learning a new… Read more →