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Published by on June 8, 2011 | 12 Responses

Today’s batch of links from around the nerdsphere:

* Stadium Journey has a new review online featuring AT&T Park. Not surprisingly, the park rates very well in several areas. The Giants’ homepark is one of my favorites in baseball. It’s my personal favorite that rates up there with other greats such as PNC Park and Camden Yards. Giants fans are extremely lucky when it comes to watching a ballgame in such an excellent venue.

* Splashing Pumpkins has a nice running recap on day two of the draft. I really liked the Susac pick. Oropesa is interesting, but I’m skeptical if he’ll ever make enough contact in the pros. Lots of power-arms in the mix, too.

* John Perrotto of Baseball Prospectus has a nice article on Vogelsong’s season. Unfortunately, if you’re not a BP subscriber you won’t be able to read it. There’s nothing ground-breaking in the piece, but it’s a nice review of where Vogelsong is at right now.

* Andrew Baggarly’s post-game blog has an interesting bit of info: the Giants are most likely going to increase their search for a catcher. The team isn’t impressed with how Whiteside has done in a full-time role – shocking, yet I really don’t like the idea of trading for a husk like Pudge Rodriguez.

* Not a link, but after last night’s game Jonathan Sanchez now has a 5.45 BB/9. That walk-rate is 2nd in the majors among starting pitchers. Only Kyle Drabeck (6.29) has issued more free passes.

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Tim
Tim

What about trading for Jason Kendall? He is nearly back for injury and while not the player he used to be he should still be an upgrade on Whiteside. Plus he is a free agent at the end of the season so we wouldn't have any commitment to him when Buster returns. Surely a trade of Affeldt or Runzler would get it done? Bear in mind Zito should end up in the bullpen plus Kroon is in the minors so we should have enough relievers to cover the loss of one of Affeldt or Runzler.

Chris Quick
Chris Quick

Kendall's wRC+ scores since 2007: 61, 74, 73, and 66. And he's coming off an injury. He's been about 40% below league average, just as a hitter, over the past four seasons. And I think his defense rates poor to very poor these days. No thanks.

fan of your blog
fan of your blog

is posada as bad an option as pudge?

Chris Quick
Chris Quick

Way better hitter, pretty bad on defense. It's hard to see Posada going back behind the plate regularly anytime soon.

ian
ian

I don't have a good sense of the Catcher market right now -- who else is considered "available" besides Pudge? also, lollin' at comment #1 on the Baggs story: "Giants could of really used Pablo’s 4 rbi’s tonight." Pretty sure that "could of" was not ironical...

Chris Quick
Chris Quick

I've seen Mike Napoli's name come up a few times. I don't know, seems unlikely to me.

ian
ian

Napoli would be a huge upgrade, don't see it happening.

Chris Quick
Chris Quick

Yeah, me neither. He's been about a three win player in each season since 2008. His power (career .239 ISO) would be really appealing to the Giants, as would his career walk-rate (11.5%).