There’s another place you can catch the Bay City Ball writing staff, and that’s on Twitter. Do yourself a favor and give us a follow. Chris Quick (@BayCityBall), while riffing on the Giants’ “offense,” will say stuff like… He also has a tendency to get really excited when he hears the word “graph,” similar to the way Dug the Talking… Read more →
Freddy Sanchez has been missed. It’s sometimes said of a player, “You have to see him every day to appreciate him.” I think this is generally true of well-rounded players such as Sanchez. He’s not the best hitting second baseman. He’s not the best fielding second baseman. But watching him for nine innings at a time is watching a player… Read more →
Here’s a couple of notes I thought worth sharing: The major league third baseman leaders, according to FanGraphs, are Alex Rodriguez (4.1 Wins Above Replacement or WAR), Kevin Youkilis (3.4 WAR), Adrian Beltre (3.5 WAR) and Pablo Sandoval (3.3 WAR). Here’s the thing, though. According to COTS, Rodriguez will make $31 million this year, Youkilis will make $12 million and… Read more →
The Giants grabbed slappy slapper Jeff Keppinger from the Houston Astros for minor league right-handed pitchers Henry Sosa and Jason Stoffel. First, let’s discuss what they gave up. —- We’ve begun working on a mid-season top-15 prospect list here at Bay City Ball, and neither Stoffel or Sosa landed in my top 15. Stoffel is a 22-year-old reliever that has… Read more →
Anyone who saw that coming, please step forward. I have no idea what to expect out of “Bogey” from here on out. He’s pitched well by any measure, even the ones that adjust for home park and luck dragons. Chris has noted before that the stuff is for real, the question is whether or not the command hangs around. I don’t really… Read more →
Shopping list: Jose Reyes Hunter Pence B.J. Upton Michael Bourn J.J. Hardy Jamey Carroll Carlos Beltran Aramis Ramirez Yorvit Torrealba Ramon Hernandez Ronny Paulino not-Whiteside and Stewart Ideally, before the July 31 trade deadline, the Giants would acquire Player X that ‘Doesn’t Suck’. It seems simple, sure, but the truth is that the Giants need to infuse some life… Read more →
4-3… That was the final score in the Giants’ win over the Padres this afternoon, which came via the suicide squeeze and on Chris Stewart’s second sacrifice bunt of the day. But it also just so happens to be the thing most often written by the official scorer this season at the conclusion of Aubrey Huff’s at-bats. Me having a… Read more →
Hot off Baggs’ twitter: Well, that’s one way to work on the catcher problem. We ranked Sanchez, pre-season, as the 12th best prospect in the Giants’ system. At the time, Sanchez was more of a “feel” pick for me — though, Otis was heavily stumping for him. This is what Otis and I thought back in January when we posted… Read more →
I wrote a quick blurb for the mothership blog that was posted yesterday on the Giants’ second-half needs. What needs to be fixed or accomplished in the second half? The offense. Plain and simple, the Giants will need to score more runs if they want to stay in the mix for a playoff spot. It’s become a tiresome subject for… Read more →
I was trying to find Nate’s most recent batting slash-line*, and I got this instead: 1) That must be kind of cool for Schierholtz that he has such a great set of abs and 2) it’s also weirdly unsettling to me. Welcome to the Internet, me. *.293/.343/.464 (125 OPS+) if you were wondering.