I held off on doing an update in the middle of last week because two other leagues were starting up at the end of the week: the Nicaraguan League (NPBL) and the Colombian League. Turns out that nobody from the Giants is playing for either league right now. Oh well. Plus I waited for the big day of my entire… Read more →
I couldn’t keep myself from chuckling at these quotes in Todd Rosiak’s latest article for the Journal Sentinel. He [Betancourt] was one of the Brewers’ most polarizing players, frustrating management as well as fans with his undisciplined approach at the plate and lack of range in the field. At the same time, Betancourt was one of the Brewers’ best hitters… Read more →
Don’t get me wrong, I like both Jeremy Affeldt and Javier Lopez, but for a team with an assumed tight budget, I can’t say I totally love this deal. SFGiants.com: The Giants retained their left-handed bullpen complement and thus addressed one of the biggest issues facing them this offseason Sunday by signing Javier Lopez to a two-year, $8.5 million contract… Read more →
This team might have had trouble hitting. Again, kind of like Otis’ Failure Cake post, this is based on offense only — relative to the league split for that position. sOPS+ was used because it’s readily available on Baseball-Reference. We’re also talking about cumulative production from each spot. Quick takeaways: * So, shortstop sure was terrible, huh? As good as… Read more →
I know it’s still early for rosterbation posts, but Pirates GM, Neal Huntington, recently stated that the Pirates are going to decline the options on catchers Ryan Doumit and Chris Snyder. From MLB.com: In a pronouncement that comes as no surprise, general manager Neal Huntington said that the Pirates intend to decline club options for Ryan Doumit and Chris Snyder… Read more →
Assertion #1: Jonathan Sanchez can be frustrating to watch pitch. Assertion #2: Jonathan Sanchez has poor control. Assertion #3: Jonathan Sanchez has an above-average pitching skill. Assertion #4: Jonathan Sanchez can still be a useful starting pitcher. Assertion #5: People probably freak out way too much over Jonathan Sanchez. — Discussing Jonathan Sanchez’s career sometimes feels like banging your head… Read more →
I apologize for dropping the ball on last week’s update. I had to study for midterms and polish a series of articles I wrote for my internship here. I come bearing gifts from the Arizona Fall League as well as the Dominican and Venezuelan leagues. First, here’s a handy chart of who is playing where this fall and winter, at… Read more →
Last week, Chris showed you a graph that indicated that Giants’ shortstops were amongst the worst hitting in baseball. I would add that the main surprise was that one team’s shortstops managed to hit worse. Let us tip our caps to the Cincinnati Reds fans that endured that. This week I’m going to tell you that Giants’ shortstops also performed… Read more →
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Warning: .gif image heavy post lies ahead. If your computer can’t handle the sheer awesomeness of this post, well then, I’m sorry. You’ve been warned. A lot of things went wrong for the Giants this year. Number one on most people’s list was the horrendous volume of injuries that the team suffered; losing Buster Posey, Freddy Sanchez, and other key… Read more →
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You may have noticed — the three of you that read this website — that we’ve been down for a few days. The reason: hackers. Dirty, dirty hackers. Sometime around 10/10/11 malicious code was inserted into some server files that help run the blogging software that we use here at BCB. The result was a script that tried to redirect… Read more →