Twitter: I can honestly say that I don’t know anything of importance about Gregor Blanco. A quick look at his minor league career line (.265/.367/.364) portrays an outfielder with some on-base skills, but little power. Blanco will be 28-years-old in 2012 and it’s worth mentioning that he was really, really bad this past year in AAA (.201/.350/.327 in 74 games)…. Read more →
Before we get down to the nitty-gritty of this week’s post, I want to extend my best wishes to Wilson Ramos’ family and the Washington Nationals organization. I was so happy to hear he’d been found safe and has returned to his family. I hope all our players in winter leagues around the world stay safe. The playoff races are… Read more →
Why is this Giants news? Well, mostly for the fact that for a brief time today, Carroll was rumored to have been courted by a “mystery team”, and it turns out it was probably the Twins. Lefty had a nice post earlier on the merits of Carroll with some included caveats. Carroll, even at 38-years-old next year, is a pretty… Read more →
The offseason. It’s a crazy, weird time. One minute we’re fanaticizing about Carlos Beltran playing right field, and the next, you learn that the Giants narrowly avoid Willie Bloomquist. Seriously, this time of year is fun in a masochistic way; the highs, the lows, the Melky Cabreras, the offseason has it all. I generally hate offseason rumors, but it’s good… Read more →
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He’s watching. Always watching. He knows all your secrets. (Can’t stop talking about Melky Cabrera; my brain must be dying.)
Given the chance to let the dust settle on the Sanchez-Verdugo for Cabrera trade, I’ve shaped my thoughts into concise bullet points based on pluses and minuses. First, the pluses: Probably the best thing about Cabrera right now is his age; at 27-years-old he’s (theoretically) in his prime baseball years, and that’s always a nice thing to have in a… Read more →
Just when I thought I was out… they pull me back in. I’ll have more to write on this later when I get home from work, but I think my initial reaction is, “We traded for Melky Cabrera … what … why?” In the meantime, feel free to pour over his stats via Baseball-Reference. Year Age Tm Lg PA SB… Read more →
First, a Wordle: (Words taken from Grady Sizemore’s Wikipedia page from 2007 onward.) Dude gets hurt a lot. After looking at this thing all I can see is SURGERY-MICROFRACTURE-KNEE-HERNIA-ohgodthepain. From 2006-2008 Sizemore was one of the best players in the American League. Scratch that, one of the best players in baseball. Over that time period (’06-08), Sizemore posted a 134… Read more →
We have almost a full plate of winter league baseball at our disposal. Every league I have committed to covering here has begun, except for the Colombian League. Team Renteria updated the league page, saying that Play Ball! is scheduled for November 18. None of the rosters have been updated yet, but now we know when Opening Day is. I’ll… Read more →
You’re the GM of a professional baseball club and you need to improve your team. One area that you’re looking to upgrade is the OF — specifically CF — and you’re trying to pick between two players. For this experiment, we’re withholding the names of each player, but we will show you the weighted (5/4/3) statistics of: plate appearances, wRC+,… Read more →