All stats are from the period between December 17 to 22. It’s the final weeks of the winter leagues. The Dominican League ended Saturday, so all the notes from the DR will have the players’ final statistical lines. The Venezuelan and Puerto Rican leagues end December 30. Here is the final Dominican Leagues report for 2012. Name Position League Team… Read more →
The good news — when Casilla is pitching well, he looks like a dominant reliever, throwing mid-90 MPH heat with filthy breaking stuff. GIF example of said filthy breaking stuff. That’s from April 26th this past season when Casilla struck out the side in a game against the Cincinnati Reds. In this particular game, Casilla was burying 95-MPH two-seam fastballs… Read more →
All stats are from the period between December 9 and 16. The Giants signed a few minor league free agents in the last month or so and a few of them have turned up in the winter leagues. Also, I found Gregor Blanco playing in the Venezuelan league so he’s been added to the updates. Let’s get started with the… Read more →
Per Alex Pavlovic’s Giants Extra blog, the Giants have signed OF Andres Torres to a one-year, $2M deal. Torres, 35 this January, is coming off a down year for the New York Mets, batting just .230/.327/.337 in 434 plate appearances. By measures such as wRC+, Torres was 13-percent below average with the bat in 2012. After posting some truly amazing… Read more →
If you’re like me, then you’ve probably got a soft spot for backup catchers, in particular, you’ve got a soft spot for Eli Whiteside. Today Danny Knobler, CBS Sports, tweeted that everyone’s favorite backup catcher was, once again, on the move. This makes the fourth team that has employed Eli Whiteside in 2012. The Giants, Yankees (very briefly), Blue Jays… Read more →
All stats are from the period between December 3 and 8. This week’s update includes World Series MVP Pablo Sandoval’s winter debut, Hector Sanchez being off the chain, few precious details about the guys in the lesser known Colombian and Nicaraguan leagues, and a neat little note about an upcoming All-Star Game. Let’s get into it with notes from the… Read more →
Ken Rosenthal: Really quick thoughts before I finally get to bed. Yes, the third year is kind of scary, but I’m not sure how many times I can write “this is the market now” before I get sick of writing it. So, I’ll just move on to the next point. Since 2008, Scutaro has posted the following fWAR scores: 2.9,… Read more →
Now that Angel Pagan has agreed to a four-year, $40M deal to remain a Giant, the Giants will turn their attention to getting the Marco Scutaro deal done and finding a right-handed compliment bat to platoon in LF with Gregor Blanco. Blanco, who will turn 29 this December, had a very productive year for the Giants, appearing in 141 games,… Read more →
All stats are from the period between November 25 through December 2. With the Arizona Fall League over, it’s all about the Caribbean Leagues (and the Australian Baseball League, I guess). A few new and old faces have turned up for the Giants in the Dominican and Venezuelan Leagues and I was finally able to get some intel on the… Read more →
I’d like to take a second to welcome Julian Levine to Bay City Ball. You may know Julian from his work at Beyond the Box Score and his Giants blog, Giants Nirvana. You can find him on Twittter @GiantsNirvana. Julian’s first post on the blog details the newly announced Angel Pagan deal. Everyone be sure to make Julian feel welcome… Read more →