Five games into the season and the Giants have made a trade to bolster their outfield, trading for Kevin Pillar from the Blue Jays. The Giants and Blue Jays have announced a trade that will send outfielder Kevin Pillar to San Francisco. Heading back to Toronto in return are righty Derek Law, recently designated infielder Alen Hanson, and righty Juan…
Author: Chris Quick
The outfield might be OK but probably not
There isn’t anything you can gleam from four games in a season. Baseball, as you might have heard, is an exceedingly long process. There are literally (literally!) 162 games in a season and we’ve seen all of four of them . For you math nerds, that’s 2.4 percent of the entire season. So while I…
Sizing up the outfield
As spring training winds down, the Giants are still trying to piece together a roster. Namely, what to do with the outfield and rounding out depth. It’s hard to imagine an infield unit with more experience than what the Giants should roll out on most days in 2019; the Longoria-Crawford-Panik-Belt-Posey squad have amassed 5,276 career…
Enjoying the 2019 Giants
The 2016 Giants won 87 games. That’s hard to believe. When I think about it, it still seems like a distant memory. The kind of memory that sits on the outer reaches of your mind, fuzzy and misshapen. Did the Giants really win 87 games? I think so. The win total from 2016 only really…
Just how much of a hole have the Giants dug themselves?
After getting blown out in back-to-back games in Cincinnati, the Giants currently set — before today’s game — at a record of 11-20. That’s a .355 winning percentage and it’s the worst in the National League. (The Giants can’t claim the worst winning percentage in baseball because both the Blue Jays and Royals have been worse.)…
What the Madison Bumgarner injury means (in numbers)
Earlier today, shocking news surfaced for the San Francisco Giants and their ace pitcher, Madison Bumgarner: The Giants’ left-handed ace sustained a sprained left shoulder and bruised ribs after being involved a dirt bike accident on the team’s day off in Colorado on Thursday, the club said. That’s from an Andrew Baggarly post. Losing Bumgarner…
Wednesday Night Graph: Matt Cain and the two seam fastball
Matt Cain, on the back of two consecutive successful starts, has quite a few people asking the annual question of: “Is Matt Cain good again?” This question almost always invariably gets raised every year when Cain, who hasn’t had an average or better season since 2012, manages a solid-to-good start. It’s become a tradition of sorts…
Giants sign Korean third baseman, Jae-gyu Hwang
Per Andrew Baggarly: The club has agreed to terms with Korean infielder Jae-gyun Hwang on a minor league contract that includes an invitation to major league spring training. Baggarly goes on to note that Hwang’s contract is for $1.5M if he makes the major league roster and he will be invited to spring training. Hwang,…
Hunter Pence’s hidden skill
Despite appearances, Hunter Pence has been a well above average player since he debuted in 2007 with the Houston Astros. Since 2007, Pence has averaged 3.2 wins above replacement (Fangraphs method) per season. If you prorate his WAR to 162 games — he’s played just 52 and 106 games over the past two seasons — you…
Giants add potential bench depth with newly signed trio
Per Baseball America’s Matt Eddy, the Giants have signed 1B Michael Morse, OF Justin Ruggiano, and C/1B Josmil Pinto to minor league deals. Morse, who turns 35 in March, is well known to Giants fans for his successful one year run with the team in 2014. (Also, for this home run which resulted in me nearly jumping through…