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The Giants are 15-17 in the second half. Put another way, they’ve lost two more than they’ve won since the Midsummer Classic. That’s terrible, right? Actually, it’s pretty remarkable. Everyone is injured (Buster Posey, Freddy Sanchez, Jeff Keppinger, Sergio Romo, Barry Zito, Jonathan Sanchez and Carlos Beltran). A bunch of others are sort of hurt (Aaron Rowand and Nate Schiertholtz… Read more →
Brandon Belt took the first flight out of Fresno on Saturday, heading to Miami and to the big club for the fourth time in 2011. He got no sleep. He didn’t see the field on Saturday, despite a late opportunity for Bochy to throw him an at-bat that went to Mike Fontenot instead. He did sleep that night and probably well…. Read more →
This is old news at this point, but let me get this all straight. So the Giants 1) have one of the worst offenses in all of Major League Baseball. (Since 2007, they’ve been basically the very worst.) They 2) have one of the worst performing first baseman in all of Major League Baseball in Aubrey Huff, owed roughly $15… Read more →
Last week, the Giants acquired Carlos Beltran for their very best pitching prospect, Zack Wheeler, and promptly went on to beat the Phillies to complete a winning series of two out of three. A few people wondered if it was time to consider the possibility that they could catch the Phillies for home-field advantage throughout the playoffs. They then went… Read more →
The Giants, having already played 108 games, have 54 to go. They currently have a two-game lead on the Arizona Diamondbacks, and that lead will be up for grabs over the next three days as the Snakes come to Third and King to attempt to wrest the divisional grasp from Bochy’s Giants. With Matt Cain, Tim Lincecum and Ryan Vogelsong… Read more →
In the exquisite film The Shawshank Redemption, “Andy” Dufresne (Tim Robbins) wrote a letter per day to the State, requesting that they fund his library project. Eventually, it worked. Sadly, I bet some Giants fan out there has a desire for Brandon Belt to play first base over Aubrey Huff for the San Francisco Giants. I bet that desire is… Read more →
I love Cots Baseball Contracts. It’s a great place to get almost all of the details about any teams payroll. As I learned today, it’s also a place to go if you’re seeking to get bummed out. Looking at the Giants’ current commitments, you will find two players that I’d like to focus on for the purposes of this post…. Read more →
What the Giants have done by acquiring Carlos Beltran is go into an all-in, win-now mode. While Beltran is likely the best bat available, and perhaps the best player available, he is purely a two-month rental that will likely depart at the end of the season. But, at least for a couple of months, the Giants will have their Killer… Read more →
In this case, the Bs being B.J. Upton and Carlos Beltran. The first thing you have to ask yourself is this: Is either of these players worth a top prospect? The point is debatable. Regardless, I think both players are going to fetch one, if moved. The latest on the Beltran front is that he may not fetch a top… Read more →
Consider the bullpen of the Giants my latest fascination. Why? Because the Giants’ bullpen has been great this season, right? I wrote about it yesterday, here. (That post has since been updated at the end.) Except, I think it’s possible that it’s been a bit more than just great. It’s been spectacular. In fact, it almost seems like the ‘pen is… Read more →