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By Chris Quick on October 22, 2009
According to a post on MLBTR, the Giants could be in the running to sign 16-year-old Dominican prospect Wagner Mateo. ESPN.com’s Jorge Arangure reports (via Twitter) that the Giants may be on the verge of signing 16-year-old Dominican prospect Wagner Mateo. A deal could be finalized “within [the] next couple of weeks.” If you’ll remember, [...]
Posted in General Baseball, Minors | Tagged Signings, wagner mateo
By Chris Quick on August 14, 2009
Run prevention is a hugely important team skill in baseball. Baseball highlights will often be composed of those who can hit the longest home runs, but having a top defensive team can do wonders for a team’s record. For example, take the Giants. Collectively as a team the Giants can’t hit their way out of [...]
Posted in General Baseball, Plots | Tagged defense, FIP, Plots, team defense, UZR
By Chris Quick on August 3, 2009
Yesterday we talked about Lincecum’s changeup being worth +2 wins by FanGraphs’ linear weights for pitch-types. I thought it would be helpful to show some of the other top pitches in the game by their pitch-type values. The following table illustrates the pitches, and the pitchers who throw them, that are worth at least 15 [...]
Posted in General Baseball, Giants | Tagged david aardsma, matt cain, pitch-types, pitches, tim lincecum
By Chris Quick on July 21, 2009
There’s nothing like 2 weeks of work-related training to sweep you away from baseball. Things I missed: The All-Star Game, most of the Pittsburgh series (this wasn’t a bad thing), and a few other odds-and-ends news items. While I’ve been away, I’ve been jotting things down here and there. Here’s a few quick thoughts: Looking [...]
Posted in General Baseball | Tagged blurbs, links
By Chris Quick on June 9, 2009
The Giants have selected RHP Zach Wheeler with the 6th overall pick in the 2009 First Year Players Draft. From SFGiants.com: Wheeler, 19, has a fastball that reaches 95 mph but typically hovers in the 90-93 mph range, according to scouting reports. Experts believe that Wheeler can gain velocity as he adds strength to his [...]
Posted in General Baseball, Giants | Tagged 2009 draft, draft, zack wheeler
By Chris Quick on June 9, 2009
The 2009 first-year player draft kicks off today at 6 PM EST. The Giants have the #6 overall pick this year after picking at #5 in 2008. After a few years of uninspiring drafts, the Giants have been on a roll as of late. Recent drafts have netted the team Tim Lincecum, Madison Bumgarner, Tim [...]
Posted in General Baseball, Giants | Tagged draft
By Chris Quick on June 5, 2009
In a rain-soaked affair, Randy Johnson defeated the Nationals last night to secure his 300th win. The Giants managed to score 5 runs for Johnson — the majority of them came in the 9th after he left the game — and thanks to some tight-rope bullpen work from Brian Wilson, the night ended in victory. [...]
Posted in General Baseball, Giants | Tagged 300, 300 win, brian wilson, randy johnson
By Chris Quick on April 23, 2009
In baseball statistics, you’ll often hear the phrase: “small sample size” thrown around early in the season. Most teams in baseball have played about 15 games so far — give or take a game. 15 played games results in 9.2% of your total baseball season. At this point, if you’re a full-time position player you’ve [...]
Posted in General Baseball, Giants | Tagged early season stuff, Edgar Renteria, eugenio velez, small samples
By Chris Quick on April 15, 2009
There’s been some chatter about Tim Lincecum’s fastball velocity in his first two starts. By most data points, it’s down by about a 1 mph or so. Here’s a plot of Lincecum’s first two starts by only the velocity on his fastball. The difference between the two starts isn’t large. He was throwing slightly harder [...]
Posted in General Baseball | Tagged pitchf/x, pitching, tim lincecum
By Chris Quick on March 16, 2009
Good morning on a Monday. I hope everyone had a nice weekend and is strapping in for another work week. Something I had forgotten about Spring Training — it’s really long. The games have been going on for a couple of weeks now and yet, we’re still about 20+ days away from Opening Day. Trust [...]
Posted in General Baseball, Giants | Tagged aaron rowand, Edgar Renteria, links, willie mays
