Feb 11th, 2010
by Chris Quick.
The Giants have signed SP/RP Todd Wellemeyer to a minor league contract with an invite to Spring Training. From the news released on SFGiants.com, it appears the team is tabbing Wellemeyer as a ‘long reliever’ but he could, theoretically, get a chance to win the 5th starter’s job this spring.
Wellemeyer’s career stats:
Year
Age
Tm
W
L
ERA
IP
H
R
ER
ERA+
H/9
HR/9
BB/9
SO/9
SO/BB
2003
24
CHC
1
1
6.51
27.2
25
22
20
67
8.1
1.6
6.2
9.8
1.58
2004
25
CHC
2
1
5.92
24.1
27
16
16
74
10.0
0.4
7.4
11.1
1.50
2005
26
CHC
2
1
6.12
32.1
32
23
22
72
8.9
1.9
6.1
8.9
1.45
2006
27
TOT
1
4
4.14
78.1
68
38
36
111
7.8
0.7
5.7
6.2
1.08
2006
27
FLA
0
2
5.48
21.1
20
13
13
79
8.4
0.4
5.5
7.2
1.31
2006
27
KCR
1
2
3.63
57.0
48
25
23
129
7.6
0.8
5.8
5.8
1.00
2007
28
TOT
3
3
4.54
79.1
77
50
40
98
8.7
1.2
4.5
6.8
1.50
2007
28
KCR
0
1
10.34
15.2
25
19
18
44
14.4
2.3
6.3
5.2
0.82
2007
28
STL
3
2
3.11
63.2
52
31
22
141
7.4
1.0
4.1
7.2
1.76
2008
29
STL
13
9
3.71
191.2
178
84
79
115
8.4
1.2
2.9
6.3
2.16
2009
30
STL
7
10
5.89
122.1
160
88
80
70
11.8
1.4
4.2
5.7
1.37
7 Seasons
29
29
4.74
556.0
567
321
293
91
9.2
1.2
4.4
6.8
1.55
Provided by Baseball-Reference.com: [...]
Feb 8th, 2010
by Chris Quick.
Warning: This post turned out much longer than I expected.
Playing around with BB-Ref’s great Play Index Tool (PIT) this morning got me thinking about Barry Bonds and his last season in 2007 where he hit: .276/.480/.565 at 42-years-old. Yes, that’s a four-eighty OBP.
/sigh
Bond’s last season in the majors was memorable. He broke the home run [...]
Feb 7th, 2010
by Chris Quick.
It’s time for my annual Giants WAR projection post. You can find the link to the 2009 projection, here. It explains a few things in general and it’s not a bad place to start if you’ve never seen a WAR projection. But, the basics are that: a team totally devised of ‘replacement level talent’ — [...]
Feb 5th, 2010
by Chris Quick.
A quick-shot this Friday morning before I get buried under 2 feet of snow.
1B/DH Jesus Guzman, who was DFA’d late last month, has cleared waivers and will be outrighted to AAA Fresno with an invite to Spring Training. Guzman has generated a lot of interest among Giants fans because of his 2009 season with the [...]
Feb 3rd, 2010
by Chris Quick.
The Giants have inked Guillermo Mota to a minor league deal. Unlike Byung-Hyun Kim and Horacio Ramirez, Mota gets a invite to Spring Training. Most fans will remember the walk-off home run that Uribe hit off the Dodgers on August 12th. That HR came off of Mota.
Mota had a streak from 2002-05 where he was [...]
Feb 2nd, 2010
by Chris Quick.
Mark one more case off the arbitration list — the Giants have agreed to a 1-year deal worth $4,437,500 with closer Brian Wilson. The near $4.5M that Wilson agreed to is the midpoint between the Giants offer of $4M and the $4,875,000 that Wilson filed for. Wilson’s salary for 2010 represents a $4M raise over [...]
Jan 29th, 2010
by Chris Quick.
When left-hander, Madison Bumgarner, made his MLB debut last year, the top pitching prospect in the Giants organization showed up with less velocity than advertised. After working in the low-to-mid 90’s in the minor leagues, Giants fans were shocked to see Madison posting 88’s on the stadium radar gun. Velocity concerns aside, Bumgarner has a [...]
Jan 25th, 2010
by Chris Quick.
Good morning, Giants fans. I hope everyone had an enjoyable weekend. Mine was filled with videogames (Wario’s Smooth Moves for the Wii is a lot of fun), reading (reading through another short story collection of PKD’s works — love him), and trying some new scotch (a buddy of mine hooked me up with a bottle [...]
Jan 22nd, 2010
by Chris Quick.
Freddy Sanchez might not be ready for Opening Day because of health concerns.
Tell me more, SFGate.
Manager Bruce Bochy confirmed to The Associated Press on Thursday night that Sanchez had a recent arthroscopic procedure. Bochy first told KNBR radio of Sanchez’s surgery.
Sanchez had left knee surgery late in the 2009 season.
Bochy said Sanchez might not be [...]
Jan 19th, 2010
by Chris Quick.
I don’t think I like this.
Off-the-cuff-thoughts:
I’m not sure how much the 2010 team has improved. Sanchez will be better than the group of second basemen that the Giants ran out in 2009, but he’s an injury risk in a playergroup that’s tended to age poorly.
Mark DeRosa in LF nets the Giants zero wins over playing [...]
