By Chris Quick on August 4, 2010
Sanchez has been solid on defense this year, but the Giants are going to need a little more oomph out of his bat. His current .302 wOBA — using the original Tango formula and not the FanGraphs’ version — leaves much to be desired. In our graph I’ve also included the league average for wOBA. [...]
Posted in Giants, Plots | Tagged freddy sanchez, wednesday graph
By Chris Quick on August 2, 2010
I’m a bit late on responding to the Giants deadline deals, but I wanted to briefly write a few words about the two relievers the Giants picked up. Giants Lose: OF John Bowker, RHP Joe Martinez Giants Get: LHP Javier Lopez I guess this means the quest for the LOOGY is over. I’ll state up [...]
Posted in Giants | Tagged bullpen, javier lopez, joe martinez, john bowker, ramon ramirez, relievers, Trades
By Chris Quick on July 29, 2010
*From 1901-2010 I’m in love with the new Baseball-Reference WAR data. WAR, or Wins Above Replacement, is the uber-stat that attempts to encompass the total value of what makes a player, erm, valuable. With the development of FanGraphs and other saber-slanted websites, WAR has become a pretty well known statistic. If you’re new to the [...]
Posted in Giants, Plots | Tagged bobby bonds, bobby murcer, defense, Dick Dietz, graphs, Plots, total zone
By Chris Quick on July 26, 2010
Taking a week long break from baseball can leave you feeling refreshed. We all love the game — living and dieing most nights by the final score — but sometimes, over the long grind of a season, it’s nice to take a step back and unwind a little. It helps to put things in the [...]
Posted in Giants | Tagged adam dunn, jorge cantu, jose guillen, Outfield, Trades
By Chris Quick on July 15, 2010
Another ‘who saw this one coming’ move from the Giants. MLBTR: The San Francisco Giants’ official Twitter feed reports that the club signed left-hander Dontrelle Willis to a minor-league contract with Triple-A Fresno on Wednesday. The Giants are Willis’ third team this season, after he was designated for assignment by both the Tigers and Diamondbacks [...]
Posted in Giants | Tagged control issues, dontrelle willis, free pitching, walks
By Chris Quick on July 15, 2010
While we wait for the Giants to start the 2nd half of the season tonight against the Mets, let’s check out some links from around the Giants blogscape. * Triples Alley has an excellent piece up on AT&T Park and it’s affect on hitters. Go read it, now. It dispels some of the myths of [...]
Posted in Giants | Tagged att park, links, second half
By Chris Quick on July 14, 2010
Click for mega-size In 2009, Pablo Sandoval emerged as an offensive force for the Giants. For a team that sorely lacked any kind of hitter that you could qualify as ‘good’ or ‘non-terrible’ Sandoval’s wOBA in ’09 of .396 was one of the best things about the year. He hit for power, walked at a [...]
Posted in Giants, Plots | Tagged pablo sandoval, power, wednesday graph
By Chris Quick on July 11, 2010
Hi Blog, I just got back watching a couple of Giants games in the District. We were in D.C. for the Saturday and Sunday games and it marked the first time that I’ve seen baseball in D.C. — and in the new Nats’ stadium. A few quick observations from my vantage point and a few [...]
Posted in Giants | Tagged aaron rowand, buster posey, frank howard, photos, travelogue, washington d.c.
By Chris Quick on July 2, 2010
After watching the team drop it’s 7th straight game tonight, I got to thinking: How well do the Giants have to play from here on out to win 85 games in the NL West? Generally, most tend to peg the NL West Champion at 85 wins. Well, here we go. Team W L Total Remain [...]
Posted in Giants | Tagged depressing, how many wins
By Chris Quick on July 1, 2010
The Giants have acquired RHP Michael Main as the PTBNL in the Molina-to-Texas deal. Quite frankly, this trade just went from pretty good to really good. Main was the Rangers 1st round pick (24th overall) in the 2007 draft. In John Sickels’ 2010 prospect ranking for the Rangers, he placed Main as the #6 overall [...]
Posted in Giants | Tagged bengie molina, Michael Main, PTBNL
