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 September 5, 2008
I meant to do this earlier when the call-ups were first announced, but I got sidetracked. If you’re wondering how some of our minor league player’s performances might translate to the majors, this post is for you. Note: Translations are NOT a guarantee of performance nor are they a prediction of what a player will [...]
Posted in Giants, Minors | Tagged brad hennessey, Geno Espineli, john bowker, MLE, nate schierholtz, pat misch, scott mcclain, September call-ups, steve holm
By Chris Quick on August 14, 2008
First, big news buzzing in Giants Land this morning. The Giants have made a flurry of draft pick signings. The biggest news is that, according to Andrew Baggarly — whom I feel that I’ve been linking to almost everyday for the past week, keep up the great work Andrew — is that #5 overall pick [...]
Posted in Giants, Minors | Tagged barry zito, billy sadler, buster posey, conor gillaspie, prospects, Ryan Rohlinger, Signings
By Chris Quick on July 8, 2008
Tip of the cap to Giants beatwriter Andrew Baggarly for the news on Velez’s return. He’ll be replacing Brian Horwitz’s spot on the roster. Velez experienced a brief run of 121 AB’s earlier in the season before the Giants sent him packing to AAA Fresno in order to work some kinks out of his game. [...]
Posted in Giants, Minors | Tagged eugenio velez, MLE, ray durham, second base
By Chris Quick on June 24, 2008
We’ve looked at Augusta (A) San Jose (A+) and Connecticut (AA) so far in our farm review. The earlier levels are filled with prospects who could one day reach the Giants and make an impact. Does Fresno have the same kind of prospects? Not so much. Most AAA teams these days are filled with journeymen [...]
Posted in Giants, Minors | Tagged brian bocock, eugene espineli, eugenio velez, farm review, grizzlies, nate schierholtz, pat misch, scott mcclain, WBQOTW
By Chris Quick on June 20, 2008
I got a chance to listen to the weekly Ralph and Tom interview with Brian Sabean on KNBR this morning. Some notes and reactions after listening. ~ The topic to start the interview was, of course, Barry Zito. Sabes basically backed up Zito saying that he’s trying hard and wants to get better. Ralph tried [...]
Posted in Giants, Minors | Tagged aaron king, Brian Sabean, edwin quirarte, pablo sandoval, randy winn
By Chris Quick on June 19, 2008
Getting back to our review of the Giants minor league farm system, we find ourselves in the cool and crisp air of Connecticut. The Eastern League and Dodd Stadium — the home of the Defenders — has long had a well earned reputation of being a tough place to hit. The cold air, windy conditions, [...]
Posted in Giants, Minors | Tagged adam cowart, adam witter, Connecticut defenders, farm review, joe martinez, kelvin pichardo, sergio romo, travis ishikawa
By Chris Quick on June 17, 2008
Earlier this week I posted that Wendell Fairely was going to make his debut in the AZL later this month. It turns out I was wrong and that Fairely is going to turn up in the Northwest League with the Salem-Keizer Volcanoes. An article detailing the S-K roster popped up today and Fairely is on [...]
Posted in Giants, Minors | Tagged edwin quirarte, kelvin marte, michael ambort, salem-keizer, Wendell Fairely, wilber bucardo
By Chris Quick on June 9, 2008
You can find all the draft picks that the Giants made on day two of this years draft with the MLB Draft Tracker, a very handy tool to track and see some light scouting reports on all the picks. The Giants drafted 44 additional players on the second day of the draft. I won’t go [...]
Posted in Giants, Minors | Tagged aaron king, barry zito, Craig Ziegler, draft, john bowker, jonathan sanchez, juan carlos perez, Scott Barnes
By Chris Quick on June 6, 2008
That was the first thought that ran through my head as Bud Selig read aloud the Giants 5th overall pick in this years draft. “With the 5th pick in the First-Years Player Draft of 2008, the San Francisco Giants select Gerald Posey, catcher, from Florida State University” Second thought, I guess the Giants aren’t scared [...]
Posted in Giants, Minors | Tagged brandon crawford, buster posey, conor gillaspie, draft, edwin quirarte, eric surkamp, justin smoak, roger kieschnick
