Here is the culmination of our State of the System address. rank Name position 2011 team 21 Steven Harrold RHP Augusta (A)/San Jose (Advanced-A) 22 Jake Dunning RHP San Jose 23 Brett Krill OF Salem-Keizer (short season rookie) 24 Joan Gregorio RHP AZL (rookie) 25 Ari Ronick LHP San Jose 26 Jose Casilla RHP San Jose 27 Charlie Culberson IF… Read more →
What can wash off the stink of a heartbreaking loss to the second rate Padres? The Prospect Mailbag can, of course! Today we have three questions spanning the universe of prospects: one on a journeyman catcher, one on a fading infielder, and one on a reliever on the rise. Over on BCB, Willy asked: What about Max Ramirez the catcher… Read more →
Here’s the middle of the pack in our series on the State of the System address: #11-20. rank name position 2011 team 11 Jacob Dunnington RHP San Jose (Advanced-A) 12 Kelvin Marte LHP San Jose 13 Roger Kieschnick OF Richmond (AA) 14 Brandon Crawford SS San Jose/Richmond/San Francisco/Fresno (AAA) 15 Adam Duvall 3B Augusta (A) 16 Chris Dominguez 3B San… Read more →
If you’re at all curious about your team’s minor league system, Giants readers and non-Giants readers alike, you owe it to yourself to get Baseball America’s prospect handbook. Even if you know your team’s system pretty well, the book is still a handy tool. As you probably figured out, a dork like me reads that thing cover to cover. My… Read more →
Hey, all. I’m back with another prospect mailbag. This week has been god awful for those following the Giants. I moved into my new apartment not too long ago and I’m glad I don’t yet have cable hooked up because if I had to watch the Giants right now, I’d drive off the overpass. Instead we will discuss two young… Read more →
Oh here go hell come. An AP report published on ESPNDeportes.com says that Angel Villalona, the former Giants prospect from the Dominican Republic accused of murdering a man in 2009, is suing the Giants for illegal termination of his contract. Here’s the link: http://espndeportes.espn.go.com/news/story?id=1355469&s=bei&type=story It’s all in Spanish. What I gleaned from it was that he’s seeking $10,400 in lost wages and… Read more →
Here’s another feature I will provide on the blog: scouting reports for the minor league games I attend. I went to the San Jose Giants v. Bakersfield Blaze game Monday night. I stayed for six innings as I had to get up early for my day job the next day. Barry Zito made a rehab start for the Giants and… Read more →
Hello, everyone. Thanks for the warm welcome on Bay City Ball. I’m bringing you a post today that will become a regular feature on the blog: the prototype prospect mailbag. Today’s post contains responses to questions left on the blog by two fellows, Curtis and Liem (if you don’t mind me using your names, gents). Curtis asked about Eric Surkamp’s… 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 →
The San Francisco Giants’ ‘pen is pretty good. Actually, it’s excellent. They have the second best ERA in in the National League at 2.86 (behind the Padres at 2.85). They have the second best FIP (Fielding Independent Pitching) at 3.13 (behind the Braves at 3.06). They also lead major league bullpens with a 52.6 percent ground ball rate… who knew? I… Read more →