For the first time in about a week, I got to sit down and actually watch a Lincecum start from beginning to finish. At first glance, Lincecum’s line from last night against the Padres — 7 IP, 6 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 3 BB, 9 SO — looks pretty darned good. In fact, Lincecum is on something of a… Read more →
The Giants ended up winning a (terrible) baseball game today against the Cubs. The game featured another frustrating Lincecum start (are there any other at this point?), a heroic ninth inning, two-out solo homer by Hunter Pence to dramatically tie things up, and maybe one of the worst days I’ve ever seen for a catcher in major league baseball. The… Read more →
The final roster preview piece is here. The Class-A Augusta GreenJackets are a young team and most of the guys on the 2013 squad played in Salem-Keizer a year ago. The pitching staff looks solid with Chris Stratton and Martin Agosta and the outfield is an intriguing group with Rafael Rodriguez, Jesus Galindo, and Chuckie Jones. Unfortunately the GreenJackets season… Read more →
It seems every year the San Jose Giants have something to celebrate; back-to-back California League titles, World Series wins by the parent club in San Francisco, and 25 years of continuous affiliation with the big Giants. And that’s just in the last five years. Tuesday’s season preview event at San Jose Municipal Stadium brought the best of the organization to… Read more →
Opening Day in the minors is April 4 and for us at Bay City Ball, that means we’re running around crazy learning all we can about the four full-season affiliates in the Giants system. This week is a big one at our humble blog, with a preview piece on each team’s roster as well as the lowdown on Tuesday’s San… Read more →
Andrew Baggarly: The Giants have agree to terms on a nine year contract with Buster Posey. (8 year extension). — Andrew Baggarly (@CSNBaggs) March 29, 2013 Baggarly then went on to tweet some of the finer details of Posey’s new nine-year deal. Starting in 2014, he’ll earn: 12.5M, 16.5M, 20M, and then 21.4M over the remaining five years. There’s also… Read more →
As we near the start of the season, it’s looking more and more like noted hacker, Hector Sanchez, might not be ready to play baseball. From John Shea’s twitter: Hector Sanchez (shoulder) shut down til Tuesday, after which he could get extra swings in minor-league games. #SFGiants — John Shea (@JohnSheaHey) March 15, 2013 Sanchez has been dealing with… Read more →
I’m conflicted about spring training. On one hand, baseball is back and that’s just fantastic. On the other, reading about Gregor Blanco hitting ropes during batting practice might just be the lowest form of baseball news out there. On the evolutionary scale, in which an important news item is a fully evolved life form, reports on Gregor Blanco’s hitting —… Read more →
This year marks the third year that we’ve put together a site prospect ranking. (You can find the previous rankings here: 2011 – 2012.) The way it works is that we each come up with a ranking, share lists, and then hash out a final ranking. Chris Martinez and I composed this year’s list. Today’s ranking focuses on the #15… Read more →
(After a brief break from posting, I’m back and with more Sergio Romo slider porn.) One of my favorite pastimes is talking about Sergio Romo. I’m constantly amazed by the slider; the command; the everything. He’s easily one of my favorite Giants and when I sat down today to run though some numbers, I was a little surprised at what… Read more →