The Giants haven’t scored many runs, but their pitching has looked quite good at times. Excluding last night’s 8-run outburst, since April 16th the Giants have scored a total of 7 runs — or 1.4 runs per game. The Giants have the 2nd lowest team wOBA in the baseball at the moment. Their score of .293 — league average wOBA… Read more →
Kinda sucks. — You would figure that tossing Zito-Sanchez-Lincecum at the Padres for a 3-game series would net you at least one win. Instead, the Giants got steam-rolled by the Peavy-Young train and Shawn Hill (no, not that Shaun Hill) looked pretty decent, too. Barry Zito needed 39-pitches to escape a horrifying 1st inning. Jonathan Sanchez was filthy until he… Read more →
This is something I’ve wanted to do for awhile. Round up some of my favorite Giants bloggers and discuss a few questions that I think will be important to the team this season. The Giants are still in a period of transition and this season should be exciting on a few different levels. Each blogger on this panel graciously accepted… Read more →
Hot off the BaggsPress: Kevin Frandsen was called into Bruce Bochy’s office this morning and left in street clothes. The Giants just gave the official word: he has been optioned and will begin the season at Triple-A Fresno. All signs pointed to this yesterday. Jesus Guzman confirmed he has been reassigned to minor league camp. He’ll go to Fresno but… Read more →
Positionally, when you think about the Giants, most everything is in it’s right place. First base had been claimed by Travis Ishikawa. The outfield — headed by Fred Lewis, Aaron Rowand, and Randy Winn — is set. Bengie Molina will return as the starting catcher. Edgar Renteria will start his Giants career at shortstop and the Pablo Sandoval third base… Read more →
After working on the Fred Lewis post some, I got to thinking about how the Giants ranked over the last 10 years as a team in BB%. BB% is simply BB/PA or how many times per plate appearance a batter draws a walk. League average for hitters has tended to be between 8-9% in recent times. I also subtracted Barry… Read more →
On one hand: Manager Bruce Bochy’s announcement Monday that Eugenio Velez will spend time in the outfield besides competing at second base intensified the scramble for reserve spots on the Opening Day roster. On the other: If Velez proves that he can handle the outfield, he might render veteran Dave Roberts expendable, since the Giants then could begin the season… Read more →
A quick post today on Giants baserunning from 2007-2008 using Baseball Prospectus’s Baserunning Report tool. We’ll be using EqBRR or Equivalent Base Running runs. It’s the sum of five different baserunning skills translated into runs. Here’s BP’s definition: Equivalent Base Running Runs. Measures the number of runs contributed by a player’s advancement on the bases, above what would be expected… Read more →
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I’ve been playing around with EditGrid this morning and I made a few graphs relating to the 2009 Giants WAR projections. There really isn’t any new information presented in these graphs, but they might help some to see just where the wins are actually coming from. I like this pie chart because it shows — in my opinion — how… Read more →