Several thoughts from last night’s loss against the Rockies: Tim Lincecum throws a seasonal high 122 pitches, Angel Pagan’s defense still looks Benardian, and Emmanuel Burriss isn’t very good at the game of baseball. First thing is first: Tim Lincecum. You know, I’m not even sure what kind of start I would call last night’s. It wasn’t necessarily bad; and,… Read more →
Today, Rory Paap was up for the Giants ESPN Power Ranking blurb. Rory wrote: The swap of Jonathan Sanchez (62 ERA+) for Melky Cabrera (155 OPS+) is looking pretty good right about now. With Pablo Sandoval out, though, the Melkman is working without a wing man. Let me go ahead and get this out of the way: I love Melky… Read more →
Even though the Giants ended up losing this game and Lincecum only pitched five innings of four-run ball, I think it was the best this year that Tim has looked. After searching for his velocity game after game, Lincecum’s fastball was regularly above 90 miles per hour. Here’s a table that depicts the number of times per start that Lincecum… Read more →
(All information in this post, including graphs, courtesy of ESPN’s Stats & Info.) Oh, Barry Zito. You’re like an old friend at this point. I, and many other bloggers, have spent countless seconds, minutes, and hours of our lives talking about you. We’ve talked about your contract. Your pitching motion. Your struggles. When we thought you might have figured it… Read more →
Last night I tweeted this: I’m still having a hard time believing that the Giants actually had that infield out there. In general terms, the infield for last night’s game was composed of a AAA player with a limited ceiling (and wimpy throwing arm), a 27-year-old failed prospect, a player that’s probably lucky to still be in the majors, and… Read more →
The Giants escaped Sunday’s game with two wins: one for the day and one for the series. Didn’t come easy though. A poor route by Angel Pagan led to a run that tied the ballgame. The Giants did finally get that run back in the 11th on a clean Hector Sanchez single to the two-man Brewers outfield. So the drama… Read more →
I’ve seen this game a few times. Nay, I’ve seen this game a few hundred times. Matt Cain pitches great and yet somehow comes away without the “W”. If you went to Matt Cain University, and you took the class “Matt Cain 101,” today’s game would probably be on your syllabus for week two. This wasn’t your standard “Cain pitches… Read more →
I, the other Chris, have been notoriously absent this season. Once again, school is killing me. The good news is I have a link to the brief piece I did on Joe Panik over at MiLB.com: http://www.milb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20120501&content_id=30117986&vkey=news_l110&fext=.jsp&sid=l110 The better news is I have begun interviews with key Giants prospects in San Jose and will be posting them regularly over here starting… Read more →
First, let’s get the obvious stuff out of the way: Tim Lincecum is throwing about two miles per hour slower this season when compared to 2011. Also, let me go ahead and get this out of the way: I think the velocity-stricken panic is a little overblown. So don’t take this post in that direction in the comments, please. A… Read more →
Theory: now that Brian Wilson is out for the season, and the bullpen is in full “closer by committee” mode, Bruce Bochy is really going to lean on the starting pitching to get him deep into games. Playing arm chair manager is a time tested activity for the unwashed masses on the Internet, but in tonight’s game against the Reds, Bochy… Read more →