The AP reports this morning: The San Francisco Giants and outfielder Angel Pagan agreed to a $4.85 million, one-year contract that avoided arbitration, a person with knowledge of the negotiations said. Pagan’s contract also includes some performance incentives: Pagan’s deal includes $150,000 in performance bonuses: $50,000 each for 550, 600 and 650 plate appearances. Pagan should start the year as… Read more →
Here’s the final rankings, 5 to 1, of our Top 15 Prospect List. At the end of the post, I’ve also included each writer’s individual list. Spoiler: Brett Bill is not the #1 Giants prospect. — 5. Heath Hembree, RP 23 years old in 2012 Chris Quick: I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again, but I’m a tough… Read more →
Jon Morosi tweets: Vogelsong was in line to earn $3-4M this season through arbitration. So, when you consider the fact that the Giants were going to pay Vogelsong $3-4M in 2012 regardless of what happened, this seems like a nice little deal for the team. Vogelsong — who has to be thrilled right now — gets more financial security than… Read more →
Subtitle: you want catchers? We got catchers. — 10. Hector Sanchez, C 22 years old in 2012 Chris Quick: The Giants’ system seems to have stocked up on catching talent in a hurry. Sanchez is still quite young and he does a little bit of everything well (hitting, fielding, throwing). He might not have the upside of some other catching… Read more →
This is year marks the second time we’ve put together a Top 15 prospect list for the site; and, something that I think is really cool, this is the first year we’ve had four different writers add their input to the list. Last year the list was created by Otis and I, but this year, we’ve got Rory Paap and… Read more →
Here’s a quick — and potentially frustrating — post. Hideki Okajima career versus left-handed batters: G PA BB SO SO/BB BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip 231 436 32 98 3.06 .218 .277 .323 .600 .269 Javier Lopez career versus left-handed batters: G PA BB SO SO/BB BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip 444 759 79 152 1.92 .223 .313 .312 .624… Read more →
A common statement, from both fans and the front office, this offseason has been, “One of the reasons we haven’t spent larger on the free agent market is that we need to lock up our starting pitching (Cain and Lincecum). And spending dollars today, might prohibit that goal tomorrow.” Matt Cain is earning $15M this season, his last year under contract with the… Read more →
So, it’s safe to say that the Giants blogosphere got pretty pissed off when Carlos Beltran signed an all too reasonable contract with the Cardinals. Okay, Rory, Chris and every Giants fan with access to the Internet have already weighed in on this, but I feel there is a few aspects to the disappointing offseason that are being regularly overlooked…. Read more →
It’s sort of funny, you know. I thought the Giants ought to go after a first baseman that had been highly productive in the past after winning the World Series in 2010, rather than re-signing Aubrey Huff, who was likely to decline and cost more. You know, someone like Carlos Pena. Or Lance Berkman. Someone that would fit in nicely… Read more →
… aaaaaand shall we agree to never speak of Jeff Keppinger, again? I think so. Right now, all of Bay City Ball’s authors are preparing to hash out the prospect list for 2012. I’m very excited about this, especially as we now have a writer who actually watches a lot of minor league games. That should lead to an interesting… Read more →