Hey, everyone. Thanks for sticking with us for Draft coverage. The next 39 picks will come at you in a four-part segment and run through the rest of the week. Today is Rounds 2-10. Here’s a quick table for you to consult for the Giants’ draftees from Rounds 2-10. Round pick number Player name school position 1 20 Chris Stratton… Read more →
Pop quiz. Tonight’s start by Tim Lincecum was … A. Maddeningly inconsistent B. Brilliant at times C. [crackpot Tim Lincecum is struggling theory] D. All of the above D. It’s probably D. However, there are some positives to take away from Lincecum’s start. His final line (6 IP, 5 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 1 BB, 8 SO) is, as… Read more →
Tim Lincecum is still a work in progress: I think the amount of panic that’s spent on Tim Lincecum is a little much at times, but Lincecum still hasn’t had what I would call a “crisp” start this year. In game one of today’s doubleheader, Lincecum did some good stuff (eight strikeouts) and some bad stuff (five walks). After five… Read more →
Later, Hank went into a little more depth on his blog on the impending Sanchez situation and Emmanuel Burriss’ spring thus far: The Giants do have options. Besides Ryan Theriot (who has not looked very good at the plate or in the field this spring) and Mike Fontenot, Emmanuel Burriss is having a great spring. He walked, tripled and singled… Read more →
Earlier this week, Jeff Fletcher did something that endeared him to me. He put up a poor piece of data analysis. Why is that endearing? Well, I am an advocate of doing poor data analysis, or at least doing it with the right attitude. It’s not just that I am an author of many a hasty and incomplete piece of… Read more →
The Giants are 15-17 in the second half. Put another way, they’ve lost two more than they’ve won since the Midsummer Classic. That’s terrible, right? Actually, it’s pretty remarkable. Everyone is injured (Buster Posey, Freddy Sanchez, Jeff Keppinger, Sergio Romo, Barry Zito, Jonathan Sanchez and Carlos Beltran). A bunch of others are sort of hurt (Aaron Rowand and Nate Schiertholtz… Read more →
Last week, the Giants acquired Carlos Beltran for their very best pitching prospect, Zack Wheeler, and promptly went on to beat the Phillies to complete a winning series of two out of three. A few people wondered if it was time to consider the possibility that they could catch the Phillies for home-field advantage throughout the playoffs. They then went… Read more →
Freddy Sanchez has been missed. It’s sometimes said of a player, “You have to see him every day to appreciate him.” I think this is generally true of well-rounded players such as Sanchez. He’s not the best hitting second baseman. He’s not the best fielding second baseman. But watching him for nine innings at a time is watching a player… Read more →
4-3… That was the final score in the Giants’ win over the Padres this afternoon, which came via the suicide squeeze and on Chris Stewart’s second sacrifice bunt of the day. But it also just so happens to be the thing most often written by the official scorer this season at the conclusion of Aubrey Huff’s at-bats. Me having a… Read more →
*Note: facts aren’t guaranteed to be ‘fun’ 1. Manny Burriss has no punch, pop, or power Manny Burriss is a man of several talents. First, he’s very fast. And second, he’s also very fast. One thing Burriss isn’t, is a power hitter. Since 1990, among position players with at least 500 plate appearances, Burris ranks second-to-last in extra-base hits with… Read more →