I apologize for dropping the ball on last week’s update. I had to study for midterms and polish a series of articles I wrote for my internship here. I come bearing gifts from the Arizona Fall League as well as the Dominican and Venezuelan leagues. First, here’s a handy chart of who is playing where this fall and winter, at… Read more →
Last week, Chris showed you a graph that indicated that Giants’ shortstops were amongst the worst hitting in baseball. I would add that the main surprise was that one team’s shortstops managed to hit worse. Let us tip our caps to the Cincinnati Reds fans that endured that. This week I’m going to tell you that Giants’ shortstops also performed… Read more →
In 2011, Giants’ shortstops combined for a slash-line of .210/.265/.299, or a wRC+ of 62. That wRC+ score ties them with the Reds for the second-to-worst score in the majors. Braves’ shortstops were a single percentage point (61) worse than the Giants and Reds. As defined by the bold dashed line, the league average shortstop was a 87 wRC+ in… Read more →
It depends. I’ll get to that… I watched Moneyball today. I read (and loved) the book twice–as I do with most of Michael Lewis‘ works–and I really enjoyed the movie. I’ll leave it at that and save you from the five billionth review. Anyway, here’s how I started a post on Jayson Werth‘s contact back in December, referencing (and providing… Read more →
The Giants will enter 2012 with something to prove after failing to make the playoffs this season. Getting Buster Posey back — and hopefully healthy — will be a welcome sight, but the ugly truth is this: the team is going to need more than just Posey to be successful in 2012. For large portions of the season, the team… Read more →
I recently posed this question on Twitter: “Question: bring back Ross in 2012? Y/N.” and I got several good responses. A brief glance at the Giants’ current depth chart for the outfield and you’ll see why the Giants might consider a Ross redux. The current depth chart, with some commentary. LF/1B Brandon Belt – Talented prospect, mixed results, could be… Read more →
You can imagine my surprise last night when I turned on the game and lo and behold, Brandon Belt was in the starting lineup. Belt, who has seemed more like a stranger in the past few series, got a rare start in left field — his first start since September 5th against the Padres. Belt ended up going 1-4 with… Read more →
What can wash off the stink of a heartbreaking loss to the second rate Padres? The Prospect Mailbag can, of course! Today we have three questions spanning the universe of prospects: one on a journeyman catcher, one on a fading infielder, and one on a reliever on the rise. Over on BCB, Willy asked: What about Max Ramirez the catcher… Read more →
Hey, all. I’m back with another prospect mailbag. This week has been god awful for those following the Giants. I moved into my new apartment not too long ago and I’m glad I don’t yet have cable hooked up because if I had to watch the Giants right now, I’d drive off the overpass. Instead we will discuss two young… Read more →
Here’s another feature I will provide on the blog: scouting reports for the minor league games I attend. I went to the San Jose Giants v. Bakersfield Blaze game Monday night. I stayed for six innings as I had to get up early for my day job the next day. Barry Zito made a rehab start for the Giants and… Read more →