I really don’t want to talk about this team right now. When Henry Sosa – on three days rest – shuts you down, well, that’s not a very good sign. If the Giants offense were a person, they would probably be written up somewhere in the Darwin Awards. I think the entry would go something like this: the Giants come… Read more →
A lot of our posts are just depressing right now. It’s not our fault–the Mariners passed the Giants in runs scored yesterday, making San Francisco the lowest scoring team in baseball! Thank goodness Chris has been hitting us with great prospect stuff before she goes on her hiatus, the latest being her prospect mailbag from today. Anyway, here’s some stuff… Read more →
After last night’s 9-2 loss to the Philadelphia Phillies, the Giants’ runs scored per game (R/G) fell to 3.5. That places the team 16th in the National League in R/G. The Giants have scored 395 runs this season. The team also ranks dead last or second-to-last in OBP (.303), SLG (.358), OPS+ (85), and slew of other offensive metrics that… 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 →
The Giants, having already played 108 games, have 54 to go. They currently have a two-game lead on the Arizona Diamondbacks, and that lead will be up for grabs over the next three days as the Snakes come to Third and King to attempt to wrest the divisional grasp from Bochy’s Giants. With Matt Cain, Tim Lincecum and Ryan Vogelsong… Read more →
From SFGiants.com San Francisco obtained the run producer it desperately needed Wednesday by acquiring outfielder Carlos Beltran from the New York Mets for Zack Wheeler, the top pitching prospect in the Giants organization. The Beltran-to-Giants deal has yet to be finalized, but it’s a matter of time before it becomes official. The deal, as we know it currently, is a… Read more →
What the Giants have done by acquiring Carlos Beltran is go into an all-in, win-now mode. While Beltran is likely the best bat available, and perhaps the best player available, he is purely a two-month rental that will likely depart at the end of the season. But, at least for a couple of months, the Giants will have their Killer… Read more →
The Giants grabbed slappy slapper Jeff Keppinger from the Houston Astros for minor league right-handed pitchers Henry Sosa and Jason Stoffel. First, let’s discuss what they gave up. —- We’ve begun working on a mid-season top-15 prospect list here at Bay City Ball, and neither Stoffel or Sosa landed in my top 15. Stoffel is a 22-year-old reliever that has… Read more →
I try to stay out of arguments about All-Star selections and the Hall of Fame. I don’t have strong opinions about whether All-Star picks should be made based on first half stats, or larger career of work. In fact, I mostly agree with Ken Arneson that these sorts of things are celebrations, not measurements. I think All Star selections should… 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 →