By Chris Quick on April 5, 2010
The 2009 Giants probably surprised a few people when they finished the year at 88 wins vs. 74 loses. Their winning percentage of .543 marked the first time since 2004 that the Giants posted a better than .500 winning percentage. The years from 2005-2008 were dark times. Over that span, the Giants posted winning percentages [...]
Posted in Giants | Tagged 2010 team, matt cain, pablo sandoval, team preview, tim lincecum
By Chris Quick on February 7, 2010
It’s time for my annual Giants WAR projection post. You can find the link to the 2009 projection, here. It explains a few things in general and it’s not a bad place to start if you’ve never seen a WAR projection. But, the basics are that: a team totally devised of ‘replacement level talent’ — [...]
Posted in Giants | Tagged 2010 team, aaron rowand, hitting, john bowker, jonathan sanchez, matt cain, pitching, tim lincecum, WAR, wins above replacement
By Chris Quick on January 7, 2010
Giants’ ZiPS were just released late last night. Head on over to BBTF to check them out. Good Stuff: Lincecum get’s an amazing projection, Cain looks very good, Sandoval is a 129 OPS+ hitter, and the bullpen trio of Romo, Wilson, and Affedlt looks very nice. Bad Stuff: Our 2nd best hitter wasn’t tendered a [...]
Posted in Giants | Tagged 2010 team, projections, ZiPS
By Chris Quick on December 30, 2009
Jon Heyman tweets (I can’t tell you how much I dislike Twitter): juan uribe has agreed to deal to go back to #sfgiants, pending physical. If it’s one thing this team needs, it’s more versatility! Honestly though, bringing back Uribe on the (rumored) 1-year deal with an option isn’t a bad move. He was a [...]
Posted in Giants | Tagged 2010 team, free agents, juan uribe, sign
By Chris Quick on December 30, 2009
A little late getting to this news. Curse you home ownership! He’s versatile! He’s gamery! He’s Mark DeRosa! It’s been a quiet offseason to this point for the Giants, but the recent addition of Mark DeRosa to a 2-year deal worth $12M breaks up some of the monotony. I’m not sure it’s great news, but [...]
Posted in Giants | Tagged 2010 team, free agents, Mark DeRosa
