Watching last night’s game against the Diamondbacks, and the eventual celebration that took place, left me with a funny feeling. As I tweeted during the game, I found it supremely appropriate that Aubrey Huff, a leader of the 2010 team, but a huge liability this season, made the last out by flying out weakly to center. Oh, the difference a year can make…. Read more →
The statement: phbbbbbttttghhhhttt Baseball is a game where anything can happen. The games — on a one by one basis — are little tiny pockets of chaos, but generally, over the long haul of the regular season, things balance out. The Giants losing a season series to the Astros isn’t impossible. After all, the thing is, it happened, but when… Read more →
(H/T: to Phylan for the idea). Click the image to embiggen. Lots of red squares in 2011. This is probably the longest Huff has struggled since his 2001 campaign. Huff actually broke into the league in 2000 (not included in the heatmap) and 2001 was his first season that he started the year in the majors. It was a tough… 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 →
As if you need a graphic to tell you that. When you’ve got a walk-rate on par with the Houston Astros, you’re doing it wrong.
So, the mothership is asking us to tell them what the pleasant surprises have been for the Giants. When this question was first asked, the Bay City Ball writing staff collectively stuck our hands in our pockets and shrugged: I’ve got nothin’. I distilled this into a non-answer answer that’s up on the Sweetspot Blog right now. Basically I say… Read more →
In last night’s win against the Arizona Diamondbacks, Giants’ left-handed pitcher, Barry Zito, suffered what team officials are calling a ‘mid-foot sprain’. Zito landed awkwardly in the 2nd inning while trying to field Joe Saunders bunt pop-pop, and had to be pulled on the next pitch. In the post-game wrap, Barry Bloom made mention that Barry Zito’s ankle was swollen… Read more →
When trying to decide what the Giants’ X factor is, you could probably run down a few different paths. Pitching health and infield defense are definitely directions that I considered before writing this post. Without pitching health, like most teams, the Giants are in hot water. If you remove Tim Lincecum or Matt Cain from the equation that is the… Read more →
By now you’ve probably heard that Brian Wilson has a mild oblique strain. Please, step back from the ledge. Additionally, his status for Opening Day is in doubt. Henry Schulman broke the original report of Wilson’s injury on twitter, and expanded on it at his blog. Bochy tried to be reassuring, saying, “Nothing is torn or anything,” but even he had to… Read more →
A catch-all post for a couple of signings and moves that happened over the past week. * Giants sign RHP Elmer Dessens to a minor league contract. It’s almost hard to believe that Dessens will be 40-years-old next year. At this point in his career, Dessens has traded starting for relieving with mixed-to-blah results. As a reliever he owns a… Read more →