Hooray, baseball is back. Well, sorta back. Here’s my annual don’t-worry-too-much-about-Spring-Training post.
Yesterday Giants pitchers and catchers (and a few position players, too) found their way down to Arizona for the start of Spring Training. Today is first the official day when pitchers and catchers start working out. On February 23rd the rest of the roster [...]
Posts Tagged ‘5th starter’
I’m In The Best Shape of My Life!
Todd Wellemeyer Signs With Giants
The Giants have signed SP/RP Todd Wellemeyer to a minor league contract with an invite to Spring Training. From the news released on SFGiants.com, it appears the team is tabbing Wellemeyer as a ‘long reliever’ but he could, theoretically, get a chance to win the 5th starter’s job this spring.
Wellemeyer’s career stats:
Year
Age
Tm
W
L
ERA
IP
H
R
ER
ERA+
H/9
HR/9
BB/9
SO/9
SO/BB
2003
24
CHC
1
1
6.51
27.2
25
22
20
67
8.1
1.6
6.2
9.8
1.58
2004
25
CHC
2
1
5.92
24.1
27
16
16
74
10.0
0.4
7.4
11.1
1.50
2005
26
CHC
2
1
6.12
32.1
32
23
22
72
8.9
1.9
6.1
8.9
1.45
2006
27
TOT
1
4
4.14
78.1
68
38
36
111
7.8
0.7
5.7
6.2
1.08
2006
27
FLA
0
2
5.48
21.1
20
13
13
79
8.4
0.4
5.5
7.2
1.31
2006
27
KCR
1
2
3.63
57.0
48
25
23
129
7.6
0.8
5.8
5.8
1.00
2007
28
TOT
3
3
4.54
79.1
77
50
40
98
8.7
1.2
4.5
6.8
1.50
2007
28
KCR
0
1
10.34
15.2
25
19
18
44
14.4
2.3
6.3
5.2
0.82
2007
28
STL
3
2
3.11
63.2
52
31
22
141
7.4
1.0
4.1
7.2
1.76
2008
29
STL
13
9
3.71
191.2
178
84
79
115
8.4
1.2
2.9
6.3
2.16
2009
30
STL
7
10
5.89
122.1
160
88
80
70
11.8
1.4
4.2
5.7
1.37
7 Seasons
29
29
4.74
556.0
567
321
293
91
9.2
1.2
4.4
6.8
1.55
Provided by Baseball-Reference.com: [...]
Is Madison Ready?
When left-hander, Madison Bumgarner, made his MLB debut last year, the top pitching prospect in the Giants organization showed up with less velocity than advertised. After working in the low-to-mid 90’s in the minor leagues, Giants fans were shocked to see Madison posting 88’s on the stadium radar gun. Velocity concerns aside, Bumgarner has a [...]