By Chris Quick on June 26, 2010
The Giants have confirmed that top pitching prospect Madison Bumgarner will make his 1st start of the 2010 season tonight against the Boston Red Sox. Why am I so nervous? Well, mostly because Bumgarner is getting a pretty tough assignment in the Red Sox. This year the Sox have been pretty tough on lefties — [...]
Posted in Giants | Tagged 5th starter, buster posey, madison bumgarner, todd wellemeyer
By Chris Quick on June 17, 2010
I’ve said it a few times on this site but, I really like Joe Martinez. When you survey the Giants minor league system and the arms that reside in it, Martinez isn’t likely to be at the top of your list. He doesn’t throw particularly hard and at 27-years-old he’s most likely fully developed as [...]
Posted in Giants | Tagged 5th starter, joe martinez, pitching, todd wellemeyer
By Chris Quick on March 15, 2010
We’ve all heard the stories, read the freakouts, Madison Bumgarner’s velocity still appears to be down after two starts in Spring Training. The quick synopsis is that Bumgarner dominated minor league hitters in 2008. His numbers from that year were videogame-like (10.4 K/9, 1.3 BB/9) and the scouting reports backed them up — throwing a [...]
Posted in Giants, Plots | Tagged 5th starter, madison bumgarner, rotation, starters
By Chris Quick on February 18, 2010
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 [...]
Posted in Giants | Tagged 5th starter, aaron rowand, freddy sanchez, madison bumgarner, spring training, todd wellemeyer
By Chris Quick on February 11, 2010
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 [...]
Posted in Giants | Tagged 5th starter, madison bumgarner, todd wellemeyer
By Chris Quick on January 29, 2010
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 [...]
Posted in Giants | Tagged 5th starter, free agents, madison bumgarner, pitching, pitching rotation
