By Chris Quick on July 26, 2010
Taking a week long break from baseball can leave you feeling refreshed. We all love the game — living and dieing most nights by the final score — but sometimes, over the long grind of a season, it’s nice to take a step back and unwind a little. It helps to put things in the [...]
Posted in Giants | Tagged adam dunn, jorge cantu, jose guillen, Outfield, Trades
By Chris Quick on January 5, 2009
Is about +1.8-2 wins in 2009. In our 2009 team projections we learned that, as of now, the Giants are projected as an 82-83 win team. If Brian Sabean did decide to bring in Manny Ramirez to play left field — note, that I’m not saying he will because I doubt it will happen — [...]
Posted in Giants | Tagged adam dunn, fred lewis, free agent, manny ramirez, pat burrell, WAR, wins above replacement
By Chris Quick on December 2, 2008
Yesterday was the deadline for clubs to offer arbitration to their free agent players. This is interesting for a couple of reasons but the most important reason is that it might help us narrow the scope of free agents that the Giants intend to pursue. Brian Sabean said earlier in the offseason that the compensation [...]
Posted in General Baseball, Giants | Tagged adam dunn, arbitration, bullpen, free agents