By Chris Quick on June 1, 2010
The panic in Giantsland with regard to Tim Lincecum’s recent struggles has been overwhelming. It’s for a good reason, too. Tim Lincecum has been the most valuable Giant since he moved from really-good to really-freaking-oh-my-goodness good. The Giants, as a team without the benefit of a top notch offense, will need every starting pitcher on [...]
Posted in Giants | Tagged analysis, changeup, pitching, tim lincecum
By Chris Quick on April 9, 2009
In his first career start with the Giants, Randy Johnson looked good. He pitched 5 innings and gave up 4 earned runs while striking out 7 batters. A three-run homer to Gallardo sealed his fate, but otherwise he looked pretty solid. He ended up taking the loss, but don’t let that get you down. Johnson [...]
Posted in Giants | Tagged analysis, pitchf/x, pitching, randy johnson
By Chris Quick on April 8, 2009
If you watched yesterday’s Home Opener, you noticed that Tim Lincecum really struggled to get through his three innings. By the end of the third inning, Lincecum had already thrown 78 pitches and he never made it back into the game. I do commend Bruce Bochy for pulling Lincecum when he did. It was pretty [...]
Posted in Giants | Tagged analysis, pitchf/x, pitching, tim lincecum
By Chris Quick on March 27, 2009
A simple question today, should the Giants sign Will Ohman to a 1-year $2M-ish deal to replace the struggling Jack Taschner? After avoiding arbitration with Taschner — he was signed to a 1-year 830K deal — the Giants can’t be pleased with how the Special Agent has performed thus far in Spring Traninig. Taschner’s 12 [...]
Posted in Giants, Plots | Tagged analysis, jack taschner, pitchf/x, pitching, will ohman
By Chris Quick on March 20, 2009
All PFX data is from 2008. Unlike in the Randy Johnson FX post, I cleaned up some of the pitch-types for Zito this time around. The first plot is the familiar movement plot that you’ll often see with PFX data. The second plot is movement based on velocity. It’s very crude — I broke everything [...]
Posted in Giants, Plots | Tagged analysis, barry zito, labwork, pitchf/x, pitching
By Chris Quick on December 4, 2008
If you watched the Giants bullpen last year, well, I feel sorry for you. No person should be forced to watch the bullpen atrocities that were Tyler Walker, Jack Taschner, Vinnie Chulk, and Brad Hennessey pitching in relief*. The good news is that Walker, Chulk, and Hennessey are no longer on the team and there’s [...]
Posted in Giants | Tagged 2008 bullpen, analysis, bob howry, brad hennessey, Edgar Renteria, pitchf/x, pitching, tyler walker
By Chris Quick on November 20, 2008
The Giants kicked off the free agent market this offseason by inking lefty reliever Jeremy Affeldt to a 2-year, $8M contract. The team, in sore need of bullpen help, made the first step among many in an effort to fix their battered bullpen. Affeldt definitely improves the bullpen but for fans that haven’t seen Affeldt [...]
Posted in Giants | Tagged analysis, bullen, jeremy affeldt, pitchf/x, pitching, relievers, Signings
By Chris Quick on September 16, 2008
Looking at Lincecum’s 138-pitch CG through the scope of PFX data.
Posted in Giants, Popular | Tagged analysis, complete game, pitchf/x, pitching, tim lincecum
By Chris Quick on September 12, 2008
Quick plot post this morning before I run off to a meeting. Release points for Matt Cain and Geno Espineli from last nights loss against the Padres. Cain’s release point looks pretty good. The pitches are grouped pretty closely together. Sometimes if a pitcher changes his arm angle to throw a breaking ball, hitters will [...]
Posted in Giants | Tagged analysis, Geno Espineli, matt cain, pitchf/x, pitching
By Chris Quick on September 11, 2008
How many Giants blogs are providing in depth looks at Brad Hennessey? Eh? Not many! And for good reason, he’s not the most exciting pitcher on the Giants team and it’s possible that he could be non-tendered before the 2009 season. Still, his spot start yesterday could have bought him some more time with the [...]
Posted in Giants | Tagged analysis, brad hennessey, pitchf/x, pitching
