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 [...]
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Wild Tim
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 [...]
Goodbye Jack, Hello Will?
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 free [...]
PITCHf/x: Bob Howry Profile
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 [...]
PITCHf/x: Jeremy Affeldt Profile
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 [...]
PITCHf/x: Tim Lincecum’s 138-pitch Complete Game
Looking at Lincecum’s 138-pitch CG through the scope of PFX data.
Release Points
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 be [...]
PITCHf/x: Analyzing Brad Hennessey
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 [...]