By Chris Quick on January 12, 2009
I’ve been playing around with EditGrid this morning and I made a few graphs relating to the 2009 Giants WAR projections. There really isn’t any new information presented in these graphs, but they might help some to see just where the wins are actually coming from. I like this pie chart because it shows — [...]
Posted in Giants, Plots | Tagged 2009 team, aaron rowand, barry zito, bob howry, brian wilson, Edgar Renteria, jeremy affeldt, matt cain, projections, randy johnson, randy winn, tim lincecum, wins above replacement
By Chris Quick on December 31, 2008
Projecting the 2009 Giants team with Wins Above Replacement.
Posted in Giants, Popular | Tagged 2009 team, barry zito, bob howry, brian wilson, jeremy affeldt, matt cain, noah lowry, projections, randy johnson, sergio romo, tim lincecum, WAR, wins above replacement
By Chris Quick on December 12, 2008
You should probably like them a good bit more now: The Royals are closing in on a two-year deal to sign right-hander Kyle Farnsworth as a setup reliever, MLB.com has learned. Also, the Royals announced on Thursday they signed right-hander Doug Waechter as a middle reliever and left-hander Horacio Ramirez as a starter, both to [...]
Posted in General Baseball, Giants | Tagged bob howry, bullpen, jeremy affeldt, Kyle Farnsworth, WAR
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