By Chris Quick on May 23, 2010
The Giants drafted Brandon Crawford out of the 2008 First Year Player Draft from UCLA. The talented college shortstop was projected as a first round talent but he fell to the 4th round when he struggled in his final college year. The book on Crawford was as follows: terrific defender at SS but he swings-and-misses [...]
Posted in Giants | Tagged 2011 team, brandon crawford, defense, Edgar Renteria, J.J. Hardy, juan uribe, shortstop, WAR
By Chris Quick on May 7, 2009
We’ve barely entered the month of May for Giants baseball and I’m finding that more and more my gaze is turning towards minor league boxscores. I’m still enjoying the MLB team with Pablo Sandoval, Tim Lincecum, (good) Randy Johnson, and some others but with the Dodgers hot start and the Giants offense still looking like [...]
Posted in Giants | Tagged brandon crawford, farm system, madison bumgarner, offense, offense stinks, prospects, sergio romo, tim alderson
By Chris Quick on June 6, 2008
That was the first thought that ran through my head as Bud Selig read aloud the Giants 5th overall pick in this years draft. “With the 5th pick in the First-Years Player Draft of 2008, the San Francisco Giants select Gerald Posey, catcher, from Florida State University” Second thought, I guess the Giants aren’t scared [...]
Posted in Giants, Minors | Tagged brandon crawford, buster posey, conor gillaspie, draft, edwin quirarte, eric surkamp, justin smoak, roger kieschnick