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Here’s a quick — and potentially frustrating — post. #bbpBox_152030940149972992 a { text-decoration:none; color:#0084B4; }#bbpBox_152030940149972992 a:hover { text-decoration:underline; }Yankees have agreed to minor league deal with former Red Sox reliever Hideki Okajima, will get spring invite. first report by Hochi ShinbunDecember 28, 2011 10:19 am via Twitter for iPhoneReplyRetweetFavorite@DavidWaldsteinDavid Waldstein Hideki Okajima career versus left-handed . . . → Read More: LOOGY money File this under not-too-surprising. The Giants executed a pair of long-anticipated moves Tuesday by extending the contracts of general manager Brian Sabean and manager Bruce Bochy through 2013 with club options for 2014. “Brian and Bruce are certainly two of the finest professionals at their respective positions in all of baseball,” Baer said in a . . . → Read More: Giants extend Sabean and Bochy The Giants are in the middle of a wild offseason. For the most part, prices are high, and teams are paying top dollar for non-elite talent. We’ve seen Mark Ellis, Jamey Carroll, Bruce Chen, and Rod Barajas all get deals that, at least in my opinion, are a little shocking. At the moment, baseball seems . . . → Read More: Why being cheap could be a good thing Grey bars = league worst, orange bars = league best Does Brian Sabean know what makes an offense tick? I think this is one of the most common indictments of Brian Sabean as a general manager. As an organization, the Giants have been known to value things like batting average, runs batted in, and . . . → Read More: Can Brian Sabean build an offense? In the exquisite film The Shawshank Redemption, “Andy” Dufresne (Tim Robbins) wrote a letter per day to the State, requesting that they fund his library project. Eventually, it worked. Sadly, I bet some Giants fan out there has a desire for Brandon Belt to play first base over Aubrey Huff for the San Francisco Giants. . . . → Read More: Letters to Brian Sabean and Bruce Bochy In the offseason, I argued hard that the best move the Giants could make with Aubrey Huff would be to simply let him go. They’d received a down-ballot MVP performance from Huff in 2010 for just $3 million, an unbelievable bargain, but whether or not he could sustain that performance for another year seemed somewhat . . . → Read More: Blocking Brandon Belt In mid-December, I wrote a quick blurb on the Giants’ age for the upcoming season among their position players, entitled ‘Are the Giants Geezers Again?‘. I decided to dig a little deeper to see how Sabean has done during his tenure with the Giants by age group and WAR. What I’ve done is to take . . . → Read More: The Sabean Years Right, so. In the middle of December I have joined a baseball blog devoted to a team that just won the World Series and one that also happens to have most of its players locked into multiyear contracts. Yes, well, no one has ever accused me of having perfect timing. Anyway, there may be fans . . . → Read More: Complaints Other Fans Do Not Want to Hear, Vol 1 Brian Sabean says stuff: “What we learned this year is the most important thing is the final score, winning the game, and Bruce and his staff established that mindset,” Sabean said. “I can’t think of a series we were intimidated. … It was a learning-curve year and we know what our failings are, what we . . . → Read More: It’s Official: Sabes and Boch Back For 2-Years This is something I’ve wanted to do for awhile. Round up some of my favorite Giants bloggers and discuss a few questions that I think will be important to the team this season. The Giants are still in a period of transition and this season should be exciting on a few different levels. Each blogger . . . → Read More: Giants Preseason Blogger Q&A |
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