I’d like to take a second to welcome Julian Levine to Bay City Ball. You may know Julian from his work at Beyond the Box Score and his Giants blog, Giants Nirvana. You can find him on Twittter @GiantsNirvana. Julian’s first post on the blog details the newly announced Angel Pagan deal. Everyone be sure to make Julian feel welcome… Read more →
Given the chance to let the dust settle on the Sanchez-Verdugo for Cabrera trade, I’ve shaped my thoughts into concise bullet points based on pluses and minuses. First, the pluses: Probably the best thing about Cabrera right now is his age; at 27-years-old he’s (theoretically) in his prime baseball years, and that’s always a nice thing to have in a… Read more →
You’re the GM of a professional baseball club and you need to improve your team. One area that you’re looking to upgrade is the OF — specifically CF — and you’re trying to pick between two players. For this experiment, we’re withholding the names of each player, but we will show you the weighted (5/4/3) statistics of: plate appearances, wRC+,… Read more →
All hitters ranked by a minimum of 100 plate appearances. Gary Brown is… * 8th in the California League in batting average (.367) * 7th in the California League in on-base percentage (.445) * 18th in the California League in slugging percentage (.513) * 1st (tied) in the California League in stolen bases (22 swipes) * 1st in the California… Read more →
‘Giants try out Rowand in left field‘ Rowand started in left field for the Giants as they defeated the Texas Rangers in their second World Series rematch of the spring, 11-8. It marked the first time that Rowand manned a spot other than center field since he played right field for the Chicago White Sox on June 22, 2004, against… Read more →
Q: Who was the 3rd most valuable position player on the Giants last season by wins above replacement? A: Andres Torres — Torres was a weird bird for the 2009 Giants. He was a 31-year-old minor league journeyman with a scant 285 career plate appearances in the majors before the season started. Originally drafted by the Tigers in the 4th… Read more →
I’ve been playing around lately with some graphs depicting what a player contributes — offense, defense, and both combined with a positional adjustment — versus the theoretical replacement level. It’s a pretty quick way to see the peaks and valley’s of a players last few years. Aaron Rowand might want to forget his first season with the San Francisco Giants… Read more →