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By Chris Quick on March 8, 2010
Heaven help me. I can’t believe I’m writing about Eugenio Velez. There’s nothing better (or worse) than STFP (Spring Training Fluff Pieces). Now that baseball is back in action, sportswriters tend to go a little overboard with their spring time pieces. The phenomenon is well known. The latest offense in STFPs? Eugenio Velez. “Velez attacks [...]
Posted in Giants | Tagged eugenio velez, fluff, Suck it Russell Martin
By Chris Quick on August 12, 2009
Oh, Eugenio. Everything was going so well, too. The Giants haven’t played their best baseball against the Dodgers. Stop the presses. Thus far in the series, the Giants have only scored 3 runs while our pitching has given up 13 runs. Not what you would call a winning formula for baseball. Our hitting has made [...]
Posted in Giants | Tagged Dodgers vs. Giants, eugenio velez, joe martinez, Matt Graham
By Chris Quick on July 31, 2009
It’s true. Eugenio Velez is the best player in the universe. Don’t debate it, because you can’t. It’s a cold, hard, scientific fact. The Giants topped the Phillies last night 7-2 with two strong performances from Eugenio Velez and Pablo Sandoval. Velez went 3-5 with 2 runs scored and 3 RBI’s. He hit a bases-loaded [...]
Posted in Giants | Tagged eugenio velez, pablo sandoval, velez is the best player ever
By Chris Quick on July 29, 2009
Who was that spindly man standing at second base last night? The one that weighs 150lbs soaking wet? The man who went 2-3 with a HR and a 2B? Who was that guy? His name… his name … /lights dim /movie guy voice EEE – YOU – HAY – KNEE – OH The iron-gloved, goofy-swinging [...]
Posted in Giants | Tagged eugenio velez, second base
By Chris Quick on April 23, 2009
In baseball statistics, you’ll often hear the phrase: “small sample size” thrown around early in the season. Most teams in baseball have played about 15 games so far — give or take a game. 15 played games results in 9.2% of your total baseball season. At this point, if you’re a full-time position player you’ve [...]
Posted in General Baseball, Giants | Tagged early season stuff, Edgar Renteria, eugenio velez, small samples
By Chris Quick on February 26, 2009
What’s this? My god, it’s a boxcore! Baseball is officially back. I can’t tell you how good it feels to be able to wake up, go online, and read an honest-to-goodness boxscore. Yes, ST stats don’t really mean anything, but, it’s great see the players on the field — even Eugenio Velez. The first ST [...]
Posted in Giants | Tagged eugenio velez, jesse english, noah lowry, springtraining, travis ishikawa
By Chris Quick on February 24, 2009
On one hand: Manager Bruce Bochy’s announcement Monday that Eugenio Velez will spend time in the outfield besides competing at second base intensified the scramble for reserve spots on the Opening Day roster. On the other: If Velez proves that he can handle the outfield, he might render veteran Dave Roberts expendable, since the Giants [...]
Posted in Giants | Tagged bad fielding, dave roberts, eternally conflicted, eugenio velez, iron gloves
By Chris Quick on February 17, 2009
Do you smell that? It kind of smells like dryer sheets. No, wait. That’s not right. Is it warm apple pie fresh out of the oven? Nah, that’s not right either. It smells like, optimism? “There’s also a sense of confidence to go with that,” manager Bruce Bochy said, referring to the addition of free [...]
Posted in Giants | Tagged baseball is back, eugenio velez, fluff, spring training
By Chris Quick on December 8, 2008
Exciting news this weekend, FanGraphs is now providing UZR data — Ultimate Zone Rating — on it’s website. UZR for those who don’t know, is one of the more heralded defensive systems out there. Consider UZR another handy tool to stick in your tool belt when it comes to player analysis. UZR splits the field [...]
Posted in Giants | Tagged aaron rowand, defense, Edgar Renteria, eugenio velez, fred lewis, omar vizquel, randy winn, rich aurilia, UZR
By Chris Quick on September 19, 2008
Sometimes I think the Giants could be the perfect Greek tragedy. The performance would be full of strikeouts, bad hitting, and a comedy of errors and at the end of the night we would learn a very important life lesson; don’t start defensive liabilities in the outfield. Last night was exceptionally tragic. Lincecum was throwing [...]
Posted in Giants | Tagged abuse, eugenio velez, pitching, tim lincecum
