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By Chris Quick on April 16, 2010
It’s hard to write anything else about Fred Lewis. It’s not because he wouldn’t have helped the Giants, either. If you browsed this website by posts tagged ‘Fred Lewis’ you’ll see the numerous different posts, discussions, and topics on Lewis. He was a weirdly divisive player among Giants fans. You’ll notice I said was. Past [...]
Posted in Giants | Tagged fred lewis, OBP, splits
By Chris Quick on April 1, 2010
I rarely respond, via the blog, to articles posted online. But I couldn’t let this one slide. Henry Schulman, Giants beat-writer and seemingly all around nice guy, let’s all of us SABR nerds have it in his latest post on the topic of Fred Lewis and sabermetrics. Hank sets up his post with the following [...]
Posted in Giants | Tagged fred lewis, henry schulman, saber stuff
By Chris Quick on March 24, 2010
Welcome to the inevitable. Baggs drops some information on us: Frandsen has another minor league option. Lewis does not. So at least the Giants have some flexibility with Frandsen. But if they’ve determined, for instance, that they’d prefer to start Matt Downs and Ryan Rohlinger in the middle infield at Fresno (and ultimately, when he’s [...]
Posted in Giants | Tagged fred lewis, left field, outfield defense
By Chris Quick on March 19, 2010
Honest question, does anyone really care about baseball right now? I love that Spring Training marks the return of baseball, but I’ve got NCAA basketball fever. If I’m not obsessively checking my bracket every 5 minutes, I’m having heart palpitations over my picks. Hey, Villanova, stop scaring me like that. So, at the moment: NCAA [...]
Posted in Giants | Tagged fred lewis, links
By Chris Quick on December 18, 2009
Nick Johnson, a favorite FA target, has reportedly inked a deal with the Yankees for 1-year, $5.5M. The Yankees were on the verge of bringing Nick Johnson back to the Bronx Thursday night on a one-year contract worth about $5.5 million, a move that could mean the end of Johnny Damon’s time in pinstripes This [...]
Posted in Giants | Tagged first base, fred lewis, free agents, LF, nick johnson
By Chris Quick on September 27, 2009
Anyone who’s watched a Pablo Sandoval at-bat should be able to realize within a few pitches that Sandoval likes to swing the stick. According to Fangraph’s O-Swing% statistic (the number of pitches outside of the strike zone that a batter swings at) Sandoval has swung at 41.8% of the pitches he’s seen this year outside [...]
Posted in Giants, Plots | Tagged fred lewis, pablo sandoval, plate approach
By Chris Quick on September 1, 2009
It’s September 1st and the Giants are tied for the Wild Card lead in the NL. Commence freakout. Before you preorder your World Series tickets, realize that there’s a lot of baseball left to play. BP’s postseason odds projection has us pegged at a 22.4% chance of winning the Wild Card. The Rockies’ odds are [...]
Posted in Giants | Tagged buster posey, fred lewis, ryan garko, travis ishikawa
By Chris Quick on June 24, 2009
Tim Lincecum is good. It’s almost like he should get some sort of award. Something like: “Award for Guy Who Throws Good” or something. Nah, it’ll never happen. Watching Lincecum throw another CG against the A’s last night was just what the doctor ordered after watching Sanchez struggle against a largely punchless hitting A’s team. [...]
Posted in Giants | Tagged baserunning, bengie molina, fred lewis, tim lincecum
By Chris Quick on May 5, 2009
Prepare for a bold statement: The Giants’ offense isn’t very good. I hope you were sitting down but it’s true, the Giants offense has done more sputtering this season than anything else. A graph and then a bunch of words. This basic graph shows how many runs the Giants have scored thus far in their [...]
Posted in Giants | Tagged aaron rowand, bengie molina, Emmanuel Burriss, fred lewis, hitting, offense, travis ishikawa
By Chris Quick on March 9, 2009
You down with OBP? Yeah, I didn’t think so. “The biggest thing I talk to Freddie about is having a certain attitude,” Lansford said. “When you’re the No. 3 hitter, you’re our best hitter. I don’t care who’s on the mound. There’s a way you walk into the box and [maintain a] thought process, the [...]
Posted in Giants | Tagged BRAINTRUST, fred lewis, giants brass, i don't understand things, walks, we don't need no stinkin' walks
