The expanded rosters in September are, in theory, a great idea. You get some reinforcements for a tired bullpen, a few interesting minor league types that you haven’t seen yet (as in, “Ah, that’s what Francisco Peguero looks like.”) and did I mention bullpen reinforcements? You get lots of bullpen reinforcements. Fungible relievers, come on downnnn! This is a line… Read more →
Quick update tonight: Earlier at 10:00 PM EST I was on the ‘Three Guys Talk About Baseball‘ podcast hosted by fellow SweetSpotters The Common Man, Bill (The Platoon Advantage) and Larry Granillo (Wezen Ball). I’d recommend listening to the entire podcast, but if you wanted to skip straight to the Giants portion, you’ll find it at around 25 minutes in…. Read more →
Giants Win: Defense, Starting Pitching, Relief Pitching, and Team Strikeout Rate Rangers Win: Team Walk Rate, Offense, and Baserunning The ‘batting runs’ stat is from the FanGraphs’ value page. They are park-adjusted, so I like them better than the straight wOBAs, which aren’t. I still scratch my head sometimes when I check out the defensive numbers for this year’s squad…. Read more →
I guess $126M doesn’t buy you what it used to. The Chronicle reports … The Giants this morning will announce a Division Series roster that does not include pitcher Barry Zito, the team’s highest-paid player, a source said Wednesday night, several hours after manager Bruce Bochy said either Madison Bumgarner or Tim Lincecum would start a potential Game 4 in… Read more →
As fellow Giants blogger Grant of McCovey Chronicles reminds us, there’s a good reason why the Giants held onto Jonathan Sanchez and never sold low on his upside. His start last night against the Dodgers — 7 innings, 2 earned runs (1 earned), 12 strikeouts, 0 walks — was simply brilliant. Sanchez has pitched a career high 176.2 innings this… Read more →