I’m going to write a lot of this post off-the-cuff, so bear with me, but I can’t remember a more depressing time as a fan of baseball. Losing Posey will surely impact the win column in numerous ways. We could slice and dice the data, fine-tune WAR calculations, and come up with a number that would give us a pretty… Read more →
The Giants and offensive futility have been quite the topic of recent debate on this site, and many other blogs. Thus far in the season, Pablo Sandoval is hitting .313/.374/.530, that’s an wRC+ of 142 (meaning he’s hitting 42% better than your league average batter) and now he’s out for 4-6 weeks after suffering a broken hamate bone in his… Read more →
The Giants won another game in their last at-bat yesterday when Manny Burriss scampered home to score the winning run after Marlins closer, Kevin Gregg, uncorked a wild pitch in the dirt that got away from Paul Lo Duca John Baker — sweet, sweet, Schadenfreude. Who says you need to hit to win games? In the eyes and minds of… Read more →
I’d like to thank Will Carroll for taking the time to answer these questions. If you’re unfamiliar with Will’s work, I recommend that you head over to Baseball Prospectus and look for his ‘Under The Knife’ column. Will is BP’s resident injury expert and he sat down with us today to shed some light on Giants related injury questions. This… Read more →
Infielder Kevin Frandsen has ruptured his achilles and could miss the entire season. From SFGiants.com Frandsen was testing his leg after being sidelined since March 16 with tendinitis. Manager Bruce Bochy, who accompanied the Giants here for their 6-5 exhibition loss to the Arizona Diamondbacks, was told that Frandsen had singled and was rounding second base on his way to… Read more →
As I sit in a Best Western somewhere in Virginia, I’m typing this post up while I watch the local Spanish channel. The show is muted, my ability to speak and understand Spanish is extremely rudimentary, but every actor is speaking with an intense furor. I don’t need the audio to see that. Everyone talks with huge exaggerated hand motions… Read more →
The latest news out of Spring Training is that Omar Vizquel will miss 4-6 weeks with a knee injury. The official word is that it’s a ‘torn medial meniscus’ in his left knee. Vizquel has had knee problems a couple of times in his 19-season career, the most recent was two surgeries that he had on his right knee in… Read more →