By Chris Quick on March 27, 2009
The Giants have sent LHP Jack Taschner to the Phillies for C Ronny Paulino. Meet your new backup catcher. From SFGiants.com: Paulino, 27, could replace Steve Holm as the Giants’ backup catcher. Paulino hit .278 in 304 games with Pittsburgh from 2005-08 before Philadelphia obtained him in an offseason trade. Paulino played in only 40 [...]
Posted in Giants, Trades | Tagged jack taschner, ronny paulino, Trades
By Chris Quick on March 27, 2009
A simple question today, should the Giants sign Will Ohman to a 1-year $2M-ish deal to replace the struggling Jack Taschner? After avoiding arbitration with Taschner — he was signed to a 1-year 830K deal — the Giants can’t be pleased with how the Special Agent has performed thus far in Spring Traninig. Taschner’s 12 [...]
Posted in Giants, Plots | Tagged analysis, jack taschner, pitchf/x, pitching, will ohman
By Chris Quick on January 21, 2009
Getting back online after a week hiatus, so we won’t be doing any heavy lifting today. Instead, I’ll be posting a few Giants-related links. Let’s check them out. ~ The Giants avoided arbitration with LHP Jack Taschner with a 1-year deal worth $835K. Here’s something you might not know, Taschner will be 31-years-old next season. [...]
Posted in Giants | Tagged bullpen, jack taschner, jonathan sanchez, links, omar vizquel, prospects, WBC
By Chris Quick on December 1, 2008
Greetings, all. I hope everyone had a safe and happy holiday. My body is still drowsy from all the food I ate — I gained 5lbs in one day, awesome or gross, you decide — and I couldn’t think of any better way to mail in a post than by just sharing a few links [...]
Posted in General Baseball, Giants | Tagged buster posey, Edgar Renteria, jack taschner, roger kieschnick
By Chris Quick on July 29, 2008
Expert Analysis: Kevin Correia, he’s pretty good until that one inning where he’s not. Here’s the pitch count by inning for Correia in last nights 7-6 win over the Dodgers. See if you can find where the trouble started. Inning PC# 1 12 2 11 3 10 4 14 5 36 6* 7 * Didn’t [...]
Posted in Giants, Trades | Tagged bengie molina, infield defense, jack taschner, jose castillo, kevin correia, Trades
By Chris Quick on July 14, 2008
The All Star break is here and that means that a little more than half the season has been played. It also means that the trading deadline of July 31st is getting closer and closer. At the break, the Giants find themselves in 3rd place in the worst division in baseball with a record of [...]
Posted in Giants, Trades | Tagged dave roberts, jack taschner, randy winn, ray durham, rich aurilia, Trades, tyler walker, WBQOTW