All stats are from the period between December 17 to 22. It’s the final weeks of the winter leagues. The Dominican League ended Saturday, so all the notes from the DR will have the players’ final statistical lines. The Venezuelan and Puerto Rican leagues end December 30. Here is the final Dominican Leagues report for 2012. Name Position League Team… Read more →
All stats are from the period between December 9 and 16. The Giants signed a few minor league free agents in the last month or so and a few of them have turned up in the winter leagues. Also, I found Gregor Blanco playing in the Venezuelan league so he’s been added to the updates. Let’s get started with the… Read more →
All stats are from the period between December 3 and 8. This week’s update includes World Series MVP Pablo Sandoval’s winter debut, Hector Sanchez being off the chain, few precious details about the guys in the lesser known Colombian and Nicaraguan leagues, and a neat little note about an upcoming All-Star Game. Let’s get into it with notes from the… Read more →
All stats are from the period between November 25 through December 2. With the Arizona Fall League over, it’s all about the Caribbean Leagues (and the Australian Baseball League, I guess). A few new and old faces have turned up for the Giants in the Dominican and Venezuelan Leagues and I was finally able to get some intel on the… Read more →
After last night’s game – and the Sandoval 0-5 that came with it – I’ve heard many fans voice an opinion that’s becoming more and more prevalent: What do we do with Pablo Sandoval? In 88 games this year, Sandoval is batting an above-average slash-line of .280/.333/.429. If you go with OPS+, he’s about 17 percent better than league average;… Read more →
Per Andrew Baggarly’s twitter feed: A couple of thoughts … First, it’s really hard to not like this move from the Giants’ perspective. The team has had middle infield troubles all season long and bringing in Marco Scutaro helps to round things out. When Scutaro is playing well, he’s a versatile player that can play around the diamond – 3B,… Read more →
Tweet (I hate trade posts. Most of them fall into Bleacher Report-styled musings, so I’m sorry for doing this to you.) The Giants find themselves at 53-42 and 1.5 games up in the National League West. The team, coming off a pretty successful road trip, has gone 7-3 in their last 10 games and looks to continue to build upon… Read more →
Yes, it’s come to this. Today the Padres announced that they’ve released 34-year-old second baseman Orlando Hudson. The Associated Press: “We felt it was time to make a change,” general manager Josh Byrnes said in a statement. “O-Dog has been a two-time All-Star, four-time Gold Glove winner and a contributor to playoff teams, but at this point, we want to… Read more →
Last night I tweeted this: I’m still having a hard time believing that the Giants actually had that infield out there. In general terms, the infield for last night’s game was composed of a AAA player with a limited ceiling (and wimpy throwing arm), a 27-year-old failed prospect, a player that’s probably lucky to still be in the majors, and… Read more →