Tim Lincecum is still a work in progress: I think the amount of panic that’s spent on Tim Lincecum is a little much at times, but Lincecum still hasn’t had what I would call a “crisp” start this year. In game one of today’s doubleheader, Lincecum did some good stuff (eight strikeouts) and some bad . . . → Read More: Things I learned from today’s doubleheader
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So, the biggest news of the day — besides Brandon Belt getting another rare start — is that the Giants have signed Madison Bumgarner to a five-year extension (with some club options) worth $35M (maybe up to $40M if Bumgarner qualifies for super two status). Bumgarner’s deal will buy out at least one of his . . . → Read More: Snot rockets for five more years! Well, despite the obvious thing: baseball 1. It’s working! 2. FFFFFFFFF 3. Not the bees! — 1. The general rule of thumb with Spring Training: it’s totally useless unless it confirms your deepest and darkest fears. (Can’t sleep. Belt stopped walking. Oh jeez.) 2. Madison Bumgarner is awesome. More to come as . . . → Read More: Three reasons why I already love spring baseball Warning: .gif image heavy post lies ahead. If your computer can’t handle the sheer awesomeness of this post, well then, I’m sorry. You’ve been warned. A lot of things went wrong for the Giants this year. Number one on most people’s list was the horrendous volume of injuries that the team suffered; losing Buster Posey, . . . → Read More: The three best things about 2011 [.gifs!] I think we’ve been trying to prepare you for the inevitable for a while now here at Bay City Ball: The Giants are not defending their title in 2011. It’s awful tough to do so when you don’t qualify for the postseason. (Not to mention, we’d been showing you the warning signs about their inability . . . → Read More: Cy Youngs, MVPs and moving on It’s a depressing fact, but here goes: this year’s ball club is unlikely to make the playoffs. After sitting in the 80-90% range for most of the year, the Giants’ playoff odds have dropped all the way down to a meager 12.4%, so sayeth Baseball Prospectus. This past weekend series against the D-Backs was crucial, . . . → Read More: Playing for 2012 Quick post this morning since I’m in between a few things. Today’s topic: Madison Bumgarner is very young, and good! A couple of Baseball-Reference Play Index searches to prove my point. Search criteria: 1950-2011, age capped at 21-years-old, at least 250 IP, 60% of games started, sorted by ERA+ Rk Player ERA+ IP From To . . . → Read More: Madison Bumgarner is young, good The Giants, having already played 108 games, have 54 to go. They currently have a two-game lead on the Arizona Diamondbacks, and that lead will be up for grabs over the next three days as the Snakes come to Third and King to attempt to wrest the divisional grasp from Bochy’s Giants. With Matt Cain, . . . → Read More: NL West up for grabs this week Yesterday I gave you the Bad and the Ugly in the form of a chart reflecting how abysmal the Giants offense is, position by position. The end result was depressingly remarkable: really, really bad. On a positive note, though, Giants hitters have been better than the Mariners’ hitters, which I guess is something. And . . . → Read More: The Good Usually, through the beginning of June, a team with exceptional starting pitching — including a two-time Cy Young award winner, a lefty that’s tossed a no-no and… whatever the really good Matt Cain is — isn’t anchored by a sophomore and a journeyman. Usually. Yet it is the case of the Giants, at . . . → Read More: The Unlikely Aces |
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