Tweet If you watched last night’s game against the Astros, you probably noticed this at-bat in the fourth inning: Oh my. That’s Chris Johnson — who at that moment was probably hating his life — trying to hit a 88 mile per hour slider from Bumgarner that was absolutely buried down and in. We’ve written a lot about Madison Bumgarner… Read more →
My thesis on why Madison Bumgarner is really, really good: he’s very young; he’s good at pitching; and, he’s very young. Writing post-game reactions to Bumgarner starts has become one of the most brainless exercises I can think of. He’s really, really good. And he’s really, really young. Add two parts youth-to-league; one part strong pitching peripherals; bake for an… Read more →
In last night’s wonderful start by Madison Bumgarner, the tall lefty’s strike percentage – defined as total pitches / total strikes (swinging and called) – was 71.4 percent. Bumgarner pounding the zone isn’t an uncommon sight; it’s something he’s done all year long to great success. Let’s take a closer look. Here’s a data table of the top ten starts… Read more →
Please read Chris’s post from this morning before reading past the jump.
Not too long ago, reader, Levi Davis, sent me an email asking about Madison Bumgarner’s strikeout rate. Levi wrote: Can someone much smarter than me take a look a look at Bumgarner’s K-rate? It seems a big part of his improvement last year was a jump in K-rate, which has dropped back down this year. I know it’s too early… Read more →
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 stuff (five walks). After five… Read more →
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 free agency years, and potentially… Read more →
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 I crunch the statistics. 3. Bees. Really, that… Read more →
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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, Freddy Sanchez, and other key… Read more →
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 to score many (presently any)… Read more →