By Chris Quick on August 27, 2008
After watching Matt Palmer struggle once again to throw strikes in last nights game, I got to wondering, why do Giants pitchers always seem to walk so many batters? Poor Palmer walked 6 hitters in 4.1 innings pitched — he walked a total of 13 hitters in 3 major league starts. The “real Matt Palmer” [...]
Posted in Giants | Tagged matt palmer, pitching, walks
By Chris Quick on August 22, 2008
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 [...]
Posted in Giants | Tagged blueprint, injury, matt palmer, noah lowry
By Chris Quick on August 21, 2008
A brief post this morning on who’s pulling the ball the most on the Giants. Thanks go out to the new baseball statics website, StatCorner. StatCorner has some really interesting stats including batted ball information for pitchers and hitters, daily updated wOBA scores, and much more. I’ve added them to the ‘Essentials’ link section, should [...]
Posted in Giants | Tagged matt cain, matt palmer, pulling the ball
