From tonight’s (ongoing) game against the Diamondbacks. And the super cool, super slow motion shot: The result: RBI single to RF. I’m not sure anyone else in baseball could hit that pitch, and hit it for a base hit. What else can you say other than, “Pablo Sandoval.” Enjoy him, folks. He’s something special. (At the time of this post,… Read more →
Earlier this morning, David Schoenfield, ESPN’s Sweetspot blog overlord, handed out grades on the Giants’ offseason. Dave looked at two areas — position players and pitchers — graded both, and then assigned a final overall grade. You can read the full post here, but the takeaway is this: Overall Grade – B+ If Lincecum bounces back from his subpar 2012,… Read more →
All stats are from the period between December 23 and January 1. Happy New Year, all! Thanks for sticking with us for another year. I delayed the final major Winter Leagues Digest past the new year because the final day of the Puerto Rican and Venezuelan leagues landed on Monday plus I figured you’d all have something better to do… Read more →
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 →
Playoff baseball is awesome again. After a postseason of offensive futility, the Giants’ bats came alive in Game Four, hitting three home runs, racking up 11 base hits, and scoring eight runs against the Cincinnati Reds. What an amazing turn of events. After getting destroyed in Game Two, the Giants looked like a team that didn’t belong in the postseason…. 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 →
There’s something about playing the Astros that always turns my stomach just a little. Maybe it’s the fact that the Giants, in 2011, somehow went 3-4 against a team that ended up losing 106 games. Or maybe it’s the fact that I don’t know any of these Astros … like, I literally don’t know any of these guys, and the… Read more →