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By Chris Quick on August 8, 2010
Well, that sucked. 1. The offense, while chocked full of league averageness, is still going to be an issue most days. I know that’s going to come as a shock to you, but the offense is going to fluctuate between just enough to get the job done and terrible. Which one will show up today’s [...]
Posted in Giants | Tagged andres torres, pablo sandoval, the offense, todd wellemeyer
By Chris Quick on July 14, 2010
Click for mega-size In 2009, Pablo Sandoval emerged as an offensive force for the Giants. For a team that sorely lacked any kind of hitter that you could qualify as ‘good’ or ‘non-terrible’ Sandoval’s wOBA in ’09 of .396 was one of the best things about the year. He hit for power, walked at a [...]
Posted in Giants, Plots | Tagged pablo sandoval, power, wednesday graph
By Chris Quick on June 27, 2010
Your ‘Wednesday Graph’ is coming early this week. I decided to make a gigantic team plate approach graph — using the 9 players on the team with the most plate appearances. Red circles are swings, green circles are non-swings. (Click to view the extra-large version. Large version is a little clearer.) Players are listed in [...]
Posted in Giants, Plots | Tagged aaron rowand, pablo sandoval, plate approach, wednesday graph
By Chris Quick on June 7, 2010
As Pablo Sandoval continues to struggle this season — currently hitting a wOBA of .326 — it seems that everyone is in search for an answer. Two major things stick out to me: (1) His power, as determined by ISO — which remember, league average is around .150 — has plummeted. Pablo’s 2010 ISO of [...]
Posted in Giants, Plots | Tagged labwork, pablo sandoval, pitchf/x, Plots
By Chris Quick on May 13, 2010
For a moment there, the offense looked like it was going to be OK. A couple of Aubrey Huff double plays later and I’m jaded again. At the moment, the Giants are 18-14 based on their hot start in April when the team went 13-9. During that April, the Giants scored roughly 4.5 runs per [...]
Posted in Giants | Tagged freddy sanchez, offense, pablo sandoval
By Chris Quick on May 9, 2010
First, Happy Mother’s Day! Second, I’ve been traveling the last couple of days — going home for mother’s day, of course — and I’ve only caught bits-and-pieces of the current Mets-Giants series. After reading yesterday’s boxscore, this might have been a good thing. Some brief thoughts * If you wanted to create a basic statement [...]
Posted in Giants | Tagged Mets, pablo sandoval, Rod Barajas
By Chris Quick on April 5, 2010
The 2009 Giants probably surprised a few people when they finished the year at 88 wins vs. 74 loses. Their winning percentage of .543 marked the first time since 2004 that the Giants posted a better than .500 winning percentage. The years from 2005-2008 were dark times. Over that span, the Giants posted winning percentages [...]
Posted in Giants | Tagged 2010 team, matt cain, pablo sandoval, team preview, tim lincecum
By Chris Quick on March 9, 2010
A quick graph post tonight before I turn in. I’m trying to come up with a graph that shows the ups and downs of a player’s progress over the course of a season. I know that the praiseworthy FanGraphs has been doing similar graphs for awhile, but I wanted to try my hand at my [...]
Posted in Giants, Plots | Tagged aaron rowand, graphs, hitting, pablo sandoval
By Chris Quick on September 27, 2009
Anyone who’s watched a Pablo Sandoval at-bat should be able to realize within a few pitches that Sandoval likes to swing the stick. According to Fangraph’s O-Swing% statistic (the number of pitches outside of the strike zone that a batter swings at) Sandoval has swung at 41.8% of the pitches he’s seen this year outside [...]
Posted in Giants, Plots | Tagged fred lewis, pablo sandoval, plate approach
By Chris Quick on August 23, 2009
Here’s a plot of Pablo’s at-bat today in the 8th inning. Velez was on third and there was 1 out. Ultimately, this at-bat didn’t kill the Giants (the Rockies tacked on another run in an ugly 8th inning by the Giants) but it was a good chance to tie the game. Pitches are labeled by [...]
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