I apologize for dropping the ball on last week’s update. I had to study for midterms and polish a series of articles I wrote for my internship here. I come bearing gifts from the Arizona Fall League as well as the Dominican and Venezuelan leagues. First, here’s a handy chart of who is playing where this fall and winter, at… 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 →
The most interesting thing about last night’s game was Kenley Jansen. I mean, it certainly wasn’t that the Giants lost a 2-1 game to Clayton Kershaw with Tim Lincecum on the mound. That’s happened more times this year than I’ve had haircuts. It certainly wasn’t that Bochy loaded the lineup with right-handed hitters–guys who are more right-handed than talented. And… Read more →
Ever since the Giants opened their gorgeous home in 2000, they’ve been counting balls that reach McCovey Cove on the fly Splash Hits. I think the Giants may have believed, before the park opened, that a great many balls would land in the water. They would be wrong. Well, except for when it came to Barry Bonds. Bonds hit 23… Read more →
Last week, the Giants acquired Carlos Beltran for their very best pitching prospect, Zack Wheeler, and promptly went on to beat the Phillies to complete a winning series of two out of three. A few people wondered if it was time to consider the possibility that they could catch the Phillies for home-field advantage throughout the playoffs. They then went… Read more →
Here’s a couple of notes I thought worth sharing: The major league third baseman leaders, according to FanGraphs, are Alex Rodriguez (4.1 Wins Above Replacement or WAR), Kevin Youkilis (3.4 WAR), Adrian Beltre (3.5 WAR) and Pablo Sandoval (3.3 WAR). Here’s the thing, though. According to COTS, Rodriguez will make $31 million this year, Youkilis will make $12 million and… Read more →
I wrote a quick blurb for the mothership blog that was posted yesterday on the Giants’ second-half needs. What needs to be fixed or accomplished in the second half? The offense. Plain and simple, the Giants will need to score more runs if they want to stay in the mix for a playoff spot. It’s become a tiresome subject for… Read more →
*Note: facts aren’t guaranteed to be ‘fun’ 1. Manny Burriss has no punch, pop, or power Manny Burriss is a man of several talents. First, he’s very fast. And second, he’s also very fast. One thing Burriss isn’t, is a power hitter. Since 1990, among position players with at least 500 plate appearances, Burris ranks second-to-last in extra-base hits with… Read more →
The year of the injury continued for the Giants in last night’s 3-2 win over the Reds. Freddy Sanchez was removed from the game in the 5th inning when he dove for a Brandon Phillips’ grounder and came up in pain. Right now, the team is calling Sanchez’s injury a ‘dislocated shoulder’ but the severity of the injury is unknown… Read more →
Losing Buster Posey stung. It stung a lot. But the moment Pablo Sandoval joins the San Francisco Giants’ lineup, that loss will start to sting just a little less. When Sandoval went down, on April 29, he’d only played in 24 games. And yet, he’d already racked up 1.6 Wins Above Replacement according to baseball-reference (bWAR) and 1.7 WAR… Read more →