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Not a lot to write about tonight. Colby Lewis had a fine start — 7.2 IP, 2 ER, 2 BB, 6 SO — that kept the Giants off balance for most of the night. The scoring for the Giants came on a Cody Ross solo shot — who else, right? — and an Andres Torres . . . → Read More: Giants Drop Game Three I’m in between a few things this morning, but here’s a few quick thoughts before the Giants and Phillies kick off NLCS Game Three today at 4:00 PM EST (What a weird starting time?) in San Francisco. 1. Will Andres Torres be able to catch up to the heat? – Torres’ bat looked noticeably sluggish . . . → Read More: Super Quick Pregame Thoughts 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 . . . → Read More: Brief Musings After The Brave Series 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 . . . → Read More: Wednesday Graph: The Difference Between Two Pablos 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 . . . → Read More: Sunday Visual: Team Plate Approach by Individual Player 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 . . . → Read More: Labwork: Pablo Sandoval and the High Fastball 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 . . . → Read More: /Grounds Out 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 . . . → Read More: Catching Up On The Mets 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 . . . → Read More: The 2010 Giants Team Preview 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 . . . → Read More: Labwork: Tale of Two Seasons |
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