Not too long ago, reader, Levi Davis, sent me an email asking about Madison Bumgarner’s strikeout rate. Levi wrote: Can someone much smarter than me take a look a look at Bumgarner’s K-rate? It seems a big part of his improvement last year was a jump in K-rate, which has dropped back down this year. I know it’s too early… Read more →
When Tim Lincecum fell to the Giants as the No. 10 overall pick in the 2006 draft, it was because the majority of the teams that picked before San Francisco — the (Devil) Rays can be excused for selecting Evan Longoria third, for obvious reasons — felt Lincecum would either flat out crumble under the work load of a major… Read more →
The Giants got walloped last night by a struggling Mets team looking for some stability and by the return of one of the greatest pitchers* to ever toe the bump. *Pedro Martinez tangent: Pedro has always been of my favorite pitchers and I was impressed by watching him pitch last night. He might not be the Pedro of old, but… Read more →