A very quick graph today for something I’ve been meaning to do since the offseason when RJ signed. Here’s a PFX movement plot of Randy Johnson’s 2008 season. A few quick words on the graph: The pitch-types included are all from the MLBAM algorithms and their accuracy has been disputed somewhat. Consider this plot a rough version of what Johnson… Read more →
The Giants have signed Randy Johnson to a 1-year, $8M contract. What a nice surprise to find waiting for me and other Giants fans after coming back from the holiday weekend. In 2008, the 44-year-old Johnson (he’ll be 45-years-old in ’09) showed the world that he had plenty of gas left in the tank. Last season Johnson threw a total… Read more →
If you watched the Giants bullpen last year, well, I feel sorry for you. No person should be forced to watch the bullpen atrocities that were Tyler Walker, Jack Taschner, Vinnie Chulk, and Brad Hennessey pitching in relief*. The good news is that Walker, Chulk, and Hennessey are no longer on the team and there’s a good chance that Taschner… Read more →
The Giants kicked off the free agent market this offseason by inking lefty reliever Jeremy Affeldt to a 2-year, $8M contract. The team, in sore need of bullpen help, made the first step among many in an effort to fix their battered bullpen. Affeldt definitely improves the bullpen but for fans that haven’t seen Affeldt pitch, what does he throw?… Read more →
Congratulations to the Tampa Bay — I’ll always want to call them them Devil Rays – Rays. Taking an ALCS from the defending World Series Champions, the Boston Red Sox, is no easy feat. This was one of the few games this post-season that I’ve stayed up all the way to watch from the start to the finish. Listening to… Read more →
You’re killing me Dan Wheeler. Note: This only includes Wheeler’s 8th inning and not the .1 inning pitched at the end of the 7th. Did Joe Maddon leave Wheeler in too long? It’s easy to look back on the moves that didn’t work but Wheeler looked terrible in the 8th inning last night. He was constantly missing up in the… Read more →
I’ve been a fan of Sergio Romo since his breakout season in the California League last year. His numbers from that year are, as the kids say: video game numbers. He struck out 104 hitters in 65.2 innings pitched. It was an impressive season. But, Romo never got much pub from prospect hounds because his arsenal of pitches was described… Read more →
Looking at Lincecum’s 138-pitch CG through the scope of PFX data.
Quick plot post this morning before I run off to a meeting. Release points for Matt Cain and Geno Espineli from last nights loss against the Padres. Cain’s release point looks pretty good. The pitches are grouped pretty closely together. Sometimes if a pitcher changes his arm angle to throw a breaking ball, hitters will be able to tell by… Read more →
How many Giants blogs are providing in depth looks at Brad Hennessey? Eh? Not many! And for good reason, he’s not the most exciting pitcher on the Giants team and it’s possible that he could be non-tendered before the 2009 season. Still, his spot start yesterday could have bought him some more time with the team and it definitely bought… Read more →