By Chris Quick on June 29, 2009
This is the post you’ve all been waiting for. Please, hold your excitement because I’m about to use PFX to look at Ryan Sadowski’s first major league start. Madison Bumgarner and Tim Alderson he’s not, but let’s check out what the 26-year-old was throwing in his first major league win. The Stuff Pitch # mph [...]
Posted in Giants | Tagged jonathan sanchez, pitchf/x, pitching, ryan sadowski
By Chris Quick on June 14, 2009
In today’s game against the A’s, Matt Cain pitched 9 innings of 1 run baseball with no walks and 9 strikeouts. Oddly enough, a major point with Cain this season has been that despite his newfound ability to win games — hint: sarcasm — some of his underlying peripherials have slipped slightly. Mostly his strikeouts [...]
Posted in Giants, Plots | Tagged matt cain, pitchf/x, pitching
By Chris Quick on June 10, 2009
A super-brief post today. I’ve been sitting on a few things that I’ve been meaning to talk about but I haven’t had the time. We all know how amazing Randy Johnson’s career has been but it’s a career that started on shaky grounds. During his first few years Johnson was walking almost as many guys [...]
Posted in Giants, Plots | Tagged pitching, randy johnson
By Chris Quick on June 1, 2009
There’s been a good bit of talk regarding Jonathan Sanchez floating around lately on the Internet and other various Giants fansites. The common thread seems to be split into two parts. First, is it time that the Giants gave up on Jonathan Sanchez as a starting pitcher. Second, why not move him back into the [...]
Posted in Giants | Tagged bullpen, jonathan sanchez, pitching, starting pitching
By Chris Quick on April 15, 2009
There’s been some chatter about Tim Lincecum’s fastball velocity in his first two starts. By most data points, it’s down by about a 1 mph or so. Here’s a plot of Lincecum’s first two starts by only the velocity on his fastball. The difference between the two starts isn’t large. He was throwing slightly harder [...]
Posted in General Baseball | Tagged pitchf/x, pitching, tim lincecum
By Chris Quick on April 9, 2009
In his first career start with the Giants, Randy Johnson looked good. He pitched 5 innings and gave up 4 earned runs while striking out 7 batters. A three-run homer to Gallardo sealed his fate, but otherwise he looked pretty solid. He ended up taking the loss, but don’t let that get you down. Johnson [...]
Posted in Giants | Tagged analysis, pitchf/x, pitching, randy johnson
By Chris Quick on April 8, 2009
If you watched yesterday’s Home Opener, you noticed that Tim Lincecum really struggled to get through his three innings. By the end of the third inning, Lincecum had already thrown 78 pitches and he never made it back into the game. I do commend Bruce Bochy for pulling Lincecum when he did. It was pretty [...]
Posted in Giants | Tagged analysis, pitchf/x, pitching, tim lincecum
By Chris Quick on April 4, 2009
I’ve been a big fan of Joe Martinez over the last few years. He’s not an exciting prospect, but he’s pitched well at each level he’s played at. He gets groundballs and doesn’t walk hitters — be still my heart. So, you can imagine my reaction when I heard he’s the favorite for the long [...]
Posted in Giants | Tagged bullpen, joe martinez, pitchf/x, pitching
By Chris Quick on April 2, 2009
3 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 4 SO, 0 HR “He’s nasty,” Ramirez said. Told that Bumgarner’s only 19, Ramirez replied, “Unbelievable. He has a fastball and a curveball. He’s sneaky. He throws hard.” San Jose is going to be a really fun team to watch this year.
Posted in Giants | Tagged madison bumgarner, pitching, prospects
By Chris Quick on March 27, 2009
A simple question today, should the Giants sign Will Ohman to a 1-year $2M-ish deal to replace the struggling Jack Taschner? After avoiding arbitration with Taschner — he was signed to a 1-year 830K deal — the Giants can’t be pleased with how the Special Agent has performed thus far in Spring Traninig. Taschner’s 12 [...]
Posted in Giants, Plots | Tagged analysis, jack taschner, pitchf/x, pitching, will ohman
