By Chris Quick on May 7, 2009
We’ve barely entered the month of May for Giants baseball and I’m finding that more and more my gaze is turning towards minor league boxscores. I’m still enjoying the MLB team with Pablo Sandoval, Tim Lincecum, (good) Randy Johnson, and some others but with the Dodgers hot start and the Giants offense still looking like [...]
Posted in Giants | Tagged brandon crawford, farm system, madison bumgarner, offense, offense stinks, prospects, sergio romo, tim alderson
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 January 29, 2009
Bear with me, it’s another sloooooow Thursday afternoon. Thankfully, we’re just 16 days away from pitchers and catchers reporting to Spring Training. Mid-to-late January is probably the worst time of the year for baseball, the offseason is still trudging along, but you can almost see baseball in the distance. Just a few more weeks and [...]
Posted in Giants | Tagged joe crede, links, prospects, will clark
By Chris Quick on January 21, 2009
Getting back online after a week hiatus, so we won’t be doing any heavy lifting today. Instead, I’ll be posting a few Giants-related links. Let’s check them out. ~ The Giants avoided arbitration with LHP Jack Taschner with a 1-year deal worth $835K. Here’s something you might not know, Taschner will be 31-years-old next season. [...]
Posted in Giants | Tagged bullpen, jack taschner, jonathan sanchez, links, omar vizquel, prospects, WBC
By Chris Quick on August 14, 2008
First, big news buzzing in Giants Land this morning. The Giants have made a flurry of draft pick signings. The biggest news is that, according to Andrew Baggarly — whom I feel that I’ve been linking to almost everyday for the past week, keep up the great work Andrew — is that #5 overall pick [...]
Posted in Giants, Minors | Tagged barry zito, billy sadler, buster posey, conor gillaspie, prospects, Ryan Rohlinger, Signings
By Chris Quick on January 17, 2008
I’ve got a confession to make. I love pitchers with funky motions. Mostly side-armers, though, I also love the old-time throwing styles of pitchers from the 60′s, like Koufax, Gibson, and of course this wouldn’t be a Giants blog without the mention of Marichal’s rock-back-and-huge-leg-kick pitching motion. But, what really gets my juices flowing are [...]
Posted in Giants, Minors | Tagged adam cowart, prospects, sidearm, submarine
By Chris Quick on January 15, 2008
John Sickels of Minor League Ball has posted his top-20 list for the Giants. You can find the list here. Here’s how Sickels ranked the top-20 in the Giants’ farm system: Angel Villalona, 3B, Grade B+ Henry Sosa, RHP, Grade B Tim Alderson, RHP, Grade B Madison Bumgarner, LHP, Grade B- (lack of breaking ball [...]
Posted in Giants, Minors | Tagged farm system, minor league, prospects, ranking
By Chris Quick on December 16, 2007
Baseball America has just recently released their Top-10 Prospects list for the Giants. You can find it here. Here’s what the list looks like: 1. Angel Villalona, 3b 2. Tim Alderson, rhp 3. Madison Bumgarner, lhp 4. Nate Schierholtz, of 5. Henry Sosa, rhp 6. Nick Noonan, 2b/ss 7. Eugenio Velez, of/2b 8. Wendell Fairley, [...]
Posted in Giants, Minors | Tagged angel villalona, farm system, madison bumgarner, prospects, tim alderson
