Graph(s) Presented Without Comment
(Well, a brief comment. Sorry for the ugly 2003 Excel graphs, but I think the point is clear regardless of ugly graphs.)
The Trade(s)
I’m a bit late on responding to the Giants deadline deals, but I wanted to briefly write a few words about the two relievers the Giants picked up. Giants Lose: OF John Bowker, RHP Joe Martinez Giants Get: LHP Javier Lopez I guess this means the quest for the LOOGY is over. I’ll state up front that I don’t really… Read more →
Cheap Relief Arm: Edwar Ramirez
Ah, nothing like cruising around for cheap relief arms with upside. In order to create room for the newly signed Chan Ho Park, the Yankees have DFA’d 29-year-old reliever Edwar Ramirez. You can read the Wikepedia article on the process of DFA, but the meat-and-potatoes lies here: If a player is not traded, and clears waivers, he may be released… Read more →
Bullpen Management, Do We Give Too Much Credit?
When it comes to evaluating prospects or looking at roster make-up, I’ve always been a little biased against relievers. It’s not that I think all relievers are replaceable, but in the short-term of baseball history, what teams have paid for and what they’ve gotten has been grossly out of proportion when it comes to relief arms. We’ve seen the almighty… Read more →
Giants Add Another Arm, Ink Mota
The Giants have inked Guillermo Mota to a minor league deal. Unlike Byung-Hyun Kim and Horacio Ramirez, Mota gets a invite to Spring Training. Most fans will remember the walk-off home run that Uribe hit off the Dodgers on August 12th. That HR came off of Mota. Mota had a streak from 2002-05 where he was a pretty good relief… Read more →
Giants Agree With Medders On 1-Year Deal
Not much Giants news going on this week. Basically everyone is waiting for the arbitration cases of Brian Wilson, Jonathan Sanchez, and most importantly, Tim Lincecum, to come through. However, the Giants have retained one of their bullpen pieces from last season. The team has announced that they’ve come to an agreement with RHP Brandon Medders on a 1-year deal… Read more →
PITCHf/x: Jeremy Affeldt Profile
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 →
I Like Sergio Romo
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 →