By Chris Quick on August 11, 2009
I can sorta-kinda-maybe deal with losing 2 of 3 games to the Reds. But, losing to the Dodgers just stinks. Once again, the Giants offense looked pretty flat. Freddy Sanchez went 0-4 and had a couple of at-bats that looked like he was swinging with his eyes closed. The Giants did score their two runs [...]
Posted in Giants | Tagged buster posey, Dodgers vs. Giants, jonathan sanchez, rich aurilia
By Chris Quick on February 9, 2009
Hey, it looks like the Giants offered Rich Aurilia a minor league deal similar to the one that Juan Uribe got. Fringe utility middle infielders? Gotta catch’em all. Per Baggs: For now, one development to share: Sabean said the Giants made Rich Aurilia an offer for a non-guaranteed contract similar to what they gave Juan [...]
Posted in Giants | Tagged Brian Sabean, fan fest, joe crede, pablo sandoval, rich aurilia, Third Base
By Chris Quick on January 25, 2009
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Posted in Giants, Plots, Popular | Tagged bengie molina, bUZR, dave roberts, player value graphs, randy winn, rich aurilia, wRAA
By Chris Quick on December 8, 2008
Exciting news this weekend, FanGraphs is now providing UZR data — Ultimate Zone Rating — on it’s website. UZR for those who don’t know, is one of the more heralded defensive systems out there. Consider UZR another handy tool to stick in your tool belt when it comes to player analysis. UZR splits the field [...]
Posted in Giants | Tagged aaron rowand, defense, Edgar Renteria, eugenio velez, fred lewis, omar vizquel, randy winn, rich aurilia, UZR
By Chris Quick on July 14, 2008
The All Star break is here and that means that a little more than half the season has been played. It also means that the trading deadline of July 31st is getting closer and closer. At the break, the Giants find themselves in 3rd place in the worst division in baseball with a record of [...]
Posted in Giants, Trades | Tagged dave roberts, jack taschner, randy winn, ray durham, rich aurilia, Trades, tyler walker, WBQOTW
By Chris Quick on April 15, 2008
To borrow a page from Real Time with Bill Maher, I’ve decided to enact some ‘New Rules’, Giants style. New Rule, for the love of god stop playing Rich Aurilia. I don’t care if he has great career numbers against Randy Johnson, he looks completely done and after last season, who could argue the opposite? [...]
Posted in Giants | Tagged aaron rowand, mike krukow, new rules, randy johnson, rich aurilia
