GIF: Broken wrist (butt slap) 60-day DL
From tonight’s ongoing game against the Dodgers: Amazing.
Dumpster Diving: Orlando Hudson Edition
Yes, it’s come to this. Today the Padres announced that they’ve released 34-year-old second baseman Orlando Hudson. The Associated Press: “We felt it was time to make a change,” general manager Josh Byrnes said in a statement. “O-Dog has been a two-time All-Star, four-time Gold Glove winner and a contributor to playoff teams, but at this point, we want to… Read more →
The infield is a very real problem
Last night I tweeted this: I’m still having a hard time believing that the Giants actually had that infield out there. In general terms, the infield for last night’s game was composed of a AAA player with a limited ceiling (and wimpy throwing arm), a 27-year-old failed prospect, a player that’s probably lucky to still be in the majors, and… Read more →
Giants release fungible infielder, keep other fungible infielder
Sometimes baseball moves are made that make me shrug my shoulders and go “meh.” This, unfortunately, is probably one of those moves. It was reported today that the Giants have released Mike Fontenot, tiny man and member of the 2010 World Series squad. The Giants will save themselves approximately $750K by giving Fontenot his walking papers — Fontenot originally avoided… Read more →
You got a tiny Cajun in my second base
Things aren’t so peachy for Freddy Sanchez’s various bits and parts these days. Sanchez, as we all know, is still in the process of working his way back from a season ending injury in 2011. Bruce Bochy has said that Sanchez looks “tentative” in the field, and another problem is the fact that Sanchez has been limited to DH’ing duties… Read more →
The most depressing thing about this offeason: Marco Scutaro
Recently, the 2012 ZiPS projections went live on FanGraphs. What that means is that you can now browse the projections at length, and FanGraphs has also conveniently included a wOBA calculation along with the projections. Really cool stuff. But, after looking through pages of these projections, I always eventually come back to the same feeling: Why in the world didn’t… Read more →
Are we overlooking Conor?
At the moment, the Giants’ farm system is in a bit of a lull. Most prospect analysts currently rank the system around the #25 mark, some worse, and some a little better. The system is in a downswing for a couple of reasons, maybe one of the biggest is that the Giants have graduated a few players to the majors… Read more →
Infographic: Defensive Differences
— I think we all expect Brandon Crawford to struggle with hitting. I know that I’ve been pretty pessimistic on Crawford’s abilities on offense. But I think something that gets lost in the Crawford-Theriot discussion is how strong Crawford should be on defense at his position. On the other side of things, Theriot is a second baseman posing as a… Read more →
This bothers me more than it should
Ryan Theriot’s BB-Ref page: Matt Cain’s BB-Ref page: So, let me get this straight. Matt Cain = $240, Ryan Theriot = $310. What kind of sick, sad world do we live in? — After posting this, friend of the blog Wendy tweeted me this link — it’s a study by Ben Lindbergh of Baseball Prospectus on these very Baseball-Reference sponsorship… Read more →
Giants do thing, add Ryan Theriot
Well then. I must say, this isn’t surprising. CBSSports.com broke the story: Though Theriot better fits defensively as a second baseman, he has a great shot at significant playing time at shortstop for the Giants. The only person standing in his way is Brandon Crawford, who hit just .204/.288/.296 last season, which is dreadful. Crawford could then fit well as… Read more →