Jon Morosi tweets: Vogelsong was in line to earn $3-4M this season through arbitration. So, when you consider the fact that the Giants were going to pay Vogelsong $3-4M in 2012 regardless of what happened, this seems like a nice little deal for the team. Vogelsong — who has to be thrilled right now — gets more financial security than… Read more →
While watching today’s game, I heard more than once the following factoid: “Today’s game marks the first time the Giants have scored more than six runs in a home game this year.” I heard Jon Miller say it on the radio. I heard Kruk and Kuip say it on the television. And yet, as crazy as that fact sounds, as… Read more →
The Giants, having already played 108 games, have 54 to go. They currently have a two-game lead on the Arizona Diamondbacks, and that lead will be up for grabs over the next three days as the Snakes come to Third and King to attempt to wrest the divisional grasp from Bochy’s Giants. With Matt Cain, Tim Lincecum and Ryan Vogelsong… Read more →
Anyone who saw that coming, please step forward. I have no idea what to expect out of “Bogey” from here on out. He’s pitched well by any measure, even the ones that adjust for home park and luck dragons. Chris has noted before that the stuff is for real, the question is whether or not the command hangs around. I don’t really… Read more →
I try to stay out of arguments about All-Star selections and the Hall of Fame. I don’t have strong opinions about whether All-Star picks should be made based on first half stats, or larger career of work. In fact, I mostly agree with Ken Arneson that these sorts of things are celebrations, not measurements. I think All Star selections should… Read more →
Quite a lot, actually. And, I think it’s been one of the main reasons why Ryan Vogelsong has had such an amazing year. Entering today, Ryan Vogelsong has thrown 84.1 innings while striking out 68 batters to just 27 walks. If you like the per-nine-innings ratios, that’s a 7.26 K/9 and a 2.88 BB/9. If you total things by WAR,… Read more →
Yesterday I gave you the Bad and the Ugly in the form of a chart reflecting how abysmal the Giants offense is, position by position. The end result was depressingly remarkable: really, really bad. On a positive note, though, Giants hitters have been better than the Mariners’ hitters, which I guess is something. And last season the M’s were worse…. Read more →
If you were going to talk about the 2011 Giants at length, you would almost certainly cover, in heaps, both Ryan Vogelsong and their run differential-defying ways. Vogelsong is thriving now despite a decade of failure, at least in terms of success in Major League Baseball (more on this later). And the Giants are thriving in the NL West (and… Read more →
Usually, through the beginning of June, a team with exceptional starting pitching — including a two-time Cy Young award winner, a lefty that’s tossed a no-no and… whatever the really good Matt Cain is — isn’t anchored by a sophomore and a journeyman. Usually. Yet it is the case of the Giants, at least so far this year. Win-loss records… Read more →
When Barry Zito went down with a foot injury on April 17th against the Arizona Diamondbacks many wondered how the Giants would replace his steady, if not grossly overpaid, production. Mentioning Barry Zito’s name will likely draw a wide range of responses from fans, but the fact remains that Zito, at his core, is essentially a league average starting pitcher… Read more →