By Chris Quick on May 2, 2010
Apologies to the blog for my recent absence. Work has been a meat grinder lately and I haven’t had any time to read, watch, or write about baseball. Bummer. But sometimes life gets in the way. This week should be better. I’ve got some things on the back burner, so keep coming back. A few [...]
Posted in Giants | Tagged barry zito, Mark DeRosa, starting rotation
By Chris Quick on August 31, 2009
And sign Brad Penny to a pro-rated contract worth around $75K. I guess this answers the question of who will start on Wednesday after Lincecum got pushed back a start. Ignoring the Dodger Stink™ for a second, Penny is a nice rotation upgrade at a bottom dollar price. He’ll slot in behind Sanchez right now [...]
Posted in Giants | Tagged brad penny, starting rotation
By Chris Quick on August 27, 2009
From the Boston Herald: Penny will be placed on release waivers tomorrow and clear them on Monday. He can talk to other teams while on waivers, but he can’t formally enter into a contract until he clears. He would like the opportunity to start, which probably wasn’t going to happen in Boston. Penny, the former [...]
Posted in Giants | Tagged brad penny, bullpen, joe martinez, starting rotation
By Chris Quick on May 1, 2008
We’ve officially played a month of baseball and the Giants have done surprisingly well. Their current record of 13-16 puts them at 3rd place in the National League West. A traditionally strong NL West has looked slightly weaker this year than previous years. The Rockies and Padres have both gotten off to slow starts and [...]
Posted in Giants | Tagged barry zito, jonathan sanchez, kevin correia, matt cain, pitching, starting rotation, tim lincecum
