By Chris Quick on January 8, 2009
Giants news has slowed down some lately and unless you count the faux-Manny rumors du jour, not much has been happening. Probably the most recent news item is that former Giant, Tyler Walker, has found a new home with the Seattle Mariners. From the MLB.com Mariners website: “Tyler is a pitcher we had identified early [...]
Posted in Giants | Tagged bullpen, free agent acquisition, seattle mariners, tyler walker
By Chris Quick on December 4, 2008
If you watched the Giants bullpen last year, well, I feel sorry for you. No person should be forced to watch the bullpen atrocities that were Tyler Walker, Jack Taschner, Vinnie Chulk, and Brad Hennessey pitching in relief*. The good news is that Walker, Chulk, and Hennessey are no longer on the team and there’s [...]
Posted in Giants | Tagged 2008 bullpen, analysis, bob howry, brad hennessey, Edgar Renteria, pitchf/x, pitching, tyler walker
By Chris Quick on October 14, 2008
Dear Blog, Jamaica was hot. The weather was nice and I did my best to soak up some Jamaican culture while I was there; read: I drank my fair share of Red Stripes. We stayed at one of those ‘all inclusive’ styled resorts and the best way I can describe the experience was like going [...]
Posted in General Baseball, Giants | Tagged bill neukom, brad hennessey, kevin correia, travis denker, tyler walker
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 May 19, 2008
Sometimes I think the internet is the greatest thing ever. I can access vast amounts of information, link up with old friends, and of course, download illegal mp3s — just kidding RIAA. The global world at my fingertips and all that malarkey. The interconnectivity between one user and the world is amazing, but sometimes I [...]
Posted in Giants | Tagged flyballs, home run rate, jose castillo, matt cain, tyler walker
By Chris Quick on May 16, 2008
My god what an ugly loss that was. Did the corpse of Darin Erstad really hit a 3-run home run to tie the game? Erstad hasn’t been a good hitter in almost 7 years now and he knocks a 3-run shot to knot the game? The Fangraph for this game was particularly horrific. Click with [...]
Posted in Giants | Tagged alex hinshaw, billy sadler, bullpen implosion, sergio romo, tyler walker
By Chris Quick on November 18, 2007
The 2008 bullpen takes form a little more with the 1-year deal to bring back Tyler Walker. Walker, who served as the Giants closer in 2005 after Armando Benitez went down with an injury, is back for ’08 on a 1-year $750K deal. Walker was traded to the Devil Rays in 2006 but he went [...]
Posted in Giants | Tagged bullpen, masahide kobayashi, tyler walker, yasuhiko yabuta
