By Chris Quick on July 15, 2010
Another ‘who saw this one coming’ move from the Giants. MLBTR: The San Francisco Giants’ official Twitter feed reports that the club signed left-hander Dontrelle Willis to a minor-league contract with Triple-A Fresno on Wednesday. The Giants are Willis’ third team this season, after he was designated for assignment by both the Tigers and Diamondbacks [...]
Posted in Giants | Tagged control issues, dontrelle willis, free pitching, walks
By Chris Quick on May 27, 2010
Watching Tim Lincecum struggle against the Washington Nationals should remind us all that he’s human. And, at the same time, the tremendous strides he’s made since he debuted in 2007 at the age of 23-years-old. I’ve written about it before, but two things essentially have turned Lincecum from a promising college arm to one of [...]
Posted in Giants, Plots | Tagged pitching, tim linecum, walks
By Chris Quick on August 26, 2009
After the last soul-crushing defeat, the Giants needed this game. Matt Cain chipped in 7 innings of 2 run baseball and Travis Ishikawa belted a 3-run HR in the 8th inning to break a 2-2 tie. Something that I’ve noticed about Cain this year is that his K/9 has dropped by almost 1 full strikeout [...]
Posted in Giants, Plots | Tagged matt cain, travis ishikawa, walks
By Chris Quick on March 11, 2009
After working on the Fred Lewis post some, I got to thinking about how the Giants ranked over the last 10 years as a team in BB%. BB% is simply BB/PA or how many times per plate appearance a batter draws a walk. League average for hitters has tended to be between 8-9% in recent [...]
Posted in Giants, Plots | Tagged barry bonds, BB%, bill mueller, darryl hamilton, stan javier, team walks, walks
By Chris Quick on March 9, 2009
You down with OBP? Yeah, I didn’t think so. “The biggest thing I talk to Freddie about is having a certain attitude,” Lansford said. “When you’re the No. 3 hitter, you’re our best hitter. I don’t care who’s on the mound. There’s a way you walk into the box and [maintain a] thought process, the [...]
Posted in Giants | Tagged BRAINTRUST, fred lewis, giants brass, i don't understand things, walks, we don't need no stinkin' walks
By Chris Quick on August 27, 2008
After watching Matt Palmer struggle once again to throw strikes in last nights game, I got to wondering, why do Giants pitchers always seem to walk so many batters? Poor Palmer walked 6 hitters in 4.1 innings pitched — he walked a total of 13 hitters in 3 major league starts. The “real Matt Palmer” [...]
Posted in Giants | Tagged matt palmer, pitching, walks
