A fascinating Brett Pill fact
Look ma, no walks!
Giants Looking at Andrew Miller
It seems lately that news has been sparse, but I picked up this bit of information this morning from John Shea at the Chronicle. Now the plan is for depth at Fresno, and one candidate is 6-foot-7 lefty Andrew Miller, who visited the Giants’ suite Tuesday. Miller was recently sent to the Red Sox in a trade from the Marlins,… Read more →
Buster’s Missing Walks
I think it’s something that we can all agree on — Buster Posey is having an incredible year on offense. The young catcher is currently hitting a cool slash-line of .325/.374/.517/. The advanced metrics also tell a story. His .381 wOBA is outstanding and his +18.5 batting runs above average is terrific. In other words, he can hit. One of… Read more →
Giants Sign D-Train
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 within the last two months. … Read more →
Lincecum Struggles Again — But I’m Not Worried
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 the best pitchers in baseball… Read more →
Ishipower
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 per 9 innings. Cain owns… Read more →
Wednesday Plot
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 times. I also subtracted Barry… Read more →
Bad Ideas File #2851
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 whole way you handle yourself…. Read more →
Simply Irresistible
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” that Mike Krukow told us… Read more →