This article is courtesy of our friends at C70 At The Bat Technically, they didn’t leave anything in San Francisco, or at least not that we know of yet. They were still in the city yesterday when they had that kind of flop. I just wanted to see if Matt Sebek was looking for punny titles …
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May
10
The Giants After 30 Games
This article is courtesy of our friends at McCovey Chronicles Written by: Grant Brisbee All I wanted from the offseason was an average offense. I knew that the middle infield was going to struggle offensively, but with Posey back, and Cabrera and Pagan possibly helping out, I had secret, shameful hopes of a completely ordinary …
Feb
19
Injury Bug Already Rears it’s Head in Giants Camp
This article is courtesy of our friends at The Giants Baseball Blog Written by: Trevor Cole Today we’ll take a day off of our player previews and just do sort of a Spring Training notes post, as there’s quite a lot to talk about after the first real workouts of Spring Training for pitchers and …
Feb
07
The Elite Pitching Prospects: 2003 through 2006
This article is courtesy of our friends at Minor League Ball Written by: John Sickels Last week, I looked at the Top 25 Pitchers in 2011 (according to Fangraphs WAR) and how they were rated as prospects. Today I’m doing something slightly different, and looking at all pitching prospects that I rated Grade A or …
Jan
25
My Problems With FIP
This article is courtesy of our friends at Optimistic Mets Fan Written by: @Ceetar The formula for the Sabermetric stat FIP is (13HR + 3(BB+HBP-IBB) – 2K )/ IP That’s then added to a constant to equate it to normal ERA ranges. (xFIP provides some extrapolation on HR rate per fly ball, but my overall …




