May
10
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 …
May
09
This article is courtesy of our friends at Baseball In-Depth Written by: Mike Wright When teams in Major League Baseball began employing the use of a fifth starter in the 1970s, it signified a major change in pitching philosophy. Bullpen specialists were also becoming popular, and no longer were the days when starting pitchers were required to work …
Apr
13
This article is courtesy of our friends at McCovey Chronicles Written by: Grant Brisbee You know there were “What’s Wrong With Lincecum?” articles coming. Understandable, seeing as Lincecum has had a miserable start to the season. Here’s one from FanGraphs, and here’s one from some guy on the Internet. I remember these articles from last …
Feb
19
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
This article is courtesy of our friends at The Giants Baseball Blog Written by: Trevor Cole Here we are folks, the NFL is officially finished with until next fall, and full focus has shifted back to baseball, and in the Bay Area, around the San Francisco Giants. With just 10 days until pitchers and catchers …
Jan
12
This article is courtesy of our friends at McCovey Chronicles Written by: Grant Brisbee And when I write “you” in that headline, I mean “we.” More specifically, me. This could be a one-sentence post. The Giants won the World Series within the past 500 days, so shut your whinepie and return to your life. Don’t …
Jan
09
This article is courtesy of our friends at The Giants Baseball Blog Written by: Trevor Cole I know Ronny Cedeno isn’t going to get anybody excited or optimistic, but the 27 year-old was, not too long ago, a top prospect in the Cubs organization. Granted, he hasn’t yet materialized at the big league level, I …
Jan
03
This article is courtesy of our friends at More Splash Hits Written by: MLBLOGSMORESPLASHHITS By our count, Giants have $5 million available to spend in 2012. That’s based on the number of a $130 million budget that GM Brian Sabean said the Giants will operate at in 2012. So we took a look a players …
Apr
03
Going with a pair of Dodgers today: Matt Kemp, LA Dodgers Kemp is a career .419(18 for 43) hitter off of San Francisco Giants starter Barry Zito. Zito was also in a car accident this week, so who knows how sharp he will be. Hiroki Kuroda, LA Dodgers Kuroda has 101 at-bats against current Giants. In …
Feb
09
It is less than a week until pitchers and catchers report to spring training. It is an exciting time for baseball fans because we finally get to see our team on the field again. Now, we will all be rooting for our favorite team to win every day, but should we? Does spring training results …
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