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Posted November 17, 2008 at 11:20 amHere’s the facts:
In 2008, the Giants had the worst team production for the shortstop position in the National League. The collective of Giants’ shortstops could not break the .600 OPS barrier when they finished with an OPS of .576. That made them the only team in the NL with less than a .600 OPS from [...]
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Posted October 21, 2008 at 6:14 amInteresting post from BBTF’s Chris Dial yesterday utilizing his OPD numbers. OPD stands for Offense + Defense and it’s Dials attempt at a more complete measure of a players worth by taking into account run creation and run prevention. Both very important things to have in a player.
Dial is quoted as:
The runs are rated above [...]
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...I’m Back. (Bay City Ball)
Posted October 14, 2008 at 7:46 amDear 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 to [...]
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Free Travis Denker! No, seriously. Just take him. (McCovey Chronicles: Front Page Posts)
Posted October 13, 2008 at 12:55 amHere are the top 15 second basemen in the majors (ranked by VORP) and the batting average/on-base percentage/slugging percentage lines they put up when they were 22:
Dustin Pedroia - AAA - .305/.384/.426 Chase Utley - A+ - .257/.312/.422 Ian Kinsler - A/AA - .345/.413/.573 Brian Roberts - Rk/A+ - .302/.407/.406 Dan Uggla - A/A+ - …
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Travis Denker gone… (McCovey Chronicles: Front Page Posts)
Posted October 10, 2008 at 4:35 pm…according to some know-nothing blogger posting from his mom’s basem…
Wait, the blogger was Paul DePodesta? Dang. And Denker is off the 40-man-roster on the Giants’ site.
Genius roster move by Sabean. Second basemen with patience and power grow on trees, while no-defense, no-offense, PED-lovin’ catchers are rare, special treasures that should be protected by any means necessary before free agents like Omar Vizquel file …
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Adios, Omar (Giants Win)
Posted October 2, 2008 at 9:04 amMLB.com Chris Haft is saying Omar Vizquel won’t be back in 2009 but that the Giants might try to sign Rich Aurilia as a super-sub. He’s also saying Sanchez is the most likely pitcher to be traded and that Correia, Taschner and Walker are probably not going to be re-signed.
Tags: Chris Haft, Omar Vizquel, Rich Aurilia (No Ratings Yet) Loading ...CC That Memo (SFGate Sports: San Francisco Giants)
Posted September 30, 2008 at 12:00 amOmar Vizquel’s tenure in San Francisco is over, the Giants can trade for the home runs and RBIs they desperately need without losing Matt Cain, and Pablo Sandoval is penciled in as the starting first baseman for 2009. Those were the main bullet points from…
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(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Giants winter wish list includes RBIs and CC (SFGate Sports: San Francisco Giants)
Posted September 29, 2008 at 6:36 pmOmar Vizquel’s tenure in San Francisco is over, the Giants can trade for the home runs and RBIs they desperately need without losing Matt Cain and Pablo Sandoval is penciled in as the starting first baseman for 2009. Those were the main bullet points from…
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(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...The 2008 San Francisco Giants in Review (McCovey Chronicles: Front Page Posts)
Posted September 29, 2008 at 2:34 pmIn March, optimism is supposed to waft through the air as if it were pollen. Even if you don’t want to inhale it, the optimism dust travels through your nasal cavity, through your sinuses, and into your lungs. After enough optimism, you eventually sneeze out something like, “Hey, you know, if Zito is the Zito of old, and Rowand hits 35 homers, this team could …
Tags: Chet Lemon, Day, Eugenio Velez, Fred Lewis, Jose Castillo, Omar Vizquel, Pablo Sandoval, Rich Aurilia, San Francisco, san francisco giants, Sergio Romo, Travis Ishikawa (No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Vizquel gets a hit, then is a hit with fans (SFGate Sports: San Francisco Giants)
Posted September 29, 2008 at 12:00 amOmar Vizquel was supposed to get one at-bat and glide into the sunset, but he had one thought after he hit in the third inning. “No way,” he said, “not with a flyball to short.” So manager Bruce Bochy kept Vizquel in the game. In what likely was his final at-…
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