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Posted November 19, 2008 at 1:23 pmSometime in January, when all of the free agents have been signed, I’ll sit down to write a post and start crying. I won’t want to write about Atlee Hammaker memories. I won’t want to write about how cool Donruss Diamond Kings were. I won’t want to write a 14,000-word Lord of the Rings parody with Sabean as Frodo, Bochy as Sam, Magowan as Golem, …
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Posted November 19, 2008 at 12:50 amThat’s the very catchy name of a brand new Giants blog operated by a guy who, appropriately enough, calls himself Caincecum.His real name is Henry and he describes himself as a huge 18-year-old Giants fan. Here’s part of his take on the Affeldt signing — I also must admit this signing whomps my “wishlist” signee Joe Beimel whom I like but …
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Posted November 7, 2008 at 12:58 pmWHEREAS: I would be entirely fine with Travis Ishikawa starting at first against right-handers, and Josh Phelps starting at first against left-handers. An upgrade would be fantastic, but a Phelshi platoon would give the Giants an opportunity to see if the Ishikawa’s resurgence was for real.
WHEREAS: I have no problem trying Pablo Sandoval for 100 games at third next season, with Kevin Frandsen an option …
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Posted November 6, 2008 at 12:57 amBetween Andrew Baggarly here and John Shea here, there’s a lot of petrol for the rumor Fiat. Some thoughts in nugget format, trying to keep pace with the nuggety goodness of both articles:
The names this offseason — Orlando Hudson, Rafael Furcal, Adam Dunn, Mark Teixeira — beat the hell out of the Joe Crede-types from last winter. Unfortunately, they also all make …
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Posted October 30, 2008 at 3:13 pmFrom S.I.:
The Mets are considering whether to try to upgrade at catcher in addition to their goal of improving the bullpen (that’s the first priority), the rotation and possibly the outfield. Second base is of lesser consideration. As for catcher, they’ve discussed the Giants’ Bengie Molina.
I’ve detected slight trade rumor fatigue around these parts, but I can’t sympathize. The offseason is made for …
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Posted October 30, 2008 at 6:46 amHere’s the deal: I wanted to watch the game last night but I just couldn’t get into it. I watched the last half of the 6th but that was it. Most unexciting final game of the World Series, ever? I think the format was messing me up. It’s just not as exciting to watch a [...]
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Posted October 21, 2008 at 10:49 amOn August 15th, Emmanuel Burriss came in on a double switch, and struck out in his only at-bat. His year-to-date line was .247/.310/.282. He had started only six games in July — an inexcusable waste of development time — and he looked like a player who was rushed to a major league bench after 62 at-bats above A-ball, which is exactly what he was. You …
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Posted September 30, 2008 at 3:51 pmChris at Bay City Ball has crunched the numbers and found that Randy Winn was the best starter on the Giants with 3.6 wins above replacement value, followed by Molina at 2.4 and Lewis at 2.1
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Posted September 29, 2008 at 8:48 amThe Giants’ season is over.
Whew.
I think we’ll all look back at the ‘08 Giants as a team in transition. We were bad, but we weren’t that bad. Well, not 100-loss-bad like many of us expected. The Giants finished the year in 4th place in the National League West with a record of 72-90. That’s not [...]
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Rating the Major and Minor League Depth of the San Francisco Giants, Part II (McCovey Chronicles: Front Page Posts)
Posted September 23, 2008 at 2:17 pmStop hitting F5! Here’s the second part of the organizational depth chart!
Corner Outfield (LF/RF)
Majors: B
High minors: D+
Low minors: D
Left field was a historically chronic hole for the Giants that was finally filled by Fred Lewis this year. Lewis was an average offensive left fielder, so even if he doesn’t improve at all, his panicked-yet-strangely-effective defense pushes him just into the top half. Dave Roberts is …