As I noted in another post, I'll be doing more posts where I don't feel I have the final answer, but found something interesting to ponder, which I do a lot of time, but then just tuck away.
Today, Baggarly wrote about Matt Duffy, from a nice interview he did with him, noting that some might question whether Duffy can repeat his 2015 season. So I went into his splits and dug around and see what I could noodle either way.
These are just my opinions. I cannot promise that I will be perfect, but I can promise that I will seek to understand and illuminate whatever moves that the Giants make (my obsession and compulsion). I will share my love of baseball and my passion for the Giants. And I will try to teach, best that I can. Often, I tackle the prevailing mood among Giants fans and see if that is a correct stance, good or bad.
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Wednesday, March 30, 2016
Monday, March 28, 2016
Your 2016 Giants: Likely Opening Day Roster
Sorry, I wanted to get this out yesterday but just didn't have the time, been enjoying some mandatory vacation days with my family, including my son, who was home for spring break.
As reported by Baggarly yesterday, the Giants with recent cuts are pretty much down to the expected Opening Day roster. Per Baggs, this is the probable roster:
As reported by Baggarly yesterday, the Giants with recent cuts are pretty much down to the expected Opening Day roster. Per Baggs, this is the probable roster:
- LHP Madison Bumgarner
- RHP Johnny Cueto
- RHP Jeff Samardzija
- RHP Jake Peavy
- RHP Matt Cain
- RHP Chris Heston
- RHP George Kontos
- RHP Cory Gearrin
- RHP Hunter Strickland
- LHP Josh Osich
- LHP Javier Lopez
- RHP Sergio Romo
- RHP Santiago Casilla
- C Buster Posey
- C Trevor Brown
- 1B Brandon Belt
- 2B Joe Panik
- SS Brandon Crawford
- 3B Matt Duffy
- LF Angel Pagan
- CF Denard Span
- RF Hunter Pence
- C Trevor Brown
- INF Kelby Tomlinson
- OF Gregor Blanco
- INF/OF Ehire Adrianza
This was after the Giants optioned down Jarrett Parker, Mac Williamson, and Mike Broadway, as well as six non-roster invitees: left-hander Braulio Lara, outfielder Gorkys Hernandez, infielder Grant Green, infielder Conor Gillaspie, infielder Ramiro Pena and catcher George Kottaras. And probable because if Susac is healthy, he could get the backup catcher role instead of Brown, who has gotten good reviews from pitchers this spring for how he handles them.
Thursday, March 24, 2016
Your 2016 Giants: Cueto First Half Magic
A beat reporter noted that Cueto has had great first halves and poorer second halves. So I commenced analyzing that and seeing why, and perhaps what could be done.
Monday, March 21, 2016
2016 Giants: Spring Training Winding Down
With the recent cuts announced - RHP Clayton Blackburn, LHP Ty Blach, LHP Steven Okert, 1B/OF Kyle Blanks, LHP Ricky Romero, RHP Vin Mazzaro, OF Ryan Lollis, and SS Hak-Ju Lee - leaving the Giants with 35 players in big league camp, including six non-roster invitees, I thought I would recap some of the news, giving a State of the Roster post, and share some of my thoughts and mistakes.
Friday, March 18, 2016
Your 2016 Giants: When Projections Go Wrong: Pence
I thought I would look into Hunter Pence's projections because they were off so much when I looked at them.
Tuesday, March 15, 2016
Giants Love 'Em When They're Up, Love 'Em When They're Down
I was asked to provide some prospect comments for a website, and that got me thinking about the Giants shift in philosophy after John Barr joined the team.
And for this post (and this year), I'm trying to write up shorter posts (we'll see :^).
And for this post (and this year), I'm trying to write up shorter posts (we'll see :^).