As reported by various media outlets, the Zaidi Giants signed LHP Drew Pomeranz to a $1.5M contract, with extensive roster and performance bonuses that, if all are earned, would push his salary to $5M. He's now slated for the starting rotation - though it was noted by Zaidi that he has experience relieving as well - giving the Giants three known and expected starters - Bumgarner, Holland, and Pomeranz - and many options for the other two positions: Samardzija, Rodriquez, Suarez, and Stratton, plus potentially Blach and Anderson, and perhaps Adon, depending on how he's used.
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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Tuesday, January 29, 2019
Wednesday, January 16, 2019
Driveline Hiring: Giants Hire Matt Daniels to be Coordinator of Pitching Analysis
The Giants just hired Matt Daniels of Driveline Baseball to be their Coordinator of Pitching Analysis. As Eno Sarris of The Athletic wrote,
...his hire as the coordinator of pitching analysis for the Giants is less about data and analytics and more about the growing need for middlemen, translators that can stand between the analysts and the players on the field, and bring the two sides closer together.
“I’m not a mathematician or a SABR nerd,” Daniels told The Athletic this week. “I’ve read all that stuff but at heart I’m a baseball guy that knows data, not the other way around.”
It’s an important distinction.
“There’s an internal civil war that exists and doesn’t need to exist,” Daniels admitted.
Monday, January 07, 2019
The Zaidi Fallacy
Christmas has come and passed and many Giants fans feel like they got a coal in their stockings because Next Gen Leader, Farhan Zaidi, has not done much so far, with the biggest acquisitions being signing L/RHP Pat Venditte and picking up Mike Gerber off waivers. Then there were the two Rule 5 pickups, LHP Travis Bergen (from Blue Jays) and OF Drew Ferguson (from Astros). And the recent purchase of multi-positional Breyvic Valera (from Orioles). Since surprising by leaving six 40-man roster spots open, and creating some excitement for significant movement, five marginal players have been picked up, leaving only one spot open on the 40-man roster (at the moment).
Leading some to wonder: if this is all the Giants were going to do, then why fire Evans?
Leading some to wonder: if this is all the Giants were going to do, then why fire Evans?