March 2009 Archives

This just in: According to Baggs, Bruce Bochy has outlined the likely 25–man roster. Schulman has a similar list (see below) and this important caveat: “None of this is set in stone.” The highlights: Kevin Frandsen has been optioned to Triple-A....
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If Bruce Bochy's locker-room comments were stars, and we, my fellow nerdish baseball travelers, had only their light to travel by, we would seem nearly certain to find ourselves on April 7 in a land where Juan Uribe and Rich...
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The LA Times reports this morning the Dodgers have offered lefty bullpen specialist Will Ohman a $1 million contract. (Link tip from MLB Trade Rumors.)If the Giants have real interest in Ohman, they should be highly motivated to keep him...
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As expected the Giants flipped Ronny Paulino for a third player, Florida minor league pitcher Hector Correa. Here's his minor league record. He's very young, very well regarded, and apparently fought through injury last year. Here's what Baseball Prospectus wrote...
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It's Jack Taschner for Philadelphia backup catcher Ronny Paulino, but the beat writers both reported about an hour ago the Giants might have another deal in the works. I'm going to bed in a few minutes, so I'll have to...
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With all the off-days to start the year, I'm breaking camp with a four-album rotation. From Mali to MemphisConcept compilations can be scary. This Putumayo collection isn't quite full of great songs, but it arranges them not just to draw...
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Oh Bruce Bochy, you sly man. I see what you're doing. Clever lad, but naughty, naughty for trying to fool us. Before I reveal to the world your scheme, I will lay it out, plot point by plot point, like...
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More roster cuts this morning: Ryan Rohlinger, despite his annual spring power burst, is headed to the minors, as are Scott McClain, Brian Bocock, Billy Sadler, and Waldis Joaquin. Sadler probably had the most legit shot at an Opening Day...
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As first noted here, Barry Zito is on Twitter. He is tweeting. He tweets. His feed started out as if written by the Giants’ marketing staff: Just wrapped up the most amazing few days in San Fran at Fanfest. Loved...
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First, a report filed from No Surprise, Arizona, tells us Noah Lowry had an injection in his shoulder and won’t even pick up a baseball until April. Ugh. I feel for the kid. Realistically, anything he can contribute in 2009...
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In the tumble of the busy work week I missed BP prospect dude Kevin Goldstein’s organizational rankings. Subscription required, but I’ll give you a sneak peak: The Giants are #6, a huge jump from #25 last year. Goldstein’s takeaway is...
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QUICK PM UPDATE: It’s really starting to bother me how the Giants’ starters flail against the other team’s starting pitcher. Tell me I’m over-reacting. ** Before this Guzmania! gets out of hand, and I plead guilty to aiding and abetting it with...
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The Merc’s Dan Brown came off the bench this weekend to pinch-hit for Andy Baggarly, and he lined a double into the gap with a blog post about the Giants’ fielding. Brown interviewed John Dewan of The Fielding Bible. Part...
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I had a chance to catch bits of this weekend’s games on the radio, and despite the three ugly losses by a combined score of 27–10, there were a few encouraging signs: * Fred Lewis hustled a triple after lining...
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I've flown cross-country twice in the past five days, so I've had plenty of glorious reading time. I'm catching up on Allen Barra's Clearing the Bases, a 2002 collection of essays that use statistics to take counter-intuitive positions in baseball's...
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I could have titled this one "The Rise and Fall and Possible Rise Again of Bocock," but I'm a grown man, and this is a post about getting older and conducting oneself with dignity. I'm talking about one-time hot prospects...
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 Good old Ryan Rohlinger -- or as the Associated Press likes to call him, "Brian Rohlinger" -- earlier today cranked his third ninth-inning home run in four games, this time to beat Milwaukee 8-6. If you remember back to last...
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Ha. Say that ten times fast. Before you do, though, see how Grant of McCovey Chronicles and I put on our pollyanna bonnets and wrote an exclusive Giants spring training preview for Spring Training ‘09. Check it out here; if it doesn’t...
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On the face of it, Dave Roberts's release today is a blip in the news flow from spring training. Aging veteran who never got healthy or lived up to his extravagant contract is cut, and the Giants eat $6.5 million....
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* Manny is a Dodger, to no one’s surprise. The Giants are very unlikely to break camp with someone besides Bengie Molina as clean-up hitter. They could still pull off a trade, but I think Noah Lowry’s setback drops the odds...
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Sergio Romo, whose growing legion of fans are known as Romosexuals -- but not this kind -- has been shut down with a sore elbow. A "sprain," as it's being reported, can be anything from a little soreness to a...
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Or at least talk about contractions. OK, contraction. Singular. Good thing I didn't try to work "labor" into my headline -- any more of an awkward stretch and my pants would have ripped. But kudos to Bill Madden of the...
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