Current Roster

[LHG]

I am really puzzled by the infatuation with Teng. He just turned 26. He walks about 5 per 9 innings. He K's about 10 per 9. He is big (6' 4" 260 lb), but the higher he goes in the minors, the worse he gets. He had an 8.60 ERA at Sacramento last season in 75 innings, so not a tiny sample size. Puzzling.

Agree. It is odd

 

[calsnowskier]

I am really puzzled by the infatuation with Teng. He just turned 26. He walks about 5 per 9 innings. He K's about 10 per 9. He is big (6' 4" 260 lb), but the higher he goes in the minors, the worse he gets. He had an 8.60 ERA at Sacramento last season in 75 innings, so not a tiny sample size. Puzzling.

He signed a minor league contract. I am not sure there is anything more to it than that.

 

[calsnowskier]

Updated rookie status

 

[LHG]

Updated rookie status

Wow, not many rookies on the 40 man right now.

 

[calsnowskier]

Wow, not many rookies on the 40 man right now.

That struck me as well. We really blew our load over the last 2 years.

 

[LHG]

That struck me as well. We really blew our load over the last 2 years.

I also think it illustrates how shallow the farm really is. The two guys that were purchased in advance of the Rule 5 draft are iffy prospects. There isn't much at AAA (except for a lot of depth pieces, which the Giants will probably sign more of in the coming months).

 

[calsnowskier]

I also think it illustrates how shallow the farm really is. The two guys that were purchased in advance of the Rule 5 draft are iffy prospects. There isn't much at AAA (except for a lot of depth pieces, which the Giants will probably sign more of in the coming months).

Which is why I never outright poo-poo’d the national guy who rated our system at #30. We have plenty of dime-a-dozen guys, but only 2 (3 if you count Arias; and ignoring Tibbs for the moment) serious prospects in the entire system (and arguably NO bluechippers)

 

[LHG]

Which is why I never outright poo-poo’d the national guy who rated our system at #30. We have plenty of dime-a-dozen guys, but only 2 (3 if you count Arias; and ignoring Tibbs for the moment) serious prospects in the entire system (and arguably NO bluechippers)

I don't know enough about the other teams' farms to know how we'd rank but lowest 10 makes sense from what I see.

 

[calsnowskier]

I don't know enough about the other teams' farms to know how we'd rank but lowest 10 makes sense from what I see.

Yup. I am completely ignorant about other team’s systems. But I can’t imagine most teams are not stronger than us when you look at what we (don’t) have.