Miscellaneous Stuff

[gp956]

Big money buys into LA, and now:

Commissioner Bud Selig is quietly gathering club votes to help the Athletics as they attempt to move to San Jose. Once they have enough support, MLB will be in a better position to push the Giants to make a deal for their territorial rights.

 

[Stokes1931]

He was right there for sure.

But his second half numbers are scary bad: .216/.284/.343/.627 , and against lefty starters for the year: .207/.294/.378/.672.

For the season, he's averaging a strikeout every 4.29 at bats.

With the Philth, it was a strikeout every 4.68 at bats

With the Giants, it has been a strikeout every 3.64 at bats

 

[gp956]

For the season, he's averaging a strikeout every 4.29 at bats.

With the Philth, it was a strikeout every 4.68 at bats

With the Giants, it has been a strikeout every 3.64 at bats

Time to get him out of the 5-hole. Since he's been here, Crawford is out hitting him by a wide margin.

 

[tzill]

Time to get him out of the 5-hole. Since he's been here, Crawford is out hitting him by a wide margin.

Yup. Move him down to six, and Leche me the three hole. MVP four, :panda: five, Pick seven, Fish 8

 

[SFAnthem]

Nate vs. Hunter. Closer than you might think - even though Nate is totaly marginalized in PHI and playing with a broken big toe.

          BA     OBP     SLG     OPS    PA
Nate	0.212	0.263	0.308	0.571	58
Hunter	0.225	0.297	0.376	0.673	203

:confused2: Where's the "presence" column? That's where Hunter overtakes Nate by at least 100 presence points

 

[calsnowskier]

Time to get him out of the 5-hole. Since he's been here, Crawford is out hitting him by a wide margin.

Hitting Fish 5???

Now THAT is going out on a limb.

 

[SFAnthem]

Bored outta my gourd at work, started messing with Giants anagrams:

Pablo Sandoval: Panda, Oval Slob
Barry Zito: I Rob. Artzy.
Brandon Belt: Ban LOB Trend
Ryan Vogelsong: No Gloves = Angry
Matt Cain: TimA Can't (ok that's a stretch lol)
Buster Posey: Yet So Surperb
Melky Cabrera: Black Eye Marr
Madison Bumgardner: Diammond Rage Burns

 

[msgkings322]

Bored outta my gourd at work, started messing with Giants anagrams:

Pablo Sandoval: Panda, Oval Slob
Barry Zito: I Rob. Artzy.
Brandon Belt: Ban LOB Trend
Ryan Vogelsong: No Gloves = Angry
Matt Cain: TimA Can't (ok that's a stretch lol)
Buster Posey: Yet So Surperb
Melky Cabrera: Black Eye Marr
Madison Bumgardner: Diammond Rage Burns

Not too long ago this post would have been repped 1 million times.

Seriously outstanding.

 

[Mays-Fan]

For the season, he's averaging a strikeout every 4.29 at bats.

With the Philth, it was a strikeout every 4.68 at bats

With the Giants, it has been a strikeout every 3.64 at bats

San Francisco Giants 2012 Batting / Hitting Statistics - ESPN

However, he is still second in RBI's on the team in September with 18. First, of course is...Marco Scutaro!

He'll continue to come around. While he is still underperforming to expectation, I no longer am worried about him.

 

[SFAnthem]

Not too long ago this post would have been repped 1 million times.

Seriously outstanding.

thanks msg, appreciate it! Just nerding out

Marco Scutaro: Coors Cut Aroma
I guess playing for the Rockies does stink!

 

[gp956]

Worth a read, Jayson Stark's End of of Season Awards:

But now that I've got all that covered, I STILL think Posey tops this list. OK, so he isn't the defensive catcher Molina is. Who the heck is? But catching and leading that staff in San Francisco is still a major responsibility. And on the other side of the ball, Posey has had a second half for the ages, putting up a .389/.462/.644 line (with 13 homers and 57 RBIs) since the All-Star break.

You know how many players have equaled or bettered those numbers in the past 50 years? Exactly three: Barry Bonds (2002), Larry Walker (1999) and George Brett (1980). Because of that incredible stretch, this guy's team blew away its division. And Posey is in line both to join Joe Mauer as the only two catchers to win a batting title in the past 70 years and to become the first catcher to lead the National League in on-base percentage in 100 years (since John "Chief" Myers did it in 1912). Think back on what you expected from Posey six months ago. Now ask yourself which seemed more likely -- that he'd win an MVP or that he'd spend about half the season on the disabled list? When viewed through that prism, this hasn't merely been an amazing year. It's been an MVP year.

 

[gp956]

Matt Cain 2009-2012:

W/L Record: 55 - 35
ERA: 2.93
WHIP: 1.096


When will the last detractor finally cave, and admit that Matt Cain is one of the best pitchers in baseball? Top Ten.

 

[calsnowskier]

Worth a read, Jayson Stark's End of of Season Awards:

No Cainer in the top 5 for NL CY? Not even a mention in his also-rans?

Sheesh...

 

[tzill]

Matt Cain 2009-2012:

W/L Record: 55 - 35
ERA: 2.93
WHIP: 1.096


When will the last detractor finally cave, and admit that Matt Cain is one of the best pitchers in baseball? Top Ten.

Probably when he can finally beat the doyers....

 

[gp956]

Probably when he can finally beat the doyers....

...without shadows across the mound.

 

[filosofy29]

Probably when he can finally beat the doyers....

...without shadows across the mound.

I won't cave in and admit that Cain is good until he learns how to pitch to the score. He's only supposed to give up 5 runs when the team scores 7 and he's supposed to give up 0-1 runs when the team only scores 2. Or so I've heard.....

 

[tzill]

...without shadows across the mound.

maybe THEN he could get above .500

 

[gp956]

Without consulting stat logs, match the player to the line (line since August 1):

Line_01 .258/.328/.377/.705
Line_02 .333/.391/.500/.891
Line_03 .371/.452/.634/1.086
Line_04 .221/.290/.387/.677
Line_05 .287/.343/.388/.730
Line_06 .311/.371/.522/.892
Line_07 .357/.379/.467/.846


Players: Pence, Pablo, Posey, Scutaro, Belt, Crawford, Pagan, Arias


^^^^ Yes, there is one extra player (just to make it a little more interesting).

 

[Heathbar012]

Without consulting stat logs, match the player to the line (line since August 1):

Line_01 .258/.328/.377/.705
Line_02 .333/.391/.500/.891
Line_03 .371/.452/.634/1.086
Line_04 .221/.290/.387/.677
Line_05 .287/.343/.388/.730
Line_06 .311/.371/.522/.892
Line_07 .357/.379/.467/.846


Players: Pence, Pablo, Posey, Scutaro, Belt, Crawford, Pagan, Arias


^^^^ Yes, there is one extra player (just to make it a little more interesting).

1. Pence
2. Belt
3. Buster
4. Pablo
5. Crawford
6. Pagan
7. Scoots

 

[gp956]

1. Pence
2. Belt
3. Buster
4. Pablo
5. Crawford
6. Pagan
7. Scoots

Nice effort. Not saying whether you're right or wrong, though.