At 24 years-old, the Giants need Brandon Belt to start blossoming into a major league hitter. Last year he won the first base job by having a phenomenal spring training, but it didn’t carry into the regular season. Belt just wasn’t able to stick with the Giants for the entire year which for someone who had never had any experience more »
Breaking News: Brett Pill Out Pablo Sandoval In
Brett Pill was opitoned after Friday night’s 5-0 loss to the Rangers. And guess whose coming back? Pablo Sandoval, that’s right the Panda is making an early return to the Giants after hitting two homeruns in Fresno on Friday night. Pill’s one and only job was to hit southpaws, and he didn’t do this as he hit just .211 against more »
San Francisco Giants’ Long Term Solutions At First Base
It’s no doubt that the Giants’ offense is better in 2012 than it was last season. A healthy Buster Posey, along with the additions of Melky Cabrera and Angel Pagan have put the Giants in middle of the NL when it comes to offense. While 10th in the league in runs isn’t spectacular, it’s much better than dead last, like more »
The SF Giants’ Upcoming Salary Issues
The recent offseason was spent harping on the issues caused by the Giants self-imposed salary cap. The budget limit of around $130 million prevented the Giants from re-signing Carlos Beltran or making any sort of big move in free agency. Fortunately, a series of shrewd moves by GM Brian Sabean revamped the Giants offense for pennies on the dollar (Or more »
The Best Possible Giants’ Lineup
The Giants’ offense has been much improved from 2011, but it is still inconsistent. Bruce Bochy is always meddling with his lineups, trying to get the most from his healthy bunch. Gregor Blanco has been a pleasant surprise this season, supplanting Nate Schierholtz from right field. Joaquin Arias, another spring training acquisition, has been a marvel on defense, and a more »
Giants’ Roster Decisions Looming
The Giants have already felt the pain of the disabled list numerous times this season, however that is about to change. In the near future Pablo Sandoval and Ryan Theriot will return from injury. At some point Freddie Sanchez, Eric Surkamp and Dan Runzler could also recover and return to active duty. If all things go well recent signee Brad more »
Giants Rally Late, Hold On for 3-2 Win Over Rockies
In a game with the slimmest of strike zones, the Giants had just enough offense to come out on top over the Colorado Rockies. Tied 1-1 heading into the Giants scored twice on a pair of RBI singles by Buster Posey and Brett Pill to push their lead to 3-1. Santiago Casilla took the mound looking to easily close out more »
The Bizzaro Giants Lose 17-8 in Rocky Mountain Slugfest
Seinfeld creator Larry David couldn’t have scripted a weirder start to the Giants 2012 season. The Seinfeld episode “The Bizzaro Jerry” has Elaine finding a group of new friends that are similar but completely different than Jerry, George and Kramer. Those are your 2012 Giants, Bizzaro Jerry, George and Kramer, or Offense, Defense and Pitching. The 2010 Giants proved that more »
