by Greek Giant Don’t kid yourself. This is what a hardcore Analytics-based Major League re-build looks like: BREAKING: The Giants have non-tendered Kevin Pillar in a surprising move.@PavlovicNBCS explains why https://t.co/B05TzZ0szQ pic.twitter.com/LHR7BFrn6R — SF Giants on NBCS (@NBCSGiants) December 3, 2019 Let’s recap: Dump last year’s leader in homers,…
by Greek Giant I miss baseball! This is going to be a long offseason. There really is NO GIANTS NEWS of late. It appears the Giants are being very hush hush about the new coaching staff. I could write reviews of 2019 and various players but that would be so…
by Greek Giant Let’s Talk About the Giants Current 40-Man Roster. It’s time for teams to make the final decisions on the 40-Man to protect players from the Rule 5 Draft. The Giants planned ahead and did not make any new roster moves, as predicted. Several teams including the Giants…
by Greek Giant It’s Hall of Fame voting time. Let’s start with the ballot: Bobby Abreu Josh Beckett Heath Bell Barry Bonds Eric Chavez Roger Clemens Adam Dunn Chone Figgins Rafael Furcal Jason Giambi Todd Helton Raul Ibanez Derek Jeter Andruw Jones Jeff Kent Paul Konerko Cliff Lee Carlos Pena…
by Greek Giant Let’s start with the grumbling from the fanbase. It appears Twitter is a flutter upon the announcement of the Gabe Kapler hiring. There is also the furious reaction by noted baseball reporter, Ann Killion. I could cite many more examples of negativity surrounding the announcement of the…
by Greek Giant Finally, there is some Giants news in this early stage of the 2019-2020 offseason. Yesterday the Giants tendered qualifying offers to both Madison Bumgarner and Will Smith. The Bumgarner offer is not really a surprise. The Will Smith case is perhaps a safe bet for both parties….
by Greek Giant The Washington Nationals have turned the Major League Baseball World upside down with their dramatic and improbable 2019 World Series victory. The Washingtonians are the first team to ever trail in four elimination games and win them all, in one postseason. That’s just not done in this…
by Greek Giant So the Astros have come roaring back, sweeping all three games in the nation’s capitol and heading back to Houston for a chance at winning their second ring in three years. I will have more news about the Giants managerial search in the coming days, once the…
by Greek Giant This is only the second World Series to feature two expansion teams (2015 Mets and Royals). This is also the World Series of starting pitching, correcting the aberrant fetishism of relief pitchers. The Astros are the only team in the American League that had three pitchers pitch…
by Greek Giants There are many terrible generalizations and cliches we often inhabit when thinking about the baseball managers and the current Giants search for their next skipper: Company Man Yes Man Analytics Guy Baseball Lifer Good Baseball Man Player’s Manager Placeholder for a Rebuild Veteran Skipper Forget everything you…