Anyone?

I expected this to be up at McC already, but I couldn't find it.

I was going to try do a rough version myself, so thankfully now you are all spared the ugliness that would have ensued.

Guess what? Bengie Molina should NOT be our cleanup hitter. Imagine.

p.s. I'm away in Canada on vacation, so I feel an even more pressing need to say it: Go Giants and good luck to all for the big weekend series!

No doubt many already know about the series Dave Cameron is doing over at FanGraphs. He assesses the top 50 players in baseball in terms of trade value. I've linked to the intro, but he's done from 50 down to 25 already.

SPOILER ALERT!
No Giants yet, but I wondered what folks thought about which of our players will show up in the top 25. Lincecum will be there (top 10, even if he will be super-2 arb), and I expect Cain as well (maybe in the next group). Sandoval? He is rather young, and rather awesome. What about Posey or the MadBum? Only one minor leaguer has made it thus far - Jason Heyward of the Braves. I kind of expect Posey to make it, but not MadBum. I didn't look to see what the trend has been in recent years he's done this.

Tyler Walker is joining the Special Agent in the Philadelphia organization. Isn't it really hot there in the summer? Uh-oh.

Baggs report on how Matty is learning from the Big Guy.
Dunno about you guys, but this strikes me as an excellent development. In fact, I was going to call the post "why didn't I think of that", but I figured it might be a bit obscure.

I don't know if there are any statistical analyses out there about it, but it's seemed to me in the last couple of years that a lot of the damage against Cain comes as a result of his lack of the "out" pitch. Sure, he can break off a curve, and his slider may occasionally do the trick, but mostly the dude lives and dies with the fastball. Now, it's a healthy fastball, yes, and he should trust it like a blood brother. But, guys tend to keep fouling that bugger off until he eventually misses location with it, or misses the plate entirely with something else. What a boon it would be to have a pitch that looks like some fat cheese, only to tumble out of the zone at the last second. Easier said than done, of course, but I shoooore do like the idea.

p.s. I looked briefly here and on xanthan's site to find an overall pitch analysis for Cain, so that I could base some of my rant on reality, but to no avail. Didn't somebody systematically pick apart his repertoire at some point?

Um, I'm sure this post is going to jinx my access to MLB Network, but the Giants first cactus league game is going to be covered live. Yes!

Mentioned over at BtBS, this lets you look up any player's DL history. Pretty sweet.

Will Carroll over at BP has uploaded his Team Health Reports for the 2009 season. It's subscriber-only, of course, but the unfiltered comments may end up revealing quite a bit.

I expect it's okay to share that, according to his system, our big concern should be the health of the vaunted rotation: Cain. Unit, and Sanchez especially. Oh, and we gotta keep a close eye on that gamer, Scotty Rowand.