SB Nation User Blog: jponry

Matt Morris: Released

jponry — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 16:15:41 -0000

Wow, it must really suck to be too bad even for the Pirates. And somehow, Morris was. I guess the trade doesn't look as great as it did last year when we had Rajai and he was playing pretty well, but it sure looks really bad for Pittsburgh now to have acquired him, agreed to pay all of his contract and then to have him blow up like this.

FWIW: 22.3 IP, 44 H, 24 ER, 7 BB, 9 K, 9.67 ERA, 42 ERA+, 2.14 WHIP

All Matt Morris-related schadenfreude is welcome. How about that Pirates defense, eh Matty?

Some interesting defensive data...

jponry — Wed, 03 Oct 2007 17:47:09 -0000

MGL has posted the top three and bottom three at each position in terms of UZR... a few Giants showed up on both lists.

http://www.insidethebook.com/ee/index.php/site/article/best_and_worst_of_2007_uzr/

The Good:

Vizquel - +16 (3rd best shortstop)
Feliz - +28 (best third baseman)
Winn - +7 (third best NL RF)

The Bad:

Bonds - -23 (3rd worst NL LF)
Roberts - -26 (worst CF in the majors!)

http://jinaz-reds.blogspot.com/2007/10/2007-fielding-data.html
A dude named JinAZ has also posted some defensive ratings, based on THT's RZR. Notable Giants numbers:

Klesko - -4
Ortmeier - +5.1
Durham - -12.1 (owch)
Frandsen - -0.1 (as a 2b)
Feliz - +28.6 (damn, he's good)
Vizquel - +12.9
Bonds - -2.3 (not so bad here)
Roberts - -5.2 (as a CF)
Davis - -1.9 (as a CF)
Winn - +7.0 (as a RF)
Schierholtz - +4.5

Any thoughts? It looks pretty clear that Dave Roberts needs to not start in CF next year... (with his offense... that signing's looking pretty bad to me right now.)

AZL Top 20 Prospects

jponry — Fri, 21 Sep 2007 16:26:16 -0000

http://www.baseballamerica.com/today/prospects/features/264877.html

Angel Villalona, 3b, Giants
Nick Noonan, 2b, Giants
Wilmer Font, rhp, Giants
Wilber Bucardo, rhp, Giants
Charlie Culberson, 2b/ss, Giants

5 of the top 20 (and 4 of the top 6) is pretty good!

D-Backs, Byrnes come to an agreement on extension

jponry — Tue, 07 Aug 2007 17:01:31 -0000

http://www.azcentral.com/sports/articles/0807brynes-ON-CR.html

Seems pretty relevant to the Giants, since everyone (including me) was sure he was destined to wear the orange and black.

I can't say I'm personally disappointed by this, though he does kill us.

Schadenfreude: Neifi Perez edition

jponry — Fri, 03 Aug 2007 19:30:13 -0000

http://msn.foxsports.com/mlb/story/7089294?MSNHPHMA

Suspended an additional 80 games for testing positive for stimulants AGAIN.

Tim #2 Signs

jponry — Fri, 20 Jul 2007 02:10:09 -0000

Thanks to Cainer in the gameday thread.

http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/story/93559

Now let's just get the MadBum and Fairley signed and we can all be happy!

Schierholtz sent down, Aurilia back up

jponry — Sun, 01 Jul 2007 23:49:31 -0000

According to Damon Bruce on KNBR

I hope Richie is better and can hit now.

It's probably a good idea to give Nate more regular playing time.

Carlos Gomez THT Mechanics Review of Top 10 Picks

jponry — Thu, 14 Jun 2007 16:40:20 -0000

http://www.hardballtimes.com/main/article/breaking-down-the-drafts-1st-round-picks-1-10/

He really likes Bumgarner!

10. LHP Madison Bumgarner, Giants
Oh my goodness, I really like this kid too. Good arm action, very good tempo. Don't be fooled. He looks really smooth, but this kid is aggressive, which I really like. I may disagree with other scouts about changing his arm slot. I say leave his arm slot where it is. As you can probably tell, I like athletic pitchers, and he certainly fits the mold.

He again drifts and leads with his hips into a nice long stride, but his finish is a little on the abrupt side. A couple of things that I would do with Bumgarner: Teach him how to finish his pitches better (upper body lean, long arm deceleration a la Price) and scrap the curve and go with a slurve/slider-type pitch that starts on the same plane as his fastball. He could also speed his body up just a tad. Here's a short clip of Bumgarner's athletic move forward:

I really like this pick at No. 10. As of right now, Price and Parker are Nos. 1 and #2, and Bumgarner is probably my No. 3.

Barry's back!

jponry — Fri, 08 Dec 2006 03:04:47 -0000

Front page of mlb.com

1 year, $16 million

I'm pretty happy with this

Feliz on the verge of re-signing?

jponry — Sat, 02 Dec 2006 05:49:37 -0000

http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/12/01/SPGLLMNQ221.DTL

From this article: "Also, Pedro Feliz is on the verge of rejoining Durham on the infield at China Basin. Agent Mike Arias said he has all but completed a one-year deal with the Giants for Feliz, who is expected to command between $5 million and $6 million."