Tag: 2019 SF Giants
How the SF Giants Are Turning Their Broken Farm System Around
Updated:When, you might wonder, was the last time the San Francisco Giants had four players on Major League Baseball’s Top…
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The 2019 MLB Trade Deadline: Award-Winning Analysis and Some Other Stuff
Updated:The recent MLB trade deadline is being described in terms of what the Big Three franchises did or didn’t do…
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The SF Giants Serve Up a Delicious Problem
Updated:The 2019 menu for the San Francisco Giants looked to be pretty well laid out. This season they were supposed…
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A Critical Mid-Season Turning Point for the SF Giants and Farhan Zaidi
Updated:The Major League Baseball landscape in San Francisco is a contorted mishmash as we pause at the All-Star break to…
Read more »In the SF Giants Dugout the Veterans are Leading by (Worst) Example
Updated:With the recent embarrassing outburst by demoted San Francisco Giants starting pitcher Derek Holland criticizing his team’s leadership, the discord…
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The SF Giants and the First Rule of Holes: Just Stop Digging
Updated:After the first three weeks and 20 games into the 2019 season, the San Francisco Giants appear on the surface…
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For the SF Giants “Rebuild” Doesn’t Begin to Describe What’s Happening
Updated:The San Francisco Giants are definitely not rebuilding. Because a “rebuild” suggests that there was something worthwhile there in the…
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“Playing Pepper” Adds Spice to the 2019 MLB Season
Updated:“Playing Pepper” is back. Despite the best efforts of science to stop its virulent spread, Daniel Shoptaw’s annual review of…
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2019 MLB Teams: False Positives and Completely Wrong Negatives
Updated:Every year we get all worked up about the success or failure of various MLB teams, based on what we…
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The SF Giants: Smoke, Mirrors, and Bryce Harper
Updated:One way or another the San Francisco Giants intend to get a piece of superstar free agent outfielder Bryce Harper….
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How Peter Magowan Saved The San Francisco Giants
Updated:With the death yesterday of Peter Magowan, a principal member of the SF Giants ownership group, the story of how…
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Debunking Two Losing MLB Strategies: The “Open Window” and Having a “Core”
Updated:We often hear the following tired clichés when baseball commentators, front office executives or field managers are talking about the…
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National League Playoff Spots Will Be Hard to Come By in 2019
Updated:As we assess the moves made during the recent MLB Winter Meetings, and the many free agents still on the…
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SF Giants: Two Iconic Stars, Two Critical Questions to be Answered
Updated:The addition of new President of Baseball Operations Farhan Zaidi doesn’t change the difficult immediate outlook or profound long-term challenges…
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New SF Giants Executive Team Will Inherit an Organization in Disarray
Updated:Once the San Francisco Giants go through the process of selecting a new President of Baseball Ops and a new…
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The Myths About MLB Player Injuries Are Alive and Well in 2018
Updated:Once again this season we’ve heard the same tired cliched comments about MLB player injuries: > “Wow is it me…
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