Category Archives: Minors
More Draft Coverage (Now With Umlauts!)
I continue to sort through the smörgåsbord of various Giants draft coverage out there. Baggarly has a chat with new scouting director John Barr, who presumably is responsible for the shift in this year’s change in draft philosophy. Some interesting … Continue reading
Filed under Buster Posey, Draft, Minors
Vlad 2.0
I’m sure you all remember the TBS permaplay classic A Christmas Story. You know, the tale of the lovable Ralphie, who wants nothing more than an official Red Ryder carbine-action 200-shot range model BB gun for Christmas. His repeated requests … Continue reading
Filed under Angel Villalona, Buster Posey, Draft, Minors, Tim Lincecum
2007 Draft: 2008 Draft Ain’t All That
As I mentioned a couple of days back, the second of our 2007 first-rounders, 19 year old Tim Alderson, was named to the Cal League All-Star team as a member of the Single-A San Jose Giants. Madison Bumgarner is currently … Continue reading
Filed under Madison Bumgarner, Minors
Threets Sneaks Through
Evidently, our handwringing over Threets is a case of fan myopia as he goes unclaimed and is outrighted to Fresno. Nevertheless, retaining the hard-throwing lefty reliever is helpful – you can never have too many of those.
Filed under Erick Threets, Minors
Links Cure All
We never really had a chance given tonight’s matchup. Luckily, the Pat Misch experiment looks to be nearing its merciful end, as Kevin Correia looks fired up and ready to go. Credit Aaron Cook, who is turning into a legitimate … Continue reading
Filed under Buster Posey, Draft, Jonathan Sanchez, Kevin Correia, Merkin Valdez, Minors, Noah Lowry, Pat Misch, Tim Lincecum
Midday Break: Norwich Bashing, Alou and Porn?
- Joe Perez of the Norwich bulletin has harsh words for Travis Denker and the entire Giants organization (I think I kinda like this guy) regarding the spate of complaints concerning the temperature in Norwich and the dimensions of Dodd … Continue reading
Filed under Minors, Rumors, Travis Denker
Let’s Go Dirty!
Sanchez on the hill as the good guys try to take the rubber match in the day game. In other news, Eliezer Alfonzo – the other, less disappointing but still underwhelming “E. Alfonzo” – has tested positive for a banned … Continue reading
Filed under Eliezer Alfonzo, Jonathan Sanchez, Minors, PEDs
