San Francisco Giants

By rss@youtube.com (allen85255) The Arizona Rookie League Championship for '08 saw the AZL Angels (first half winners) host the AZL Giants (second half winners) at Tempe Diablo Stadium. It was the usual sparse crowd for such games even though they featured the great stars of tomorrow including Boster Posey, Wendell Fai...

Any catcher the Giants might obtain this offseason probably will begin next year as a regular while Posey continues his ... Giants say top prospect Buster Posey's not ready for the majors yetSan Jose Mercury News No Molina, no Posey as Opening Day catcherSan Francisco Chronicle

By Andrew Baggarly The Giants aren’t sure who will be their catcher on opening day, but it almost certainly won’t be Bengie Molina – or Buster Posey. Back to Posey. Here’s Sabean on the decision: Are you only offering a one-year contract to free-agent catchers?

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By Chris Mike Cameron .236/.321/.420 Bengie Molina .261/.288/.421 Ewww. A two-eighty-eight OBP? No thank you. The Giants are almost certain to offer Molina arbitration — I just hope he declines. Speaking of.. Buster Posey .263/.340/.389 Pablo Sandoval .312/.356/.502

By Grant If the Giants somehow repeat their 2009 win total without Posey in 2010, the burning question in 2011 will be, "Gee, can we afford to start a rookie catcher with this pitching staff keeping us in contention?" This would also happen if the pitching staff implodes, mind you. It would probably...

By Chris This premise might bug me the most. I think we can all agree that the catcher position is one of the most physically demanding positions on the baseball diamond. A lot of scouts (Keith Law, Sickels, etc.) have noted that Posey has looked tired in the AFL. Can we really blame him? He’s been playing...

By obsessivegiantscompulsive(noreply@blogger.com) Still this is just the latest in a long line of awards and recognition. Before we signed him (but after we drafted him), he won the Golden Spike award. He then was a Hawaii Winter Baseball Post-Season All-Star last season. This season, he was a California League mid-season All-Star, and he rec...

By Grant When wondering if Buster Posey is ready to hit in the majors, ask yourself this question: "Can he somehow manage to have the third-worst on-base percentage in baseball?" If you think the answer is "yes," congratulations. You're on your way to upgrading one of your eight lineup spots.

By Grant Tattoo #1: Start Randy Winn. He hit home runs in 2005. Polaroid #1: Buster Posey. (other side) Don't believe his lies. Forget Matt Holliday. He'll go absolutely nuts for the team that acquires him, hitting like a latter-day Frank Robinson, but then he'll try to catch a ball with his crotch in the...

By Paulie(p_rice41@hotmail.com) So, what's the best way to go about this? Is it to acquire a player who can hit for power, or a player who can draw walks? Is it to play Buster Posey and give Bengie Molina the heave-ho? Is it to just let Freddy Lewis play, dammit? Is it to dump Edgar Renteria already?

By Grant San Diego Padres starting pitcher Lefty Grove delivers a pitch in the first inning against the San Francisco Giants in a baseball game Saturday, Oct. 3, 2009 in San Diego. (AP Photo/Lenny Ignelzi) And maybe Buster Posey wasn't the pennant-winning bolt of lightning from Zeus's loins that I...

By Grant No. I was right. The "Posey doesn't know how to call games/frame pitches/chew with his mouth closed"-crowd was wrong. You can't see it, but I'm making obscene gestures at them right now. There's no way the Giants need to allocate 5% of a tight payroll to Bengie Molina to act as an organizational...

By Andrew Baggarly – The Giants were 22-0 when scoring at least eight runs. Until Tuesday night, that is. That’s an amazing statistic. I had no idea the Giants scored eight runs 22 times. – I’m a believer now. Instant replay works on home run calls. So … Cain for Fielder?

By Grant Fielder to watch: A new series-preview category this late in the season? What gives? It’s worth it, though, as there’s a small chance that Buster Posey might start a game this season. So let’s just review what Tim Lincecum said about Posey’s defense:

By Grant Now that that's settled, let's focus our attention on the Diamondbacks/Rockies series. I propose that the Diamondbacks win all three of those games. Combined number of PA from Buster Posey, John Bowker, Fred Lewis, and Ryan Garko: 2.5. Over or under?

By Chris My last hope for the season as the Giants slide away from Wild Card contention is to play guys like John Bowker and Buster Posey. I fully expect that Bochy will run Molina out for the rest of this LA series and maybe for the one in LA, but the further the Giants move away from playoff baseball the c...

By Paulie(p_rice41@hotmail.com) I will say one thing: If the Giants continue to play Eli Whiteside over Buster Posey when Bengie Molina gets a day off, they just aren't serious about winning. Whiteside has been a decent backup and all, but let's face it. If Posey were installed in the lineup right now he'd be the Giants' secon...

By E.L.M. Garko Ishikawa Renteria F. Sanchez Sandoval Burriss Downs Frandsen Guzman Rohlinger OF Schierholtz Rowand Lewis Velez Torres Bowker Posey Sandoval Whiteside Garko Ishikawa F. Sanchez Renteria (on a short leash) Uribe or Frandsen

By obsessivegiantscompulsive(noreply@blogger.com) The big question for me is who did the Giants remove from the roster in order to put Posey and Runzler on the 40 man roster. There are no more players to put on the 60-day DL, so the Giants will have to start to waive players. Observations and Opinions on Buster Posey

By Grant With Bengie Molina around for another year, the Giants are shoehorning Sandoval in at third just to improve the lineup. While I’m fine with the Sandoval-at-third experiment, I’m a little upset that the Giants feel the experiment requires that Sandoval throw away his catcher’s gear. If th...

By obsessivegiantscompulsive(noreply@blogger.com) C: Posey, Sandoval, Adam Witter, Hector Sanchez 1B: Sandoval, Villalona, Ishikawa, Bowker, Neal, Hector Sanchez 2B: Frandsen, Velez, Noonan, Downs SP: Lincecum, Cain, Sanchez, Bumgarner, Alderson, Snyder, Henry Sosa, Waldis Joaquin, plus Zito

By noreply@blogger.com (obsessivegiantscompulsive) That's why we could leave Brian Wilson in as closer. Up to last season, the Giants were not sure whether they wanted him to start or relieve, though they kept him in relief because of his TJS history (I presume). If we didn't have Cain, then Lincecum, and now Sanchez, the Giants management prob...

By noreply@blogger.com (obsessivegiantscompulsive) There is a new analyst of pitching mechanics on The Hardball Times, in the wake of Carlos Gomez getting a job with a major league team, and he publishes on the website Baseball-Intellect.com. However, he did not cover Posey yet, so I was disappointed.

By noreply@blogger.com (Trevor) Q: Many Giants fans wanted the team to draft a big time power hitter like Justin Smoak or Yonder Alonso. Gordon Beckham was another guy who was on Giants radar as well. Do you think Posey will end up being a better major league hitter than those guys? Q: How do you grade the Giants 2008 draft?

By noreply@blogger.com (Trevor) The Giants didn't stop with Posey as far as drafting hitters on day 1. They also grabbed Bill Mueller-clone Connor Gillaspie with pick number 37 in the supplemental round. He's another advanced college bat that was projected to go as high is the middle first round, but apparently teams were...

By Grant Barr also went out of his way on KNBR (the .mp3 is here) to bring up Matusz. This leads me to think the Giants’ draft board looks something like this: 1. Tim Beckham or Pedro Alvarez 2. Tim Beckham or Pedro Alvarez 3. Buster Posey 4. Just one of Justin Smoak, Yonder Alonso, or Gordon Beckham