San Francisco Giants

By E.L.M. What it certainly means is the Giants aren't going after Dan Uggla on the trade market, one name that's been bandied about as a possible power source. So as we've expected, the boppage will come at an outfield or infield corner. It also means that Kevin Frandsen isn't getting his big break nex...

By Grant Whoops. How did Eliezer sneak in there? What a strange mistake. No matter. We all know that the offense will sputter without key cog Bengie Molina. Not in the team picture: Kevin Frandsen and John Bowker. I'm not sure why, but I'll just guess that Bowker's projection is something like .350/.450/.6...

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 Kevin O'Brien Going into Spring Training this season, he wasn't deemed worthy to compete with Emmanuel Burriss and Kevin Frandsen for the open second base position. With Frandsen, Burriss, Juan Uribe and Matt Downs all competing for the second base job, and the outfield already crowded with Fred Lewi...

By Simon Balin Shinjo was a San Francisco outfielder who was great with the glove like current Giant Travis Ishikawa is great with the glove, but luckily for current Giants fans, Ishikawa can hit too (something that Shinjo had a few problems with). Where 's Frandsen?

By E.L.M. Bruce Bochy had Sergio Romo warming up quickly behind Wilson, and after the game Boch told the press that the last batter of the game, Bonifacio, was going to be Wilson’s last, no matter what the outcome. SMALL PRINT UPDATE: Kevin Frandsen back up, Randy Johnson to the DL. Heal fast, Big Unit. A...

By james smith The guy can hit. He has hit over .300 every stop along the way in the Giants minor league system.  The Giants are in desperate need of some O. From where-ever. Frandsen sticks with it. While he's beginning to show signs of being mildly ticked at not getting, in his view, his fair crack at the job, Fra...

By Grant There could probably be a series on potential roster moves. Jonathan Sanchez or Other? Kevin Frandsen or Matt Downs? Rich Aurilia's gold watch: 14k or 18k? The one that fascinates me, though, is the glut of mid-20s, kinda interesting outfielders who may or may not be a part of the Giants' fu...

By Andrew Baggarly – The scoreboard at Chase Field depicts San Francisco city scenes behind the batter’s head shot when he comes to the plate. When Kevin Frandsen batted, the curves of Lombard St. were behind him. – Some of the Diamondbacks’ young players haven’t panned out, but Stephen Drew isn’t one of them.

By obsessivegiantscompulsive(noreply@blogger.com) Infielders (6): 1B Travis Ishikawa, 2B Emmanuel Burriss, SS Edgar Renteria, 3B/C Pablo Sandoval, INF Rich Aurilia, INF Juan Uribe. Outfielders (6): CF Aaron Rowand, RF Randy Winn, LF Fred Lewis, Nate Schierholtz, Andres Torres, Eugenio Velez. Giants Thoughts

By Andrew Baggarly Quick notes, quotes and anecdotes following the Giants’ 1-0 loss to the Brew Crew: –Manager Bruce Bochy isn’t ready to proclaim his opening day second baseman yet. But he had Emmanuel Burriss start there for the second consecutive day. Meanwhile, Kevin Frandsen got his first action at thi...

By Giantfan9(noreply@blogger.com) The Giants again had not enough offense until it was too late. The regulars are still mostly in a slump with Randy Winn (.043), Edgar Renteria (.263), Bengie Molina (.238) and Aaron Rowand going a combined 2 for 10 on the day. Even starters Pablo Sandoval and Kevin Frandsen, who have been hitting...

By Giantfan9(noreply@blogger.com) The Giants faced the A's today. So it being a Spring Training game.......naturally the Giants lost. The Giants looked like they were fielding a split squad or even a "B" team. Kevin Frandsen and Travis Ishikawa were the only players who are competing for starting jobs who played in the game. Steve Holm...

By Giantfan9(noreply@blogger.com) In the 2B competition, not much headway was made today. Burriss was 0 for 2 and Frandsen was 0 for 3. Frandsen did make a nice play on a hard hit linedrive that I thought was over his head and into RF. Frandsen snagged the ball and threw to Edgar Renteria to double off the runner, who like me also thou...

By noreply@blogger.com (Jeff Fletcher) Historically, the Giants have never fully relied upon rookie position players. However, Sandoval looks to be relied upon as an infield anchor. Is there a Plan B if Sandoval does not play as anticipated? (Frontrow) EVANS: "I think we know Frandsen is capable of playing over there and there s...

By Your San Francisco Giants I attended Wednesday night's "Chalk Talk'' for season-ticket holders in the Giants clubhouse, where the featured guests were Fred Lewis, Kevin Frandsen and Bruce Bochy with their genial host Jon Miller. I'll get to the odds... · Bochy said the order of his starting rotation right now is Linc...

By obsessivegiantscompulsive(noreply@blogger.com) I would say that right now, the Giants lineup is shaping up nicely.  It is not done by any means, but we have hitters who should be around the average for the NL at most lineup spots:  Winn, Renteria, Lewis, Rowand, Ishikawa, and Burriss/Frandsen/Velez should all be able to match or slightly...

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 obsessivegiantscompulsive(noreply@blogger.com) I still believe the Giants left 3B open for the 2008 season so that if Durham beat out Frandsen (perhaps they believed that much in Frandsen's bat) , Frandsen would have a starting position to slide to.   This time, I think the announcement of Sandoval at 1B was a signal to other teams that the G...

By noreply@blogger.com (Trevor) The Giants also got bitten by the injury bug this season. The team leader in wins from last year and a big piece of their rotation, Noah Lowry, ended up missing the year with nagging elbow soreness. Also, the teams projected starting second basemen, Kevin Frandsen, a guy who hit .370 last Septe...