San Francisco Giants

By Andrew Baggarly No great revelations on the conference call. Freddy Sanchez looks forward to doing what he wasn’t able to do following the trade. Bruce Bochy says Sanchez will be a great fit at the No.2 spot, or possibly third — in which case we could presume Pablo Sandoval would hit cleanup. Brian Sabean calle...

By Grant It’s obvious, then, that I should root for the Phillies, right? Kind of. I’d like to think, though, that in an alternate dimension, Pablo Sandoval hit a three-run home run in this year’s All-Star Game, which would have led to the Phillies having home field advantage during this series. Duri...

By Kevin O'Brien Mark Sweeney? Meh. Travis Ishikawa, Ryan Garko and Jesus Guzman. It will be interesting to see what manager Bruce Bochy and Sabean do concerning the position. One popular sentiment seems to be sticking Pablo Sandoval at first and making Juan Uribe the starting third baseman.

By Grant Startling, yes. But I really think the Giants have a bit of a short-term clock ticking. Lincecum and Cain are 40% of a good rotation right now. Pablo Sandoval is a legit middle-of-the-order hitter right now. Those are difficult pieces to come by, but the Giants have them. And if there’s any help f...

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By Grant This is more like the Jose Cruz, Jr. thing. Someone does something well all season, and then stinks up a single play to ruin all of the good that preceded it. Tim Lincecum walking seven in three innings. Pablo Sandoval hitting into a double play every time he comes up with runners on base. An error b...

By Grant RkPosOPS+ ▾1POsiris Matos4272PJeremy Affeldt*16433BPablo Sandoval#1414OFAndres Torres#1165IFJuan Uribe1166CSteve Holm977LFFred Lewis*978CFAaron Rowand9391BTravis Ishikawa*8810UTEugenio Velez#8711CBengie Molina8712RFNate Schierholtz*8313RFRandy Winn#7614...

By Chris Anyone who’s watched a Pablo Sandoval at-bat should be able to realize within a few pitches that Sandoval likes to swing the stick. According to Fangraph’s O-Swing% statistic (the number of pitches outside of the strike zone that a batter swings at) Sandoval has swung at 41.8% of the pitche...

By Chris It’s never a bad idea to write about a guy who just blasted 2-HR’s in a game. Uribe becomes the 3rd Giant this season to hit 2 or more home runs in a game. Ryan Garko did it recently, Sandoval did it twice in his scorching June, and Molina did it earlier in the season against Colorado. In ‘09, the Gian...

By Andrew Baggarly But simply put, aside from Pablo Sandoval, the Giants dont have a single hitter who is good enough to not be able to get a bunt down. I wonder if those same fans told Bruce Bochy that they came all the way from France. Or if they yelled “Roll Tide” to Matt Cain.

By giantsbaseballblog@yahoo.com (Trevor Cole) Q5: Even the casual baseball fan is becoming familiar with "The Big Panda" Pablo Sandoval as the Giants have finally developed a position player of note. What's your take on Sandoval? Do you think he's a guy who will be a .320+ hitter with 30 homers and 100+ RBI a year type player, or do you think...

By E.L.M. Cole Hamels has struggled this year, but fercrissakes, he's Cole Hamels. He's a really good pitcher. His change-up was filthy tonight, and a Giants lineup depleted of Pablo Sandoval (still nursing the sore calf) could do nothing with it. If you need a scapegoat, try Andres Torres, who pinch...

By obsessivegiantscompulsive(noreply@blogger.com) It's not Larry [Baer]'s fault the Giants don't have a thirdbaseman or a firstbaseman who can hit 40 HR." So the Giants may already have a 40 HR 1B/3B in Pablo Sandoval and therefore, based on what this host said, Sabean has done his job there.

By Chris Sandoval left the game early with a calf injury. The Giants can’t hit, but when you take out Sandoval from the lineup, they really can’t hit. Consider this, the 2nd best hitter on the team next to Sandoval is Aaron Rowand. After Rowand, it’s Fred Lewis, who doesn’t even start anymore. The Giants...

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 E.L.M. Players of the week: Tim Lincecum gets the nod for his heartbreaking work of staggering genius Wednesday vs. L.A., with Brian Wilson the runner-up. Among batsmen, it's a toss-up between Sandoval (7 for 23, 3 BB, epic home run, double) and Bengie Molina (5 for 18, 2 BB, game-winning home run, do...

By E.L.M. Giants 4, Dodgers 2 (10 innings): When Pablo Sandoval watched his near home run in the bottom of the 9th, thinking he had a walk-off, but only got to second instead of taking the easy triple  -- a bonehead move that changed the entire complexion of the inning --  I was ready to chalk this one up...

By Andy Bensch The two men in question are Giants manager Bruce Bochy and General Manager Brian Sabean. I'll start with the latter. Even with the Giants' most exciting offensive player Pablo Sandoval tied for third in the National League with a .336 average, the Giants are just as offensively inept as they...

By E.L.M. Let's move on to the players of the week. Sandoval does it again with the bat, 10 for 22 with two doubles, two stunning home runs, and four walks, all while returning to third base. No one comes close to his excellent week except Rowand. Hat tip to Matt Downs, who had four hits and four walks in his d...

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 E.L.M. The first reaction is all about 2011 and 2012. Just like the addition of Pablo Sandoval and Travis Ishikawa has done nothing to recharge this offense, no one coming up the ladder will make this lineup appreciably better in 2010. Cabrera is a first baseman working his way toward DH.

By Danny Penza As Barry Zito said on his Twitter page, “it’s time for the Giants to capitalize.” And he dominated his personal bogeyman, the Arizona Diamondbacks. 4.  Pablo Sandoval—100 at-bats, .300 average, .340 OBP, .810 OPS, nine runs, seven doubles, two triples, two home runs, nine RBI, two stolen base...

By Ranier Reglos After a sub-par start to the season, the San Francisco Giants are heading into May with a 10-10 record, going 7-3 in their last 10 games. Meanwhile, Aaron Rowand, Edgar Renteria, and Pablo Sandoval continue to lift their own respected batting averages. 

By yoursfgiants After the game, Sandoval bought dinner for whole clubhouse, arranging for a local Italian restaurant to have the food delivered. Omar Vizquel had done the same thing when he was down in San Jose rehabbing an injury, and Sandoval, a player on the San Jose Giants at the time, never forgot it. Em...

By Andrew Nuschler Randy Winn, Freddie Lewis, and Bengie Molina continue to swing a nice stick although only Randy and Fab Five Freddie emerged from Saint Diego with anything to show for it.  Emanuel Burriss got his first knocks of the year, but Aaron Rowand and Pablo Sandoval rocked a combined 2-19 (Rowand d...

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 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 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) Bottom line is that Ortiz gave up 5 of the 6 runs the Diamondbacks scored. Other that that....the pitching staff did a great job. The offense was decent....especially after the 4th inning. Eugenio Velez had a solo HR for the Giants first run and Pablo Sandoval had a 2 run HR in the 6th. The team tallied a tot...

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 E.L.M. Shoes: The first indication of a monster season. Say, does that guy have on… shoes? Whhhhooooah, nelly. Watch out. Freddie said he’s hitting the weight room a lot and has been joined in the Arizona training center by Pablo Sandoval and others. He’s gained more weight than in any of the past...

By Trevor(noreply@blogger.com) C: Bengie Molina, Pablo Sandoval 1B: Pablo Sandoval, Travis Ishikawa LF: Fred Lewis, Dave Roberts CF: Aaron Rowand, Dave Roberts P: Tim Lincecum, Matt Cain, Jon Sanchez, Noah Lowry, Barry Zito, Brian Wilson, Alex Hinshaw, Sergio Romo, Merkin Valdez, Billy Sadler

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 Grant So let’s all look back to August 14th, 2008: The Day of Magic. Jose Castillo was gone. Travis Ishikawa was up. It doesn’t sound like much, but after said Day of Magic: Emmanuel Burriss hit .366/.458/.437. Pablo Sandoval hit .345/.357/.490. Travis Ishikawa hit .274/.337/.432 (not great, but stay with me...