Gerald Dempsey Posey (twitter: @BusterPosey)

Positions: Catcher and First Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 220 lb.

Born: March 27, 1987 in Leesburg, GA
High School: Lee County HS (Leesburg, GA)
School: Florida State University (Tallahassee, FL)
Drafted by the San Francisco Giants in the 1st round (5th pick) of the 2008 amateur draft.
Signed August 15, 2008. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 11, 2009 (Age 22)   vs. LAD 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB
Team: Giants 2009-2013
2013 Contract Status: Signed, 9 yrs/$164M (13-21) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2013): 2.161, Free Agent: 2022 [*], Agents: CAA Sports (Jeff Berry) [*]
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• 5/20 mlbreports.com : Who Owned Baseball Yesterday (May.19) – Updated Yearly ‘WOB’ Standings: In a losing cause, Miguel Cabrera hit three homers, reached base 5 times, scored three and drove in 5 runs. (His critics would...
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• 5/19 mlbreports.com : Who Owned Baseball Yesterday (May.18) – Updated Yearly ‘WOB’ Standings: Joey Votto went 4-4 with a homer and 2 RBI and reached base 6 times as the Reds demolished the Phillies 10-0. Brandon McCarthy...
• 5/18 mlbreports.com : Get A (Fantasy Baseball) Grip On Reality: Blog Series Part 1: Like us on Facebook here Saturday May 18, 2013 By Derek Jackson (MLB Reports Fantasy Expert:  I am happy to be joining the fantastic...
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• 5/18 mlbreports.com : Who Owned Baseball Yesterday (May.17) – Updated Yearly ‘WOB’ Standings: Paul Goldschmidt went 4-5 with two homers and four RBI as the Diamondbacks clobbered the Marlins 9-2. Matt Harvey pitched into...
• 5/17 numberFire: MLB Daily Fantasy Helper: Friday 5/17/13: There are daily fantasy platforms where Tony Cingrani actually has a price below $1 million? Really?See More Tony Cingrani Paul...
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• 5/11 AroundTheFoghorn: San Francisco Giants Have Offensive Outburst In Win Over Atlanta Braves: Coming into tonight’s game, Atlanta Braves starter Tim Hudson had a career record of 8-4 against the San Francisco Giants,...
• 5/10 Through The Fence Baseball: The Atlanta Braves Go Streaking!: Through The Fence Baseball | Through The Fence Baseball - Baseball news, discussion, rumors, and stats from around MLB.Alright,...
• 5/10 Baseball Jerks: May 10 Daily Fantasy Baseball Picks: The work week is at an end and there is a full slate of MLB games tonight. So grab some food, claim your spot on the couch, and...
• 5/10 mlbreports.com : Down On The Farm: A Look At The Twins Top 5 Prospects: Like us on Facebook here Friday May 10, 2013 By Kyle Holland (MLB Reports Writer): The Minnesota Twins have a Minor League farm...
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• 5/10 Through The Fence Baseball: Fantasy Daily: Manny Machado, Mike Napoli continue mashing: Through The Fence Baseball | Through The Fence Baseball - Baseball news, discussion, rumors, and stats from around MLB.Taking...
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• 5/10 Raising Matt Cain: Braves Take Round One: Atlanta's 22-year old rookie starter, Julio Teheran, needed only 93 pitches to get 21 outs. He couldn't stop Buster Posey, but...
• 5/10 mlbreports.com : Who Owned Baseball – Yesterday (May 9th) + Updated Yearly ‘WOB’ Standings: Evan Longoria went 3-5, driving in the first run of the game. Then with the Rays and Blue Jays tied, 2 outs and nobody on in the...
• 5/9 Tomahawk Take: Series Preview: Atlanta Braves at San Francisco Giants: The Atlanta Braves begin a four game series this evening, traveling to the City by the Bay and AT&T park to take on the defending...
• 5/9 BaseballGuys.com: FanDuel Contest: $3000 Friday Tournament: Every Friday at BaseballGuys.com, I relay to you how you can sign up for a daily fantasy baseball game courtesy of FanDuel.com....
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• 5/9 BaseballGuys.com: Finally Home: I’ve spent the last three days in the hospital with the whopper of all illnesses. Try throwing up 20+ times (literally),...
• 5/9 numberFire: Stats Triage: The Giants' Brandon Belt Issue: Belt's horrendous .282 OBP is thanks to swinging at the wrong time and a lack of hitting luck.See More Brandon Belt Buster...
• 5/9 Fire Brand of the American League: Salty vs. RossSix weeks into the season who deserves to be the primary catcher for this Red Sox team? ...
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• 5/8 Raising Matt Cain: BZ & VSC: Barry Zito pitched another great game today. The magic carpet ride continues for the Beezian One. My mom thinks No. 75's resurgence...
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• 5/8 Injury Report: ()
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• 5/8 Fantasy Baseball Crackerjacks: Fantasy Baseball Waiver Wire: Brandon CrawfordThere are many keys to contending in a fantasy baseball league. One of them is this: When you’re weak at More......
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• 5/8 Phillies Nation: Behind A Sensational Kendrick, Phils Beat Giants For Second Straight Night: What a difference a flight out west makes. When the Phillies arrived in San Francisco yesterday, they had been in a rut, dropping...
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• 5/5 The Baseball Continuum: Cool Link: Diamond Mines Scouting Reports Database: Continuum Global News has been delayed until the First Anniversary Spectacular this Wednesday. In it’s stead, here is a...
• 5/5 mlbreports.com : Who Owned Baseball – Updated May.05/2013: Miguel Cabrera had a night so good that even a Sabermetrics fan would have to concede he owned baseball. The Detroit Tigers star...
• 5/5 AroundTheFoghorn: San Francisco Giants Beat Dodgers With Second Consecutive Walkoff Homer: Tonight was not a night to remember for many, except San Francisco Giants backup backstop Guillermo Quiroz. As the Giants’...
• 5/5 Lasorda's Lair: The Downward Spiral Continues After Wild Rollercoaster Loss in San Francisco: Dodgers 9 15 0 Giants 10 15 0 F/10 WP- Casilla (3-2) LP- League (0-1) HR- A.J. Ellis (2), Torres (1), Quiroz (1) When the Dodgers...
• 5/5 Raising Matt Cain: ¡Adios, pelota!: Ho-hum, just another laugher, this one a walk-off win against the Dodgers. Tonight's hero was last man Guillermo Quiroz, who...
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• 4/23 Raising Matt Cain: Gritty Giants Gut It Out: I was thinking about Joaquin Arias tonight, about how he is a wonderful player, the perfect utility infielder and super-sub....
• 4/23 Splash Hit Blog: GIFCap: They only come in wins, baby: I’m not doing these things in a loss unless the Giants get extremely unlucky and there’s stuff to calm myself down...
• 4/23 Blog Red Machine: Reds’ Brandon Phillips (@DatDudeBP) featured in GQ May Issue: It would only go figure with a personality like the Cincinnati Reds’ own Brandon Phillips to pull a prank on a fellow teammate...
• 4/22 Splash Hit Blog: GQ Photos: Not sure what Buster Posey’s wearing and what Barry Zito’s doing: Buster Posey shot a photo for GQ magazine that you can see here As much as I love BP, I’m not sure I love the $325 capri...
• 4/21 TheLeadoffWalk: Padres vs. Giants: Day 21 Observations: Giants 5, Padres 0 Barry Zito San Francisco’s starting rotation’s dominance over the Padres lineup continued...
• 4/21 Splash Hit Blog: GIFCap: #SFGiants dance and blast their way to a sweep of the Padres: Barry Zito delivered seven shutout innings to bring his home shutout streak to twenty-one consecutive innings to begin the regular...
• 4/21 Raising Matt Cain: Sweet Sweep: The Giants like to throw shutouts, it seems. That's their fourth. One in LA, one against the Cardinals, one against the Rockies,...
• 4/21 Baseball Jerks: Sophomore Slumps? Bryce Harper and Mike Trout Don’t Think So: Saturday was a big day for the 2012 Major League Baseball Rookies of the Year. National League ROY Bryce Harper went 3-for-3 with...
• 4/21 mlbreports.com : Joe Mauer Off To A Hot Start In 2013: Like us on Facebook here Sunday April 21, 2013 By Kyle Holland (MLB Reports Writer):  There is no arguing that Joe Mauer is...
• 4/20 Splash Hit Blog: Lineups Posted and Edited: Fireballer Andrew Cashner gets the start for the Pads vs. #SFGiants: Hopefully, after a night where it took a while for fans to get into the park, prospective attendees have brought themselves to...
• 4/20 AroundTheFoghorn: Despite Historic Start To Season, San Francisco Giants Starters Have Worst ERA In League: Four games into the San Francisco Giants’ 2013 season, the starting five was making history – becoming the first team...
• 4/19 Mets360.com: Travis d’Arnaud’s Bad Luck Continues: The Mets’ top catching prospect according to Baseball Prospectus – and the centerpiece of last summer’s big trade with...
• 4/18 We Talk Fantasy Sports: Early Waiver Wire Surprises: Yes it's only about 15 games into the MLB season but there are some players who are making a lot of noise on the field and you...
• 4/18 Splash Hit Blog: Pulse Check: Sixteen games in for the #SFGiants: There being 162 games in the season, 16 games in seems like a fine place to check in with 10% of the regular season finding its...
• 4/18 TheLeadoffWalk: Giants vs. Brewers: Day 18 Observations: Brewers 7, Giants 2 Yovani Gallardo: On a day when Marco Scutaro and Buster Posey each received the day off, Gallardo...
• 4/18 numberFire: Pablo Sandoval's Success Strategy: Just Swing Early: Some players prefer to wait for the perfect pitch. Kung Fu Panda should not be one of those players.See More Pablo Sandoval Buster...
• 4/18 Injury Report: ()
• 4/18 Splash Hit Blog: #SFGiants Game GIFCap: Just gonna fart away and mislead you with highlights: Didn’t watch the game tonight? Well to sum it up for you right now, the Dodgers are losing right now. If that answer wasn’t...
• 4/17 AroundTheFoghorn: San Francisco Giants’ Buster Posey Shows Acting Skills In Toyota Commercials: By now, chances are you’ve seen most, if not all of the Buster Posey Toyota commercials. However, if you’re not in...
• 4/17 The Bleacher Blues: Where Are They Now? 2008 MLB Draft Edition: The 1st round of the June 2008 MLB Amateur Draft has yielded a number of all-stars and a National League MVP. The draft was almost...
• 4/17 fantasyteamadvice.com: Updated first base ranks (1B) fantasy baseball 2013 – sleeper first basemen emerging: A couple things to note before viewing the rankings.  For each position we rank the player based on that position, so for a guy...
• 4/17 Raising Matt Cain: Just a 3-run homer short of victory: I like that Brandon Belt got three hits, and Brandon Crawford two (including a homer). Funny thing about this game, the Giants...
• 4/16 fantasyteamadvice.com: Updated catcher rankings – In Season Fantasy Baseball 2013 – week 3: I will update the catcher rankings semi-regularly throughout the 2013 fantasy baseball season, as fantasy owners will be looking...
• 4/16 Through The Fence Baseball: 2013 MLB draft : Ten high school players on the rise: This is the third in a series of prep players who have impressed in recent weeks, either improving their 2013 MLB draft stock...
• 4/15 Raising Matt Cain: Flags Fly Forever: Here's a photo from Opening Day:The credit for all shots goes to my old pal and ex-roomie, the estimable Mr. R.H. Levine, who...
• 4/15 Diamond Ring: The $100 Milion Club: I sometimes find myself unfairly annoyed when we baseball writers neglect all the zeros on numbers and replace them with the word...
• 4/15 Swingin' A's: Oakland Athletics Deemed Inferior by San Francisco Chronicle… Sun Also Rises: It’s not often that anything in the newspaper catches my eye these days, except for the always exceptional work of Athletics...
• 4/14 TheLeadoffWalk: Giants vs. Cubs: Day 14 Observations: Giants 10, Cubs 7 Tim Lincecum: After a rocky first inning in which he gave up four runs on a pair of two-run homers, Lincecum...
• 4/14 Injury Report: ()
• 4/14 Splash Hit Blog: Lineups Posted: Maybe someone will issue a walk today: The series finale in Chicago happens today as the Cubs look to split the series with the Champs and the Giants look forward to...
• 4/14 Motor City Bengals: Whiskery, Whimpery Oakland A’s Easy to Hate: Moneyball – we get it. A walk is as good as a hit. Work the count, tire the opposing pitcher out, get into the soft underbelly...
• 4/13 Baseball Jerks: MLB Daily Fantasy Picks for April 13: I’m taking a break from FanDuel NHL picks to dive into some daily MLB picks this weekend. I’ve played MLB daily fantasy...
• 4/13 Baseballhotcorner.com: Ten Funny Statistics From This MLB Season: Ten surprising statistics to start the 2013 MLB Season: 1. If on March 30th I took Gio Gonzalez and Clayton Kershaw in HR derby...
• 4/12 TheLeadoffWalk: Giants vs. Cubs: Day 12 Observations: Cubs 4, Giants 3 David DeJesus and Starlin Castro: On a day where the wind was blowing out at Wrigley Field, three...
• 4/12 MLBTradeRumors: Offseason In Review: San Francisco Giants: The Giants won the World Series in 2012 thanks to a solid core, some savvy trades and a mammoth performance from Buster Posey....
• 4/11 Through The Fence Baseball: Odds and ends: Manny Ramirez as Mr. Baseball; fantasy baseball insights: My absolute favorite baseball moment this season happened across the ocean in Japan. Manny Ramirez’s first home run looked like...
• 4/11 The Baseball Continuum: The MVP of Yesterday (April 10, 2013): Brandon Moss: The MVP of Yesterday is Brandon Moss of the Athletics, who went 3-5 with 2 walks, a triple, a HR and 5 RBIs. The .318 WPA was...
• 4/11 Tyler's Think Tank: NL West Preview: 1st Place--Los Angeles Dodgers 2012 Record: 86-76 2012 Pythagorean: 86-76 2013 Projected: 93-69 Matt Kemp has an MVP-type...
• 4/10 TheLeadoffWalk: Rockies vs. Giants: Day Ten Observations: Giants 10, Rockies 0 Buster Posey: As evidenced by the score, just about everyone in the Giants lineup enjoyed a...
• 4/9 RoxPile: Mission: Win One In San Francisco: One game, not one series. Baby steps. The San Francisco Giants own the Colorado Rockies. Straight up. The last time the Rockies...
• 4/9 Baseballhotcorner.com: San Francisco Giants: Opening Weekend For A Champion: The San Francisco Giants just completed their home opener, losing the series to the St. Louis Cardinals two games to one; but...
• 4/9 Injury Report: ()
• 4/9 MLBTradeRumors: Quick Hits: Moyer, Oswalt, Phillies, Draft: Here's today's look around baseball.. Jamie Moyer won't rule out a return to pitching, writes Geoff Baker of the Seattle...
• 4/9 RoxPile: Morning Links: Rockies News 4/9: The Colorado Rockies had their five game winning streak snap last night, losing to the San Francisco Giants 4-2. Still, the team...
• 4/9 MLBTradeRumors: How Many Good Players Are Going Year-To-Year?: More than ever, baseball's best players are choosing the security of a multiyear deal as opposed to the higher risk and reward...
• 4/9 MLBTradeRumors: Ranking Agencies By 2012 WAR: Which agency's players have the most MLB talent?  One way of answering that question is to rank the agencies by 2012 wins above...
• 4/8 AroundTheFoghorn: A Letter To Brian Wilson From Disappointed San Francisco Giant Fans: Dear Brian Wilson, Coming into yesterday’s World Series ring ceremony, I had a lot of respect for you. Underneath the eccentric...
• 4/7 Tyler's Think Tank: Rangers Reward Andrus: Shortly after former MVPs Buster Posey and Justin Verlander joined baseball's ever-growing $100 million club, Elvis Andrus'...
• 4/7 Tomahawk Take: Freddie Freeman To DL–Simmons to Wear Sliding Brace: The Braves put RBI machine and first base stretch expert Freddie Freeman on the 15 day DL this morning with an oblique strain. ...
• 4/7 AroundTheFoghorn: A human error and BABiP loss for Ryan Vogelsong and the Giants: A game after the Giants honored Buster Posey for his NL MVP-ness in 2012 ended in the Giants seeing some of the breaks not go...
• 4/6 El Maquino: CARDS WIN REMATCH WITH VOGELSONG; PUJOLS PASSES STAN: > Albert Pujols hit two homeruns today, the first of which put him in 28th all time and above Stan Musial on the all-time...
• 4/6 Splash Hit Blog: Happy Buster Posey Gets His NL MVP Award Day: Yesterday was Flag (Raising) Day, tomorrow is Rings Day, but today is NL MVP Day. Much like in 2011 when the Giants spent the...
• 4/6 Baseball Jerks: Have Some Respect For Yourself – Gerardo Parra Edition: Happy fantasy baseball season, folks! It’s been a few weeks since I’ve been able to post here on Sports Jerks but I’m finally...
• 4/5 MLBTradeRumors: Baseball Blogs Weigh In: Smith, Royals, Wells, Gyorko: On this date three years ago, President Barack Obama stepped on to the mound at Nationals Stadium wearing a White Sox cap and...
• 4/5 Splash Hit Blog: Cardinals will have to get comfortable, and today’s lineup: A little less than two years ago, the Giants were still celebrating their first World Series Championship in San Francisco. The...
• 4/5 Kevin Slowey Was Framed: Friday Mailbag (4/5/2013)!!!!!: What's more pathetic than a person writing questions to himself and then answering them, pretending all along that it is some...
• 4/5 The Crazy Crabbers: Series Preview: Giants vs. Cardinals : The Giants were able to take two out of three from the Dodgers to kick off the season. Ruining their opening series and...
• 4/5 Crashburn Alley: Crash Bag, Vol. 48: This Cosmic Tilt-a-Whirl: They say you shouldn’t go grocery shopping on an empty stomach, but I did it anyway on Tuesday. The result: I bought a bunch...
• 4/5 Baseballhotcorner.com: Tim Lincecum’s First Start Of The 2013 MLB Season -Take the Win. Just Take It.: Not since his very first career start against the Philadelphia Phillies and Game 1 of the 2010 World Series has there been a more...
• 4/4 MetsToday.com: Mets Game 3: Loss to Padres: Padres 2 Mets 1 Kind of early in the season for a lazy “getaway” day game after a night game. Mets Game Notes This...
• 4/4 We Talk Fantasy Sports: Rough Starts - Tim Lincecum vs Josh Beckett vs Roy Halladay: How the mighty have fallen. In the past, these three pitchers have shown that they have Cy Young caliber talent. Josh Beckett...
• 4/4 Splash Hit Blog: GIFPost: Pitching and Defense from Game 3 of Giants-Dodgers: The game ended 5-3, but the Giants had plenty of moments where their pitchers and their defense came through for them. Tim Lincecum...
• 4/4 mlbreports.com : Kershaw Smacks 1st HR And Nets Win In Dodgers Opener – Before LA Loses 2 In A Row: Like us on Facebook here Thursday Apr.04/2013 By Enrique Rivera (Dodgers Correspondent):  Everything just went right for the...
• 4/4 MLB Injury News: Orioles rumors: Baltimore makes Matt Wieters extension offer: The Baltimore Orioles offered All-Star catcher Matt Wieters a multi-year contract extension recently, but there is no evidence...
• 4/4 fantasyteamadvice.com: Hot and cold fantasy catchers of week 1 – who to pick up and drop – waiver wired: If you are in an ultra-competitive fantasy league, every day of production matters when deciding who to add and drop when dealing...
• 4/3 MLBTradeRumors: Quick Hits: Taveras, Profar, Posey, Zimmerman: In an interview with MLB Network Radio's Casey Stern and Jim Bowden (audio link), Cardinals GM John Mozeliak said that he would...
• 4/3 Redbird Rants: Birdinals Bytes: Brawl by the Bay?: Giants fans have not forgotten Matt Holliday’s slide that left Marco Scutaro in shambles, actually, he was fine and went on...
• 4/3 Tyler's Think Tank: Verlander, Posey Make Bank: Justin Verlander and Buster Posey just got a whole lot richer. The best players at their respective positions (and former...
• 4/3 MLBTradeRumors: Orioles Made Extension Offer To Wieters: The Orioles recently offered a contract extension of at least five years to Matt Wieters, reports Jon Heyman of CBS Sports. However,...
• 4/3 Rays Colored Glasses: How Jose Molina Compares on Offense to Other Catchers: Much has been made of Jose Molina‘s offense, or lack thereof. Despite a batting line of .223/.286/.355 with 8 home runs...
• 4/3 mlbreports.com : How The Weather Plays A Factor At Target Field: Like us on Facebook here Wednesday April 3, 2013 By Kyle Holland (MLB Reports Writer): When the Minnesota Twins left the Hubert...
• 4/3 mlbreports.com : What Buster Posey’s New Contract Means For The Giants: Like us on Facebook here Wednesday April.3,  2013 By Jon Schifferle ( Giants Correspondent – visit his own personal website here.) ...
• 4/3 PaulLebowitz.com: Robinson Cano Puts His Money Where His Heart Is: The initial reaction to the splashy headline that Yankees’ second baseman Robinson Cano fired agent Scott Boras and replaced...
• 4/3 District On Deck: Is Scott Boras Changing His Ways?: The recent news of Rangers shortstop Elvis Andrus’ 8-year, $120M extension came as quite a surprise. Andrus is represented...
• 4/3 Fire Brand of the American League: Big extensions and the future of MLB Free AgencyHunter Golden talks free agency, big market teams like the Red Sox and more!...
• 4/3 Lasorda's Lair: Bumgarner And Annoying Giants Spoil Ryu’s Dodger Debut: Giants    3 10 0 Dodgers 0 2 2 WP-Bumgarner-1-0 LP-Ryu-0-1 SV-Romo-1 The Dodgers and the Giants are two different teams with...
• 4/3 AroundTheFoghorn: Bumgarner Blanks Bums; Giants 3, Dodgers 0: Madison Bumgarner threw 8.0 innings gave up two hits and completely dominated the Dodgers lineup on Tuesday night. Bumgarner...
• 4/3 Baseball Jerks: Daily Fantasy Baseball Picks for April 3: At this point, you might be saying to yourself, “Why am I reading this?” Bare with me. We’ll get it figured...
• 4/3 MLBTradeRumors: Quick Hits: Red Sox, Posey, Cano, Indians: Pirates GM Neal Huntington and Rays GM Andrew Friedman claim that their decisions to leave Gerrit Cole (Pirates) and Wil Myers...
• 4/2 StanGraphs: Contract Extension: Elvis Andrus Isn’t the Odd Ranger OutIt was rumored for months that Elvis Andrus may be the odd man out for the Texas Rangers, a team... Continue reading »...
• 4/2 Monkey with a Halo: What might an extension look like for Mike Trout?: If there's one thing we learned from this weekend's extension bonanza, it's that we are not going to see too...
• 4/2 Baseball News Source: New York Yankees Robinson Cano Fires Scott Boras, Extension Likely?: Usually agent, Scott Boras, adds high caliber Free Agents throughout the season. On Tuesday, he lost his biggest one. Robinson...
• 4/2 Call to the Pen: Robinson Cano Fires Scott Boras, Hires CAA and Jay-Z: New York Yankees second baseman Robinson Cano’s pending contract situation has been a po**** topic of discussion for the past...
• 4/2 mlbreports.com : Game 1 Recap Of The Nats Big Opening Day Win – A Glimpse Of Things To Come: Like us on Facebook here Tuesday, Apr.02/2013 By David Huzzard (Nationals Correspondent via Citizens of Natstown.com –...
• 4/2 Bronx Baseball Daily: Robinson Cano fires Scott Boras, signs with CAA and Jay-Z: Impending free agent Robinson Cano has fired his agent Scott Boras and has signed on with Creative Artists Agency Sports and...
• 4/2 AroundTheFoghorn: The San Francisco Giants Are Carrying Three Catchers Again, Why?: When Spring broke, there were suggestions that the San Francisco Giants could carry three catchers due to Hector Sanchez’s...
• 4/2 MLBTradeRumors: Robinson Cano Fires Boras; Hires CAA: Robinson Cano has fired agent Scott Boras, reports ESPN's Buster Olney.  Olney says the Yankees' second baseman "has quietly...
• 4/2 Splash Hit Blog: Highlights: What I Liked from the Second Opening Day: While I was workin on the railroad all the live-long day (or like, about a third of it), MLB was celebrating its second of three...
• 4/2 Call to the Pen: MLB Opening Day 2013: Stars Come Out on Opening Day: The anti**** and excitement of Opening Day stems from the long winter absence of baseball (meaningful, non-spring training baseball,...
• 4/2 Fire Brand of the American League: Being Nice to Cafardo…As Much As Possible: Nick Cafardo filed a more traditional column this week, and his opinions are kept to a minimum. Of course, when we discover his...
• 4/1 TheLeadoffWalk: Opening Day Recap and Observations: Giants vs. Dodgers:      Giants 0, Dodgers 4 This was the Clayton Kershaw show from the first pitch until the last. L.A.'s...
• 4/1 Raising Matt Cain: It's Kershaw's Day: Matt Cain pitched well. Six innings, no runs, eight strikeouts (Game Score 71). Clayton Kershaw pitched better (Game Score 86),...
• 4/1 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: Sources: Clayton Kershaw To Be A 200 Million Dollar Man: Earlier this morning, we learned that Paul Goldschmidt signed with Arizona for five years and $32m. Snooze. Later, we heard that...
• 4/1 Sports Out West: Giants make smart risk by locking up Buster Posey: COMMENTARY  | A Rookie of the Year award, a batting title, an MVP trophy and two World Series rings. For most MLB players,...
• 4/1 Billy-Ball.com: Bryce Harper “I Play” (video): MLB has launched a new marketing campaign created by Hill Holliday, titled “I Play” which showcases the intensity...
• 4/1 MLB Injury News: Giants think Sandoval will be ready for Opening Day: Despite his elbow injury, the San Francisco Giants think Pablo Sandoval will be ready for Monday's opener.  For that matter,...
• 4/1 MLB Injury News: Dodgers rumors: LA discussing extension with Clayton Kershaw: Lucrative long-term contract extensions were being handed out like Easter candy yesterday, but Los Angeles Dodgers left-hander...
• 4/1 StlSportsMinute.com: St. Louis Cardinals: Yadier Molina is still the Cardinals' MVP: The St. Louis Cardinals have spent a lot of dollars this spring on securing the futures of Adam Wainwright and Allen Craig in...
• 4/1 Full Spectrum Baseball: Tis The Time For Bold Predictions Continued: How are those brackets holding up? Have they made it to the trash can yet? On the bright side, we are days away from Opening Day!...
• 4/1 Call to the Pen: Dodgers Best Of West: Seems as if I’ve twice heard Don Mattingly trying to tamp down expectations for his Los Angeles Dodgers this season, which...
• 4/1 MLB Dirt: Baseball Notes for March 31, 2013: Major League Baseball’s 2013 Opening Day is finally here! With another season comes the return of Baseball Notes. Without a...
• 4/1 Raising Matt Cain: Twenty-five Guys, One Purpose: Beat LA!: It's Andres Torres in LF today, not Gregor Blanco. I'm not sure either of them can hit Clayton Kershaw, but then again, very...
• 4/1 Raising Matt Cain: Here Come the Champs: I'm going to Opening Day this year. My lovely friend Deann and the baseball gods conspired to find me a pair of tickets for Friday's...
• 4/1 Through The Fence Baseball: MLB power rankings: Washington Nationals start season at top: Spring training has finally come to an end, and opening night features the Texas Rangers and the Houston Astros, two teams headed...
• 4/1 Baseball Musings: 2013 NL West Preview: The division preview series finishes with the NL West. The starting point for my analysis is the 2012 WAR of the position players,...
• 4/1 MLBTradeRumors: Quick Hits: Rangers, Posey, Dodgers: Here are a few more notes from around baseball: Former Rangers hurler C.J. Wilson discussed the "communication issues" with...
• 4/1 MLBTradeRumors: Rangers, Elvis Andrus Nearing Deal: Shortstop Elvis Andrus and the Rangers are "close" on an eight-year deal that could be worth $120MM, Ken Rosenthal of FOX Sports...
• 4/1 MLBTradeRumors: Quick Hits: Indians, Youkilis, Walker: Over the course of 48 hours last week, teams handed out nearly a half-billion dollars in long-term deals to Justin Verlander,...
• 4/1 MLBTradeRumors: West Notes: Dodgers, Wells, Athletics, Angels: The nine top names to watch in Los Angeles baseball in 2013 include Chase Headley and Robinson Cano, argues Bill Shaikin of...
• 4/1 MLBTradeRumors: Week In Review: 3/24/13 - 3/30/13: Here's a look at the week that was here at MLBTR. The Angels traded outfielder Vernon Wells and cash to the Yankees for...

• 3/30 Sports Out West: Buster Posey signs nine-year, $167 million deal with Giants: In a monumental announcement by the San Francisco Giants, catcher Buster Posey will be with the franchise for the long haul after...
• 3/30 Baseballhotcorner.com: Giant for Life? Buster Posey signs 9-year: $167 million contract: The San Francisco Giants have shown a propensity of keeping their home-grown product.  Today, they did so again by agreeing to...
• 3/29 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: Sources: Clayton Kershaw To Be A 200 Million Dollar Man: Earlier this morning, we learned that Paul Goldschmidt signed with Arizona for five years and $32m. Snooze. Later, we heard that...
• 3/29 MLBTradeRumors: Justin Verlander Signing Reactions: Justin Verlander agreed on Friday to a new $180MM contract with the Tigers that makes him the highest-paid pitcher in the history...
• 3/29 MLBTradeRumors: Clayton Kershaw, Dodgers Discussing Deal: Pitcher Clayton Kershaw and the Dodgers are discussing a contract extension, reports Jon Heyman of CBS Sports. The news that...
• 3/29 SF Giants Rumors: SF Giants Rumors: Giants Extend Brian Sabean, Bruce Bochy and Buster Posey!: The San Francisco Giants have announced that they’ve extended GM Brian Sabean and manager Bruce Bochy‘s contracts...
• 3/29 Baseball Big Bro. Proj.: Posey, Verlander, Goldschmidt All Get Extensions: What a day for young ballplayers getting money trees planted in their front yards. Three, count them three stud players got...
• 3/29 fantasyteamadvice.com: Final mock draft of 2013 – 8 team H2H points league – Yahoo fantasy baseball: For my final mock draft of the season, I went ahead and parti**** in an 8 team, H2H points based mock over at Yahoo.  I had the...
• 3/29 Feelin' Kinda Blue: Report: Dodgers, Clayon Kershaw close on record contract extension: With Justin Verlander, Buster Posey and Paul Goldschmidt (one of these things is not like the other ... yet) all landing...
• 3/29 Blog Red Machine: What’s Up in the NL Central: 3/29/13: As we approach the final weekend prior to the regular season’s commencement, there are still soime roster decisions team...
• 3/29 Baseball News Source: Giants Reach Agreement with Buster Posey: nine years $167 million: Buster Posey wanted to play his entire career with the San Francisco Giants. Understandably, the Giants wanted to make that happen....
• 3/29 Baseball Musings: Pocket Full of Poseys, and Plenty of Pennies: Raising Matt Cain seems very excited about this news: Posey, Giants agree to eight-year extension LAST YEAR’S NL MVP SIGNS...
• 3/29 TheLeadoffWalk: Buster Posey Gets Paid, Too: Not long after Justin Verlander and the Tigers reached a contract which could exceed $200 million, catcher Buster Posey...
• 3/29 Splash Hit Blog: #SFGiants Sign Buster Posey to a 8 Year, $159MM Extension: Oh, Justin Verlander, you think you’re going to be the big news of the day? Buster Posey has some thoughts on that: Posey...
• 3/29 Splash Hit Blog: GIFPost: Tim Lincecum’s Final Tune-Up: Tim Lincecum had his last start of Spring Training, and went 81 pitches across 4.2 innings, and how many earned runs or hits he...
• 3/29 AroundTheFoghorn: San Francisco Giants And Buster Posey Agree On Nine Year, $167 Million Dollar Deal: When Buster Posey isn’t busy saving kittens out of burning trees, he’s winning MVP awards and World Series trophies....
• 3/29 MLBTradeRumors: Giants, Posey Reach Agreement On Extension: The Giants announced that they have reached agreement with Buster Posey on an eight year extension.  The CAA Sports client's...
• 3/29 MLBTradeRumors: Buster Posey, Giants In Serious Talks: The Giants and catcher Buster Posey are in serious discussions about a long-term deal, according to Jon Heyman of CBSSports.com....
• 3/29 StlSportsMinute.com: MLB Preview: Predicting who will win the National League West: The San Francisco Giants got hot at exactly the right time last season and carried that momentum not only to a National League...
• 3/29 Crashburn Alley: Crash Bag, Vol. 47: Ryan Petzar Pig Toilet Game: We’re going to get to talking about pee in just a second, but if you want to watch Paul call Ken Rosenthal “Rumor...
• 3/29 Swingin' A's: Cespedes Takes Lincecum Deep Again, A’s Cruise to 7-3 Win Over Giants at AT&T Park: It was the first opportunity for fans in the Bay Area to see their baseball teams in person without traveling to Arizona, which...
• 3/29 Lasorda's Lair: Spring Training Spotlight: Hyun-jin Ryu: Hyun-jin Ryu got his first taste of Southern California Major League Baseball in his start versus the Angels at Anaheim Stadium...
• 3/28 Splash Hit Blog: Bruce Bochy and Brian Sabean: Forever Extended: GM Brian Sabean and Manager Bruce Bochy get contract extensions through 2016, team option for 2017, #SFGiants announce. — Daniel...
• 3/28 AroundTheFoghorn: TV Reminder: San Francisco Giants Open Up AT&T Park Tonight Against Oakland A’s: Not that you’d miss it – right – but the boys in orange and black packed up their cleats and gloves yesterday...
• 3/28 numberFire: San Francisco Giants 2013 Statistcal Preview: Hitting: Where did Pablo Sandoval's power go? We think he never had consistent power to begin with.See More Angel Pagan Marco Scutaro Pablo...
• 3/28 Sports Out West: Pablo Sandoval Injury: Giants 3B could play opening day: San Francisco Giants third baseman Pablo Sandoval’s chances of playing  on Opening Day are improving, according to SFgiants.com....
• 3/28 Tomahawk Take: 2013 NL Awards Predictions: With the season just a few days away, it is a great time to predict the next six months, trying to project who could win the major...
• 3/27 numberFire: San Francisco Giants 2013 Stats-Filled Preview: Hitting: Where did Pablo Sandoval's power go? We think he never had consistent power to begin with.See More Angel Pagan Marco Scutaro Pablo...
• 3/27 TheFantasyFix.com: The Absentee Drafter: Dealing with Being Auto-Drafted: I had one of those situations come up this weekend that is a nightmare for all fantasy baseball players: I had double booked myself....
• 3/27 Through The Fence Baseball: San Francisco Giants preview: Looking to repeat with same pieces: After winning it all in 2012, for the second time in three years, the San Francisco Giants decided to stick with what got them...
• 3/26 StoopSports.com: 30 in 30: San Francisco Giants: To lead you into the MLB season Stoop Sports’ MLB staff is embarking on a 30 day journey, where we will give you pre-season...
• 3/26 fantasyteamadvice.com: Live draft results from CBSSports 10 team roto league – alternate draft rankings for fantasy baseball 2013: As you would expect, the projected rankings will change between sites whether you are drafting at Yahoo, ESPN, CBSSports or another...
• 3/26 AroundTheFoghorn: Rockies May Cut Catcher Ramon Hernandez, But Pairing With SF Giants Seems Unlikely: A week or so back, San Francisco Giants scribe Andrew Baggarly made a suggestion that the orange and black might look into Colorado...
• 3/26 Baseballhotcorner.com: San Francisco Giants 2013 Season Preview: The 2012 San Francisco Giants couldn’t have had a more perfect season.  They won 94 regular season games, good enough for...
• 3/25 KC Kingdom: The Kansas City Royals And Second Base: Thanks to a torrid spring, Chris Getz earned the Kansas City Royals starting base job.  Getz has hit .390/.453/.521 this spring...
• 3/25 fantasyteamadvice.com: Picking 6th in a 12 team snake draft – who to take early and as a late round sleeper: All owners would love to have one of the top 3 picks in fantasy baseball 2013, but lets face it, the majority of our readers will...
• 3/25 Marlin Maniac: MM Weekly Recap: Kyle Skipworth to backup Rob Brantly?: With the injury to backup catcher Jeff Mathis at the beginning of spring training, the door was opened for former top prospect...
• 3/24 Kevin Slowey Was Framed: National League Award Predictions: Predictions are fun.  In March and April, anyone worth their weight in stubby pencils and blog ink will make preseason...
• 3/24 fantasyteamadvice.com: Drafting with the fourth overall pick in fantasy baseball 2013: So you find yourself with the 4th overall pick in fantasy baseball this season and want to know who you should select for your...
• 3/23 Did The Tribe Win Last Night?: Forecasting the Indians’ 2013 Fantasy Baseball Seasons: Who to draft and who to avoid: By Kevin Schneider As the Indians’ new additions gel with last year’s holdovers, it’s also time for fantasy-baseball owners...
• 3/23 Baseball Big Bro. Proj.: Final Spring Choices Await Clubs: In many ways, Spring Training is like a breaking down, brightening up the night that is the bleak winter months. It signals...
• 3/23 Splash Hit Blog: How I’ll Summarize Friday in Baseball: Easy it is to get sucked in to the Madness in March and forget about things like America’s pastime in the midst of a lengthy...
• 3/22 Baseball Musings: Team Offense, San Francisco Giants: The series on team offense continues with the San Francisco Giants. The Giants finished for twelfth in the majors and sixth in...
• 3/22 MLBTradeRumors: Olney On Chapman, Dodgers, Cabrera, Tigers: "[Aroldis] Chapman stands to lose millions of dollars by committing himself to a relief role," writes ESPN's Buster Olney in...
• 3/22 MLBTradeRumors: Quick Hits: Padres, Wainwright, Posey, Theriot: Cubs starting pitcher and extension candidate Jeff Samardzija struggled on the hill at times tonight, but showed a new way to...
• 3/21 BoSox Injection: Stephen Drew Cleared to Resume Baseball Activities: Stephen Drew has weathered a lot of bad news over the past year and a half. When he was an Arizona Diamondback, Drew suffered...
• 3/21 SF Giants Rumors: SF Giants Rumors: Buster Posey Mega Deal Talks, Ryan Theriot Could Hang up Spikes, Chone Figgins An Option: Jon Heyman of CBSSports.com says the San Francisco Giants and Buster Posey have quietly begun talks about a possible Mega-Deal....
• 3/21 mlbreports.com : Edinson Volquez In 2013: Quintessential Ace Or Inconsistent Starter?: Like us on Facebook here Thursday March 21, 2013 By Kyle Holland (MLB Reports Writer): When the Texas Rangers signed Edinson...
• 3/21 Fantasy Baseball Crackerjacks: 10 Fantasy Baseball Auction Draft Tips: Auction drafts aren’t for children. They take drafting to a higher level with their seriously slippery strategy. In auction...
• 3/20 MLBTradeRumors: Giants, Posey Begin Extension Talks: The Giants have begun talking with Buster Posey's representatives about a potential mega-deal, Jon Heyman of CBSSports.com reports....
• 3/20 TheFantasyFix.com: FSWA Expert League Draft Recap: Positional Scarcity Has Gotten Out of Hand: I had the privilege of parti**** in a draft Monday night with fellow members of the Fantasy Sports Writers Association. This particular...
• 3/20 Raising Matt Cain: Team America Comes Up Short: Puerto Rico is part of America, right? I mean, it can't be "Team USA" because Puerto Rico is not one of the fifty united states,...
• 3/20 22gigantes.com: Will Timmy be a Giant in 2014?: Many Giants fans feel that Tim Lincecum is a ticking time bomb. After exploding onto the MLB stage by winning back-to-back Cy...
• 3/19 Puckett's Pond: Fanta-see You at Target Field: I’m not sure if this disqualifies me as a purist, but in addition to my love for America’s pastime and the Minnesota Twins,...
• 3/19 mlbreports.com : What Will It Take For Bryce Harper To Be An NL MVP This Year?: Like us on Facebook here Tuesday, Mar. 19/2013 By David Huzzard (Nationals Correspondent via Citizens of Natstown.com –...
• 3/19 fantasyteamadvice.com: 3rd overall pick in fantasy baseball 2013? Here is an idea of who to take and which players may be available: So you drew the third spot in your fantasy baseball draft and want to know who is likely to fall to you on draft day?  Here are...
• 3/18 MajorLeagueDigest.com: Major League Digest Fantasy Baseball 2013: Catcher Rankings: by Adam JenkinsMLDigest Fantasy EditorNote: This article is part of a series of player rankings for the upcoming MLB fantasy baseball...
• 3/18 Baseball Reality Tour: Position-by-Position-at-a-Glance: Only a couple of weeks away from Opening Day, let's check in on each position around Major League Baseball.**Catcher**Entering...
• 3/18 Baseballhotcorner.com: Why 2013 Could Be The Year Of The Brandon’s For The San Francisco Giants: I’m back from my annual Spring Training trip where I was visiting with the defending World Series Champion San Francisco...
• 3/16 Radical Baseball: Catcher’s Gear For Everyone.: SATURDAY, JULY 5, 2008 Everyone should wear catcher’s gear. OK, the outfielders probably don’t need it, especially...
• 3/16 The Captain's Blog: Changes Needed After USA Loss, but Baseball Is the Big Winner in WBC: (The following was originally published at SB*Nation’s Pinstriped Bible) The World Baseball Classic is moving on to San Francisco,...
• 3/15 Fantasy Baseball Crackerjacks: Simple Sabermetrics: OBP and SLGSometimes it’s OK to talk about the basics. I’m playing in a league this year with the a few of More......
• 3/15 fantasyteamadvice.com: Drafting for a shallow head to head 8 man fantasy baseball league – Yahoo draft results: Let’s face it, some people enjoy drafting in shallow formats because everyone ends up with a stacked lineup.  There is...
• 3/15 MLBTradeRumors: National League Notes: Cedeno, Diamondbacks, Mets: Three years ago this time a memorable rumor made its way onto the pages of MLBTR, as ESPN reported the possibility of a Ryan ...
• 3/15 Fantasy Baseball Crackerjacks: Who’d you rather? Cole Hamels or Matt Cain: If you can’t get your hands on a Justin Verlander, Clayton Kershaw, Felix Hernandez, David Price, or (maybe) Stephen Strasburg,...
• 3/15 Rising Apple: 2013 Season Preview: N.L. West: This is the fifth piece in a week-long series in which the staff of Rising Apple previews each of the six divisions for the 2013...
• 3/15 MLBTradeRumors: Central Notes: Gomez, Chapman, Choate, Indians: It was on this day in 1932 that the Reds and Dodgers swung a very notable trade.  Clyde Sukeforth, Tony Cuccinello and Joe Stripp...
• 3/15 The DoubleDay: Team U$A : Tyler DrenonRecently, commissioner Bud Selig said he'd like to further the internationalization of the game. Obviously, the...
• 3/14 Fantasy Baseball Crackerjacks: 2013 Fantasy Baseball Player Profiles: Carlos GonzalezLet me start this one on a bit of a personal note. My cousin is becoming a baseball fan, which More......
• 3/14 fantasyteamadvice.com: Live fantasy baseball snake draft results from ESPN – H2H Points based league: In my continuing quest for fantasy baseball draft perfection I bring you yet another installment of live fantasy baseball snake...
• 3/12 CardinalsFarm.com: Five players the St. Louis Cardinals could have taken in the 2008 Draft: With the 2008 draft review in the rear view mirror I thought I would dedicate a post to a very fun but dangerous game. Projecting...
• 3/12 Indians Baseball Insider: Draft Revision: Going back and redoing the 2008 Draft: The first Major League Baseball draft that I ever invested a lot of time and research into was the 2008 Draft. Right after the...
• 3/11 RoxPile: World Baseball Classic: Venezuela Eliminated, USA Advances: Team Venezuela defeated Team Spain soundly on Sunday by a final score of 11-6. Unfortunately for them, they had already been eliminated...
• 3/11 SF Giants Rumors: SF Giants Rumors: Dodged Bullet, Buster Posey Extension Talks and Jose Mijares Update:   Buster Olney of ESPN.com says (via Twitter) the San Francisco Giants dodged a bullet! At the time outfielder Melky Cabrera...
• 3/11 MLBTradeRumors: NL West Notes: Rockies, Posey, Dodgers: Earlier today we heard that the Padres haven't settled on a long-term strategy for third baseman Chase Headley. They'll hold...
• 3/11 Fantasy Baseball Crackerjacks: Fantasy Baseball 2013: Overrated Players, Underrated Value: Like every other fantasy baseball player in the weeks before the draft(s), I often find myself trying to figure something More......
• 3/10 The Baseball Haven: Is WAR Useful for Fantasy Leagues?: Wins Above Replacement, better known as WAR, came to the forefront of MVP balloting last season for many voters. Mike Trout, who,...
• 3/10 We Talk Fantasy Sports: Creating First Base Scarcity: Three years ago I was asked to join a very competitive league that was not short on smack talk or prize money. As the newbie to...
• 3/9 AroundTheFoghorn: San Francisco Giants Release Animal House Spoof Commercial & More: The San Francisco Giants released the first of their highly anti**** 2013 commercials about a week ago, but, the masses didn’t...
• 3/9 EDSBaseball: 2013 Fantasy Baseball Rankings - Top 20 Third Basemen: Coming off a historic season, Detroit Tigers Miguel Cabrera is clearly the top fantasy third baseman and arguably the top player...
• 3/8 Kevin Slowey Was Framed: Further Investigation into the Lack of Quality Middle Infielders: Last weekend, I introduced the Gagne Threshold.  I used a variety of criteria to find good middle infielders over the past...
• 3/8 The Baseball Continuum: I asked Buster Posey a tongue-in-cheek question, he gave me a short-but-reasonable answer: So, Buster Posey did a “Ask Me Anything” earlier today on the website Reddit. I wish I had some deep insightful question...
• 3/8 EDSBaseball: 2013 Fantasy Baseball Rankings: Top 30 First Basemen: Before signing a mega contract with the Angels last offseason, Albert Pujols was "El Hombre" and "machine-like" during his 11...
• 3/8 EDSBaseball: 2013 Fantasy Baseball Catcher Rankings: One of my most tried-and-true draft strategies is to wait as long as possible before drafting my fantasy catcher. Without question,...
• 3/8 We Talk Fantasy Sports: Yahoo Fantasy Baseball ADP Mock Draft: Understanding Average Draft Position is a key element to a great draft.  You may feel that other people have players ranked...
• 3/8 mlbreports.com : Marco Scutaro: From Underrated To Post Season Hero – To Multi Year Re – UP!: Like us on Facebook here Friday March 8, 2013 By Kyle Holland (Giants Correspondent): 2012 was certainly a season to remember...
• 3/7 The Baseball Haven: 2013 Nerdy Baseball Stat Projections: Hitters: Baseball nerds are looking at all kinds of statistics that weren’t listed on the back of a baseball card when we were growing...
• 3/7 Splash Hit Blog: What the WBC Measures: I wake up and my timeline is angry. Shouting about this and that, but they’re not fighting with each other, they’re...
• 3/6 Splash Hit Blog: “It’s a video game, you moron”: A new MLB The Show commercial is out, though you may have seen the one with Andrew McCutchen: …but now there’s one...
• 3/6 mlbreports.com : Starting Pitching For The DBacks Will Make Or Break Their Season: Like us on Facebook here Wednesday, March.06, 2013 By Chris Lacey (DiamondBacks Correspondent) The Arizona Diamondbacks will...
• 3/6 Blog Red Machine: 2013 Pittsburgh Pirates Preview: For the past two seasons the Pittsburgh Pirates have had a great first half and a miserable second half. In 2012 at the All-Star...
• 3/6 Sports are a Game: 2013 Fantasy Baseball Rankings: Catcher: Here are my catcher rankings for 2013.Buster Posey (BA, HR, RBI) *also eligible at 1BJoe Mauer (BA, R, RBI) *also eligible at...
• 3/5 Baseballhotcorner.com: Why 2013 Could Be The Year Of The Brandon’s For The San Francisco Giants: I’m back from my annual Spring Training trip where I was visiting with the defending World Series Champion San Francisco...
• 3/4 numberFire: MLB Fantasy Preview 2013: Joe Mauer Over Buster Posey: Buster Posey who? It's the Man in Minnesota who tops our Top 10 Catcher list thanks to regression to the mean.See More A.J. ...
• 3/4 Mets Merized: Do The 2013 Mets Have Giant Potential?: The San Francisco Giants surprised the game yet again this past fall by making an improbable October run to capture their second...
• 3/4 Mets Merized: Do The 2013 Mets Have Giant Potential?: The San Francisco Giants surprised the game yet again this past fall by making an improbable October run to capture their second...
• 3/4 That Ball's Outta Here: Angels Doing Everything They Can Make Mike Trout A Phillie In 2018: Every Phillies fan should, right now, at this very moment, stop whatever they’re doing, go to FTD.com, and buy a nice arrangement...
• 3/4 Fantasy Baseball Crackerjacks: 2013 Fantasy Baseball Profiles: Brandon BeltHeading into both the 2011 and 2012 seasons, I heard people mention the name of Brandon Belt as a nice More......
• 3/3 Through The Fence Baseball: Fantasy baseball draft tips: Wait on selecting catchers: Oh, the catcher position. It is one of the toughest positions to plan and draft for. You could draft Yadier Molina, and he might...
• 3/2 Sports Out West: Tim Lincecum scratched from Giants’ spring training start with blister: San Francisco Giants starting pitcher Tim Lincecum has been scratched from his Saturday afternoon start in Scottsdale, Ariz. against...
• 3/2 Mets Merized: MMO Fan Shot: The World Baseball Classic Is Not A Nuisance: In the wee hours of Saturday morning, righthander Chien-Ming Wang tossed six shutout innings to lead Chinese Taipei to a 4-1...
• 3/2 Chicken Friars: SanDiegoJosh’s 2013 National League West Predictions: The top 3 teams in the NL West all have a chance at the postseason, but its the Los Angeles Dodgers that are the team to beat....
• 3/1 Chicken Friars: 2013 National League West Predictions: It’s my favorite time of year! National League West Predictions time. The NL West plays some exciting baseball, and I expect...
• 3/1 Chicken Friars: 2013 National League West Predictions:   The National League West is expected to be one of the toughest divisions this year. You have the World Champion San Francisco...
• 3/1 AroundTheFoghorn: San Francisco Giants’ Buster Posey On Cover Of Men’s Health Magazine: Life is pretty good for Buster Posey. When he’s not winning MVP awards, swinging for the fences in his own video game, making...

• 2/28 Venom Strikes: NL West Catching Primer: Where’s the D’back advantage? With almost half, 47 percent, of all games against division opponents this season, it’s...
• 2/28 Rising Apple: To Block, or Not to Block? That is…The Catcher: Yesterday, it was reported that Terry Collins instructed catcher Travis d’Arnaud to not block home during plays at the plate. ...
• 2/28 mlbreports.com : Justin Morneau And Joe Mauer In 2013: Is Team MNM In Its Last Year?: Like us on Facebook here Thursday February 28, 2013 By Kyle Holland (MLB Reports Writer): In the last 2 years, the Minnesota...
• 2/28 SoDo Mojo: Seattle Mariners Take on San Francisco Giants in Spring Training: So far in the spring training games, the Seattle Mariners are 5-1. The San Francisco Giants, today’s opponent, are 1-3-1...
• 2/28 Mets Merized: Sandy Alderson Weighs In On Blocking Home Plate and Travis D’Arnaud: Updated by Joe D. on 2/28 Interestingly enough, the topic of Travis D’Arnaud blocking the plate came up last night during...
• 2/28 For Baseball Junkies: Giants All-Time Team v.2012: Today, we're looking at the Giants All-Time Team, version 2012.  Last year's inaugural team can be seen here.In addition...
• 2/28 Rays Colored Glasses: Tim Beckham is Still Considered a Part of the Rays Future: Tim Beckham has been a bit of an enigma almost since being drafted first overall. Perhaps this is due to his lofty draft status,...
• 2/28 SOX & Dawgs: Gigantic Sox and Dawgs 2013 MLB Preview – Day 1 – NL West: Welcome to the Gigantic Sox and Dawgs 2013 MLB preview.  Over the next week you will get a team by team look at its key...
• 2/27 MLBTradeRumors: Quick Hits: Qualifying Offers, Gardenhire, Booty: The MLBPA's Michael Weiner calls MLB's qualifying offer system "mostly good" but imperfect, Mark Feinsand of the New York Daily...
• 2/26 Kevin Slowey Was Framed: Joe Mauer hates Pop-Ups: Sometimes inspiration strikes in odd ways.  Today, Rhett Bollinger, the Twins' MLB.com beat writer, sent out this tweet:Joe...
• 2/26 mlbreports.com : Hotlanta OF: Hey – U and U!: Like us on Facebook here Tuesday February 26th, 2013 Bernie Olshansky (Baseball Writer): After the signings and trade this winter,...
• 2/25 Baseball Jerks: Have Some Respect For Yourself: Buster Posey Edition: Back in college, a friend and I had an expression that we’d always use to make fun of each other: “Have some respect for yourself.”...
• 2/25 Sports are a Game: 2013 Fantasy Baseball Rankings: First Base: Below are my first base rankings for 2013.Joey Votto (BA, R, HR, RBI) Albert Pujols (BA, R, HR, RBI) *also eligible...
• 2/25 Fire Brand of the American League: The Backstop BackupsFor the first time in recent history, the Red Sox have among the best backstop depth in the game. ...
• 2/25 MetsToday.com: Optimistic Mets Post: Hope springs eternal. Therefore, here is the most optimistic post you will read in 2013 at MetsToday. After two days of spring...
• 2/24 MTRMedia.com: MLB Fantasy: Carlos Santana vs Miguel Montero – Who Would You Rather Have: Carlos Santana is being drafted 40-50 slots ahead of Miguel Montero this year, and if you go the Santana route, you’re paying...
• 2/24 SOX & Dawgs: Gigantic Sox and Dawgs 2013 MLB Preview – Day 1 – NL West: Welcome to the Gigantic Sox and Dawgs 2013 MLB preview.  Over the next week you will get a team by team look at its key...
• 2/23 We Talk Fantasy Sports: Carlos Santana vs Miguel Montero - Who Would You Rather Have: Carlos Santana is being drafted 40-50 slots ahead of Miguel Montero this year, and if you go the Santana route, you’re paying...
• 2/22 Redlegs Review: Ranking the top 10 catchers in baseball: Reds fans remember this swing all too well. Posey's grand slam in Game 5 of the NLDS essentially ended Cincy's season. by:...
• 2/22 Full Spectrum Baseball: Fantasy Forecast: In Florida and Arizona all spring training camps are now kicked into gear. Along with that, Fantasy Baseball leagues are forming...
• 2/22 Fantasy Baseball Crackerjacks: What I like About Fantasy Baseball: Okay, I admit it, fantasy baseball has me completely hooked. That’s probably not much of an admission, since you’re...
• 2/20 The Biz of Baseball: Detailed Salary Data for 160 MLB Salary Arbitration Players in 2013: The Biz of Baseball has been updated with new data… As has been the case since we’ve launched, each year we spend a great...
• 2/20 AroundTheFoghorn: Buster Posey Earns Biggest Arbitrational Raise In MLB’s Unique Offseason: Nothing too shocking here given what we know of Buster Posey, but among the 133 Major League players who filed for arbitration...
• 2/20 mlbreports.com : Raising Cain: The New Ace Of The San Francisco Giants: Like us on Facebook here Wednesday February 20, 2013 By Kyle Holland (MLB Reports Writer): On Saturday, February 16, the Los...
• 2/20 mlbreports.com : Top Base Stealers Projected For The 2013 MLB Baseball Season: Like us on Facebook here Wednesday February.20/2013 Bernie Olshansky (Baseball Writer): Workouts for all teams are in full swing...
• 2/20 MLBTradeRumors: Quick Hits: Profar, Arbitration, Rockies, Epstein: Jurickson Profar tops Baseball America's newly-released list of the top 100 prospects in the game.  The Cardinals, Marlins and...
• 2/20 MLBTradeRumors: Make Or Break Year: Tim Lincecum: Critics have long believed that Tim Lincecum's unconventional mechanics wouldn't stand the test of time in the Major Leagues,...
• 2/19 mlbreports.com : Ranking the Top 10 Hitters In The MLB Right Now: Part 1 (1-5): Like us on Facebook here Tuesday February 19th, 2013 By Jake Dal Porto (Baseball Writer) The best hitters in baseball aren’t...
• 2/19 Baseball Analytics: Top 16 Fantasy Baseball Catchers: In the past the catcher position has been the vagabond of all my fantasy teams. In an attempt to achieve optimal fantasy value...
• 2/19 Baseball Analytics: The Fantasy Baseball Diary: Buster Posey: Buster Posey Bats: R | Age: 26 | Team: Giants | Position: C | ADP: 1 (13)   Year LVL AGE PA HR R RBI SB/CS SO% BB% AVG OBP SLG OPS BABIP HR/FB 2010 MLB 23 443 18 58 67 0/2 12.4% 6.8% .305 .357 .505 .862 .315 16.1% 2011 ML...
• 2/18 Mastersball.com: Mastersball at KFFL BAD Experts league: As in the past, KFFL has invited Mastersball to join their Baseball Analysis Draft (BAD) Expert league. The league details, rules...
• 2/18 MLB Dirt: 2013 MLBDirt Mock Draft Results: On January 27, 2013, I had the pleasure of hosting and taking part in the first annual MLBDirt.com Fantasy Baseball Mock Draft....
• 2/17 Fantasy Baseball Crackerjacks: 1 Fantasy Baseball MVP for 2013First off, it may seem like a cop-out, but the top of this year’s fantasy baseball class is completely loaded. More......
• 2/16 Raising Matt Cain: Your 2013 Giants: I'm a thirteen guy. It's my favorite number. I suppose having a favorite number is a little too far along on the nerd spectrum...
• 2/16 We Talk Fantasy Sports: The Price Isn't Right: Every year, there are a handful of players who get advanced up the draft boards more than they probably should. Maybe it's a big...
• 2/15 Jays Journal: Blue Jays’ Melky Cabrera Addresses Steroids Issues: In what was an expected move, new Blue Jays outfielder Melky Cabrera was met upon arrival at Spring Training with questions pertaining...
• 2/15 60ft6in.com: OPS+ The number one stat to measure hitters: Recently I was informed by a very wise Sabermetrics professor, if there was one stat to quantify hitting the statistic  to use...
• 2/15 AroundTheFoghorn: San Francisco Giants’ Buster Posey Rated 99 In MLB The Show 13: In just a few weeks, the beloved MLB The Show: 13 video game will be released – bringing joy to baseball fans across the...
• 2/15 mlbreports.com : Brian McCann To Rebound in 2013: Like us on Facebook here Friday, February. 15/2013 By Ryan Dana (MLB Reports Writer): Brian McCann, Catcher for the Atlanta Braves,...
• 2/15 AroundTheFoghorn: Giants Spring Training 2013: Week 1: The sun is shining, baseball is warming the fields of Scottsdale Stadium, and your world Champion San Francisco Giants are in...
• 2/15 Radical Baseball: Maximize lefty batter advantage: get a lefty batting catcher.: It would be stupid not to take advantage of a stupid rule: lefty batters are allowed to stand closer to the bases than righty...
• 2/14 SF Giants Rumors: SF Giants Rumors: Tim Lincecum, Buster Posey’s Ankle, Ryan Vogelsong:   Today is day two of Spring Training for the San Francisco Giants pitchers and catchers. Position players will check in...
• 2/13 Baseball Musings: Season Favorites: The over/under lines are out on regular season wins, and the Tigers, Dodgers, and Nationals are all tied for the top spot with...
• 2/13 SF Giants Rumors: SF Giants Rumors: Pitchers And Catchers Take The Field: Today is the day that the San Francisco Giants pitchers and catchers are taking the field. Andrew Baggarly of CSNBayArea.com says...
• 2/12 Fantasy Baseball Crackerjacks: 6 Players Who have the Hitting Skills to Win You a ChampionshipLet’s profile 6 players who have the type of plate approach to provide you with a vote of confidence in More......
• 2/11 Mets Merized: 2013 Mets Projections: David Wright, 3B: A year ago, all the talk surrounding David Wright involved his long-term future with the club. A few down years in a row made...
• 2/11 Up Along First: 2013 Mets Projections: David Wright: A year ago, all the talk surrounding David Wright involved his long-term future with the club. A few down years in a row made...
• 2/10 Splash Hit Blog: FanFest/LinceFest: Video, GIFs, Tweets: Lots happened this weekend in Giants news before they headed out to Scottsdale, but we really only spent time talking about Tim...
• 2/10 Splash Hit Blog: Thinking About 2011 and 2013: Thinking about now and then can be difficult, especially when there’s a lot of time in between happenings, but this is only...
• 2/9 Baseball Jerks: Fantasy Baseball: Whitewater Drafting: The goal for every draft is to be as prepared as possible. For some, it’s memorizing the magazine when we’re in the bathroom....
• 2/8 MLBTradeRumors: Giants Notes: Zito, Wilson, Theriot, Romo: Giants pitcher Barry Zito says that he would be open to a contract extension and wants to stay a Giant until he retires, tweets...
• 2/8 SF Giants Rumors: SF Giants Rumors: Media Day Notes: Today is the day that really started to get my baseball juices flowing. I attended the San Francisco Giants Media Day at AT&T...
• 2/8 Fantasy Baseball Crackerjacks: Fantasy Baseball 2013: SF Giants Hitting & Pitching Projections: San Francisco Giants — Predicted Finish: First Place, NL West **** we wrap up our team previews with the defending More......
• 2/8 Blog Red Machine: Reds vs. National League Third Basemen: Todd Frazier vs. Wright, Ramirez, Sandoval et al: This is the fourth installment of my series of articles which pits the Cincinnati Reds against the best of the National League....
• 2/8 Fantasy Baseball Crackerjacks: 8 Geezers over 35 who still have their Giddy UpMike Trout and Bryce Harper led a rookie class in 2012 that could seriously go down as one of the More......
• 2/8 Fantasy Baseball Crackerjacks: Buster Posey Fantasy Baseball: How Good is the Giants’ Backstop?After a gruesome injury ended his 2011 season a little less than two months in, Buster Posey showed what an More......
• 2/7 AroundTheFoghorn: Season in Review: Brandon Belt (@Bbelt9): Things I have a hard time believing about Brandon Belt in 2012: Although he had an OPS+ 21 points higher in 2012 (124-103), he...
• 2/6 SF Giants Rumors: SF Giants Rumors: Bruce Bochy Talks About Pablo Sandoval, Tim Lincecum and Brian Wilson: Henry Schulman of the San Francisco Chronicle recently caught up with San Francisco Giants manager Bruce Bochy. Schulman asked...
• 2/5 Splash Hit Blog: Selective Perception could make you think 2010 and 2013 #SFGiants are the same: The job-less life leaves me to do whatever I want, when I want. Naturally, I’ve set up a routine to do the things I want...
• 2/5 Blog Red Machine: Reds vs. National League Second Basemen: Brandon Phillips vs, Utley, Uggla, Weeks and Hill: This is the third installment of my series of articles which pits the Cincinnati Reds against the best of the National League....
• 2/4 Blog Red Machine: Reds Vs. National League First Basemen: Joey Votto Takes On Adrian Gonzalez, et al: Most Cincinnati Reds fans would agree that the Reds have a pretty awesome lineup, right? The best in the division, best in the...
• 2/4 Fantasy Baseball Crackerjacks: Fantasy Baseball 2013: Colorado Rockies Hitting-Pitching Projections: Colorado Rockies — Predicted Finish: Fifth Place, NL West As it relates to fantasy baseball, there is no more interesting...
• 2/3 AroundTheFoghorn: San Francisco Giants Season In Review: Hunter Pence: Oh, Hunter. Few players arrive in a trade with the type of paparazzi like fanfare Pence received from the Giants and maybe looking...
• 2/3 El Maquino: LET’S DO THE REAL TOP TEN AT EVERY POSITION: MLB Network is doing their top ten players at each position.  Like most things on MLB Network, the lists are nonsense.  EM will...
• 2/1 mlbreports.com : Minnesota Twins Payroll In 2013 And Contracts Going Forward: Like us on Facebook here Friday February 1, 2013 Kyle Holland (MLB Reports intern): In 2012, the Minnesota Twins had a very below...
• 2/1 MLBTradeRumors: Baseball Blogs Weigh In: Hafner, Dodgers, Giants: On this date in 2008, the Mets gave Johan Santana the richest contract ever for a southpaw pitcher.  Santana's deal was worth...
• 2/1 Kings of Kauffman: Salvador Perez on MLB Network Friday Night: Salvador Perez is being recognized for his solid (if slight) body of work on the MLB Network tonight. A new series over the next...

• 1/31 Call to the Pen: The National League West Dream Lineup 2013: The National League West Dream Lineup sets up like the NL East Dream Lineup, there is no true leadoff man and the lineup lacks...
• 1/31 Blog Red Machine: Reds vs. National League, Catchers: Ryan Hanigan takes on Buster Posey: Most Cincinnati Reds fans would agree that the Reds have a pretty awesome lineup, right? The best in the division, best in the...
• 1/30 We Talk Fantasy Sports: Fantasy Baseball Catcher Rankings: Last year the Catcher position provided very little help for fantasy owners.  Buster Posey proved his knee was not an issue...
• 1/30 AroundTheFoghorn: San Francisco Giants Release 2013 Promotion Schedule – Includes Gnomes & Bobbleheads: The San Francisco Giants’ marketing department is continually praised throughout the sporting industry for their creative...
• 1/29 AroundTheFoghorn: San Francisco Giants Season In Review: Pablo Sandoval: Say what you will about the Panda, but he has a knack for showing up at the most appropriate of times. Even in 2010, when Pablo...
• 1/29 22gigantes.com: Is San Francisco the new Titletown USA?: Never before in San Francisco sports history have two Bay Area teams won a World Series and Super Bowl in the same season. That...
• 1/29 Swingin' A's: Familiar Faces in New Places: For purely nostalgic reasons, I thought it was pertinent to bring focus to a contingent of transactions that have occurred recently...
• 1/28 Motor City Bengals: Tigers Hot Stove – Closure on The Closer?: “I totally disagree with people who don’t think you need a closer to win. Most teams that win have a truly dominant...
• 1/27 Baseball Jerks: Who to Draft First Overall in 2013 Fantasy Baseball and Players to Target in Your Draft: By: Jeff Boggis, “The Sultan of Stats” of Fantasy Sports Empires On my first fantasy baseball podcast this season, I opened...
• 1/27 Through The Fence Baseball: The business of baseball: MLB Salary Arbitration 101 (part II): In our second installment of Appeal Play, a column providing insight on business and legal matters in the world of professional...
• 1/27 Call to the Pen: Fawlty Towers, Gritty Gibby and the Justin Upton Trade: Anybody who managed to acquire a young Adrian Gonzalez for a package centered around ham and egg pitcher Adam Eaton must have...
• 1/26 AroundTheFoghorn: Your 2010 World Series Champions: Part IV: It’s been a while since we’ve checked in with the 2010 Giants. From Aubrey Huff‘s rally thong to Freddy Sanchez‘s...
• 1/25 mlbreports.com : Brian Wilson’s Legacy In San Francisco: Like us on Facebook here Friday January 25, 2013 Kyle Holland (MLB Reports intern): Brian Wilson has been a member of the San...
• 1/24 Redlegs Review: Are the Reds in a parallel universe?: by: Dan Howard Staff Writer A few notes from my geeky alter ego. Dictionary.com defines a parallel universe as;...
• 1/24 SF Giants Rumors: SF Giants Rumors: Stay Connected: There is many ways to stay connected and up to date with SF Giants Rumors. You can follow SF Giants Rumors Facebook page. This...
• 1/23 AroundTheFoghorn: San Francisco Giants Season In Review: Buster Posey: I’m not really sure much of a season review is needed for Buster Posey. The MVP of MVP’s, Posey put together not only...
• 1/23 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Giants | No urgency for Buster Posey deal: The San Francisco Giants and C Buster Posey have mutual interest in a long-term deal, but there is no urgency to get one done....[+] An eight-year deal around $120 million could get it done for both sides.
• 1/23 MLBTradeRumors: Rosenthal On Posey, Dodgers, Yankees: Yesterday Ken Rosenthal of FOX Sports reported that the Mariners are at least considering a four-year, $100MM extension offer...
• 1/22 Lasorda's Lair: Is Manager Don Mattingly On The Hot Seat For 2013?: Is Dodger manager Don Mattingly on the hot seat? That’s the question Bill Plaschke asks in his latest article over at the L.A....
• 1/22 Kevin Slowey Was Framed: Awardin'!: End of year awards are fun.  That is really all they are, but they are fun.  Fun is fun, and everyone knows that. ...
• 1/22 MLBTradeRumors: Quick Hits: Heyward, Rolen, Logan, Porcello: It's time for players such as Buster Posey, Mike Trout and Jason Heyward to get long-term contract extensions, Jim Bowden writes...
• 1/21 SF Giants Rumors: SF Giants Rumors: Arbitration Players, Brian Wilson, Congratulations 49ers: Let’s get everyone all caught up to speed with the San Francisco Giants and their arbitration eligible players. On Friday,...
• 1/21 Rising Apple: Mets Modeling Themselves After Giants; Still Interested in Michael Bourn?: The San Francisco Giants have won two World Series titles over the last three years, and on their way to the top of the baseball...
• 1/21 Kings of Kauffman: Perez: The Royal Lynchpin: Salvador Perez is to the 2013 Royals as procreation is to mankind—necessary for survival. It gets mentioned here and there,...
• 1/21 MLBTradeRumors: Week In Review: 1/13/13 - 1/19/13: Here's the top news and stories that made headlines this past week at MLBTR... The Rangers agreed to a five-year, $55MM extension...
• 1/18 MTRMedia.com: SF Giants Rumors: Hunter Pence and Jose Mijares Avoid Arbitration: The San Francisco Giants have avoided arbitration with two players thus far. Jon Heyman of CBSSports.com reported (via Twitter)...
• 1/18 Splash Hit Blog: Arbitration News You’ve Probably Already Heard: For those that have been off social media or the San Francisco Giants home website, the Giants, along with a slew of other teams,...
• 1/18 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Giants | Buster Posey avoids arbitration: The San Francisco Giants avoided arbitration with C Buster Posey Friday, Jan. 18, by agreeing to a one-year, $8 million deal....[+]
• 1/18 AroundTheFoghorn: San Francisco Giants & Buster Posey Agree To One Year Deal, Avoid Arbitration: Keeping up with the Jones’, or Giants, in this case, Buster Posey followed the route of the majority of other arbitration...
• 1/18 MLBTradeRumors: Giants, Buster Posey Avoid ArbitrationThe Giants and Buster Posey avoided arbitration, Henry Schulman of the San Francisco Chronicle reports (on Twitter). ...
• 1/18 SF Giants Rumors: SF Giants Rumors: Hunter Pence and Jose Mijares Avoid Arbitration: The San Francisco Giants have avoided arbitration with two players thus far. Jon Heyman of CBSSports.com reported (via Twitter)...
• 1/18 MLBTradeRumors: Giants, Pence Avoid Arbitration: The Giants avoided arbitration with Hunter Pence, agreeing to a one-year, $13.8MM contract for 2013, Jon Heyman of CBSSports.com...
• 1/18 MLBTradeRumors: Giants, Jose Mijares Avoid Arbitration: The Giants have avoided arbitration with left-handed reliever Jose Mijares, MLBTR has learned. The SFX client will earn $1.8MM...
• 1/17 mlbreports.com : What Happened To The Once Competitive Twins? Can They Turn It Around?: Like us on Facebook here Thursday January 17, 2013 Kyle Holland (MLB Reports intern): In 2010 the Minnesota Twins seemed like...
• 1/17 MLBTradeRumors: Quick Hits: D'Backs, Wilson, Braves, Beane, Cubs: The Diamondbacks had insisted on receiving Major League-ready talent in any trade for Justin Upton, but were willing to accept...
• 1/16 SF Giants Rumors: SF Giants Rumors: Theriot, Wilson, Arbitration, Pence In His Walk Year: R.J. White of CBSSports.com says the San Francisco Giants are still interested in bringing back infielder Ryan Theriot. The Philadelphia...
• 1/16 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Giants | Buster Posey skipping WBC: San Francisco Giants C Buster Posey will not play for Team USA in the 2013 World Baseball Classic. 'Every player has the decision...[+] and we respect the decision,' manager Bruce Bochy said. 'In our case, sure, we played till November. For a catcher, in particular, that's a long season – and Buster spent all last offseason rehabbing. He played a lot more games than we thought.' The team plans to rest Posey plenty during spring training, much like they did last year when he was rehabbing his broken leg.
• 1/16 Baseball News Source: MLB Salary Arbitration: Posey, Heyward, Ellsbury Headline 2013 List: Buster Posey, Jason Heyward and Jacoby Ellsbury  headline a list of 133 players that filed for salary arbitration according to...
• 1/15 SF Giants Rumors: SF Giants Rumors: Wilson, WBC, Posey Deal, Lincecum Deal, and Arbitration: A quick followup to yesterday’s news about the New York Mets showing strong interest in Brian Wilson. Henry Schulman of...
• 1/15 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Giants | Likely to have extension talks with Buster Posey: The San Francisco Giants are likely to begin talks with C Buster Posey about a blockbuster extension during spring training. He...[+] won't be a free agent until 2017.
• 1/15 MLBTradeRumors: West Notes: Upton, Bourn, Hairston, Clemens: The Giants expect to begin discussing a "blockbuster extension" with Buster Posey this spring, but that's not the only news coming...
• 1/14 MLBTradeRumors: Giants Expected To Discuss Extension With Posey: At 25 years of age, Buster Posey already has a Rookie of the Year award, a National League MVP and a National League batting...
• 1/14 The Baseball Continuum: Late World Baseball Classic news for January 14, 2013 (Part 2 of ?): More WBC news that has come out (or that I just found) since earlier: Buster Posey is out, but there are other members of the...
• 1/13 Baseball Press: The Baseball Press 2013 Pre-Season Rankings: Will Mike Trout be your number one pick in March? (US Presswire)Each year, Baseball Press releases their pre-season rankings....
• 1/12 Kings of Kauffman: Market Fresh: Thomas Neal: When the Cleveland Indians signed Nick Swisher, they made room for him on the 40 man roster by designating Thomas Neal for assignment....
• 1/12 El Maquino: EM TAKES THE ‘USA TODAY’ ROSTER CHALLENGE: USA Today has this cool thing where they use the median team salary in the Major Leagues to construct the best 25-man roster they...
• 1/11 MLBTradeRumors: Baseball Blogs Weigh In: Posey, Verlander, Sale: On this date in 2006, the then-Devil Rays franchise acquired its first Japanese-born player by signing reliever Shinji Mori to...
• 1/10 Fantasy Baseball Crackerjacks: Pablo Sandoval: What to Expect From the Kung-Fu Panda: Ladies and gentlemen, I am stumped. I have followed his whole career extremely closely and am still pretty stumped. What More......
• 1/9 SF Giants Rumors: SF Giants Rumors: Buster Posey Arbitration Eligible, Giants Closing In On Japanese Infielder Kensuke Tanaka: Henry Schulman of the San Francisco Chronicle says (via Twitter) there’s been no contract discussions between the San Francisco...
• 1/9 mlbreports.com : Giants Player Profile: The Return Of Andres Torres in 2013: Like us on Facebook here Wednesday January 9, 2013 Kyle Holland (Giants Correspondent):  The Giants’ offseason thus far hasn’t...
• 1/9 MLBTradeRumors: Quick Hits: Posey, Gonzalez, Giambi, Urbina, Pirates: Buster Posey is eligible for arbitration for the first time off the heels of his MVP campaign.  The Giants would obviously like...
• 1/8 Reviewing the Brew: Brewers Fans, Vote for Ryan Braun for MLB 13: The Show: As you probably already know, Ryan Braun wants and needs your support! How you may ask? Well, as Braun has said himself, he wants...
• 1/8 Splash Hit Blog: Voting for Buster Posey Today-Friday, Being Old, and Dallas Incompetencies: There will likely be a brand new vote count by the time I finish this post, but as I type this out, here’s what the standings...
• 1/8 Through The Fence Baseball: Latin Link: Hispanic Giants have found their hearts in San Francisco:   Many major league teams have been busy tooling up this winter, despite the rather soft free-agent market. The Toronto Blue...
• 1/8 Lasorda's Lair: Vote #MLB13Kemp in the MLB13 Cover Showdown: Voting began today for the MLB13 The Show cover campaign. Matt Kemp is up against six other cover candidates: CC Sabathia, Andrew...
• 1/7 Halo Hangout: ZiPS Projections And The 2013 Angels: Projection season is upon us. While Fangraphs already has the BABIP inflated Bill James projections along with those done by Fans...
• 1/7 This is Getting Old: Andrew McCutchen Needs Your Help #MLB13Cutch: Voting has begun for the Cover of MLB 13:  The Show and Andrew McCutchen is one of the finalists.  As Pirates fans we need things...
• 1/7 AroundTheFoghorn: Vote For Buster Posey In Playstation’s MLB The Show 13 Video Game: There’s a good chance you know all about Playstation’s annual baseball title, MLB The Show – and you probably...
• 1/7 Mets360.com: Travis D’Arnaud, the outfield and other stories to keep you warm: Looking ahead 1.3 months into the future I see a number of exciting storylines to keep Met fans (even those who have lost heart...
• 1/6 MLBTradeRumors: MLBTR Originals: A look back at the original reporting and analysis found on MLBTR this past week, as 2012 became 2013: Tim Dierkes attended...
• 1/6 Rum Bunter: Does An ‘MLB The Show’ Cover Curse Exist? Is It Safe To Vote Pittsburgh Pirates Andrew McCutchen?: The MLB The Show Cover Showdown begins this week. Andrew McCutchen would have to be one of the favorites, but he can only win...
• 1/6 Through The Fence Baseball: Pitching, solid lineup position San Francisco Giants for repeat: After the San Francisco Giants won the World Series two of the past three years, some still don’t believe the Giants are for...
• 1/6 MLBTradeRumors: NL Notes: D'backs, Rafael Soriano, Posey, Marlins: Seven years ago today, the Diamondbacks came to terms with Justin Upton, the first overall selection in the 2005 amateur draft,...
• 1/6 MLBTradeRumors: Quick Hits: Posey, McCann, Berkman, Mets, Yankees: In today's column, Buster Olney of ESPN.com (Insider sub. req'd) writes that it would make sense for the Giants to look into a...
• 1/5 Baseball Jerks: 2013 Fantasy Baseball Preview – Catchers: We’re going to do a fantasy baseball preview, position by position, each weekend here at Sports Jerks, to help get you ready...
• 1/4 The Baseball Continuum: 2013 WBC Team USA projections Version 2.2: It’s time for another round of WBC projections for Team USA! Like last time, players who have been absolutely super-confirmed...
• 1/3 Baseball News Source: 2013 San Francisco Giants Includes Formula from 2012: The 2013 edition of the Giants will look a lot like the 2012 team If you are a regular reader of Baseball News Source – and...
• 1/3 The Baseball Haven: 2013 Fantasy Baseball: Top 10 Players at Each Position: Below, you’ll see rankings for the top 10 players at each position for fantasy baseball. You’ll see names to watch...
• 1/2 MLBTradeRumors: Arbitration Breakdown: Buster Posey: Over the next few weeks, I will be discussing some of the higher profile upcoming arbitration cases. I will rely partly on...
• 1/1 Reviewing the Brew: Happy New Year!!!: Hello everyone, Earlier today I posted on a very serious topic.  Initially, I had planned on something a little nicer, with more...

• 12/31 MLBTradeRumors: The Key "Non-Moves" Of 2012: As the cliche goes, sometimes the best moves are the ones you don't make.  Some teams greatly benefited by standing pat on certain...
• 12/31 The Baseball Continuum: 2013 WBC Team USA projections Version 2.2: It’s time for another round of WBC projections for Team USA! Like last time, players who have been absolutely super-confirmed...
• 12/31 AroundTheFoghorn: Your 2010 World Series Champions: Part III: They weren’t called the band of misfits for nothing. Though the road to the Giants’ 2010 World Series championship...
• 12/29 AroundTheFoghorn: Your 2010 World Series Champions: Where Are They Now?: Memories from the 2010 World Series may still be fresh in your mind, but the Giants’ roster sports just twelve players that...
• 12/28 Blog Red Machine: Best of 2012: #4 Performances: As we approach the beginning of a new year, we continue to look back at some moments from the 2012 season. Today, we have a substitute...
• 12/28 mlbreports.com : Chase Headley: Flash In The Pan Or Bonafide ALL-Star?: Like us on Facebook here Friday December 28, 2012 Kyle Holland (MLB Reports Intern):  . What exactly is needed to be able to...
• 12/26 Tyler's Think Tank: 12 Best Baseball Players of 2012: Trout was baseball's bast player in 2012 (ESPN) 1. Mike Trout Unquestionably the most valuable player in baseball this...
• 12/26 Through The Fence Baseball: End of year countdown: Mike Trout atop best-player list in 2012: As the year winds down to its official close next Monday, we shift from season’s greetings to best-of list countdowns. Here’s...
• 12/25 Lasorda's Lair: A Dodger Christmas Carol: Twas the day before opening day, and all through the Ravine, everyone was stirring, it was so serene, The uniforms were hung...
• 12/25 AroundTheFoghorn: 25 Days of Homeruns #24, Buster Posey 09/09/12: Buster Posey hit a 414 ft bomb against the Los Angeles Dodgers on 09/09/12. Your browser does not support iframes. Posey had given...
• 12/24 MetsToday.com: A.J. Pierzynski Joins Rangers: I’m not sure how this slipped by my eagle eye on the Hot Stove, but the Texas Rangers have signed catcher A.J. Pierzynski....
• 12/24 mlbreports.com : Giants State Of The Union: Like us on Facebook here Monday December 24, 2012 Kyle Holland (MLB Reports Intern):  . There’s no question that the San Francisco...
• 12/23 Mets Merized: The Best And Worst Of Sandy Alderson: Ha, Ha, Gotcha! Yesterday, our own John Delcos sparked a solid debate with his post highlighting some of the good things that...
• 12/22 The Cardinal Nation Blog: TCN Blog 2012 top story #15: Rosenthal’s rise: The hard-throwing right-hander made the unusual move from Double-A to the majors before settling into the 2012 St. Louis Cardinals...
• 12/22 Mets Merized: MMO Fan Shot: A Scathing Review Of Sandy Alderson: Ha, Ha, Gotcha! Yesterday, our own John Delcos sparked a solid debate with his post highlighting some of the good things that...
• 12/22 Bleeding Yankee Blue: CALLING ALL SUPERHEROES! WE NEED A YANKEE INTERVENTION!: “Beam me up, Scottie!  No life forms here!”  This is how I felt until, "Bam!", we signed Youk and Ichiro in...
• 12/21 West Coast Reds: Cueto Finishes Fourth in NL Cy Young Voting: Mets knuckleballer R.A. Dickey won the National League Cy Young Award Wednesday, beating out Dodger star Clayton Kershaw, Nationals...
• 12/21 West Coast Reds: Todd Frazier Finishes Third in ROY: The 2012 National League Rookie of the Year was awarded to the Nationals' outfielder Bryce Harper, edging out Arizona's Wade...
• 12/21 Jays Journal: Right Now Huge Underpay: According to many Toronto Blue Jays fans the Blue Jays have committed the ultimate sin. They’ve overpayed in prospects to get...
• 12/20 AroundTheFoghorn: 25 Days of Homeruns #19, Buster Posey 07/23/12: Buster Posey hit a 350 ft opposite field home run at AT&T Park. Your browser does not support iframes. During the last 12...
• 12/20 PaulLebowitz.com: Dayton Moore—Desperate; Jack Zduriencik—Genius?: Desperation and job security are in the eye of the beholder. Last season Jason Vargas was, in stat guy metrics, more valuable...
• 12/20 Swingin' A's: Lost In The Shuffle of Hiro-mania ….Less Cowgill: Late in the morning yesterday as the Oakland Athletics prepared to introduce their new shortstop Hiroyuki Nakajima to the media...
• 12/19 Up Along First: Analyzing the R.A. Dickey Trade: The dust has finally settled and the R.A. Dickey saga is over. On Monday night, he signed an extension with the Blue Jays, making...
• 12/19 Mets Merized: Thoughts On The R.A. Dickey Blockbuster Trade: The dust has finally settled and the R.A. Dickey saga is over. On Monday night, he signed an extension with the Blue Jays, making...
• 12/19 Crashburn Alley: Phillies at Catching Crossroads in 2013: Good catchers are hard to find, and when you do find them, you’ve got to keep them. It’s what the Minnesota Twins...
• 12/19 Puckett's Pond: Minnesota Twins Top 25 Prospects Primer: Puckett’s Pond has an excellent group of writers with great knowledge of the prospect world.  Paul has highlighted many...
• 12/18 Baseball Jerks: Colorado Rockies 2013 Preview: The Rockies proved one thing in 2012 – no matter how good your offense, pitching is what wins you games. The Rockies were in...
• 12/18 mlbreports.com : The Battle Of Los Angeles: Dodgers or Angels?: Tuesday December 18, 2012 Kyle Holland (MLB Reports Intern):  . 2012 was a year to remember for Los Angeles fans. Even though...
• 12/17 District On Deck: The Building of the Washington Nationals: You Have To Be Lucky To Be Good: 2008 was probably the low point of the Washington Nationals time in Washington, and maybe even the franchise’s history dating...
• 12/15 MetsToday.com: The R.A. Dickey Trade: As of this writing – 1:15 a.m. on December 15th (less than one week before the End Of The World), R.A. Dickey is still property...
• 12/14 mlbreports.com : State Of The Union: What The Minnesota Twins Must Do To Compete in 2013: Friday December 14, 2012 Kyle Holland (MLB Reports intern):  The last few years for the Minnesota Twins had been nothing more...
• 12/13 MLBRandomFandom: San Francisco Giants Team Page: SAN FRANCISCO GIANTSMLBDepthCharts Team PagePlayers 1-25 by Number Score1. Buster Posey (9.5)2. Matt Cain (8.75)3. Madison ...
• 12/13 StanGraphs: Free Agent Signing: Giants Bring Back Andres Torres: It’s only been a year since the Giants jettisoned Andres Torres to the Mets for the newly-extended Angel Pagan, but now...
• 12/13 Splash Hit Blog: Everybody’s Favorite Gentleman is Coming Back: CSN’s Andrew Baggarly with the breaking news to start off your Thursday: The stories of Andres Torres are well known by...
• 12/11 Baseball Jerks: San Francisco Giants 2013 Preview: Having completed one of the more unlikely World Series runs in 2012 powered by even more unlikely names, the world champs are...
• 12/11 mlbreports.com : The Red Sox Are Spending All That Cash Without Acquiring Pitching!: Monday December 10, 2012 Kyle Holland (MLB Reports Intern): The summer of 2012 was by far the Red Sox worst in recent memory....
• 12/10 AroundTheFoghorn: 25 Days of Home Runs, #9 Buster Posey May 22: Buster Posey hits a 432 ft bomb that hits the scoreboard at Miller Park. This is my favorite home run of the year because you...
• 12/9 MLBRandomFandom: Why I Admire the San Francisco Giants: by Mike Kravik Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE ...
• 12/9 MLBRandomFandom: Why the Giants Will Win the World Series: by Jon BeckerTonight the World Series starts in Major League Baseball, with the high-power Tigers against the momentous Giants....
• 12/7 mlbreports.com : What the Indians will do with Asdrubal Cabrera: Friday December 7, 2012 Kyle Holland (MLB Reports Intern): In 2012, Asdrubal Cabrera had an average year. He hit .270/.338/.423...
• 12/7 Fantasy Baseball Crackerjacks: Angel Pagan Giants: How OF’s Fantasy Value looks in return to SF: We already knew that Angel Pagan has an oxymoronic sounding name. But now we also know that Pagan has re-signed with More......
• 12/7 Fantasy Baseball Crackerjacks: Mike Napoli Red Sox: What to Expect From Catcher’s Fantasy Value?You never know just what to expect from Mike Napoli now that he’s signed with Boston. If the Angels and More......
• 12/5 Yanks Go Yard: Jarrod Saltalamacchia: The Yankees’ Catcher in 2013?: With the New York Yankees failing to bid with the Pittsburgh Pirates (the world must be ending, right?) for Russell Martin, this...
• 12/5 Nolan Writin': Geovany Soto Re-signs with Texas: At the 9:00 Pacific Time deadline (because I live in California) on Friday night, the Rangers decided to non-tender catcher Geovany...
• 12/5 Bay Area Sports Guy: San Francisco Giants’ 2013 budget is tapped out: With the Angel Pagan and Marco Scutaro deals done, plus the raises that are coming for the arbitration eligible players it appears...
• 12/5 MLB Dirt: 2012 All-Fantasy Team: This is part one of three in a 2012 season’s end report on fantasy baseball. The first installment will be the top overall...
• 12/4 Redlegs Review: Reds talk to Bailey, Latos about long term deal:   by: Parker Perry Staff Writer  John Fay has reported that Walt Jocketty said that the Reds are...
• 12/4 Through The Fence Baseball: White Sox would concede AL Central if A.J. Pierzynski walks: Imagine the New York Yankees without Derek Jeter, the Texas Rangers without Michael Young or the Boston Red Sox without Dustin...
• 12/4 mlbreports.com : Why the Red Sox Need Jacoby Ellsbury and David Ortiz To Stay Healthy In 2013: Tuesday December 4, 2012 Kyle Holland (MLB Reports Intern): Every Boston fan, heck every baseball fan knows what a disaster the...
• 12/4 Fantasy Baseball Crackerjacks: Angel Pagan Giants: How OF’s Fantasy Value looks in return to SF: We already knew that Angel Pagan has an oxymoronic sounding name. But now we also know that Pagan has re-signed with More...The...
• 12/3 Fantasy Baseball Crackerjacks: Mike Napoli Red Sox: What to Expect From Catcher’s Fantasy Value?: You never know just what to expect from Mike Napoli now that he’s signed with Boston. If the Angels and More...The post...
• 12/3 obsessivegiantscompulsive: Giant Sign Pagan: 4 years, $40M: Reports from Baggarly, Pavlovic, and Shea.  As usual, won't be official until the physical is done, but that is generally...
• 12/1 MLB Injury News: Giants Non-Tender Brian Wilson: The San Francisco Giants have non-tendered former closer Brian Wilson, who missed most of the 2012 season due to injury, reports...
• 12/1 MLBTradeRumors: Giants Rumors: Posey, Pence, Casilla, Wilson: Here's the latest on the World Champion San Francisco Giants... "We are open to the idea," said GM Brian Sabean when asked...

• 11/30 SF Giants Rumors: SF Giants Rumors: Sabean On Trade Talks, Multi-Year Deals, And High Priority At Winter Meetings: Andrew Baggarly of CSNBayArea.com says (via Twitter) GM Brian Sabean is not active in trade talks, and the bullpen could stand-pat....
• 11/30 SF Giants Rumors: SF Giants Rumors: Tender Contract Day, Deadline Is Tonight: Today is the day that the San Francisco Giants must tender contracts to their arbitration eligible players. The deadline is at...
• 11/30 mlbreports.com : My Experience at AT and T Park: Friday November 30, 2012 Kyle Holland (MLB Reports Intern): Anyone who has read my bio knows that I’m from one of the best baseball...
• 11/30 Splash Hit Blog: Conference Call: After Noon #SFGiants Update on Non-Tender Day: While we wait on decisions to Brian Wilson and Santiago Casilla (but more the Bearded One), the beat writers had a conference...
• 11/29 mlbreports.com : 2012 Offseason Giants Key Free Agents: To Sign Pagan and Scutaro?: Thursday November 29th, 2012 Bernie Olshansky (Baseball Writer): It is not an outrageous thought that the San Francisco Giants,...
• 11/28 Through The Fence Baseball: Need a fix? Here’s what’s happening in the winter leagues (NL West): After a long Thanksgiving weekend, it’s time to finish off this list of prospects and major league players in winter leagues....
• 11/28 MetsToday.com: The Contract Offer: Wright or Wrong?: I’ve been avoiding the subject of contract extensions for David Wright and R.A. Dickey because A) I don’t feel like...
• 11/28 WasWatching: Everybody Wants Russell Martin?: Well, at least a few teams are willing to give him a multi-year deal. Me?  I wouldn’t do it. Rk Player WAR/pos G From To...
• 11/28 Lasorda's Lair: Mike Scioscia Turns 54: I wanted to wish my favorite player of all-time, Mike Scioscia, a very happy birthday today. Even though he wears red for that...
• 11/27 Blog Red Machine: Is It Time to Make “The Move”?: The 2013 season beckons and and I have fought tirelessly to avoid a certain truth that Walt Jocketty must face.  You may be surprised to...
• 11/27 Splash Hit Blog: The Hunter Pence Impersonation Video: Hunter Pence may have had the most important speech in 21st Century Giants history. Here to deliver it are Matt Cain, Ryan Vogelsong,...
• 11/27 Splash Hit Blog: First Half 2013 #SFGiants Promotions and Giveaways Announced: While the deadline for setting the 40-man roster is due by Midnight EST tonight, the Giants have given the fanbase something else...
• 11/27 Splash Hit Blog: A Bu$ter Po$ey Po$t: So often it is that when one person begins to discuss something, others follow. Chris Quick of Bay City Ball wrote up a piece...
• 11/27 Splash Hit Blog: The MVPs: And We Can Finally Move On: The National League was up first discussing guys like Ryan Braun, Buster Posey, and Yadier Molina were discussed by MLB Network,...
• 11/26 60ft6in.com: Winter Meetings Agenda: With the MLB Winter Meetings in Nashville rapidly approaching, here are a few meetings that Bud and his crew should schedule…....
• 11/26 mlbreports.com : Mets Ownership: The Wilpons Have To Start Spending To Compete!: Monday November 26, 2012 Kyle Holland (MLB Reports Intern): It’s no secret that the New York Mets are in a tough division to...
• 11/23 MLBTradeRumors: Baseball Blogs Weigh In: Mets, Posey, Upton, Ichiro: Hot stove shopping has yet to resemble Black Friday shopping, which is officially underway across the country. Here's the best...
• 11/23 Fantasy Baseball Crackerjacks: Fantasy Baseball: Going From Pretender to Contender: Nash had originally asked me to add on to his piece about going from pretender to contender in fantasy baseball. More...The post...
• 11/23 mlbreports.com : It Is Time For The Mets To Cash In On R.A. Dickey By Trading Him: Friday November 23rd, 2012 Kyle Holland: R.A. Dickey had a career year and without a doubt the best year of his career in 2012....
• 11/22 Rays Colored Glasses: Rays Thankful for Everything They Have: Rays fans have developed a nearly unwavering trust in Andrew Friedman and the Rays’ front office. But two big mistakes have...
• 11/21 Baseball News Source: Tampa Bay Rays Tim Beckham – 2013 – Breakthrough or Bust ?: By most accounts Beckham’s development has been slow The Tampa Bay Rays added Tim Beckham to the 40 man roster along with...
• 11/20 Behind the Plate: 2013 Catcher Rankings: Nick RabascoMatt Wieters [...] ...
• 11/19 MLB Dirt: Baseball Notes For November 19, 2012: It’s unclear why the baseball offseason is referred to in such a way. It seems that just as much goes on when games aren’t...
• 11/19 Tyler's Think Tank: Tricky Dickey, Price is Right: Justin Verlander and Clayton Kershaw replicated their numbers from 2011, when both won their league's pitching triple crowns...
• 11/18 Blog Red Machine: The Search for “It”, Day Three // BRUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCE: This is part two of my attempt to find a true “It” factor on the Cincinnati Reds 40 man roster. Each article in the series...
• 11/17 MLB Injury News: Blue Jays Sign Melky Cabrera: As part of their move to suddenly be a competitor, the Toronto Blue Jays have signed the maligned Melky Cabrera.  Cabrera...
• 11/16 Fantasy Baseball Crackerjacks: Melky Cabrera Fantasy: What Questions Surround OF with Blue Jays?: The Jays are at it again. Coming off of a huge trade that brought them Jose Reyes, Josh Johnson, Emilio More...The post Melky...
• 11/16 Fantasy Baseball Crackerjacks: Melky Cabrera Fantasy: What Questions Surround OF with Blue Jays?: The Jays are at it again. Coming off of a huge trade that brought them Jose Reyes, Josh Johnson, Emilio More...The post Melky...
• 11/16 Redbird Rants: Musings from an Optimistic Redbird Fan: Voting for Post-Season Awards – The Baseball Writers Association have recently voted the post season award winners. And I’ve...
• 11/16 Reviewing the Brew: Posey Beats Out Braun for MVP: First off, I want to congratulate Buster Posey on winning the 2012 NL MVP Award. Posey had one heck of a 2012 and coming back...
• 11/16 For Baseball Junkies: Posey and Cabrera Win MVP Awards: Buster Posey and Miguel Cabrera earned MVP honors last night, officially wrapping up the MLB awards season. Here are some notes...
• 11/16 Rays Colored Glasses: Rays Notes: Rays in MVP Vote, How Marlins Affect Rays Stadium Talks, Rays Covet Wil Myers?: The 2012 Most Valuable Players awards and the NL award passed without much controversy as Buster Posey rolled to the MVP. In the...
• 11/16 Redbird Rants: Molina fourth in MVP voting: Cardinals catcher Yadier Molina put together the best season of his career and was awarded with a strong finish in MVP voting,...
• 11/16 Raising Matt Cain: 25 for 16: The Scrubs: Every team's got 'em. Even World Champs have guys on the bench you'd rather not see out there. This post-season the Giants filled...
• 11/16 mlbreports.com : 2012 American and National League MVP Awards Announced: Friday November 16th, 2012 Bernie Olshansky:  The final awards have been announced. Both races could have gone either way,...
• 11/16 Call to the Pen: Buster Posey NL Most Valuable Player: By the time he retires, Buster Posey is going to need a 5,000-square-foot trophy room at the rate he is going. Add the National...
• 11/16 MLB Injury News: Miguel Cabrera, Buster Posey Named MVP in Respective Leagues: The raging debate about whether Miguel Cabrera was the right pick for the American League MVP or not will live on throughout...
• 11/16 Bronx Baseball Daily: Cabrera beats Trout for AL MVP, Posey wins in the NL: It was a hotly contested debate, but Miguel Cabrera beat out Mike Trout for the American League MVP award. Buster Posey became...
• 11/16 Chicken Friars: Chase Headley Places Fifth In National League MVP Voting: Back to back player of the month awards, a Gold Glove and a Silver Slugger award, wasn’t enough to name Chase Headley the...
• 11/15 Bleeding Yankee Blue: POSEY & MIGGY WIN THE MVP: The Announcement came down today and Buster Posey won the MVP for the National League and Miguel Cabrera won for the American...
• 11/15 SOX & Dawgs: 2012 AL & NL MVP Awards: It's now time to put the finishing touches on the 2012 MLB season as Baseball Writers' Association of America...
• 11/15 MLBTradeRumors: NL West Notes: Ryu, Affeldt, Giambi, Rockies: Buster Posey was named the NL MVP today, becoming the first Giant since Barry Bonds in 2004 to capture the leagues highest...
• 11/15 Baseball Jerks: Cabrera, Posey Claim MVPs; We Debate “Value”: American League Triple Crown winner Miguel Cabrera and San Francisco Giants catcher Buster Posey claimed their leagues’ Most...
• 11/15 Crashburn Alley: Carlos Ruiz, Perpetual MVP: I’m not really a fan of slightly disingenuous blog titles myself, so I’ll get my apology for the one above out of...
• 11/15 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Giants | Buster Posey named NL MVPSan Francisco Giants C Buster Posey was named the National League Most Valuable Player Thursday, Nov. 15....[+] San Francisco Giants C Buster Posey was named the National League Most Valuable Player Thursday, Nov. 15.
• 11/15 SF Giants Rumors: Buster Posey Wins The 2012 NL MVP Award!: It’s official, Buster Posey has won the 2012 National League MVP! Everyone speculated that Posey would win the NL MVP award,...
• 11/15 El Maquino: HERE ARE THE NAMES OF THE VOTERS WHO THOUGHT CABRERA WAS BETTER THAN TROUT THIS YEAR: > I’m not going to rant.  I’ve made my case for Mike Trout, and I believe it is way stronger than any that can...
• 11/15 Baseball News Source: Giants Buster Posey Wins National League MVP: Posey set career highs in 2012 with a .336 average, 24 homers and 103 RBI The San Francisco Giants’ Buster Posey received...
• 11/15 AroundTheFoghorn: Giants’ Buster Posey Wins National League MVP – Also Better Than You: So, let me get this straight. Buster Posey has played in 308 Major League Baseball games. In just 108 games, after being called...
• 11/15 Baseball Musings: NL MVP: The announcement is imminent. No matter who wins, I’m glad voters realized the value of Chase Headley, who finished in the...
• 11/15 MLBTradeRumors: Miguel Cabrera, Buster Posey Win League MVP Awards: Tigers third baseman Miguel Cabrera and Giants catcher Buster Posey were announced as the winners of the Most Valuable Player...
• 11/15 Baseball Ruminations: Five Totally Sane Reasons Why Mike Trout Should Be AL MVP: If you read my previous piece, Why Mike Trout Is the MVP and If You Believe Otherwise You’re Probably Old, you probably...
• 11/15 Baseball Musings: MVP Time: The MVP Award show comes on MLB Network at 6 PM EST. I’ve been enjoying the shows, especially Brian Kenny’s lead-in,...
• 11/15 Climbing Tal's Hill: Baseball’s MVPs announced today: The final and most prestigious of baseball’s offseason awards will be handed out today. Both the A.L. and N.L. are set to...
• 11/15 WahoosOnFirst: FanSided MLB 2012 Awards: NL MVP: Buster Posey: For many fans, the end-of-season player awards are one of the biggest highlights of the long MLB offseason. There’s just one...
• 11/14 El Maquino: THE AWARDS VOTING IS ESPECIALLY BAFFLING THIS YEAR: > I think they’re messing with me. I’ve been doing these awards analyses the days before the awards themselves...
• 11/14 MLBTradeRumors: Offseason Outlook: San Francisco Giants: The Giants need to obtain an outfielder and find an answer at second base. Guaranteed Contracts Matt Cain, SP: $107.5MM...
• 11/14 WahoosOnFirst: What the Indians Can Learn from the World Champion Giants: Two weeks ago, after staving off elimination multiple times and then sweeping the Detroit Tigers, the San Francisco Giants raised...
• 11/14 AroundTheFoghorn: Top 10 SF Giants Games Of 2012: #3 Revenge on Kershaw: May 8, 2012: Giants vs. Dodgers, Final score; Giants 2, Dodgers 1 Your browser does not support iframes. This was a game of Ryan...
• 11/14 Raising Matt Cain: 25 for 16: The Rooks: The Giants took a big risk early in the season when they traded away veteran backstop Chris Stewart for a rookie relief pitcher...
• 11/13 Bay Area Sports Guy: San Francisco Giants end of season review: The hot stove season has already kicked off with the San Francisco Giants working to bring back some of their key pieces from...
• 11/12 Rally Caps: World Series Preview: So the 2012 World Series has started and the Giants and Tigers emerged as the best teams in their respective leagues. The Tigers...
• 11/12 MLBRandomFandom: Why I Admire the San Francisco Giants: by Mike Kravik Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE ...
• 11/12 MLBRandomFandom: Why the Giants Will Win the World Series: by Jon BeckerTonight the World Series starts in Major League Baseball, with the high-power Tigers against the momentous Giants....
• 11/11 Tyler's Think Tank: Posey for MVP: MLB award season is in full swing, and starting tomorrow the Baseball Writers Association of America will announce their...
• 11/11 Raising Matt Cain: 25 for 16: The Brandons: The Giants took a chance on two youngsters this season, and to their credit, showed patience and restraint with both of them....
• 11/11 PaulLebowitz.com: 2012 MLB Award Winners—National League MVP: Here are my top five finishers for the National League Most Valuable Player along with who I picked in the preseason. —...
• 11/11 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: There Is Just Nothing Juan Uribe Can’t Do Poorly: Over at FanGraphs, Matt Klaassen has been going through the best and worst plays of 2012 based on WPA. (For those not familiar,...
• 11/10 mlbreports.com : Contact Hitters and Pitchers Are New Keys to Win In the MLB Playoffs: Bravo Giants! Attn: Yankees!: Saturday, Nov.10/2012   Chuck Booth (Lead Baseball Writer): I can’t believe I am going to utter these next few words, “I...
• 11/10 The Cardinal Nation Blog: Bruce’s Silver Slugger should have gone to Holliday or BeltranA look at the numbers indicates a 2012 National League Silver Slugger Award was given to the wrong outfielder....
• 11/10 Fantasy Baseball Crackerjacks: Happy Birthday Yasmani Grandal: Happy birthday, Yasmani Grandal. Now go sit down for the first two months of what was supposed to be your first More...The post...
• 11/10 Fantasy Baseball Crackerjacks: Melky Cabrera Fantasy: What Signing with Tigers would Do to his Value: I’ve had some time to think about how valuable Melky Cabrera really is since I detailed what you can really expect More...The...
• 11/10 Fantasy Baseball Crackerjacks: Fantasy Baseball 2013: Impact of a Tim Lincecum-Jacoby Ellsbury Trade: If you love the Hot Stove season as much as I do, you should probably get used to the names More...The post Fantasy Baseball 2013:...
• 11/9 SF Giants Rumors: SF Giants Rumors: Teams Interested In Belt, Affeldt Looking for 3-Years, Another Posey Award: Jon Heyman of CBSSports.com says (via Twitter) the San Francisco Giants have been receiving calls  from teams inquiring about...
• 11/9 Through The Fence Baseball: Playoff success aside, Buster Posey is not 2012′s NL MVP: “Soon to be National League MVP.” That was the phrase I heard throughout the postseason as the San Francisco Giants...
• 11/9 Raising Matt Cain: 25 for 16: Buster Posey: Buster Posey became the Giants full-time catcher in 2010 and the team went on to claim the world championship. Buster was hurt...
• 11/9 AroundTheFoghorn: Buster Posey Secures First Silver Slugger Award: On Thursday, MLB Network revealed its eighteen Silver Slugger Award recipients, honoring the players who made significant offensive...
• 11/8 Raise the Jolly Roger: News and notes: McCutchen, Ford, Goedert, Livesey: Just a couple of small things over the last few days… Andrew McCutchen won a Silver Slugger award (which goes to the best...
• 11/8 Fantasy Baseball Crackerjacks: Happy Birthday Yasmani Grandal: Happy birthday, Yasmani Grandal. Now go sit down for the first two months of what was supposed to be your first full year in...
• 11/8 For Baseball Junkies: BBA Announces 2012 Stan Musial Award Winners: The Baseball Bloggers Alliance (BBA) announced the recipients of this year's Stan Musial Award earlier this week.  The official...
• 11/8 The "Mc" Effect: My MVP Case for McCutchen: Andrew McCutchen is an MVP finalist, as everyone fully expected him to be. At the very worst, McCutchen was the second best player...
• 11/8 Raising Matt Cain: 25 for 16: the MVPs: The Giants scored 69 runs in the post-season, an average of 4.31 per game, just a tick below (4.43) their regular-season rate....
• 11/8 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Giants | Buster Posey is finalist for NL MVP: San Francisco Giants C Buster Posey was named one of the five National League Most Valuable Player Award finalists Wednesday,...[+] Nov. 7. The winner is announced Nov. 15 at 6pm ET on MLB Network.
• 11/7 Roto Think Tank: 2012 N.L. Catchers: 0 0 1 1142 4331 Roto Think Tank 481 497 4976 14.0 Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE...
• 11/7 SF Giants Rumors: SF Giants Rumors: Wilson Decision Looms, Romo Stat, Whiteside Gone, Posey Award, Cabrera Money: With the World Series win still fresh on most fans minds. It’s now time for the San Francisco Giants front office to start...
• 11/7 The Baseball Haven: 10 Players to Watch in 2013: Whether they are rookies, players who may have had a surprising second half in 2012, or a feeling, here are players you will want...
• 11/7 PaulLebowitz.com: The Astros Experiment In Baseball Engineering: When the Astros offered Tim Bogar a job to be their new bench coach, Bogar turned it down because the deal included a clause that...
• 11/7 MLBTradeRumors: Olney's Latest: Cano, GM Meetings, Posey: In a free preview of Insider, ESPN's Buster Olney writes that Yankees GM Brian Cashman is likely to take a surprisingly hard line...
• 11/7 StanGraphs: 2012 NL Awards Picks and Review: Most Valuable Player Before the season started, we liked Justin Upton to level up and take home his first MVP award as he continued...
• 11/7 Fantasy Baseball Crackerjacks: Melky Cabrera Fantasy: What Signing with Tigers would Do to his Value: I’ve had some time to think about how valuable Melky Cabrera really is since I detailed what you can really expect from...
• 11/6 MLBTradeRumors: Arbitration Eligibles: San Francisco Giants: The Giants are next in our 2013 Arbitration Eligibles series.  Matt Swartz's salary projections are below. First time: Buster...
• 11/5 Rum Bunter: Pittsburgh Pirates Andrew McCutchen Named NL Outstanding Player By MLBPA: The Major League Baseball players voted in September for the best of the best.  Andrew McCutchen was named National League...
• 11/5 MLBTradeRumors: Yankees Claim Eli Whiteside: The Yankees announced that they claimed catcher Eli Whiteside off of waivers from the Giants. Whiteside appeared in 12 games...
• 11/5 Baseball Musings: IBWAA MVPs: The Internet Baseball Writers Association of America announced the vote for MVP. Miguel Cabrera and Buster Posey won the titles:...
• 11/5 WahoosOnFirst: On Grady Sizemore, Mark Shapiro, and Being a Fan: In his wide ranging interview with Fox Sports Ohio last week, Indians president Mark Shapiro covered pretty much the entirety...
• 11/4 Raising Matt Cain: 25 for 16: The Three-headed Late-inning Monster: Most teams are lucky to have a few good pitchers. The 2012 World Series Champions San Francisco Giants had a whole staff full...
• 11/3 BoSox Injection: Catching Up: Prospects, Free Agents and The Regulars: So our writer’s have weighed in on Boston’s catching situation. Conor Duffy took you through Boston’s catching...
• 11/3 AroundTheFoghorn: Reliving The San Francisco Giants’ 2012 Postseason – NLDS Game 3: What? You didn’t think that just because the San Francisco Giants won the World Series, we’d stop gloating, did you?...
• 11/2 Fantasy Baseball Crackerjacks: Fantasy Baseball 2013: Impact of a Tim Lincecum-Jacoby Ellsbury Trade: If you love the Hot Stove season as much as I do, you should probably get used to the names of Jacoby Ellsbury and Tim Lincecum,...
• 11/2 Crashburn Alley: Crashburn Alley 2012 MLB Awards: At long last, we here at Crashburn Alley will hand out our end-of-season awards for the 2012 season. It was a surprisingly entertaining...
• 11/1 The Baseball Haven: How the Giants Can Repeat in 2013: The San Francisco Giants won the NL West, won three straight games in Cincinnati in the NLDS to stave off elimination, then won...
• 11/1 Call to the Pen: Baseball Comebacks Warm The Heart: Major League Baseball’s awards for the Comeback Player of the Year are so quintessentially American. Americans love giving...
• 11/1 Fantasy Baseball Crackerjacks: Brian McCann Fantasy Baseball: Is Atlanta Catcher still elite?: Brian McCann has been a player on my fantasy teams for the last few years. This last season was an exception, and it was good...
• 11/1 Call to the Pen: 2012 Season Review Series: San Francisco Giants: The 2012 season could not have gone any better for the San Francisco Giants. I suppose they could have won every single game they...
• 11/1 obsessivegiantscompulsive: Your San Francisco Giants: Team of the 2010 Decade: I was going to post this on a po**** Giants community but then I realized that it would fall on deaf ears anyway and they would...

• 10/31 AroundTheFoghorn: Twelve Ways The ’12 Giants Made History: Marco Scutaro exulting in a cinematic downpour as the Giants clinched the pennant. A viral #RallyZito hashtag that united Giants...
• 10/30 BoSox Injection: It’s Over. It’s Just Beginning. Looking Ahead to 2013.: It’s all over. The San Francisco Giants are World Champions for the second time in three years. If the Red Sox couldn’t...
• 10/30 Crashburn Alley: Does the Future Include Carlos Ruiz?: Elite catchers are hard to come by these days. Teams that manage to find one hold on to them for dear life, as the Minnesota Twins...
• 10/30 Tyler's Think Tank: Comeback Players of the Year: The Sporting News named Adam Dunn AL Comeback Player of the Year, but MLB selected Fernando Rodney. Both were deserving candidates;...
• 10/29 Swingin' A's: The A’s Need Brandon Inge: Brandon Inge had a huge hand in leading the A’s to the postseason for the first time in six years in 2012. Although he missed...
• 10/29 MLBTradeRumors: Giants Notes: Huff, Scutaro, Pagan, Affeldt: Giants general manager Brian Sabean has the makings of a dynasty centered around strong pitching and affordable young position...
• 10/29 mlbreports.com : Game 4 Recap: Giants Sweep the Tigers to Win the 2012 World Series: Monday October 29th, 2012 Kyle Holland:  If your favorite sport is baseball, what more can you ask for in a game? Even if you...
• 10/29 Rays Colored Glasses: Could the Rays Acquire Giants Catcher Hector Sanchez?: The Rays’ current situation at the catcher position is far from ideal. Jose Molina‘s pitch-framing ability is prolific,...
• 10/29 Tyler's Think Tank: Giants Sweep Tigers: The Giants waited 52 years to bring their first World Series title to San Francisco after abandoning their home in the Polo...
• 10/29 For Baseball Junkies: Giants Win World Series - Sandoval MVP: Last night, while the Eastern seaboard was bracing for the storm that is supposed to make the storm from "The Perfect Storm" look...
• 10/29 PaulLebowitz.com: The Giants Do It Old School: With the tiered playoff system, single game play-ins, and short series, two World Series titles in three years counts as a dynasty...
• 10/29 Baseball Musings: Dynasty?: The Giants winning their second World Series in three seasons makes one wonder if this team is going to be one for the ages. What...
• 10/29 mlbreports.com : San Francisco Giants: 2012 World Series Champions – A Season For the Ages: Monday October 29th, 2012 Bernie Olshansky:  The 2012 San Francisco Giants can be described in various ways. They were exciting,...
• 10/29 That Ball's Outta Here: Giants World Series Win Means They’re Kind of a Dynasty, Maybe: OK, great. The team with the stupid beards won another World Series. Let’s all punch ourselves in the face. Yes, the Giants...
• 10/29 MLB Injury News: San Francisco Giants Sweep the Detroit Tigers to Win World Series: Don't tell Giants fans about the ratings.  Don't tell them the World Series was boring.  For the second time in three...
• 10/29 obsessivegiantscompulsive: Your 2012 Giants Are World Champions!!!: Epic!Wow, what a game!  What a series!  What a season! If ever there was a team effort for World Series MVP, this was...
• 10/29 Motor City Bengals: Detroit Tigers Swept From World Series: Giants 4, Tigers 3 (box score) Well, they put up some semblance of offense, which is all we were asking for during the previous...
• 10/29 Baseball Jerks: World Series Game 4: San Francisco Giants Sweep the Detroit Tigers: The San Francisco Giants and Detroit Tigers went into game four of the World Series with the series being dominated by Giants...
• 10/29 Baseball News Source: Giants Complete Sweep of Tigers in Extra Innings – Win World Series: The Giants claimed their second World Series crown in three years The San Francisco Giants closed out a four-game sweep of the...
• 10/29 BoSox Injection: BSI Postseason Recap: Giants Complete Magical Run, Win World Series: It’s over, folks. The San Francisco Giants are your 2012 World Series champions after a 94-68 regular season and then a...
• 10/28 Baseball Musings: Sandoval Single: Pablo Sandoval singles to put runners on 1st and 3rd with two out in the top of the third inning. He needs one more hit to tie...
• 10/28 Baseball Musings: Extra! Extra!: Hunter Pence follows a Buster Posey strikeout with a ground rule double in the top of the second for the first hit for the Giants....
• 10/28 Baseball Jerks: World Series Game 4 Preview: Giants Sweep, or Tigers Claw Back?: This one is difficult. Either the Giants will complete a four-game sweep of the 2012 World Series, or the Tigers will make it...
• 10/28 MLBTradeRumors: NL Central Notes: Astros, Cardinals, Braun, Cubs: Earlier today, MLBTR gave you the latest news and notes from the AL East and the NL West. Now, let's visit the NL Central,...
• 10/28 MLBTradeRumors: : Earlier today, MLBTR gave you the latest news and notes from the AL East and the NL West. Now, let's visit the NL Central, which...
• 10/28 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Giants | Buster Posey earns NL Hank Aaron Award: San Francisco Giants C Buster Posey earned the National League Hank Aaron Award, given to the outstanding offensive player in...[+] that league.
• 10/28 AroundTheFoghorn: Giants Put 3-0 Collar On Tigers; One Win Away From World Series Victory: The national media has continued to count the San Francisco Giants out, but despite their proclamations and predictions –...
• 10/28 Baseball Press: Dr. Lineup: The Three and Four Hitters: Miggy and Fielder are "back-to-back fricken threats." (US Presswire)There was an article a few days ago from ESPN.com's Jerry...
• 10/26 mlbreports.com : 2012 World Series Game 2 Recap: Giants Shut Out the Tigers For a 2-0 Lead: Friday October 26th, 2012 Kyle Holland:  What can you say about game 2 in the World Series? Fantastic, amazing, and a thriller....
• 10/26 Call to the Pen: Gods Aligned Against Tigers: When your starting pitcher gets hit in the head by a line drive, when one of your best players gets tagged on the butt and doesn’t...
• 10/26 MetsToday.com: San Francisco Wins with Giant Ball: The San Francisco Giants won the second game of the 2012 World Series via an old-fashioned method called “execution.”...
• 10/26 BoSox Injection: BSI Postseason Recap: Bumgarner Wins Duel In San Francisco: The Giants have continued their epic run of late, winning their fifth straight playoff game last night to give them a 2-0 advantage...
• 10/26 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Giants | Buster Posey hits safelySan Francisco Giants C Buster Posey has a hit in all seven World Series games in his career....[+] San Francisco Giants C Buster Posey has a hit in all seven World Series games in his career.
• 10/25 Baseball Musings: Tacos for All!: Angel Pagan walks and steals second in the bottom of the eighth, and every one wins a free taco! Taco Bell will give them out...
• 10/25 YankeeAnalysts.com: World Series Game 2: Doug Fister v. Madison Bumgarner: Despite the loss for the Tigers last night, I still think they have the upper hand in this series. Their rotation has incredible...
• 10/25 Baseball Musings: The General Upside Region of the Head: The Giants have a threat in the bottom of the second. Buster Posey singles to start the inning, then with two out, Grego Blanco...
• 10/25 BoSox Injection: Runs, Hits and Errors: What A Week “Away” From Baseball Means: I spent some time with family this week in Sarasota, Florida. We celebrated both my mother-in-law’s return home after surgery...
• 10/25 mlbreports.com : Giants vs. Tigers: Who Will Win the 2012 World Series?: Thursday October 25th, 2012 Jake Dal Porto (Baseball Writer): Who Has The Edge In The Starting Pitching Department? The Tigers’...
• 10/25 Fire Brand of the American League: Getting their freak on: Two teams with two needs and two players who meet them. Should the Boston Red Sox and San Francisco Giants consider trading Jacoby...
• 10/25 The Writer's Journey: Are the MVPs in the World Series?: Miguel Cabrera of the Tigers and Buster Posey of the Giants are both in the conversation for their respective league’s Most...
• 10/25 BoSox Injection: BSI Postseason Recap: Sandoval Crushes Three Homers In Game One Win: In the world of baseball today, it seems like it would be foolish to predict so much as a loss to Justin Verlander, who won the...
• 10/25 Baseball News Source: Sandoval, Zito, Giants Overpower Tigers In Game One: Sandoval and the Giants struck early and often against Verlander Pablo Sandoval became the fourth player to hit three home runs...
• 10/24 MLBTradeRumors: Quick Hits: Fujinami, Antonetti, Giants, Guillen: In a subscriber-only piece, Baseball America's Ben Badler wrote about Japanese right-hander Shintaro Fujinami, who may be the...
• 10/24 mlbreports.com : Marco Scutaro: The Best 2012 Trade Deadline Deal And NLCS MVP: melk Wednesday, October.24/2012 Chuck Booth (Lead Baseball Writer): I am pleased to always write about a player that has appeared...
• 10/24 Baseball News Source: 5 Things The Giants Must Do To Win The World Series: San Francisco could win their second World Series Championship in three years, if… When you look on the Internet and see...
• 10/24 mlbreports.com : 2012 World Series Preview: Game One Tonight as the Tigers Face the Giants in San Francisco: Wednesday October 24th, 2012 Dedrick Hendrix:  If it’s something you’ve never seen before on baseball’s October...
• 10/24 The Baseball Haven: Move Buster Posey from Catcher: Buster Posey had an MVP-type season in 2012, as I even picked him as the NL MVP for my own 2012 MLB Awards. Posey posted a .336/.408/.549...
• 10/24 District On Deck: Davey Johnson Named Sporting News NL Manager of The Year: The Sporting News Awards are not the awards we’re used to hearing about, but they still carry their own meaning. For these...
• 10/24 Baseball Musings: World Series Preview, Tigers Versus Giants: The Tigers and Giants begin the 2012 World Series Wednesday night, the first time these original modern era franchises meet in...
• 10/24 MetsToday.com: What To Make of Giants Turnover: From Izzy in the comments section: Check the ’10 Giants lineup. Incredible turnover. Only starter from ’10 is Posey. Also,...
• 10/24 22gigantes.com: Tigers at Giants: World Series Game 1 preview: It’s **** that Giants catcher Buster Posey won the NL Comeback Player of the Year award on Tuesday. His team has been the...
• 10/23 mlbreports.com : Dusty Baker and The San Francisco Giants Just Don’t Mix Well: Tuesday October 23rd, 2012 Jake Dal Porto: The San Francisco Giants and current Reds’ manager Dusty Baker just don’t seem...
• 10/23 AroundTheFoghorn: Around The Foghorn’s San Francisco Giants / Detroit Tigers World Series Preview: Alas, we’ve reached the apex of the playoff mountain, so to speak. After the Around The Foghorn previews and predictions...
• 10/23 Baseball Musings: Thrilling Sandoval: Will Clark gave Pablo Sandoval some advice in the middle of game seven: Clark also advised the Giants on the approaches for Pablo...
• 10/23 StlSportsMinute.com: Cardinals recap: San Francisco Giants 9 St. Louis Cardinals 0: Monday night's Game Seven match-up in the National League Championship Series between the St. Louis Cardinals and San Francisco...
• 10/23 Crashburn Alley: Five-Year Trends with the Phillies Offense: I don’t need to tell you that the 2012 season was a disappointment. The Phillies failed to reach the post-season for the...
• 10/23 Baseball News Source: NLCS Game 7 – Giants Win – Will Take On Tigers in World Series: Scutaro hit .500 in the series and was named NLCS MVP The San Francisco Giants scored early and often to stake starter Matt Cain...
• 10/23 StanGraphs: NLCS Game Seven: St. Louis Cardinals (88-74) at San Francisco Giants (94-68): 10:57 PM “This rain never feel so good.” –Marco Scutaro 8:21 PM I’ve never seen a worse stretch of playoff...
• 10/23 Giants Nirvana: National League Champions: I had a defibrillator on standby for this game, you know. That sure turned out to be unnecessary. The Giants made it easy. An...
• 10/22 Baseball Musings: Giants Keep Threatening: The Giants get their men in scoring position early, as Marco Scutaro collects his second single of the evening, and Pablo Sandoval...
• 10/22 SF Giants Rumors: SF Giants Rumors: Vogelsong Delivers, Cain’s Turn In Game 7, Etc.: The 2012 playoffs haven’t gone as smooth as the San Francisco Giants would have liked, but they seem to strive with their...
• 10/22 Baseball Musings: Playoffs Today: For the first time since 2006, a game seven will decide the National League Pennant. The previous two NLCS game sevens involved...
• 10/22 AroundTheFoghorn: Putting The Tim Lincecum Trade Rumors To Bed: Chances are, at some point this past weekend, you heard of the random and pretty unexpected Tim Lincecum trade “rumors”...
• 10/22 BoSox Injection: BSI Postseason Recap: Vogelsong Dominant As Giants Push Game Seven: The Giants are looking quite a bit like the Red Sox of a few years ago. After the Cardinals went up 3-1 in the series on a combination...
• 10/22 Lasorda's Lair: It’s a Tough Time to Be a Dodger Fan:   I miss the Dodgers. It’s only October 21st, but the final Dodger game of the 2012 season seems like it was months...
• 10/22 StlSportsMinute.com: Cardinals recap: San Francisco Giants 6 St. Louis Cardinals 1: Sometimes, the opposing pitcher just has your number. After what occurred on Sunday night in San Francisco, it is the only...
• 10/21 Baseball News Source: NLCS – Giants Force Game 7 With Win Over Cardinals: Giants and Cardinals Will Play Game 7 In NLCS Ryan Vogelsong had a career high nine strikeouts and the San Francisco Giants...
• 10/21 AroundTheFoghorn: Vogelsong Dominant In Giants’ Win Over Cardinals, Force NLCS Game 7: The San Francisco Giants had one objective after they knew they wouldn’t be able to win the series in St. Louis this past...
• 10/21 Baseball Musings: First Blood: Marco Scutaro walked, Pablo Sandoval doubled off the wall in center, and Buster Posey grounded out to push home the first run...
• 10/21 mlbreports.com : An Early Preview of the 2012 World Series: Sunday October 21st, 2012 Sam Evans: With St. Louis and San Francisco in a battle to be the National League representative in...
• 10/21 Baseball Jerks: NLCS Game 6 Preview: Carpenter Looks to Slam Door on the Giants’ Fingers: The Giants are home, and their two best arms will try to ruin the Cardinals’ hopes of back-to-back World Series berths....
• 10/21 StlSportsMinute.com: Video: Mike Matheny feels Yadier Molina should be NL MVP: The St. Louis Cardinals and San Francisco Giants are both blessed to possess two high quality, dual threat catchers behind...
• 10/20 El Maquino: THAT HURT: PERTURBED GIANTS EVEN UP SERIES: THE POSTGAME In the first inning, Matt Holliday took Marco Scutaro out on a brutal slide.  I’m a Cards fan, but I’m...
• 10/20 El Maquino: CARDS’ TOP POSTSEASON PERFORMERS DO WHAT THEY DO, TAKE GAME ONE: THE POSTGAME Madison Bumgarner got absolutely rocked by the heavy-hitting Cardinal lineup, who were able to amass a 6-0 lead from...
• 10/20 Raising Matt Cain: Two for the Show: The Giants live to play another do-or-die game after a brilliant start in St. Louis by Barry Zito. The lefty stepped up to save...
• 10/20 AroundTheFoghorn: San Francisco Giants Continue To Stare Death In Face, Spit Back: In a best of seven game series, being down 3-1 is essentially professional sports’ version of life support. You’re...
• 10/20 MLB Injury News: Buster Posey Earns Comeback Player of the Year Award: All it took was a gruesome leg injury.  A play at the plate gone horribly wrong.  That's all.  Buster Posey,...
• 10/19 Baseball Musings: Giants Threat: After Barry Zito pitches his first 1-2-3 inning in the third, the Giants start the fourth with singles by Marco Scutaro and Pablo...
• 10/19 SF Giants Rumors: SF Giants Rumors: Backs To The Wall Again, Posey Wins Comeback Player of the Year: It’s that time of the playoffs again… You know, where the San Francisco Giants have their backs to the wall. Barry...
• 10/19 obsessivegiantscompulsive: Your 2012 Giants: Posey MLB.com Comeback Player of the Year: As reported (Schulman, MLB/Haft), Buster Posey won the 2012 Comeback Player of the Year Award for the National League, by vote...
• 10/19 MLBTradeRumors: Quick Hits: Cardinals, Nationals, Rodriguez: Congratulations to Buster Posey and Fernando Rodney, who were named MLB.com’s comeback players of the year for their respective...
• 10/19 Fantasy Baseball Crackerjacks: 8 Great Fantasy Baseball Players under 25 Revisited: In February we ran a series of predictive posts as a Countdown to the 2012 fantasy baseball season. Those predictions have come...
• 10/19 Baseball News Source: Comeback Player of the Year Awards – Buster Posey and Fernando Rodney: Buster Posey and Fernando Rodney were named Comeback Player of the Year in their respective leagues as voted on by MLB.com. Posey...
• 10/19 Redbird Rants: One Win Away from the World Series: One week ago, the St. Louis Cardinals gave me the best birthday gift ever with an epic comeback over the Washington Nationals...
• 10/19 AroundTheFoghorn: Buster Posey Named NL Comeback Player of the Year by MLB: Major League Baseball named Buster Posey the National League Comeback Player of the Year today. Not that there was too much question...
• 10/19 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Giants | Buster Posey named Comeback Player of the YearSan Francisco Giants C Buster Posey was named the Comeback Player of the Year in the National League....[+] San Francisco Giants C Buster Posey was named the Comeback Player of the Year in the National League.
• 10/19 STLCardinalBaseball: NLCS GAME 4: On The Hook: Well, that’s more like it! After watching the heart of the Cardinal lineup struggle to produce runs for most of the postseason,...
• 10/19 Baseball Musings: Giants in the Ninth: The Giants trail 8-1 as they send Marco Scutaro, Buster Posey, and Pablo Sandoval to the plate in the ninth inning against Fernando...
• 10/18 North Side Notch: BBA: 2012 Stan Musial Award: As a member of the Baseball Bloggers Alliance, I have the privilege to vote on all of the awards that are handed out by the organization...
• 10/18 Baseball Musings: Poor Cleaners: Angel Pagan and Marco Scutaro brought the tying run to the plate in the top of the sixth, but the big hitters on the Giants, Buster...
• 10/18 StanGraphs: NLCS Game Four: San Francisco Giants (94-68) at St. Louis Cardinals (88-74): 7:23 PM Matt Holliday! (2009 Dan McLaughlin voice is implied). The Quarterback grounded a single up the box to score Jay and move...
• 10/18 mlbreports.com : How Much do the Giants miss Melky Cabrera?: Thursday October 18th, 2012 Bernie Olshansky: When the San Francisco Giants made the playoffs this year for the second time in...
• 10/18 Giants Nirvana: NLCS Game Four – Giants v. Cardinals: With the Giants down 2-1 in the series, it’s Tim Lincecum facing off against Adam Wainwright. The lineups: Giants 1. CF...
• 10/18 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Giants | Buster Posey at 1B: San Francisco Giants C Buster Posey is starting at first base in Game 4 of the NLCS Thursday, Oct. 18, with C Hector Sanchez receiving...[+] the start behind the plate.
• 10/18 For Baseball Junkies: 2012 BBA Awards: Stan Musial (MVP): Today, we present to you our 2012 Stan Musial Ballots.The Stan Musial Award is the BBA equivalent of the  MLB MVP Award....
• 10/18 22gigantes.com: Giants at Cardinals: NLCS Game 4 Preview: Yesterday was a day of missed opportunities washed down the drain with the Missouri rainstorm that swept through Busch Stadium...
• 10/18 AroundTheFoghorn: NLCS Game 3: St. Louis Cardinals 3, San Francisco Giants 1: Well, the St. Louis Cardinals figured out how to deprive San Francisco of any offense. In a game that was delayed 3.5 hours,  the...
• 10/17 StanGraphs: NLCS Game Three: San Francisco Giants (94-68) at St. Louis Cardinals (88-74): 9:40 PM The entire Cardinal dugout stood standing shoulder to shoulder watching as Motte pumped pitch after pitch in the upper-nineties...
• 10/17 Marlin Maniac: Blue Jays Claim Scott Cousins: Outfielder Scott Cousins has been claimed off of waivers by the Toronto Blue Jays, according to MLBTR and Clark Spencer of the...
• 10/17 Baseball Musings: Pensive At Bat: With one out in the seventh, Pablo Sandoval and Buster Posey single. That brings up Hunter Pence, who does not have an RBI in...
• 10/17 Baseball Musings: Early Lead: Angel Pagan singles, Marco Scutaro doubles, and Pablo Sandoval grounds out to give the Giants a 1-0 lead in the top of the third....
• 10/17 Redbird Rants: Rainy Days and Postseason Baseball: Game 3 of the NLCS is set to start at 3:07 CDT today at Busch Stadium, but Mother Nature may have something to say about that....
• 10/17 Fantasy Baseball Crackerjacks: 7 Position Players to Keep an Eye on Late in the Season Revisited: In February we ran a series of predictive posts as a Countdown to the 2012 fantasy baseball season. Those predictions have come...
• 10/17 Tyler's Think Tank: Kyle Lohse Press Conference Live Blog: St. Louis sends Lohse to the hill in Game 3 of the NLCS With the National League Championship Series tied at one game...
• 10/16 MLBTradeRumors: Quick Hits: Trout, Indians, Giambi, Mets: Mike Trout's outstanding rookie season earned him Baseball America's Rookie of the Year award, but that's not all he won. The...
• 10/16 Call to the Pen: Regardless of Intent, Holliday’s Slide a Dirty Play: St. Louis Cardinals outfielder Matt Holliday says he’s not a dirty player, but the first inning slide that knocked Marco...
• 10/16 AroundTheFoghorn: Matt Hollidaygate – The Cardinal Slide Heard ‘Round The World (Or At Least The Bay): By now, you’ve seen the replay ad nauseam – and while it’s not at Scott Cousins/Buster Posey levels, what happened...
• 10/16 PaulLebowitz.com: New Age Collisions and Matt Holliday: The photo you see above is Graig Nettles kicking George Brett in game 5 of the 1977 ALCS. The Yankees eventually won the game...
• 10/16 Baseball Analytics: Buster Posey, Before and after the break: What was the Buster Posey difference after the All-Star break? The numbers only tell part of the story SplitABRH2B3BHRRBIBBSOBAOBPSLGOPS ...
• 10/16 Call to the Pen: San Francisco No Longer Sleeping Giants: Just when we thought every game of the playoffs was going to be a pitcher’s duel along came the San Francisco Giants wielding...
• 10/16 22gigantes.com: So you think Holliday’s slide was dirty? The cleat was on the other foot 24 years ago: If you’re a Giants fan who is still griping this morning about Cardinals outfielder Matt Holliday’s “dirty” slide into...
• 10/16 MLB Injury News: Postseason Injury Recap: Derek Jeter, Marco Scutaro, Jeremy Affeldt: Have you caught your breath yet?  This season may not have ended with the exact same bang as 2011 had, but the postseason...
• 10/15 StanGraphs: NLCS Game Two: St. Louis Cardinals (88-74) at San Francisco Giants (94-68): 10:07 PM Another big hit by the Giants, this time off the bat of former Cardinal Ryan Theriot. San Francisco’s second basemen...
• 10/15 Baseball Musings: Threatening Again: For the second inning in a row, the Giants put two men on with one out. This time, the youngsters Buster Posey and Brandon Belt...
• 10/15 Tyler's Think Tank: 25 Bold(ish) Predictions Review: A review of some bold(ish) predictions I made at the end of August. 1. Mike Trout will not win the AL MVP award: CORRECT (probably) Trout...
• 10/15 Giants Nirvana: NLCS Game Two – Cardinals v. Giants: You should expect some inactivity on this blog over the next several days because, well, life. I’ll do my best to find time...
• 10/15 22gigantes.com: Giants vs. Cardinals: NLCS Game 2 Preview: San Francisco’s Ryan Vogelsong squares off against St. Louis’s Chris Carpenter tonight in Game 2 of the National League...
• 10/15 Baseball Press: 2013 Fantasy Baseball Player Eligibility: Martin Prado has a full resume for the 2013 fantasy season. (US Presswire)The 2012 regular season is over, and it's time to...
• 10/15 MLB Injury News: Derek Jeter's Future: Derek Jeter's ankle injury was bad enough for the New York Yankees' captain when it happened.  Then it was determined...
• 10/15 mlbreports.com : 2012 World Series Predictions: Tigers and Cardinals Will Meet Again in October: Monday October 15th, 2012 Sam Evans: With the Championship Series just beginning, predicting the two teams that will face off...
• 10/15 Baseball News Source: Cardinals Score Early and Hold Off Giants in Game 1 of NLCS: Beltran connected in the fourth inning off Bumgarner The St. Louis Cardinals scored six runs in the first four innings and held...
• 10/15 AroundTheFoghorn: San Francisco Giants Drop Third Consecutive Home Playoff Game, Lose LCS Opener To Cardinals: The San Francisco Giants aren’t one to go down without a fight, but unfortunately, their punches just weren’t powerful...
• 10/14 Giants Nirvana: NLCS Game One – Cardinals v. Giants: The lineups: Giants 1. CF Angel Pagan 2. 2B Marco Scutaro 3. 3B Pablo Sandoval 4. C Buster Posey 5. RF Hunter Pence 6. 1B Brandon...
• 10/14 PaulLebowitz.com: NLCS Preview and Predictions—San Francisco Giants vs St. Louis Cardinals: San Francisco Giants (94-68; 1st place, NL West; defeated Cincinnati Reds 3 games to 2 in NLDS) vs St. Louis Cardinals (88-74;...
• 10/14 STLCardinalBaseball: NLCS Preview And Predictions: Both the Giants and the Cardinals had to climb out of impossible holes to reach the final step before the World Series. They are...
• 10/14 Baseball Musings: NLCS Preview, Cardinals Versus Giants: The Cardinals and the Giants begin their NLCS Sunday night in San Francisco. Both teams overcame long odds to make it to the pennant...
• 10/14 The Flagrant Fan: Game Picks - Sunday: October 14, 2012: Last night's game between the Yankees and the Tigers was crushing. It was not crushing because the Yankees lost. Teams lose...
• 10/14 MLB Injury News: Giants Injury News: 1B Coach Roberto Kelly Hit in Batting Practice: In a scary non-game situation, the San Francisco Giants' first base coach Roberto Kelly was struck by a line drive yesterday....
• 10/13 AroundTheFoghorn: Around The Foghorn’s San Francisco Giants / St. Louis Cardinals LCS Preview: Another round, another set of previews here at Around The Foghorn. Stuart and I both went two for two in our NLDS predictions,...
• 10/13 Redbird Rants: St. Louis Cardinals face the San Francisco Giants in NLCS 2012: Well, the St. Louis Cardinals have given Cardinal Nation the thrills and chills to last a lifetime in the last two seasons. After...
• 10/13 AroundTheFoghorn: San Francisco Giants And St. Louis Cardinals Ready To Renew NLCS Rivalry: They say baseball can be a game of inches and boy – has that ever shown in the past 48 hours. Another six inches to the...
• 10/13 Halo Hangout: How Can Mike Trout Possibly get Better?: How can Mike Trout get better after the season he just had? Go ahead, answer that question. This wasn’t just a “really...
• 10/12 mlbreports.com : 2012 NLDS Wrap: Giants Defeat the Reds and Will Face Either the Cards or Nats in the NLCS: Friday October 12th, 2012 Bernie Olshansky: Game One: Reds 5, Giants 2: The first game of the National League Division Series...
• 10/12 SF Giants Rumors: Baseball Bloggers Alliance Awards: 2012 NL Votes: As a member of the Baseball Bloggers Alliance (BBA), I get a vote for five annual awards.  It’s similar to the Baseball...
• 10/12 AroundTheFoghorn: Torture Is Back – Reliving The San Francisco Giants NLDS Win In Video Form: Because one day later, it’s still just as awesome as it was yesterday – in fact, maybe more. It’s like finding...
• 10/12 Baseball Jerks: ALDS 2012: New York Yankees’ Clutch Players Have Slipped Clutches: Just like with any professional sport, fans are interested in the stars in Major League Baseball. The big-name players draw the...
• 10/12 The Flagrant Fan: Game Picks - Friday: October 12, 2012: The Game Picks continued its utter futility at picking this post season. It's silly really. There were four games yesterday...
• 10/12 MLB Dirt: Picking the 2012 MLB Award Winners: With the focus in baseball being on the fantastic matchups being waged in the playoffs, the intense debate about the end-of-season...
• 10/12 Rising Apple: Angel Pagan is Having Tons of Fun: So, while I was working yesterday, I checked in periodically to see what was happening with the four playoff games being played....
• 10/11 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Giants | Buster Posey gets big hit: San Francisco Giants C Buster Posey went 1-for-4 with one home run and four RBIs against the Cincinnati Reds in Game 5 of the...[+] National League Divisional Series.
• 10/11 Raising Matt Cain: And The Band Played On: The Giants continued their magical season with an extraordinary win against the Reds today. I think I typed that sentence yesterday....
• 10/11 SF Giants Rumors: History Comeback To Win The NLDS, Next Stop Is The NLCS!: The San Francisco Giants have just done the unthinkable! They managed to run the table in Cincinnati, and win three games in a...
• 10/11 Baseball Jerks: NLDS Game 5: San Francisco Giants Beat Reds With Mat Latos Fifth Inning Implosion: The San Francisco Giants are moving on in the 2012 MLB postseason. The Cincinnati Reds are going home. This just didn’t seem...
• 10/11 Giants Nirvana: NLDS Game Five Recap: Giants 6, Reds 4: Alternate title: The Giants are going to the NLCS, baby!!! – I dislike Mat Latos. Strongly. Part of it is because he comes...
• 10/11 Redlegs Review: Giants send Reds to a bitter season end:   The 2012 season for the Reds came to a screeching halt on Thursday afternoon as the Giants completed an improbable...
• 10/11 Baseball News Source: Buster Posey Slam Leads Giants to NLCS: Posey’s 4 RBI lead Giants to NLCS The San Francisco Giants scored six runs in the fifth inning including a grand slam...
• 10/11 B-R Blog: “More Stats” For Batters: Here's a reminder that if the stats you see on a player's main page aren't enough, you can click the "More Stats" link next to...
• 10/11 Giants Nirvana: NLDS Game Five – Giants v. Reds: This is it. Do or die. Game Five. The lineups: Giants 1. CF Angel Pagan 2. 2B Marco Scutaro 3. 3B Pablo Sandoval 4. C Buster Posey...
• 10/11 SF Giants Rumors: SF Giants Rumors: Game 5, Win Or Go Home: It’s been a crazy series for the San Francisco Giants, but they have found away to for a game five! Matt Cain will get a...
• 10/11 Giants Nirvana: NLDS Game Four Recap: Giants 8, Reds 3: And just like that, the Giants have evened the series at two apiece. Tomorrow’s game — Matt Cain v. Mat Latos —...
• 10/10 Talkin Sox with Dan: Handing Out Hardware: With the playoffs well underway, it is a good time to look back on the season that was and pick a few winners. I’m going...
• 10/10 Giants Nirvana: NLDS Game Four – Giants v. Reds: The lineups: Giants 1. CF Angel Pagan 2. 2B Marco Scutaro 3. 3B Pablo Sandoval 4. 1B Buster Posey 5. RF Hunter Pence 6. C Hector...
• 10/10 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Giants | Buster Posey at 1B: San Francisco Giants C Buster Posey will start at first base in Game 4 of the National League Division Series Wednesday, Oct....[+] 10, with C Hector Sanchez behind the plate. 1B Brandon Belt will be on the bench. Sanchez caught 25 of SP Barry Zito's 32 regular season starts.
• 10/10 Radical Baseball: Baseball Reference bans Melky.: Melky Cabrera, in self imposed statistical purgatory because of his suspension for using testosterone, has had his black ink removed...
• 10/10 Fantasy Baseball Crackerjacks: 2 Comeback Catchers Revisited: In February we ran a series of predictive posts as a Countdown to the 2012 fantasy baseball season. Those predictions have come...
• 10/9 Baseball Jerks: NLDS Game 3: Giants Survive With Help of Cardinals Scott Rolen, Ryan Hanigan: The San Francisco Giants were on the brink of elimination Tuesday night. Down two games to none they faced Cincinnati Reds righty...
• 10/9 AroundTheFoghorn: San Francisco Giants & Cincinnati Reds NLDS Game 3 Recap: The San Francisco Giants remain alive in the playoffs after a 10-inning, 2-1 win over the Cincinnati Reds Tuesday evening. It...
• 10/9 Blog Red Machine: What Ifs Abound in Game 3: At the time it only seemed like a minor annoyance.  With no outs and the best hitter on the planet on deck, Brandon Phillips...
• 10/9 Raising Matt Cain: Survival!: The Giants found a way to win tonight. They worked some road magic and kept the Reds champagne on ice. I am still not sure what...
• 10/9 Giants Nirvana: NLDS Game Three Recap: Giants 2, Reds 1: I can’t even begin to pretend to understand what I just watched. But I’ll tell you one thing: I was getting ready...
• 10/9 Redlegs Review: Giants edge out Reds in extras to keep season alive: Tuesday night marked a chance for the Reds to do some things they hadn't done in nearly two decades. A victory over the...
• 10/9 Rising Apple: Who Should Mets Fans Root For This October?: Unlike in the NBA where teams with losing records frequently make the playoffs, the Mets and their 74-88 record are sitting at...
• 10/8 Mets Merized: Who Are The Available Outfielders As Sandy Institutes His Wholesale Changes?: With so many items on the Mets to-do list this offseason, their longest such list in nearly a decade, you’ll get few arguments...
• 10/7 Blog Red Machine: Champions Rise From Adversity: A NLDS Story: I was mesmerized last night as the saga played out.  Before the opening pitch I read tweet after tweet counseling Cincinnati...
• 10/7 Tyler's Think Tank: My All 2012 Team: C-Buster Posey Tough call between him and Yadier Molina, but I'll go with the likely NL MVP and his superior offensive numbers....
• 10/7 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Giants | Buster Posey homers in Game 1: San Francisco Giants C Buster Posey went 2-for-5 with a solo home run in Game 1 of the NLDS Saturday, Oct. 6, against the Cincinnati...[+] Reds. He has hit safely in six consecutive postseason games dating back to his rookie campaign of 2010.
• 10/7 Baseball Jerks: NLDS Game 1: Cincinnati Reds Bullpen & Co.: Cincinnati Reds Ace Johnny Cueto was forced to leave in the first inning of game one of the NLDS on Saturday night with what appeared...
• 10/7 Baseball News Source: Reds Overcome Injury to Cueto – Beat Giants In Game One of NLDS: Phillips had three hits and three RBI to lead Reds Jay Bruce and Brandon Phillips each homered for the Cincinnati Reds after Reds...
• 10/7 AroundTheFoghorn: San Francisco Giant Bats Go Cold As Reds Win Game 1 Of NLDS: Thanks to the MLB schedule makers having to throw together this seasons playoff format like a early morning of forgotten homework,...
• 10/7 Raising Matt Cain: Reds Power Past Cain: The Reds brought their game to San Francisco and used pitching, power, and Brandon Phillips to smother the Giants and take Game...
• 10/7 Blog Red Machine: Reds Take Game One of NLDS, 5-2: When we saw Johnny Cueto wince, we thought something might be up. When we saw him emphatically call for team trainer Paul Lassard,...
• 10/7 Mets Merized: Mets Could Use A Few Angels In The Outfield: With so many items on the Mets to-do list this offseason, their longest such list in nearly a decade, you’ll get few arguments...
• 10/6 Baseball Musings: Posey Parks One: Buster Posey puts the Giants on the board as he leads off the bottom of the sixth with a home run off Mat Latos. That cuts the...
• 10/6 The Baseball Haven: 2012 MLB Awards: The Second Annual Baseball Haven “I’m Always Right Before the Media Figures It Out” Awards are officially ready, just one...
• 10/6 Redlegs Review: Reds-Giants: 10 notes about Game One of the NLDS: The NL Central Champion Reds (97-65) and NL West Champion Giants (94-68) will kickoff Game One of the NLDS on Saturday beginning...
• 10/6 AroundTheFoghorn: San Francisco Giants & Cincinnati Reds Game 1 NLDS Playoff Preview: Across the Bay Area and Midwest today sit a mass amount of people, stomachs in knots as their teams open both the National League...
• 10/6 Blog Red Machine: Playoff Previews: Reds and Giants: The Giants/Reds Divisional Series should be the most interesting among all fours divisional series. I say this because a number...
• 10/5 AroundTheFoghorn: Around The Foghorn’s San Francisco Giants / Cincinnati Reds Divisional Playoff Series Preview: With the San Francisco Giants and Cincinnati Reds set to open their Divisional Series round in just over twenty-four hours, we...
• 10/5 Baseball Big Bro. Proj.: The 2012 MLB Awards Voting - Per B3P: The 2012 Major League Baseball season was certainly an eventful year. From an improbable run by the...
• 10/5 Baseball Musings: Award Voting: I voted for the IBWAA post-season awards. Since there is sometimes confusion about this, this is a group of internet writers,...
• 10/4 Blog Red Machine: Reds Travel to San Francisco in Search of Playoff Gold: The season is over, the postseason matchups are set and after the weird wild card play-in game between the Atlanta Braves and...
• 10/4 Baseball News Source: Headley’s MVP-Caliber Season Brings Optimism to Padres: Headley’s performance in 2012 has catapulted him into the MVP discussion There was nothing at stake in Milwaukee on Wednesday....
• 10/4 Full Spectrum Baseball: 10 Bargains in the Playoffs: Spending big money on player contracts comes with no guarantee of success or even an assurance that the money will be well spent....
• 10/4 AroundTheFoghorn: Just One Fan’s Postseason Predictions: All the teams are set, and we have a Postseason ready to be played. Don’t know who’s in and who’s not? Don’t...
• 10/4 AroundTheFoghorn: Looking At The San Francisco Giants’ NLDS Playoff Roster: Now that the regular season has concluded and the postseason picture is clear, Bruce Bochy and company can put together their...
• 10/4 Lasorda's Lair: Dodgers Say Adieu to 2012 Season in Winning Style Behind Their Ace Clayton Kershaw: Dodgers 5 8 0 Giants 1 3 1 WP- Kershaw (14-9) LP- Hensley (4-5) HR- Castellanos (1), Rivera (9)   Game 162. Here we are....
• 10/4 22gigantes.com: Will the Giants win the 2012 World Series?: No matter what happens between now and the end of October, the San Francisco Giants’ 2012 campaign will likely be regarded...
• 10/4 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Giants | Buster Posey wins NL batting title: San Francisco Giants C Buster Posey won the National League batting title with a .336 average. He becomes the first Giants player...[+] since Barry Bonds in 2004 and the first National League catcher since 1942 to win the title.
• 10/4 B-R Blog: What if I Think Defensive Measures and Replacement Level Measures are Meaningless?: If you think all defensive measure are bunk and no better than random noise, use oWAR. It is every part of WAR, but assumes everyone...
• 10/3 Raise the Jolly Roger: Finally finished: The Bucs’ 2012 season ended with a bit of whimper on Wednesday afternoon, as they lost in a lifeless fashion that was representative...
• 10/3 Blog Red Machine: Reds to face San Francisco Giants in NLDS: The Washington Nationals defeated the Philadelphia Phillies 5-1 this afternoon, guaranteeing the Reds will be the No. 2 seed in...
• 10/3 Baseball News Source: Giants, Zito, Posey Eliminate Dodgers From Playoff Contention: MVP Candidate Buster Posey Barry Zito , Buster Posey and that San Francisco Giants eliminated the Los Angeles Dodgers from playoff...
• 10/3 Lasorda's Lair: The Dodger’s Season Painfully Comes To an End At The Hands of Hated Rivals: Giants    4 10 0 Dodgers 3 10 1 WP-Zito-15-8 LP-Capuano-12-12 SV-Romo-14 HR-Posey-24-Arias-5-A.J. Ellis-13   I write this...
• 10/3 Baseball Musings: Down to the Wire: The Dodgers came close, but lose to the Giants 4-3 Tuesday night. That means the Cardinals win the second wild card slot in the...
• 10/3 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Giants | Buster Posey returns: San Francisco Giants C Buster Posey (back) started at first base Tuesday, Oct. 2, after leaving the game early with mild back...[+] spasms Monday, Oct. 1.
• 10/2 High Heat Stats: Monday game notes (expanded big gulp edition): Now with infinitely more Shanty Hogan mentions! Astros 3, @Cubs 0: Houston’s last back-to-back shutouts of 4 hits or less...
• 10/2 AroundTheFoghorn: San Francisco Giants NLDS Potential Playoff Preview – Washington Nationals: With the Cincinnati Reds loss to the St. Louis Cardinals last night, it would take a twist of fate for the Washington Nationals...
• 10/2 Lasorda's Lair: The Dodgers Face Elimination Again Tonight as Chris Capuano Makes Final Start: Chris Capuano (12-11, 3.69) vs. Barry Zito (14-8, 4.19) Dodgers Lineup: vs. Giants M.Ellis 4 Victorino 7 Kemp 8 Gonzalez 3 Ramirez...
• 10/2 Lasorda's Lair: Dodgers Live to See Anther Day Thanks to Andre Ethier’s 20th Homerun and Elian Herrera’s Walk-Off Heroics: Dodgers 3 9 0 Giants 2 6 0 WP- League (2-6) LP- Casilla (7-6) HR- Ethier (20)   The Cardinals beat the Reds 4-2 in St. Louis...
• 10/2 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Giants | Buster Posey exits earlySan Francisco Giants C Buster Posey (back) left the game due to back spasms Monday, Oct. 1....[+] San Francisco Giants C Buster Posey (back) left the game due to back spasms Monday, Oct. 1.
• 10/1 Giants Nirvana: Buster Posey’s Case for NL MVP: Others have begun to discuss Buster Posey and his case for the 2012 National League MVP award, and as should surprise nobody...
• 10/1 MLBTradeRumors: Peavy Pondering Representation Options: With agent Barry Axelrod no longer able to represent his clients to due a new role in the Diamondbacks' front office, Jake Peavy...
• 10/1 Lasorda's Lair: Dodgers Enter Final Series With Giants Two Games Back With Three To Play: Dodgers Lineup vs. Giants M.Ellis 4 Ethier 9 Kemp 8 Gonzalez 3 Ramirez 6 Victorino 7 Cruz 5 Ellis 2 Harang 1   Matt Cain-16-5...
• 10/1 mlbreports.com : N.L. Wild Cards: The Playoff Picture Update: Monday October 1st, 2012 Jake Dal Porto: Unlike the American League wild card situation, the National League race is much simpler....

• 9/30 AroundTheFoghorn: San Francisco Giants Pitching Matchups Vs. Los Angeles Dodgers: Monday: Giants’ Matt Cain (16-5, 2.77) vs. Aaron Harang (10-10, 3.68), 7:10 p.m. Tuesday: Giants’ Barry Zito (14-8,...
• 9/30 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Giants | Buster Posey unlikely to play Sunday: San Francisco Giants C Buster Posey (throat) went 2-for-2 with a walk and a run scored against the San Diego Padres Saturday,...[+] Sept. 29, before being removed in the sixth inning. Manager Bruce Bochy said Posey's voice was raspy as a result of being hit in the throat by a pitch that bounced in the dirt Friday, Sept. 28. He is scheduled to get the day off Sunday, Sept. 30.
• 9/30 Baseball Analytics: High-Ball Slugging Puts Posey, Molina in MVP Conversation: Buster Posey and Yadier Molina are both having historically awesome seasons, raking at the plate (Posey has a league-best 172...
• 9/30 Raise the Jolly Roger: Something to smile about: After Friday night’s no-hitter capped off nearly two months of total misery for the Pirates, they came through – for...
• 9/29 The Baseball Page: Bryce Harper On The MVP Ballot Is OK: Washington Nationals outfielder Bryce Harper has been crowned “The...
• 9/29 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Giants | Buster Posey could miss next two games: San Francisco Giants C Buster Posey (throat) was shaken up during the second inning Friday, Sept. 28, when a pitch from SP Ryan...[+] Vogelsong bounced in the dirt and hit him right below his hockey-style catcher's mask. He stayed down on his knees for several minutes while being attended to by a trainer but remained in the game. Posey could barely speak above a hoarse whisper after the game but said that he was 'OK, except my throat hurts.' Manager Bruce Bochy originally planned to give Posey off Sunday, Sept. 30, but he may also be out of the lineup Saturday, Sept. 29.
• 9/29 MLB Injury News: Buster Posey Injury: Giants' Catcher Hit in the Throat: Buster Posey may have lost his voice, but he won't lose playing time.  The San Francisco Giants catcher was hit in the...
• 9/29 AroundTheFoghorn: San Francisco Giants Open Seasons Final Roadie With 3-1 Win Over Padres: Although the National League West has long been clinched, the San Francisco Giants still have something to play for and it’s...
• 9/28 MLB Injury News: Andrew McCutchen Injured in Pirates Loss: The Pittsburgh Pirates are no longer hoping for a shot at the postseason. They're now just battling to avoid another losing...
• 9/28 Crashburn Alley: Crash Bag, Vol. 21: Halliburton, BP and the Chrysler Sebring: Welcome to the final Crash Bag ever. It’s been a pleasure doing this for the past 21 weeks, and I hope you’ve had...
• 9/27 AroundTheFoghorn: San Francisco Giants 2012 Rookie Hazing Dress-Up: Ah. To be a rookie at season end. Per tradition, the San Francisco Giant veterans had some fun with their youngsters today before...
• 9/27 Raise the Jolly Roger: Coming home with 80 losses: The Pirates lost yet again on Thursday as their hopes at salvaging a .500 season continue to go down the drain, but hey, at least...
• 9/27 Halo Hangout: Fun With WAR: Mike Trout vs Miguel Cabrera: I realize WAR (wins above replacement) isn’t for everybody and is widely considered a nerdy, sabermetric crutch. While most...
• 9/27 Radical Baseball: Joey Votto: can he lead in OBP? And who cares?: Joey Votto has a problem.  For Joey to be credited with having the highest On Base Percentage (OBP) in the National...
• 9/27 Call to the Pen: The Return of Jason Heyward: When Jason Heyward‘s Major League career began — with a home run in his first at-bat, might I add — in 2010,...
• 9/27 Raising Matt Cain: Ninety: The Giants win their 90th game behind Matt Cain who set the tone right away with a four-pitch 1st inning. He chipped in a leadoff...
• 9/27 The Writer's Journey: Lots of activity on the tumblr…: When I decided earlier this month to go live with my own card design here on the blog, I failed to take into consideration the...
• 9/26 mlbreports.com : San Francisco Giants: The Pros and Cons Of Bringing Melky Cabrera Back For The Playoffs: Wednesday September 26th, 2012 Jake Dal Porto: Melky Cabrera went from a legitimate MVP candidate to a lost cause within the...
• 9/25 El Maquino: THAT’S WHAT WE’RE TALKIN’ ABOUT! CONSISTENT CARDS WIN AGAIN: THE POSTGAME > It might be too early to declare Jaime Garcia rid of his road woes (there’s a writer-only word), especially...
• 9/25 Cubbies Crib: Pennant Profile: San Francisco Giants: The Giants have been a good team for years now. This has been a result of their incredible pitching and offense that seems to...
• 9/25 Through The Fence Baseball: NL MVP: the case for Ryan Braun: The best way to quiet your critics and prove your innocence in sports is to do it with your play. Amid allegations of PED use...
• 9/25 Giants Nirvana: Playoff Roster Predictions: The Giants have clinched the NL West, and now some important decisions lie ahead with the playoffs looming. Specifically: who...
• 9/24 Baseball News Source: Yadier Molina – Quiet NL MVP Candidate:  Molina is putting together an MVP-caliber season He doesn’t get the attention of  fellow catcher Buster Posey or Pittsburgh...
• 9/24 Raising Matt Cain: The Final Half Inning: The Giants have nine games left on the schedule, or half a Seasonal Inning. If 18 x 9 = 162, then 9 x 18 must be the same thing,...
• 9/24 The Flagrant Fan: It's raining cats and dogmas: Or a dogma and pony show. Couldn't decide on which was the best pun... The American and National...
• 9/23 Full Spectrum Baseball: Melky Cabrera Does Something Right…For Once.: Melky Cabrera, serving a 50-game suspension for testing positive for testosterone, a performance-enhancing substance, will not...
• 9/23 AroundTheFoghorn: San Francisco Giants Clinch 2012 National League West Crown In Win Over Padres: The San Francisco Giants moved to a season high 26 games over .500 this evening, but more importantly, they captured their second...
• 9/23 Giants Nirvana: National League West Champions: Between following the Giants, writing about the Giants, and otherwise thinking about the Giants day after day, I’ve devoted...
• 9/22 El Maquino: YADI GOES DOWN, BUT CARDS BEAT CUBS: THE POSTGAME All was well and good for the first five innings.  The Cards had amassed a 3-1 lead off Travis Wood while Adam Wainwright...
• 9/22 High Heat Stats: Friday game notes, and a little catch-up: Too much going on for a full report, but I’ll just hang it up there and see how y’all whack it. @Angels 6, White Sox...
• 9/22 Tyler's Think Tank: Melky Cabrera Forfeits Batting Title: Thanks for giving up the batting title, Melky. How about that All-Star Game MVP? In an unprecedented but well-received...
• 9/22 Baseball Big Bro. Proj.: Does Melky Think We're Drinking The Milk?: Everywhere, there were sounds of praise after it was announced that Melky Cabrera would no longer be eligible to win...
• 9/21 WSJ Daily Fix: The Asterisk on the NL Batting Title: The Count: Melky Cabrera has recused himself from the National League batting title, but there's less than a 10% chance that anyone...
• 9/21 Baseball Analytics: Bill Chuck’s Friday Nine to Know: October 31 is Halloween and Game 6 of the World Series is scheduled. Wouldn’t it be neat if the orange and black Orioles...
• 9/21 Tyler's Think Tank: McCutchen Mashing Way to MVP: For much of the summer, Andrew McCutchen seemed to have a stranglehold on the National League MVP race.  His Pirates were...
• 9/21 Raise the Jolly Roger: GAMEDAY: Pirates at Astros: Pirates (74-75) at Astros (48-102) 8:05 PM EST–Minute Maid Park, Houston Here is the MLB.com Gameday TV: ROOT Sports The...
• 9/21 The Flagrant Fan: BBA Linkfest - around the horn in general: Hey! Got a few minutes? Hope so because what follows is a group of links to some of the best baseball writing on the...
• 9/21 Bleeding Yankee Blue: MELKY NEEDS TO BE THE EXAMPLE: So, MLB appears unlikely to interfere with the National League batting title. In a nutshell, if the season ends and Melky...
• 9/21 Giants Nirvana: Three Is A Magic Number: Led by a resurgent Pablo Sandoval (who homered twice), the Giants’ lineup tagged Colorado pitching for nine runs today....
• 9/20 mlbreports.com : A.J. Pierzynski: Going for the Gold in 2013: Thursday,  September 20th 2012 Alex Mednick:  A.J. Pierzynski has undoubtedly done himself a great justice by having a career...
• 9/20 Raising Matt Cain: Three: I didn't really say enough about Matt Cain in my last post. So, Matt Cain. I looked to see the last time a Giants pitcher finished...
• 9/20 Baseball Musings: Power Heart: Buster Posey and Pablo Sandoval combined for four hits, three of them home runs as the Giants blew out the Rockies 9-2 Thursday...
• 9/20 High Heat Stats: Wednesday whatsits: Orioles 3, @Mariners 1 (11): Well, naturally. A noted philosopher‘s comment on Don Larsen‘s WS perfecto applies...
• 9/20 Call to the Pen: Tim Lincecum Looking Like Old Self: The worst season of Tim Lincecum‘s life could become one of the best before we’re all through in 2012. Most of this...
• 9/20 AroundTheFoghorn: Panda’s HR Leads Giants; Giant 7, Rockies 1: This game was very unpredictable starting at the top of the 1st inning. Matt Cain walked the first batter. Matt Cain doesn’t...
• 9/19 Baseball News Source: Tim Lincecum Solid Again – Giants Magic Number is 7: Lincecum is 7-4 with a 3.06 ERA since the All-Star break It wasn’t all that long ago that many people were asking what...
• 9/19 Fantasy Baseball Crackerjacks: Fantasy Baseball 2012: Colorado Rockies Sleepers: Those in need of a nice little offensive kick for the remainder of the season may be doing some scratching and clawing, but hope...
• 9/19 MLB Dirt: MVP? Buster Posey May Not Even Be the Best Catcher in the NL This Season: Recently a groundswell of support has pushed Buster Posey to the forefront of the 2012 National League MVP race. After all, he...
• 9/19 AroundTheFoghorn: Tim Lincecum Is Back? Giants Top Rockies 6-3: Is Tim Lincecum back? That question was thrown around a lot after last night’s game, despite the fact that Timmy was in...
• 9/19 Raising Matt Cain: Tenner Tim: Start # 31     Win !!! (10-14)        6.1 innings (106 pitches)  5...
• 9/19 Pitchers Hit Eighth: Bits of Tid and Other Hipster Yadi Miscellanea: When you your mind is aglow with whirling, transient nodes of thought careening through a cosmic vapor of invention, you must...
• 9/18 Fantasy Baseball Crackerjacks: Fantasy Baseball 2013: New Schedule, Same Value: Clave and I recently had a bit of a conversation, trying to figure out if the Astros move to the American League next year will...
• 9/18 Tyler's Think Tank: Pagan, Scutaro Sparking San Francisco: Posey has overshadowed the torrid hitting of Angel Pagan (left) and Marco Scutaro  Ask the average baseball...
• 9/18 Baseball Musings: MVP Race: OBM promotes Buster Posey for MVP and notes the presses hypocrisy concerning Ryan Braun: With all due respect to Braun’s productivity,...
• 9/18 Baseball Analytics: Chase Headley, MVP (Most Valuable Padre): In my book, the 2012 NL MVP race is between Buster Posey and Ryan Braun, particularly if the Brewers reach the...
• 9/18 Through The Fence Baseball: Brewers in the postseason? Ryan Braun a second MVP?: With only two weeks left in the season, the discussions about MVP and Cy Young awards are beginning to heat up. Recent debates...
• 9/18 The Flagrant Fan: Upon further review, Posey is NL MVP: Two years ago, Buster Posey was a little bit of a milder version of what Trout is doing this season. Though not quite as young...
• 9/17 The Flagrant Fan: Crowded field for National League MVP: The Most Valuable Player Award is one of the most confusing awards in baseball. The Cy Young Award is easy: Who was the...
• 9/17 MLBTradeRumors: Olney On Hamilton, Tigers, Posey: MLB executives don’t question Josh Hamilton’s ability on the field, but they’re hesitant to commit long-term to the outfielder,...
• 9/16 Fantasy Baseball Crackerjacks: Fantasy Baseball: Good Stars, Good Teams, Lost Fantasy Value?: While we like to give advice on players or transactions and that kind of stuff, we here at Fantasy Baseball Crackerjacks also...
• 9/16 i70baseball.com: St. Louis Cardinals catcher Yadier Molina should be NL MVP: While much of the National League Most Valuable Player talk has shifted out West to campaign for San Francisco Giants catcher...
• 9/16 Baseball Analytics: Posey Pummeling Fastballs, Sinkers: Buster Posey pushed the Giants a little closer to the NL West title last night, popping a two-run homer off Wade Miley that proved...
• 9/16 Raising Matt Cain: Battery Batters 'Backs: Barry Zito pitched another fine game, this time in the hitter-friendly confines of Chase Field. He has his ups and he has his...
• 9/16 Baseball Musings: The Improving Giants Offense: On August 14th, Melky Cabrera played his last game for the Giants. At the time, it seemed like a huge blow to the team, as Melky...
• 9/15 AroundTheFoghorn: San Francisco Giants Wrangle D’Backs In Arizona, Drop Magic Number Yet Again: The San Francisco Giants continued their winning ways this evening, taking the series against the Arizona Diamondbacks in a 3-2...
• 9/15 Redbird Rants: My (tentative) List of Award Winners on the 2012 St. Louis Cardinals: I thought I would take a break from writing about the St. Louis Cardinals’ woes and their attempt to return to the postseason....
• 9/15 AroundTheFoghorn: Should The San Francisco Giants Let Melky Cabrera Return For The Playoffs?: Assuming the San Francisco Giants make the playoffs (and advance to the National League Championship series), they’re going...
• 9/14 Baseball Analytics: Bill Chuck’s Friday Nine to Know:   From the day of Andy Pettitte’s first start May 13th (a loss) through his last game (a win) on June...
• 9/14 Bay City Ball: Baseball-Reference query presented with very little comment: The best catching seasons – minimum 75 percent games played at C – for the Giants’ franchise. Rk Player WAR/pos Year...
• 9/14 AroundTheFoghorn: What You’ve Always Wanted – Massive San Francisco Giant Head Cut Out’s For Your Wall: If you’re into sports – which you are, you probably already know what Fathead’s are. But if you don’t,...
• 9/14 obsessivegiantscompulsive: Your 2012 Giants are 81-62: Drowning the D-backs: The D-backs are 10 games behind but have 6 games left with the Giants.  If they can win all 6 games, they would only be 4...
• 9/13 RoxPile: Giants at Rockies, September 12, 2012: Game Time, Lineups, and Preview: San Francisco Giants at Colorado Rockies, 6:40 P.M. MT. The Rockies (57-84) and Giants (80-62) finished up a three games series...
• 9/12 mlbreports.com : Was Edwin Jackson The Most Valuable Free Agent Signing During The Offseason? Smart Move By The Nationals: Wednesday September 12th, 2012 Jake Dal Porto: During all the chaos that surrounded Albert Pujols and Prince Fielder during the...
• 9/12 AroundTheFoghorn: Could Buster Posey be the NL MVP?: Over the past week, much has been written about Buster Posey‘s chances at being the National League MVP this year. It’s...
• 9/11 mlbreports.com : Mike Trout Is Still The Favorite For The A.L. MVP and ROY Awards: Tuesday September 11th, 2012 Jake Dal Porto: Mike Trout has arubably been the biggest difference maker in all of baseball. When...
• 9/11 Full Spectrum Baseball: MVPosey? Not so fast: Under normal circumstances, I would consider it ludicrous to argue against a guy hitting .327/.402/.531/.933 winning an MVP award....
• 9/10 Baseball News Source: Mike Zunino Catching on Quickly in Mariners’ system: Zunio is Seattle’s fourth-best prospect and No. 50 on its top 100 list Anc**** by uber ace Felix Hernandez, the Seattle...
• 9/10 RoxPile: Giants at Rockies, September 10, 2012: Game Time, Lineups, and Preview: San Francisco Giants at Colorado Rockies, 6:40 P.M. MT. National League West rivals face off tonight in Denver as the division...
• 9/10 AroundTheFoghorn: San Francisco-Era Records Being Threatened by Players of the 2012 Giants: The Giants have been in San Francisco since 1958, and that leaves 53 years for records to have been compiled, and it’s always...
• 9/10 Lasorda's Lair: Dodgers and Blanton Blanked; Divisional Hopes Dashed: Dodgers 0 5 0 Giants 4 7 0 WP- Zito (11-8) LP- Blanton (9-13) HR- Posey (20)   Before the game we learned that Clayton Kershaw...
• 9/10 Baseball Reality Tour: Wins Above Replacement / 600 Plate Appearances: Look in the mirror. You'll see a person who would click on an article titled: Wins Above Replacement / 600 Plate Appearances.Anyone...
• 9/10 Giants Nirvana: Five and a Half Games Up: The Giants caught a huge break when it was announced earlier that Clayton Kershaw would not be making tonight’s start, and...
• 9/10 MLBTradeRumors: Olney On Upton, Young, Wilson: Buster Posey has a legitimate chance at the NL MVP this year, ESPN.com’s Buster Olney writes. Posey has 20 home runs and a...
• 9/9 mlbreports.com : Was Ian Kennedy’s 2011 Cy Young Caliber Season Just A Fluke?: Sunday September 9th, 2012 Jake Dal Porto: Ian Kennedy has had an up and down six-year career in the major leagues so far. He...
• 9/9 AroundTheFoghorn: San Francisco Giants Take 2 Of 3 Against Dodgers, NL West Crown In Sight: The San Francisco Giants made a huge stride in their effort to capture the National League West crown this evening with a 4-0...
• 9/9 Raising Matt Cain: Giants Stake Claim to the West: Bruce Bochy tried to "stretch" his three starters this weekend and the results were mixed. Tim Lincecum delivered six solid frames...
• 9/9 Lasorda's Lair: Blanton, Dodgers Go for Series Win At Phony Book Park (Kershaw Scratched With Hip Injury): Dodgers Lineup vs. Giants M.Ellis 4 Victorino 8 Gonzalez 3 Ramirez 6 Cruz 5 Ethier 9 Rivera 7 Ellis 2 Blanton 1   Clayton Kershaw Joe...
• 9/9 Lasorda's Lair: Kershaw, Dodgers Go for Series Win At Phony Book Park: Dodgers Lineup vs. Giants   Clayton Kershaw-12-8 vs. Barry Zito-10-8   Just as it appeared the Dodgers were dead in the water,...
• 9/8 Lasorda's Lair: Dodgers Finally Come Up Clutch, To Even Series: Dodgers 3 8 0 Giants     2 6 0 WP-Belisario-5-1 LP-Affeldt-1-2 SV-League-11 Tootblan-Ramirez-Ethier   Before the game, the...
• 9/8 Raising Matt Cain: It Slipped Away Today: If you had told me, before the game, that Matt Cain would pitch into the 8th inning and allow only two runs, I'd have said "Giants...
• 9/8 Lasorda's Lair: 23 Games Remain as Chris Capuano Draws Matt Cain in Game Two vs. SF: Chris Capuano (11-10, 3.63) vs. Matt Cain (13-5, 2.98) Lineup: Mark Ellis 2B Victorino CF Gonzalez 1B Ramirez SS Ethier RF Cruz...
• 9/8 mlbreports.com : San Francisco Giants: Do They Miss All-Star Closer Brian Wilson?: Saturday September 8th, 2012 Jake Dal Porto: When Brian Wilson was ruled out for the remainder of the season more than four months...
• 9/8 Swingin' A's: Bigger then the Game: Thoughts on Brandon McCarthy:   When a line drive rocketed off the bat of the Angels Erick Aybar during Wednesday’s game, I was completely unaware...
• 9/7 The Writer's Journey: TWJ 2012: Jason Heyward: I was a little disappointed in 2010 when Buster Posey beat Jason Heyward in Rookie of the Year voting. Their stats were very similar,...
• 9/5 StanGraphs: The National League Playoff Picture Crystalizes: Ah, September baseball. It doesn’t feel like it outside just yet in southwestern Missouri, but fall is approaching fast,...
• 9/4 Blog Red Machine: Who Are the Cincinnati Reds? Part 2: The Heart of the Matter: I started out a couple of days ago to dissect what makes these Cincinnati Reds tick, to discover what the 2012 version of this...
• 9/4 Eye On the Tigers: My August Awards: American League:Player of the MonthPrince Fielder - .370/.491/.663/1.154, 7 HR, .476 wOBA, 206 wRC+The Tigers had...
• 9/4 Through The Fence Baseball: Knocked into next week: What to do about violent collisions: As many of you know, St. Louis Cardinals’ catcher Yadier Molina got freight-trained at the plate last week. He was clearly...
• 9/4 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: A Walkoff So Nice They Did it Twice: AJ, Ethier, & Dodgers Cruz to Victory: Earlier today, we watched the Giants pull off yet another comeback victory, approximately their 34th in the last two weeks, and...
• 9/3 Raising Matt Cain: Scootie & the Rostermen: . . . . and their big hit "Gettin' It Done" is Number One with a Bullet! It is that crazy time of year with the expanded rosters,...
• 9/3 mlbreports.com : MLB Reports Monthly Power Rankings: September 2012: Monday, September.3/2012 Chuck Booth (Lead Baseball Writer):   To say that this year has been a good year for baseball is an...
• 9/3 Roto Think Tank: N.L. FAAB Log: September 3, 2012: 0 0 1 630 3596 Roto Think Tank 29 8 4218 14.0 Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE...
• 9/1 Baseball News Source: NL Recaps – Cliff Lee leads Phillies by Atlanta: Philadelphia 5 – Atlanta 1 -  Cliff Lee threw seven shutout innings allowing five hits and the Phillies beat the suddenly...
• 9/1 AroundTheFoghorn: San Francisco Giants Attack Early With Four Runs, Beat Chicago Cubs: What looked to be a routine top half to the first inning for Cubs starter Justin Germano quickly went south after the Pasadena...
• 9/1 Baseball Musings: Players of the Month: Two hitters produced outstanding months of August. Prince Fielder and Buster Posey hit for average, got on base at an incredible...

• 8/31 Baseball News Source: NL Recaps – Mets Dickey and Nats Gonzalez Earn Shutout Victories: St. Louis 0 – Washington 10 -  Gio  Gonzalez earned his 17th win of the season with a five hit shutout over the St. Louis...
• 8/31 Fantasy Baseball Crackerjacks: Ask Nash: The secret to managing multiple teams.: Nash, Was I crazy to take on 3 teams this year?  I went from being a top 3 guy in 1 league to struggling in 3.  You guys all...
• 8/31 Call to the Pen: Ryan Braun Has A Strong Case For Another MVP Award: It’s been a strange ride for Milwaukee Brewers outfielder Ryan Braun of late. The star slugger had the best season of his...
• 8/31 mlbreports.com : Dale Thayer: Finally Stabilizing Himself in the Show? The Best Reliever You Likely Never Heard Of: Friday August 31st, 2012 Jake Dal Porto: The Padres have a surplus of pitching within their organization. From top to bottom,...
• 8/30 Redbird Rants: Matt Holliday and the MVP race: Matt Holliday is going to likely finish in the top ten voting for the National League MVP Award for the second time in his Major...
• 8/30 StanGraphs: Yadier Molina and the Home Plate Collision: A brief moment in Tuesday night’s embarrassing and demoralizing 9-0 loss to the Pirates almost made the whole thing significantly...
• 8/30 Call to the Pen: Buster Posey is Historically Good: One season ago, Buster Posey was involved in a nasty collision at home plate that left him with a broken leg. After getting a...
• 8/30 AroundTheFoghorn: The Return of Barry Zito, Giants Still Win 6-4 Over Houston: Remember that guy we’ve been bagging on for years? The one that for the most part has been missing this season? Well, the...
• 8/30 Raising Matt Cain: Half a sixpence . . . is better than none: Hunter Pence launched a three-run homer in the 1st inning in Houston last night, a real moon shot that hit high up on left-field...
• 8/29 Giants Nirvana: August Has Been Kind: Last night, it looked like the Giants were going to waste yet another strong outing from Matt Cain. With the game tied 1-1 in...
• 8/29 Call to the Pen: Weiters and Santana Stuck in Neutral: 2012 has been an excellent season for catchers. Yadier Molina, Buster Posey, and A.J. Pierzynski are all having career years....
• 8/28 mlbreports.com : Josh Beckett: Will The Change Of Scenery Deliver A Hollywood Ending For the Struggling Veteran?: Tuesday August 28th, 2012 Jake Dal Porto: Josh Beckett, or more formerly known as the most hated man in Boston, won’t nearly...
• 8/28 Tyler's Think Tank: Santanas Struggling: 2012 has not been kind to the three (unrelated) Santanas playing in the major leagues this season. Johan Santana (6-9, 4.85...
• 8/27 mlbreports.com : Chicago White Sox: Should They Pick Up Kevin Youkilis’ Option?: Monday August 27th, 2012 Jake Dal Porto:  The Chicago White Sox weren’t expected to be in the race this late in the season,...
• 8/26 mlbreports.com : New York Mets: Should They Extend Knuckleballer R.A. Dickey?: Sunday August 26th, 2012 Jake Dal Porto: If there’s one compelling story that will represent the 2012 MLB season, it’s R.A...
• 8/24 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Giants | Buster Posey expects to returnSan Francisco Giants C Buster Posey (hamstring) said he expects to return to the lineup Friday, Aug. 24....[+] San Francisco Giants C Buster Posey (hamstring) said he expects to return to the lineup Friday, Aug. 24.
• 8/24 MLBTradeRumors: Assessing Early Returns On Recent Giants Extensions: No MLB team finalized more extensions this offseason than the Giants, who locked up five of their top players. General manager...
• 8/23 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Giants | Buster Posey still outSan Francisco Giants C Buster Posey (hamstring) is out of the lineup again Thursday, Aug. 23....[+] San Francisco Giants C Buster Posey (hamstring) is out of the lineup again Thursday, Aug. 23.
• 8/23 MLBTradeRumors: Poll: How Will The Giants Finish?: It has been over a week since Melky Cabrera was handed a 50-game suspension for a failed PED test, ending his 2012 season and...
• 8/23 Raising Matt Cain: Arias-ness: The Giants pull off the sweep, stuffing the Smogsuckers behind a career night from Joaquin Arias. The 27-year old well-traveled...
• 8/23 Tomahawk Take: Braves Giants Series Preview: The Braves open their west coast swing Thursday in San Francisco. The Giants are in the thick of the pennant race with their old...
• 8/23 Baseball Musings: The Unpredictable: The Giants faced the Dodgers Wednesday night without the suspended Melky Cabrera and the sore Buster Posey. They had Matt Cain...
• 8/22 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Giants | Buster Posey scratchedSan Francisco Giants C Buster Posey (hamstring) was scratched from the lineup with a tight hamstring Wednesday, Aug. 22....[+] San Francisco Giants C Buster Posey (hamstring) was scratched from the lineup with a tight hamstring Wednesday, Aug. 22.
• 8/22 Lasorda's Lair: Dodgers Try To Avoid Sweep-Defeat SF!: Dodgers Lineup vs. Giants Victorino 7 M.Ellis 4 Kemp 8 Ethier 9 Ramirez 6 Loney 3 Cruz 5 Ellis 2 Capuano 1   Matt Cain-12-5 vs....
• 8/22 Fantasy Baseball Crackerjacks: How to pay cheap rent.: Here’s a cost of living reality check: the average rent for a 1 bedroom apartment in Denver is $744. In Minneapolis that...
• 8/22 mlbreports.com : Buster Posey is Keeping the Giants in Contention: Wednesday August 22nd, 2012 Sam Evans:  When Buster Posey broke his fibula in 2011, it was a crushing blow to a Giants team fighting...
• 8/22 Lasorda's Lair: Dodgers Forfeit Another Game To The Giants: Giants     4 10 0 Dodgers  1 6 1 WP-Lincecum-7-13 LP-Bumton-8-12 SV-Lopez-3 I hate Joe Blanton. Look I’m sure Joe Blanton...
• 8/21 mlbreports.com : Chicago Cubs: Is Extending Starlin Castro Really the Right Move?: Tuesday August 21st, 2012 Jake Dal Porto:  Starlin Castro is one of baseball’s best young shortstops at the ripe age of...
• 8/21 The "Mc" Effect: McCutchen's MVP Hopes, Slipping Away? : Until recently, Andrew McCutchen was the no-brainer choice for National League MVP. From the beginning of the season through...
• 8/21 Blog Red Machine: Is Ryan Ludwick the NL Comeback Player of the Year?: We’ve given our “thumbs up” for Reds garnering Rookie of the Year (Todd Frazier) and Cy Young (Johnny Cueto),...
• 8/21 Reviewing the Brew: Can Ryan Braun Win the 2012 NL MVP Award?: In early February,  the Brewers were beginning to face the possibility of losing reigning MVP Ryan Braun for the first fifty...
• 8/21 Reviewing the Brew: Jonathan Lucroy as strong as ever for the Brewers: For a catcher, a hand injury may be the one thing that shakes up their entire season. Players have momentum and even though it...
• 8/21 Lasorda's Lair: The Dodgers Come Home, but Their Offense is Still On the Road: Dodgers 1 5 0 Giants 2 6 1 WP- Bumgarner (14-7) LP- Kershaw (11-7) S- Lopez (2) HR- Ramirez (19)   The much anti**** showdown...
• 8/21 Through The Fence Baseball: Which MVP candidate will fade down the stretch? Vote now!: Josh Hamilton – AL Mike Trout – AL Miguel Cabrera – AL Andrew McCutchen – NL Buster Posey – NL Carlos...
• 8/20 High Heat Stats: Game notes from Sunday action: Rays 8, @Angels 3: For the first time in their 52-year history, the Angels were swept in a 4-game series while allowing 7+ runs...
• 8/20 Lasorda's Lair: The Dodgers And The Melky-Less Giants Battle For First Place: Dodgers Lineup vs. Giants Victorino 7 M.Ellis 4 Kemp 8 Ramirez 6 Ethier 9 Rivera 3 Cruz 5 Ellis 2 Kershaw 1 Madison Bumgarner-13-7...
• 8/20 Rising Apple: Series Preview: Colorado Rockies @ New York Mets: The Mets come home after a week away from Citi Field to play seven games between two other teams also below the .500 mark…the...
• 8/19 Raising Matt Cain: Last Man Standing: Giants win a war of attrition in San Diego to stay on top. It took 11 players and 7 pitchers! The only position player not used...
• 8/18 mlbreports.com : Dustin Ackley: What’s Gone Wrong For The Once Highly Touted Prospect?: Saturday August 18th, 2012 Jake Dal Porto:  Dustin Ackley has a lot to live up to with the Seattle Mariners. Anyone who is selected...
• 8/18 AroundTheFoghorn: San Francisco Giants Take Series And Top Padres In Offensive Outburst: AT&T South was again live and hopping tonight as the Giants squeaked out a 8-7 victory thanks to a four run, fifth inning....
• 8/17 The Captain's Blog: Should Melky Cabrera Be Disqualified from the Batting Race?: All of a sudden, Andrew McCutchen has a new legion of fans. As one of this season’s brightest breakout stars, the Pirates’...
• 8/17 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Giants | Buster Posey to see more time behind plate: Now that the latter part of the season is here, expect to see more of San Francisco Giants C Buster Posey behind the plate. 'Yeah,...[+] as much as possible,' said Giants manager Bruce Bochy, who closely has monitored Posey in the wake of his season-ending injuries in 2011. 'Again, without wearing him down in the next two or three weeks. We have to be smart about this, but we want to get him out there as much as we can.'
• 8/16 mlbreports.com : Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim: Does Vernon Wells Have Anything Left in the Tank?: Thursday August 16th, 2012 Jake Dal Porto:  Don’t be sad for Vernon Wells. Sure, he’s not getting an abundant amount of playing...
• 8/16 Baseball News Source: Top Five Catching Prospects in Baseball: Starting pitching, it is said, is the key to building a contender in Major League Baseball. That is true, but equally important...
• 8/16 Lasorda's Lair: What Melky Cabrera’s Positive Test Means for the Dodgers: “Holy CENSORED!” That was my reaction upon seeing this tweet earlier today about San Francisco Giants’ left-fielder...
• 8/16 Feelin' Kinda Blue: Despite Melky Cabrera suspension, the Dodgers still have plenty of work to do: I know the team won't get ahead of itself, but fans certainly will. Just because Melky Cabrera tested positive for a banned...
• 8/15 District On Deck: Game 118: Nationals 6, Giants 4: The Nationals met the Giants at AT &T Park for the third and final game of the series between the two with both teams having...
• 8/15 Giants Nirvana: Well, That Didn’t Help: Tim Lincecum’s outing started in typically rough fashion today, as the Nationals tagged him for two runs in the first inning,...
• 8/15 StanGraphs: Melky Cabrera, Consumer of Testosterone: As you’ve all no doubt already heard/read/seen, Giants outfielder Melky Cabrera has been handed a 50-game suspension after...
• 8/15 mlbreports.com : Melky Cabrera out for the Season: Giants’ Outfielder Suspended 50 Games for PED: Wednesday August 15th, 2012 Bernie Olshansky:  Just a little while ago, Giants’ outfielder Melky Cabrera was announced suspended...
• 8/15 Roto Think Tank: Rate of Return on Top Prospects: Yesterday, the rumor mill was buzzing with the idea that Jurickson Profar might wind up getting the call for the Texas Rangers...
• 8/14 Full Spectrum Baseball: Who’s Hot, Who’s Not: Aroldis Chapman: Welcome to this week’s edition of Who’s Hot, Who’s Not. This week we appropriately feature a flamethrower and a repeat performer...
• 8/14 The Baseball Page: San Francisco Giants All-Star Buster Posey Simply the Best Player in Baseball Right Now: San Francisco Giants catcher Buster Posey has been the best player in...
• 8/13 Redbird Rants: Redbirds Week in Review—-8/6/12 to 8/12/12: This past week featured a 4 game series against the Giants at home and then a 3 game series against the Phillies on the road....
• 8/13 Baseball News Source: Ryan Vogelsong – NL Cy Young Contender Through ****: San Francisco Giants teammates know not to disturb Ryan Vogelsong on days he is scheduled to start. Usually, the 35-year-old right-hander...
• 8/13 Giants Nirvana: Buster Posey and the Plate Appearance of the Season: Fast-forward to the eighth inning. Buster Posey is up. The bases are loaded, with one out. The Giants are down by one run. The...
• 8/12 AroundTheFoghorn: Power Of The P – Pence And Posey Produce Pwins POver PRockies: It took a five spot in the bottom half of the eighth inning, but the only thing that mattered was the end result – a Giants...
• 8/12 Raising Matt Cain: Heating Up: It hit 100 here this afternoon, the hottest day of the year so far. Things are getting hotter and hotter in the NL West, too....
• 8/12 MLBTradeRumors: MLBTR Originals: A look back at the original reporting and analysis found on MLBTR this past week: Ben Nicholson-Smith explored the possibility...
• 8/12 RoxPile: Rockies Line-up, August 12, 2012: Road series win?: The Rockies (41-70) look to win another series on the road and win a road trip for the first time in donkey years. A win today...
• 8/11 Baseball News Source: NL Recaps – Jason Marquis Throws 2-Hit Shutout at the Pirates: San Diego 5 – Pittsburgh 0 - Jason Marquis did not allow a hit until the seventh inning and ended the night with a two...
• 8/11 Raising Matt Cain: Total Team Effort: Matt Cain had an easy first five this afternoon, facing just 17 hitters, and by then the Giants were up 5-0. In the 6th he loaded...
• 8/11 Giants Nirvana: Giants Defeat Rockies, 9-3: The Giants, at least for now, have regained sole possession of first place, thanks to — well, everybody… Matt Cain,...
• 8/11 Baseball Musings: Bad Rotation: The AP notes Drew Pomeranz‘s short start Saturday afternoon seems to be normal for the Rockies: The Rockies starters have...
• 8/11 Call to the Pen: San Francisco Giants Notes: Pablo Sandoval: With a return to the big league club imminent after the weekend, San Francisco Giants third baseman Pablo Sandoval made his first...
• 8/11 mlbreports.com : Washington Nationals Heading to the Playoffs: Is Jayson Werth the Answer?: Saturday August 11th, 2012 Jake Dal Porto: The 2012 season has been full of surprising teams. From the Orioles to the Pirates,...
• 8/11 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Giants | Buster Posey on fire: San Francisco Giants C Buster Posey has hit safely in 22 of his past 25 games entering play Saturday, Aug. 11, against the Colorado...[+] Rockies. He is batting .441 (41-for-93) with eight homers and 30 RBIs during the stretch which dates back to the All-Star break.
• 8/10 Baseball Musings: The New Top: The last time I looked at Batter Rankings, a way of telling who is the best batter in the game right now, Joey Votto was on top....
• 8/10 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Giants | Buster Posey extends to 13San Francisco Giants C Buster Posey extended his hitting streak to 13 games Thursday, Aug. 9....[+] San Francisco Giants C Buster Posey extended his hitting streak to 13 games Thursday, Aug. 9.
• 8/9 AroundTheFoghorn: Vogelsong Shuts Down Birds; Giants 15, Cardinals 0: What was really lost throughout the game was that Ryan Vogelsong threw 7 shutout innings and allowed only 3 hits and 3 walks....
• 8/9 Giants Nirvana: Splash Hits: The Giants Are 61-50: Scouting Report Giants Prospect Kyle Crick | Bullpen Banter A comprehensive scouting report on Giants prospect and Augusta...
• 8/9 MLBTradeRumors: Extension Candidate: Buster Posey: The first order of business for Buster Posey this season was to prove himself healthy following a 2011 campaign cut short after...
• 8/8 Baseball News Source: NL Recaps – Stanton Powers Marlins Over Mets: Miami 13 – New York 0 - Nathan Eovaldi tossed five scoreless innings for the Marlins. Chris Young allowed seven runs on...
• 8/8 Baseball News Source: Giants Hope to Retain Cabrera, Pence Long Term: With a pair of shrewd acquisitions, one last off-season and the other at last month’s non-waiver trade deadline, the San...
• 8/8 mlbreports.com : Los Angeles Angels: Can Their Starting Rotation Carry Them Into the Postseason?: Wednesday August 8th, 2012 Jake Dal Porto (Baseball Intern Writer):   The Los Angeles Angels made two big splashes in the offseason....
• 8/8 The Baseball Page: Where's Tim Beckham, Rays Fans?: With the 1st pick in the 2008 MLB Amatuer Draft, the Tampa Bay Rays...
• 8/8 Raising Matt Cain: The Barry & Buster Show: Barry Zito put together another good start, this time on the road against an outstanding lineup. Think about it: Rafael Furcal...
• 8/7 The Tomahawk Chop: Just how valuable is Chipper Jones?: Forty-year old Larry Wayne has been putting on a show, despite having no knees, being incapable of lateral movement, needing a...
• 8/7 STLCardinalBaseball: GAME 110: Flashes Of Leather: A frustrating outing from Lance Lynn kept the game out of reach despite another huge game from Allen Craig. Despite showing off...
• 8/7 Giants Nirvana: Buster Posey, Barry Zito Help Giants Even Series: Well, that went better than I’d expected. With Barry Zito going up against a tremendous offense, I wasn’t exactly...
• 8/7 StanGraphs: San Francisco Giants (59-49) at St. Louis Cardinals (59-49): 9:53 PM: That’s another win, the fourth in a row for the now 60-49 Cardinals. The Reds are losing to Milwaukee 5-2 as the...
• 8/7 AroundTheFoghorn: Cardinal Fan Arrested For Aiming Laser Pointer at Giants’ Shane Loux: Watching the Giants game last night, you probably noticed a weird sequence in the bottom of the 7th inning that involved Shane...
• 8/7 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Giants | Buster Posey extends to 10San Francisco Giants C Buster Posey extended his hitting streak to 10 games Monday, Aug. 6....[+] San Francisco Giants C Buster Posey extended his hitting streak to 10 games Monday, Aug. 6.
• 8/6 StanGraphs: Live Blog: San Francisco Giants (59-49) at St. Louis Cardinals (59-49): 9:53 PM: That’s another win, the fourth in a row for the now 60-49 Cardinals. The Reds are losing to Milwaukee 5-2 as the...
• 8/6 AroundTheFoghorn: Buster Posey Launches Mobile Game: Buster Bash: Buster Posey just became the first baseball player to launch his own mobile game. The game, of course, is a mobile baseball game,...
• 8/5 Raising Matt Cain: Gritty Tim: Start #23   WIN  !!!!   (6-11)    6 innings   5 hits   1 run   ...
• 8/5 AroundTheFoghorn: San Francisco Giants Do The Unthinkable – Complete A Series Sweep: The San Francisco Giants haven’t had the best luck when it comes to being on the right side of a sweep this year. Before...
• 8/5 Giants Nirvana: Buster Posey’s Having A Really Good Season: …and with that, I’ve fulfilled my obvious headline quota for the week. Buster Posey put up a strong first half, hitting...
• 8/5 Giants Nirvana: Maybe Coors Field Isn’t So Bad After All: After the way that homestand went, I was kind of dreading this Rockies series. Sure, the Rockies have been battling it out with...
• 8/4 AroundTheFoghorn: Enjoy Hunter Pence Giant Fans, Because You Almost Had Eric Chavez: Finding a Giant fan who didn’t like the Tommy Joseph and Nate Schierholtz for Hunter Pence trade is pretty difficult. Sure,...
• 8/3 RoxPile: Rockies Lineup – August 3, 2012: Scutaro vs. Sanchez: Neither the Rockies nor the Giants have really lived up to expectations the past couple seasons, though obviously the Giants have...
• 8/3 60ft6in.com: Goldschmidt Cheap-Shots Hairston: Jerry Hairston, Jr. wants Paul Goldschmidt suspended for his dirty slide on Wednesday afternoon. I agree with Hairston. Too many...
• 8/2 Baseball News Source: Mike Trout – AL Player of the Month – Rookie of the Month: Mike Trout became the first American League player to win the American League player of the month and rookie of the month in the...
• 8/2 MetsToday.com: Mets Game 105: Win Over Giants: Mets 2 Giants 1 It wasn’t pretty, but it’s a win. And a win’s a win, right? Mets Game Notes This was a difficult...
• 8/2 Call to the Pen: The West Just Got Wilder: All season long, the National League West has been kind of a joke. It houses a team with the league’s worst pitching (Colorado),...
• 8/2 Rising Apple: Game Recap: Jonathon Niese Paints Masterpiece in 2-1 Win: The Giants were happy to put Hunter Pence, their biggest acquisition at the trade deadline, into the lineup yesterday for his...
• 8/1 mlbreports.com : Roy Oswalt: The Rangers Are Hoping That He Has Enough Gas Left For One More Playoff Run: Wednesday August 1st, 2012 Jake Dal Porto:  Roy Oswalt has been one of baseball’s best and most consistent pitchers over the...
• 8/1 mlbreports.com : 2012 Trade Deadline Update #8 7/31: Final Deals: Victorino, Pence, and More: Tuesday July 31st, 2012 Bernie Olshansky:  What a busy day! Here are the last of the major deals that led up to the 4:00 p.m....
• 8/1 AroundTheFoghorn: Giants Acquire Hunter Pence and Beat Mets; Giants 4, Mets 1: I do believe Hunter Pence is an upgrade over Angel Pagan, Nate Schierholtz (who went to the Phillies), Gregor Blanco and Justin...
• 8/1 Rising Apple: Game Recap: The Tim Lincecum of Old Silences Mets Bats in 4-1 Loss: The Giants made plenty of news Tuesday afternoon before the trade deadline passed, as they acquired Hunter Pence from the Phillies,...

• 7/31 Fantasy Baseball Crackerjacks: Predicting Hunter Pence’s Fantasy Baseball Output in San Francisco: For the second straight season, Hunter Pence has been dealt at the trade deadline. Last season it absolutely worked in the favor...
• 7/31 mlbreports.com : 2012 Trade Deadline Update #8 7/31: Final Deals: Victorino, Pence, and More: Tuesday July 31st, 2012 Bernie Olshansky:What a busy day. Here are some of the major deals that led up to the 4:00 p.m. eastern...
• 7/31 Bay Area Sports Guy: Hunter Pence trade improves offense, creates defensive concerns: The Giants have made a trade in an attempt to improve their offense. The big move that seemed to be on and off this week finally...
• 7/31 StanGraphs: Trade: Giants Complete Trade for Hunter Pence: Perhaps sick of all these Dodgers moves, the San Francisco Giants reached a deal with the rapidly-selling Philadelphia Phillies...
• 7/31 AroundTheFoghorn: Breaking Down The Giants And Phillies Hunter Pence Trade: I honestly can’t say I’m shocked the Giants went out and got a (at least by name) “big bat” – it...
• 7/31 AroundTheFoghorn: San Francisco Giants Acquire Hunter Pence In Trade With Philadelphia Phillies: And the counter move has been made. The San Francisco Giants and Philadelphia Phillies agreed on a deal this morning that will...
• 7/30 Fantasy Baseball Crackerjacks: What Hunter Pence to the Giants would mean for your fantasy team: The time between late Sunday night and early Monday morning gave us an interesting development. If you were asleep, you might...
• 7/30 Up Along First: Series Preview: Mets Head To San Fan For Four-Game Series With Giants: Tonight at 10:15 Eastern time, the Mets begin a four-game series with the Giants in San Francisco. The Mets head to San Fran having...
• 7/30 Rising Apple: Series Preview: New York Mets @ San Francisco Giants: On their way to San Francisco, the Mets are experiencing a weird feeling; after R.A. Dickey helped silence the bats of the Arizona...
• 7/30 Lasorda's Lair: Dodgers Give Aliana Wheeler the Perfect Birthday Gift, First Place: Dodgers  4 12 1 Giants      0  5 1 WP-Kershaw-8-6 LP-Vogelsong-8-5 Just one year ago today, Stacie gave birth to her second...
• 7/30 Phillies Nation: Trading Pence to the Giants: The Phillies and Giants may or may not have agreed in principle to a deal to send Hunter Pence across the country last night....
• 7/28 Lasorda's Lair: Dodgers Unleash Beastmode Upon the Bay, Pounding Giants 10-0, Clinch Series Win: Dodgers  10 13 0 Giants     0 5 1 WP-Billingsley-6-9 LP-Zito-8-7 HR-Kemp-15-A.J. Ellis-8 Non-existent offense, and shoddy...
• 7/28 Baseball Musings: Scooting for Sandoval: The Giants acquired Marco Scutaro and placed Pablo Sandoval on the disabled list. To me, the Giants needed to keep their big three...
• 7/28 Lasorda's Lair: Hanley’s Tenth Inning Heroic Homerun Gives Dodgers Win in San Francisco: Dodgers 5 12 0 Giants 3 11 0 F/10 WP- Tolleson (1-0) LP- Romo (3-2) S- Jansen (20) HR- Ramirez (15) The Dodgers and Giants continued...
• 7/27 Fantasy Baseball Crackerjacks: Ranking best destinations for Shane Victorino’s trade value: If you’re following the trade deadline as closely as we are, you have no doubt heard that Phillies outfielder Shane Victorino may...
• 7/26 Baseball News Source: Andrew McCutchen, Chris Sale and MLB’s Biggest Salary Bargains: Baseball players get paid. Period. North America’s only major team sport to operate without a salary cap has often been...
• 7/24 Fantasy Baseball Crackerjacks: Ranking Potential Landing Spots for Hanley Ramirez’s Fantasy Value: There are always challenges in moving a player like Hanley Ramirez. A month ago, I speculated on what a trade would mean. Now,...
• 7/24 Call to the Pen: The Melkman’s Jekyll and Hyde Act: On Saturday, All-Star MVP Melky Cabrera hit his 10th home run of the season, a solo shot to left off Cole Hamels that tied the...
• 7/24 High Heat Stats: Monday, Monday … hey, look, it’s game notes!: @Giants 7, Padres 1: Four in the 1st matched San Francisco’s season high, and Buster Posey broke it open with a 3-run...
• 7/24 AroundTheFoghorn: Giants Beat Padres; Giants 7, Padres 1: So, despite this game being a blowout, it had a little bit of everything: umpires blown calls, umpires calls being overturned,...
• 7/24 Raising Matt Cain: Vogelstreakin': Ryan Vogelsong was not quite as sharp as we are used to seeing, but even then he's better than most guys. And he got a little...
• 7/24 Giants Nirvana: Giants Beat Padres 7-1, Improve to 54-42: The Giants tagged Clayton Richard for four runs in the first inning of tonight’s game and it was cruise control the rest...
• 7/24 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Giants | Buster Posey with good gameSan Francisco Giants C Buster Posey went 3-for-4 with a homer and four RBIs Monday, July 23....[+] San Francisco Giants C Buster Posey went 3-for-4 with a homer and four RBIs Monday, July 23.
• 7/23 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Giants | Buster Posey on fire in past week: In the nine-game stretch entering Sunday, July 22, San Francisco Giants C Buster Posey had a .531 average, two home runs, 13 runs...[+] batted in and 17 hits.
• 7/22 High Heat Stats: Saturday game notes: @Cardinals 12, Cubs 0: We’ve seen a 12-run inning before (right?) — but in the home 7th of a scoreless game? It began...
• 7/21 Raising Matt Cain: Homer happy happenings: The Phillies finally got their lineup back together and it paid off in the 6th inning when Ryan Howard went deep off Matt Cain...
• 7/20 PhoulBallz.com: Series Preview: Giants at Phillies, July 20-22: The National League West division leading Giants (51-41) head to Philadelphia this weekend to take on the Phillies (41-52) in...
• 7/20 The Baseball Page: Atlanta Braves Players not Impressed by Melky Cabrera's Antics: Atlanta Braves fans weren't exactly the biggest supporters of Melky...
• 7/20 MLBTradeRumors: Quick Hits: Astros, Mets, Athletics, Straily: Ryan Dempster, Francisco Liriano and Shane Victorino are among the most likely players to be traded within the next 11 days,...
• 7/19 High Heat Stats: Wednesday game notes & gnawings: Giants 9, @Braves 4 (11): Mere box-score trolling could never capture the extra-inning loop-de-loops of this wild ride. Instead,...
• 7/19 Puckett's Pond: Trade Offense For Pitching? It’s Not That Simple: Only one year removed from a year in which they were 25th in all of baseball in both runs per game and total runs, the once offensively...
• 7/18 AroundTheFoghorn: Guess Who’s Back? Giants Place Hector Sanchez on the DL:   According to the Mercury News, the Giants have placed Hector Sanchez on the disabled list after he sprained his left knee...
• 7/18 AroundTheFoghorn: Buster Blast Giants Past Braves; Giants 9, Braves 0: It didn’t take Buster Poseylong to feel comfortable in Georgia. The native Georgian was 3 for 5, with two doubles, a single...
• 7/18 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Giants | Buster Posey drives in fiveSan Francisco Giants C Buster Posey drove in five runs Tuesday, July 17....[+] San Francisco Giants C Buster Posey drove in five runs Tuesday, July 17.
• 7/17 Through The Fence Baseball: Why the Giants are the favorite to win the National League: Just two years from a magical season that ended with the San Francisco Giants winning the World Series over the Texas Rangers...
• 7/15 AroundTheFoghorn: Lincecum Dominant In Walkoff Win Over Astros: As Mike Krukow said, “the screws were against the wall” for Tim Lincecum. A rough start, at home, versus the Astros?...
• 7/15 Raising Matt Cain: Mojo Tim: Start #19    ND  (3-10)    8 innings    5 hits    ZERO runs  ...
• 7/14 Climbing Tal's Hill: What’s wrong with the Astros offense?: The Astros started the second half of the season just like they finished off the first half, with another loss. It was a typical...
• 7/14 Raising Matt Cain: Undefeated in the second half!: Buster Posey hits most of his homers on the road, mostly because he's not a pull hitter. He hits his bombs to the gaps, and AT&T...
• 7/13 Bay Area Sports Guy: Mid-season Progress Report: Can the Giants repeat their first half success?: It is the traditional midpoint (even if it isn’t the mathematical midpoint) of the season, which means there is no better time...
• 7/13 Giants Nirvana: 2012 First Half Review: The Position Players: Yesterday, I looked at how the Giants’ rotation fared in the first half. Today, I’ll look at the position players...
• 7/11 Fantasy Baseball Crackerjacks: All Star Repost: How to Panic Well in a Snake Draft: During the Baseball All-Star break we’ll be reposting some of our “All-Star” articles. This is a repost written...
• 7/11 For Baseball Junkies: MLB All-Star Game: The Good, The Bad and The Berman: Congratulations to the National League squad for thumping the American League in a lopsided 8-0 shutout victory, extending their...
• 7/11 Rising Apple: National League Wins Third Straight All Star Game, 8-0: The National League used the strength of two big innings, one in the first and one in the fourth, to seal their third straight...
• 7/11 Lasorda's Lair: Clayton Kershaw Pitches Tough Fifth Inning in NL All-Star Victory: Clayton Kershaw was the lone Dodger who played in any of the 83rd All-Star game Tuesday evening. Matt Kemp was shown smiling from...
• 7/10 STLCardinalBaseball: ALL STAR GAME RECAP: Expect the Unexpected: The time has come, the All Star game the magical time where the games greatest and fan favorites join together to play for their...
• 7/10 AroundTheFoghorn: San Francisco Giants Show – Melky, Sandoval, Posey, Cain Take Over MLB All-Star Game, Bring Home MVP Award: Although San Francisco Giant fans received some harsh feedback in relation to the “stuffed ballot boxes” (Ken Rosenthal’s...
• 7/10 SOX & Dawgs: 2012 MLB All-Star Game Delight: The American and National League All-Stars will do battle tonight to see who gets home field advantage for the World Series...
• 7/10 YankeeAnalysts.com: 2012 All-Star Game!: 4 Yankees were invited to the All-Star game, Cano, Jeter, Granderson, and Sabathia. With Sabathia on the DL, only three will play,...
• 7/10 Baseball Musings: Melky for Real: Melky Cabrera gets the first hit of the game, off Justin Verlander. If he can hit Justin, his season must be for real! Jose Bautista...
• 7/10 MLBTradeRumors: Sabean Discusses Giants' Deadline Plan: The Giants made one of the biggest moves of last season's trade deadline, acquiring center fielder Carlos Beltran from the Mets...
• 7/10 Raising Matt Cain: At the Break: In 2009, the Giants were 49-39 (.557) at the All-Star Break, but slumped a bit in the second half (39-35, .527) to finish in 3rd...
• 7/10 The Captain's Blog: Appeasing Aggrieved Fan Bases with All Star Olive Branches (and Video): Some Yankees’ fans have been slow to forgive the rude way in which All Star second baseman Robinson Cano was treated by their...
• 7/10 i70baseball.com: 2012 All Star Lineups: The 2012 All-Star Game managers, Tony La Russa and Ron Washington of the Texas Rangers, have announced their starting lineups...
• 7/10 60ft6in.com: Where Do All-Stars Come From?: NOTE: This article is based on the ORIGINAL all-star rosters, before the rosters were altered due to injury. Where do all-stars...
• 7/10 WahoosOnFirst: The FanSided 2012 NL All-Star Team: The fan-selected starting lineups will take the field in Kansas City tonight for the 2012 MLB All-Star Game, but we at FanSided...
• 7/10 SOX & Dawgs: 2012 MLB All-Star Game Delight: The American and National League All-Stars will do battle tonight to see who gets home field advantage for the World Series...
• 7/9 Rising Apple: Matt Cain, Not R.A. Dickey, To Start All-Star Game: Well, the San Francisco Giants have struck again. An official announcement will be coming this afternoon around 1:30pm, but John...
• 7/9 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Giants | Did not want Buster Posey catching R.A. Dickey: The San Francisco Giants are not interested in having C Buster Posey catch New York Mets SP R.A. Dickey during the 2012 All-Star...[+] Game.
• 7/9 Throw the Challenge Flag: Game 85: A.J. Burnett wins again, Andrew McCutchen preps for HR Derby: The unofficial end of the first half of the Major League Baseball season is here. For the first time in a long time, Pittsburgh...
• 7/9 Crashburn Alley: First Half Positives: You don’t need us to tell you that the first half was some of the most depressing baseball you’ve seen in quite a...
• 7/8 AroundTheFoghorn: Giants Walk The Plank In Pittsburgh, Enter All-Star Break In Scuffle: Yeesh. What started out so promising with a series sweep over the Dodgers turned into a disaster as the Giants will enter the...
• 7/8 Fantasy Baseball Crackerjacks: All-Star Repost: 8 Players Under 25 that are Going to Be Great: During the Baseball All-Star break we’ll be reposting some of our “All-Star” articles. This is a repost of a...
• 7/7 STLCardinalBaseball: GAME 85: Iron Man: The Cardinals (45-40) survived the record heat broiling St. Louis and brief, early wildness from Kyle Lohse to even the final...
• 7/6 Call to the Pen: Matt Holliday Selected to Replace Yadier Molina in All-Star Game: Yadier Molina was placed on the bereavement list due to the passing of his wife’s grandfather, and he will not play in...
• 7/6 StlSportsMinute.com: Poll: Should fans be allowed to vote for MLB All-Star starters?: St. Louis Cardinals catcher Yadier Molina was left out of the Major League Baseball All-Star game starting lineup by the fans,...
• 7/6 StlSportsMinute.com: Rafael Furcal, Carlos Beltran to start in All-Star game: On Sunday morning the starters for the Major League Baseball All-Star game, which will take place in Kansas City, were announced...
• 7/5 AroundTheFoghorn: Buster Posey’s New ESPN Sportscenter Commercial: Let’s see… Heartthrob to just about any female Giant fan? Check. Rookie of the Year? Check. World Series Champion?...
• 7/4 District On Deck: Game 79: Nationals 9, Giants 4: The Nationals celebrated July 4th at Nats Park with a victory over the San Francisco Giants. Despite the heat and the 11:05 start...
• 7/4 Blog Red Machine: 2012 All Star Ballots Are In And The Losers Are…The Voters: Part 2 The National League: The American League evaluation is complete so it is time to move over to the National League.  The air is crisp here, the stench...
• 7/4 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Giants | Not looking to establish personal catchers: San Francisco Giants manager Bruce Bochy said he does not want to start having personal catchers for the starting pitchers. Bochy...[+] said C Hector Sanchez may catch SP Barry Zito but C Buster Posey will catch the other four starters when he is not getting a day off.
• 7/2 obsessivegiantscompulsive: Your 2012 Giants: Epic Addendums: There were other epic-worthy feats this season plus additional info on other ones:Epic:  Shame on me for forgetting, but Melky...
• 7/2 SOX & Dawgs: 2012 MLB All-Star Teams: Starters   Starters Pos Name Team   Pos Name Team C Buster ...
• 7/2 Pitchers Hit Eighth: All-Star Snubs and Flubs: With each passing year, many of us bemoan the selection process for the MLB All-Star game.  The game counts, yet the selection...
• 7/2 Mets Are Better Than Sex: San Fran Fans Stuff Ballot Box, Wright Gets Shafted: Well, no one saw this one coming. David Wright was beaten out by Pablo Sandoval in a landslide for the privilege of starting the...
• 7/1 AroundTheFoghorn: Giants Split Four Game Series With Reds Thanks To Jay Bruce Gaffe: The Giants were three outs away from locking the game up and earning a 2-2 series split, but as we all know – it’s...
• 7/1 PhoulBallz.com: Three Phils Honored as MLB All-Stars: MLB announced its 2012 Major League All-Star rosters on Sunday. Starting pitcher Cole Hamels, catcher Carlos Ruiz and closer...
• 7/1 Call to the Pen: Yankees, Rangers, Giants Well Represented in All-Star Game: The starting lineups were announced for the 2012 MLB All-Star Game today.  With the announcement, the Yankees and Rangers found...
• 7/1 Call to the Pen: 2012 MLB All-Star Game Starting Lineups: The starters have been announced.  It’s time to debate who is deserving and who is not.  The debates will rage on further...
• 7/1 AroundTheFoghorn: Buster Posey, Pablo Sandoval & Melky Cabrera Named National League All-Star Starters: Yes, that’s right – the San Francisco Giants have three, count them, three, elected starters to this year’s...
• 7/1 Phillies Nation: Three Phillies Honored as MLB All-Stars: MLB announced its 2012 Major League All-Star rosters on Sunday. Starting pitcher Cole Hamels, catcher Carlos Ruiz and closer Jonathan...
• 7/1 Feelin' Kinda Blue: Matt Kemp and Clayton Kershaw to represent Dodgers in All-Star Game: Matt Kemp was voted in by the fans and Clayton Kershaw was selected by National League Manager Tony LaRussa to represent...
• 7/1 Marlin Maniac: Giancarlo Stanton named to First All-Star Game, Lone Marlin Going: Major League Baseball announced the 2012 All-Star Game rosters on Sunday, and Giancarlo Stanton was selected as a reserve to represent...
• 7/1 The Biz of Baseball: Final 2012 MLB All-Star Game Voting Numbers: The following is compiled from press releases for AL and NL voting Texas Rangers outfielder Josh Hamilton, the 2012 leading...
• 7/1 Philly Phanatics: Ruiz, Hamels, Pap to KC: Carlos Ruiz was named to his first NL All-Star team, as a reserve. Cole Hamels and Jonathan Papelbon will be joining Chooch in...
• 7/1 SOX & Dawgs: 2012 MLB All-Star Teams: Starters   Starters Pos Name Team   Pos Name Team C Buster ...
• 7/1 Baseball Musings: All-Star Starters: Baseball Time in Arlington has the All-Star starters. The American League is certainly bringing a lot of power to the game. The...

• 6/30 Yankees Fans Unite: My 2012 NL All-Star Roster: These are my selections for the NL All- Star team. Starters: C- Carlos Ruiz- Phillies: It is not often we have years where there...
• 6/30 D'Backs Venom: My Picks for the 2012 All Star Game Rosters: The rosters for the 2012 All Star Game will be announced on Sunday, July 1. As usual, the rosters will include fan voting for...
• 6/29 Fantasy Baseball Crackerjacks: Fantasy Baseball: The art of a midseason trade:   So, you’re in the middle of a season. Take a look at where you are in the standings. That is more or less where you’re...
• 6/29 AroundTheFoghorn: Bumgarner Blanks Reds in History Making Night: Last night’s Giants game was one for the record books, as well as one Giants fans will remember the rest of the season....
• 6/29 Raising Matt Cain: The Perfect 36: And I ain't talkin' about Carol Doda! I know we watched a lotta channel 2 (KTVU) back in the day with Gary "Tan Man" Park, may...
• 6/29 Philly Phanatics: Phillies notebook: Is the Chase back on?: Chase Utley is finally back. He emphatically showed us he was far from through as a ballplayer by hitting a home run in his first...
• 6/29 Giants Nirvana: Madison Bumgarner Extends Giants’ Scoreless Streak to 36 Innings: It’s rather surprising, but coming into tonight, Madison Bumgarner had never thrown a complete game. 67 starts, most of...
• 6/28 StanGraphs: Picking All-Stars and Taking Names, Part One: As the All-Star voting winds down and every Giants fan frantically reaches for his laptop for one last burst of inexcusable lunacy...
• 6/28 Tyler's Think Tank: My NL All-Star Ballot: C Carlos Ruiz (.361/.427/.579) Yadier Molina may have a few more home runs, RBI and steals, but Ruiz's...
• 6/28 For Baseball Junkies: 2012 All-Star Ballot: OCP Selections: All-Star balloting ends tonight - if you haven't submitted your ballot yet, you should do that (#voteforchooch).  Looking...
• 6/28 T Van Poppel RC Ret Plan: Recap: Giants @ A’s Game 73: A.J. Griffin made his Major League debut, but it was an MLB first home run off the bat of Derek Norris that won this one for Oakland...
• 6/28 T Van Poppel RC Ret Plan: Recap: Giants @ A’s Game 72: I hate long games. This game lasted four hours, fifteen minutes and featured 385 pitches thrown by a combined twelve pitchers....
• 6/28 AroundTheFoghorn: MLB All-Star Voting Ends Tonight at 9pm (PDT):   MLB All-Star voting ends tonight at 8:59 pm Pacific time. I realized we hadn’t done a post about it from what I can...
• 6/28 AroundTheFoghorn: Giants Sweep Dodgers; Tied for 1st in NL West:   27 X 0 = 0; Giants 3, Losers (Dodgers) 0. You know what was great about this series? I can count how many runs the Dodgers...
• 6/28 Redbird Rants: Yadier Molina vs. Buster Posey: Who Should Start the 2012 MLB All-Star Game?:   It is a no-brainer to any St. Louis Cardinal fan and the objective baseball fan that Yadier Molina deserves the starting...
• 6/28 Lasorda's Lair: Dodger’s Hitting Slump Reaches Record Proportions: Dodgers 0 4 0 Giants    3 10 0 WP-Lincecum-3-8 LP-Billingsley-4-7 SV-Romo-4   Sorry if this is a bit late guys, but I...
• 6/27 STLCardinalBaseball: GAME 76: They Shoot Bullpens, Don’t They?: Joe Kelly produced yet another quality start full of **** and vinegar, and had a chance to win his second game. However, he left...
• 6/27 Giants Nirvana: The Giants Are Tied For First Place: Tim Lincecum‘s last start went fairly well; the first inning was quite a mess, but he got through it, and managed to hold...
• 6/27 Lasorda's Lair: 21 Scoreless Innings:   Chad Billingsley (4-6, 4.15) vs. Tim Lincecum (2-8, 6.07) Lineup: I’m right there with you, Dodger fans. The Dodgers...
• 6/27 Raising Matt Cain: 10-zip: That's 18 scoreless innings in San Francisco for the first-place Dodgers. Ten runs in two nights for the Good Guys, zero for the...
• 6/26 AroundTheFoghorn: Zito Shuts Down Dodgers; Bats Come Alive in 8-0 Shutout: That headline contains two very specific things that I rarely get to write. I have to admit, I wasn’t optimistic about last...
• 6/25 STLCardinalBaseball: GAME 74: The Winning End Of Crazy:  Jake Westbrook pitched well enough to win. Sadly, the bullpen blew the game out, leaving it up to the offense to stage a dramatic,...
• 6/25 obsessivegiantscompulsive: Bengie's Thoughts On Timmy: Dan Brown of the Merc has a great interview with Bengie Molina that Alex Pavlovic kindly shared with his blogging audience early,...
• 6/25 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Giants | Buster Posey gets day off: San Francisco Giants C Buster Posey was given a scheduled day off Monday, June 25, against the Los Angeles Dodgers. He had started...[+] 22 of the past 24 games, and the team wants to be cautious, although he has had no setbacks from his offseason ankle surgery. 'He feels it a little,' manager Bruce Bochy said. 'He doesn't want to sit, but at the same time he knows it's probably better to get off the ankle. You have to remember where you are at, and that's June. It's a good time to give him a day.'
• 6/25 AroundTheFoghorn: Swagga Like Belt (Brandon, That Is): It took a potential career AAAA player (<3 u Brett Pill) being sent back to the minors and a 35 year old geriatric tripping...
• 6/25 Phillies Nation: Schneider to DL, Kratz Recalled: After getting blown up at home plate in the Game 2 loss to the Rays yesterday, Brian Schneider was officially placed on the 15-day...
• 6/25 Feelin' Kinda Blue: Dodgers-Giants series preview, a view from the other side: Editor's note: This post comes is aut**** by Russell Preston. Preston is a Giants' fan and runs Seedspitters, a Giants' blog...
• 6/25 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Giants | Buster Posey sitting todaySan Francisco Giants C Buster Posey will sit Monday, June 25, with C Hector Sanchez catching SP Barry Zito....[+] San Francisco Giants C Buster Posey will sit Monday, June 25, with C Hector Sanchez catching SP Barry Zito.
• 6/24 High Heat Stats: Weekend game notes: [I'll keep updating during the Dickey-Sabathia game.] Sunday Rays 7, @Phillies 3: In the nightcap, Tampa scored 3 in the 2nd off Cliff...
• 6/24 Raising Matt Cain: Luck runs out: The Giants were lucky to be up 2-1 in the 9th. Matt Cain, after a long battle with Seth Smith in the 6th, gave up a rope down...
• 6/24 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Giants | Buster Posey expected to get day off Monday: San Francisco Giants manager Bruce Bochy intends to give C Buster Posey the day off Monday, June 25, against the Los Angeles Dodgers....[+]
• 6/23 Raising Matt Cain: Just another laugher: Early troubles. Comeback. Near-disaster. Triumph. I really didn't need the unbearable agony at the end. I was nice and relaxed...
• 6/23 The Baseball Page: Fantasy Baseball: The art of a midseason trade: So, you’re in the middle of a season. Take a look at where you are...
• 6/23 AroundTheFoghorn: Giants Rally In Ninth, Open Bay Bridge Series Part Two With Victory: Coming off a rough series in Anaheim, the San Francisco Giants needed something to go their way tonight in Oakland. It certainly...
• 6/23 Raising Matt Cain: Stormy Tim: Start #15     ND  (2-8)     6 innings   3 hits   3 runs   4 walks...
• 6/22 Through The Fence Baseball: Phillies catcher Carols Ruiz having an All-Star season: Over the past five years, Carlos Ruiz has become a favorite among Philadelphia baseball fans, but it appears the love for “Chooch”...
• 6/22 Crashburn Alley: Crash Bag, Vol. 7: Baseball a la Luhrmann: The Phillies took two out of three from the Rockies this week, and could easily have swept. It’s the most fun I’ve...
• 6/22 Fantasy Baseball Crackerjacks: Fantasy Baseball: The art of a midseason trade:   So, you’re in the middle of a season. Take a look at where you are in the standings. That is more or less where you’re...
• 6/22 FanSided: Stephen Drew Could Return to the Arizona Diamondbacks Wednesday
• 6/20 MLB Dirt: Johnny Monell: Trying to Catch On With the Majors: Becoming a good baseball player is a tall task in and of itself, but my money is on catcher being the most difficult position...
• 6/19 Phillies Nation: Hamels Cruises To 10th Win: The Phillies started out their 10 game home stand the right way defeating the Colorado Rockies 7-2.  Cole Hamels looked fantastic...
• 6/19 STLCardinalBaseball: Why Yadier Molina should be the starting catcher in the All Star Game and other obvious news: This article is so unnecessary I really don’t know why I am writing it other than to persuade those who still have yet...
• 6/19 Bay City Ball: Intermittent lineup assessment: As of late, the Giants’ lineup looks suprisngly … competent? Here’s the current lineup sorted by adjusted on-base...
• 6/14 Through The Fence Baseball: Perfect game thrusts Matt Cain into well-deserved spotlight: On Wednesday, July 13, 2012, Matthew Thomas Cain threw the first perfect game in San Francisco Giants history and the 22nd in...
• 6/13 Roto Think Tank: So You Don't Want to Dump: Last week I wrote a piece in defense of throwing in the towel and playing for next year: i.e. dumping. But what if you don't...
• 6/11 Giants Nirvana: The Giants and Home Runs: Earlier today, Buster Olney tweeted this interesting tidbit: ELIAS: The Giants have gone 16 consecutive home games without a home...
• 6/8 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Giants | Buster Posey to catch Saturday: San Francisco Giants manager Bruce Bochy held C Buster Posey out of the starting lineup Friday, June 8, despite the fact OF Melky...[+] Cabrera (hamstring) is sidelined and the lineup lacks power. He contemplated inserting Posey into the lineup at first base, instead of giving him his scheduled day off. 'That was the plan. Buster was going to get the day off today,' Bochy said. 'The option was to put him at first base, but there's a day game tomorrow and he's going to catch that. We've got a lot of baseball left.'
• 6/8 North and South of Royal Brougham: Mike Zunino Doesn’t Deserve Jeff Clement Comparisons: When the Mariners drafted Mike Zunino, a guy I assumed was at least third on their list, I was pretty uninspired. I think that...
• 6/7 Raising Matt Cain: Score early and often: It was a sloppy day on the field for the Giants with errors by Brandon Belt, Ryan Theriot, Angel Pagan, and Joaquin Arias....
• 6/7 Crashburn Alley: Cot for Choice: Ryan Howard said it best: Cot for Choice. The Phillies’ catcher, known affectionately as Chooch (or, in some parts of the...
• 6/6 Fantasy Baseball Crackerjacks: Tips for Maintaining an Active Fantasy Baseball League: I certainly have a few pet peeves when it comes to how people play fantasy baseball. More or less, I maintain that it’s your...
• 6/4 Baseball Musings: Patient Posey: Buster Posey draws four walks for the Giants Monday afternoon, scoring twice. The second score gave the Giants a 3-2 lead, and...
• 6/1 mlbreports.com : Posey or Wieters: Which Young MLB Catcher Has the Bigger Upside? The Friday Faceoff: Friday June 1, 2012 Ryan Ritchey (Baseball Writer): A couple of years ago the Minnesota Twins were talking about moving Joe Mauer...
• 6/1 obsessivegiantscompulsive: 2012 Giants: May PQS: This post has the Giants Pure Quality Start scores for the month of May 2012, PQS as defined in Ron Shandler's Baseball Forecaster...

• 5/30 Giants Nirvana: 2012 MLB Draft Preview: The 2012 MLB Draft is right around the corner, as it begins on Monday June 4th. With the draft being so close, here are some of...
• 5/30 Raising Matt Cain: Slick Vogie: Ryan Vogelsong wriggled his way out of jams all night long and the Giants prevailed over the Diamondbacks. He walked three guys...
• 5/30 Baseball Musings: West Coast Roundup: Albert Pujols and Mark Trumbo each homered off Andy Pettitte as the Angels beat the Yankees 5-1. Trumbo is hitting a very Pujols...
• 5/28 Raising Matt Cain: Zito in command: Barry Zito rebounded from a wretched start last week in Milwaukee to shut down Arizona at home today. It was his sixth "quality...
• 5/28 Fantasy Baseball Crackerjacks: Dixon’s Picks: Waiver Wire Additions for the Week of May 28: Welcome back to Dixon’s Picks. Before we get going, I want to wish a Happy Memorial Day to everyone out there. It’s...
• 5/27 Raising Matt Cain: M.C. squared: A little uncharacteristic for Matt Cain today, with high walks (three) and low strikeouts (four). He seemed to run out of gas...
• 5/26 MLBTradeRumors: Giants Won't Rule Out Mid-Season Talks For Cabrera: Giants General Manager Brian Sabean said that the "stars would have to align" for the club to extend Melky Cabrera during the...
• 5/23 Raising Matt Cain: No walks, no homers: Matt Cain is not used to pitching with a lead. With any run support, really. Since Ryan Vogelsong appears to be taking over...
• 5/23 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Giants | Buster Posey likely to sit todaySan Francisco Giants C Buster Posey is likely to rest Wednesday, May 23....[+] San Francisco Giants C Buster Posey is likely to rest Wednesday, May 23.
• 5/23 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Giants | Buster Posey sittingUpdating an earlier report, San Francisco Giants C Buster Posey is out of the lineup Wednesday, May 23....[+] Updating an earlier report, San Francisco Giants C Buster Posey is out of the lineup Wednesday, May 23.
• 5/23 Baseball Musings: NL Roundup: The Marlins beat the Rockies in a close, high-scoring game 7-6. Ricky Nolasco gave up four runs in six innings, but walked one...
• 5/22 Call to the Pen: MLB Game Recaps: San Francisco Giants Outlast Milwaukee Brewers in 14 Innings: NATIONAL LEAGUE San Francisco Giants 4, Milwaukee Brewers 3 (F/14) Giants starter Madison Bumgarner pitched seven innings and...
• 5/22 Giants Nirvana: Hector Sanchez Powers Giants Over Brewers in Extras: In the first inning of this game, Buster Posey unloaded a monster of a three-run homer into the left field bleachers. It was only...
• 5/21 T Van Poppel RC Ret Plan: Live Blogging: A’s @ Giants Game 42: Bartolo Colon faces off against Tim Lincecum today at AT&T Park as the A’s look to end their eleven game skid in San...
• 5/20 Tyler's Think Tank: Weird Year for Catchers: 2012 has been a weird year for catchers.  What I mean by that is several established backstops have been nothing...
• 5/20 Giants Nirvana: Tim Lincecum Struggles As Giants Fail to Get the Sweep: Over their previous five games, the Giants had drawn 33 walks — 31 of them unintentional; this is a team that’s been...
• 5/20 Giants Nirvana: Ryan Vogelsong Leads Giants to 4-0 Victory: For seven innings today, Ryan Vogelsong was at the top of his game. Through the first 4.1 innings, in fact, he was perfect —...
• 5/19 Raising Matt Cain: Giants double up Athletics: Friday night's ugly win was as much about the A's generosity (nine walks), as the Giants prowess with the two-bagger (Crawford,...
• 5/19 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Giants | Buster Posey sits out Friday's game: San Francisco Giants C Buster Posey received a scheduled night off against the Oakland Athletics Friday, May 18. C Hector Sanchez...[+] started the game behind the plate.
• 5/19 obsessivegiantscompulsive: Thoughts and Research on Draft: First Round Picks Are Not Easy, Sabean Has Done Well in Picking: I wrote most of this (I almost always tweak my writing, plus I need to make it flow as a post, whereas in the comment, I had to...
• 5/18 The Daily Catch: They Left Their Mojo In San Francisco: This article is courtesy of our friends at C70 At The Bat Technically, they didn’t leave anything in San Francisco, or at...
• 5/17 Giants Nirvana: Could Orlando Hudson Be the Second Base Solution?: Earlier today, the San Diego Padres finally began the process of unconditionally releasing second baseman Orlando Hudson. He’d...
• 5/16 Raising Matt Cain: Two down, seven to go: The San Francisco Giants finish their second inning of 2012 with another 9-9 record, putting them at .500 (18-18) for the season....
• 5/16 MLBTradeRumors: Extension Candidate: Melky Cabrera: Even though Melky Cabrera enjoyed a surprisingly productive 2011 campaign, it's safe to say that the outfielder has been a surprise...
• 5/15 Tyler's Think Tank: Carlos Beltran's Forgotten Excellence: Beltran's been raking Matt Kemp dominated the headlines during April, when his dozen dingers helped jumpstart...
• 5/13 FanSided: Minor Moves and Notes: San Francisco GiantsReliever ...
• 5/13 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Giants | Buster Posey resting sore left ankle: Updating previous reports, San Francisco Giants manager Bruce Bochy decided to give C Buster Posey (ankle) the day off Sunday,...[+] May 13, against the Arizona Diamondbacks, because his reconstructed left ankle was 'just a little cranky.' C Hector Sanchez started behind the plate in place of Posey. 'It's not bad, but it's to the point he needs a day,' Bochy said. 'I think this is the best thing in the long run.'
• 5/10 The Friarhood: Best in the West - At Each Position: For all its warts a few years ago, the NL West has become a compelling and competitive division. A look at the landscape of the...
• 5/10 Raising Matt Cain: Pitching, defense, two-run homer: Every time Brett Pill gets up in a game I say "this guy has one job--hit the ball hard off a left-hander." It seems young Mr....
• 5/10 The Daily Catch: The Giants After 30 Games: This article is courtesy of our friends at McCovey Chronicles Written by: Grant Brisbee All I wanted from the offseason was an...
• 5/10 MLBTradeRumors: 2013 Contract Issues: San Francisco Giants: The Giants are next in MLBTR’s 2013 Contract Issues series: Eligible For Free Agency (6) Melky Cabrera - Cabrera,...
• 5/8 The Baseball Page: Hamels Loses Battle With Harper:   Cole Hamels thinks he’s “old school”. True "old school"...
• 5/8 60ft6in.com: Hamels Loses Battle With Harper: Cole Hamels thinks he’s “old school”. Hamels hit Bryce Harper with a pitch in the first inning of last night’s...
• 5/7 Phillies Nation: As Long As We’re Voting, Vote For Chooch – He Deserves It: In case you haven’t noticed, Major League Baseball is already encouraging its fans to vote for their choices as All-Stars....
• 5/6 Raising Matt Cain: Hector is heroic in walk-off win: The last time the Giants hit a home run was May 1st, Tuesday night against Miami. Pablo Sandoval did the honors, and it was the...
• 5/5 Raising Matt Cain: At last, the sweet taste of victory: Watching the ballclub today I was reminded how young it is. Rookie Brandon Crawford did not start, nor did rookies Brandon Belt...
• 5/5 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Giants | Buster Posey, Hector Sanchez shine: San Francisco Giants Cs Buster Posey and Hector Sanchez shined in a win Saturday, May 5, against the Milwaukee Brewers. Posey...[+] made the start at first base with 1B Brandon Belt sitting against a lefty. Posey went 2-for-5 with a run scored and RBI, his 11th of the season. Sanchez had a pair of doubles, a run scored and an RBI in four at-bats.
• 5/4 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Giants | Buster Posey might start at 1B Saturday: San Francisco Giants manager Bruce Bochy has been experimenting with C Buster Posey playing first base, with C Hector Sanchez...[+] behind the plate, when the team faces left-handed pitchers. That might be the defensive setup Saturday, May 5, when the team faces the Milwaukee Brewers and southpaw SP Randy Wolf.
• 5/3 Baseball Musings: Will He Be Able to Eat Bamboo?: Pablo Sandoval left the Wednesday night Giants game early: Bruce Bochy isn’t the type to incite panic. You all might have noticed...
• 5/3 MLBTradeRumors: Sabean: Belt Staying Put: At times it's not clear where Brandon Belt fits on the Giants' roster. The 24-year-old gets regular plate appearances, but he...
• 5/2 High Heat Stats: Recap for Tuesday, May 1: Orioles 7, Yankees 1 — “How soon can we get Pettitte out of the courtroom and into the Bronx?” Of the 10 SPs...

• 4/30 Raising Matt Cain: Bumgarner keeps it rolling: Joaquin Arias saved me from nightmares about the Giants hitting with runners in scoring position. It is a weird thing, this utter...
• 4/29 Feelin' Kinda Blue: The Dodgers' third-best hitter, A.J. Ellis, bats eighth: A.J. Ellis While Jon Weisman at Dodger Thoughts is (rightfully) starting the "A.J. Ellis All-Star campaign," I'm thinking...
• 4/28 Baseball Musings: Late Night Roundup: The Mets and Rockies played a slugfest in Denver, Colorado scoring 11 times in the fifth inning and going on to an 18-9 win over...
• 4/26 Justin Jabs: Rival Report 4/26: Arm injuries, Plush–Campana footrace, and the 26th man: Remember these? Let’s take a look at what’s been going on in the NL Central. Now presenting your first Rival Report...
• 4/25 Baseball Reality Tour: Pujols Knows Futility: It's been well documented that Albert Pujols is struggling to adapt to the American League. Most of us know he has yet to hit...
• 4/25 Through The Fence Baseball: Pablo Sandoval sets record with 17-game streak to start season: As I write this, Pablo Sandoval has just broken the record for the most consecutive games with a hit to start a season in San...
• 4/24 Baseball Musings: Latos Intolerant: Mat Latos pitched like the ace the Reds wanted as he shut down the Giants for seven innings in the 9-2 win by Cincinnati. He allowed...
• 4/24 The Cardinal Nation Blog: To err is human, but the 2012 Cardinals do it rarelyThrough the first 17 games, the St. Louis Cardinals are playing much improved defense. ...
• 4/23 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Giants | Hector Sanchez making case for more time: San Francisco Giants C Hector Sanchez went 1-for-4 with a home run and three RBIs in the second game of a doubleheader Monday,...[+] April 23, against the New York Mets. Manager Bruce Bochy said Sanchez is earning more of a role, and C Buster Posey might see more time at first base to get Sanchez into the lineup.
• 4/23 High Heat Stats: More Sunday game notes: Orioles 3, Angels 2: Baltimore is the first team this year with 9+ hits and all of them singles. Darren O’Day faced one...
• 4/22 MetsToday.com: Frankie Goes to Setup Role?: Somewhere in the swirling mess of Saturday’s game against the Giants is a disappointing performance by Frank Francisco....
• 4/22 Rising Apple: Mets-Giants Rained Out; Double Dip Scheduled for Monday: Dillon Gee was supposed to take the mound for the Mets at Citi Field today, a day after New York walked off with a wild win thanks...
• 4/22 MLBTradeRumors: Week In Review: 4/15/12 - 4/21/12: A pair of notable extensions were handed out in baseball's two Western divisions this week. Let's take a look back at those stories...
• 4/22 High Heat Stats: Perfection, and its polar opposite: (Trying out a different format here; let me know how it plays. I can only scratch the surface of all that happened on this crazy...
• 4/21 Baseball Musings: Comedy of Errors: The Mets beat the Giants 5-4, winning in the bottom of the ninth as twice San Francisco failed to turn double plays. With men...
• 4/21 MetsToday.com: Mets Game 13: Loss to Giants: Giants 4 Mets 3 A rollercoaster of a contest: the Mets threatened early, then petered out, then made it close, then dramatically...
• 4/20 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Giants | Buster Posey at 1B : San Francisco Giants C Buster Posey is starting at first base Friday, April 20, for the first time since May 8 of last year. 1B...[+] Brett Pill is making his first career appearance in left field.
• 4/20 obsessivegiantscompulsive: Your 2012 Giants: Thoughts on the Season So Far: I thought I would just randomly go through various thoughts on the season so far, no particular order.Made of ClayWhat a nice...
• 4/19 Giants Nirvana: The Giants Are Now 0-3: Well, that was a tough loss. Just like the first two games. After three innings, the Giants had a 6-0 lead. Around the middle...
• 4/19 Crashburn Alley: Cliff Lee Historically Great, Phillies Still Somehow Lose: In this millennium, only three pitchers have completed the tenth inning of a game they started: Aaron Harang, Roy Halladay (twice),...
• 4/18 Crashburn Alley: Phillies/Giants Game Thread 4/18/12: In a big sports day for Philadelphia, the Flyers are trying to sweep the Pittsburgh Penguins out of the quarterfinals and the...
• 4/18 MLBTradeRumors: Top First-Time Arbitration Eligible Catchers For 2013: Carlos Santana and Jonathan Lucroy recently signed extensions, but some other catchers are on track for year to year raises...
• 4/18 Baseball Musings: Late Night Roundup: Matt Carpenter hit a pinch-hit sacrifice fly in the bottom of the tenth inning as St. Louis walked off with a 2-1 win over the...
• 4/17 AroundTheFoghorn: Giants’ Buster Posey And His MLB 12: Road To The Show Story: For the San Francisco Giants and their fans, 2010 was quite the storybook year – for then rookie prodigyGiants’ Buster...
• 4/17 Baseball Musings: Estimating an Extension: Chris Cwik tries to estimate what the Giants might offer Buster Posey in a contract extension: Since Posey is slightly older than...
• 4/16 Crashburn Alley: Phillies-Giants Game Thread 4/16/2012: East coast fans, get ready for a week of late bedtimes. The Phillies (4-5) begin their first real road trip of the season, with...
• 4/16 MLBTradeRumors: Giants Touch Base With Posey, Lincecum On Contracts: Giants VP of baseball operations Bobby Evans said he contacted Buster Posey's agent today in regards to a possible multiyear...
• 4/16 Yankees Fans Unite: Travel Day: The first full week of baseball of the 2012 season is in the books.  Injuries, bad breaks, unlikely comebacks, and parity were...
• 4/16 Through The Fence Baseball: Giants’ curious handling of Brandon Belt: When the San Francisco Giants rode their incredible pitching staff to a championship in 2010, the run was buoyed by some unexpected...
• 4/13 Raise the Jolly Roger: The slump continues: We’ve been talking about the Bucs’ offensive woes since the season started, and today they were more apparent than...
• 4/13 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Giants | Buster Posey being generous at home plate: The San Francisco Giants told C Buster Posey not to block home plate this year after an injury knocked him out for much of last...[+] season, but one scout thinks he's being way too generous in letting runners score to avoid collisions. 'He's giving runners the entire H.O.V. lane to cross home plate,' said one scout. 'I can understand being cautious after what happened to him, but that's a little too cautious.'
• 4/12 Call to the Pen: Other Ailments Similar to Buster Posey’s Shingles: Buster Posey, member of the San Francisco Giants baseball club, has shingles. Because of course he does? He sat out last night’s...
• 4/11 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Giants | Buster Posey hopes to return Thursday: San Francisco Giants C Buster Posey (illness) hopes to return Thursday, April 12, despite being diagnosed with shingles Monday,...[+] April 9. 'You feel zapped,' Posey said. 'I just feel worn down still. I'm planning on being in there (Thursday), though.' He is taking anti-viral medication and has been told that the condition usually disappears in four to five days, but can take as long as three weeks.
• 4/11 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Giants | Buster Posey out of lineup: San Francisco Giants C Buster Posey (illness) is out of the lineup Wednesday, April 11, because he's dealing with shingles. C...[+] Hector Sanchez is starting behind the plate.
• 4/9 The Golden Sombrero: Staff Picks: Justin’s 2012 MLB Predictions: National League West: Arizona Central: St. Louis East: Philadelphia Wild Card: Washington Wild Card: Miami NLDS: Phillies def....
• 4/9 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Giants | Buster Posey resting: San Francisco Giants C Buster Posey is receiving the day off Monday, April 9, after catching in all three games of the team's...[+] opening series.
• 4/9 Baseball Musings: They Might Not be Giants: So far, Buster Posey and Pablo Sandoval have not been able to carry the Giants by themselves. Especially when the starting pitching...
• 4/8 The Golden Sombrero: Staff Picks: Jim’s 2012 MLB Predictions: National League: West: Arizona Central: St.Louis East: Philadelphia Wild Card:  Atlanta Wild Card: Cincinnati NLDS: Arizona def....
• 4/8 Giants Nirvana: The Giants Are Now 0-3: Well, that was a tough loss. Just like the first two games. After three innings, the Giants had a 6-0 lead. Around the middle...
• 4/8 Baseball Big Bro. Proj.: Small Market Game of The Day - Giants at Diamondbacks: After coming out of nowhere to capture the National League West crown last season, the young Diamondbacks are a fan favorite...
• 4/7 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Giants | Buster Posey goes without a hit: San Francisco Giants C Buster Posey was hitless in four at-bats with a strikeout Saturday, April 7, against the Arizona Diamondbacks,...[+] snapping a 14-game hitting streak dating back to last season.
• 4/7 Baseball Musings: Western Roundup: Jeremy Guthrie lasted seven innings in his Rockies debut as Colorado defeated host Houston 5-3. Colorado new comers Michael Cuddyer...
• 4/6 Giants Nirvana: That Could Have Been a Lot Worse: Willie Bloomquist, who really shouldn’t even be batting leadoff, hit a single off Tim Lincecum to get things going for the...
• 4/6 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Giants | Buster Posey feels normal after opener: San Francisco Giants C Buster Posey (leg) said Friday, April 6, that he felt normal after catching on opening day in his first...[+] game back. 'I'm really happy with where I'm at. I feel good,' Posey said. He had a pair of singles and a walk in four at-bats. Posey also extended his hitting streak to 14 games, which is the longest current active streak.
• 4/6 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Giants | Buster Posey slated to catch all weekend: San Francisco Giants C Buster Posey is expected to catch all three games this weekend, and manager Bruce Bochy will check with...[+] him every day to see how he feels.
• 4/5 MLBTradeRumors: Largest Contracts In Draft History: Baseball new collective bargaining agreement went to rather extreme lengths to restrict amateur spending, so the days of big money...
• 4/5 Through The Fence Baseball: In the Rockpile: Season predictions for the Rockies: With Colorado’s season opener tomorrow night in Houston, it’s time to make my predictions for the season. It is impossible...
• 4/5 Baseball Musings: Belt and Pill: The Giants decided to move Aubrey Huff to the outfield and platoon Brandon Belt and Brett Pill at first base. Despite Belt’s...
• 4/5 obsessivegiantscompulsive: Your 2012 Giants: Opening Day 25-man Roster: Ultimately, the fans' fury and worry was for naught, as the Giants went with youth over vets.  Bochy announced the roster...
• 4/4 MLBTradeRumors: Giants, Yanks Swap Chris Stewart For George Kontos: 2:32pm: The Yankees have acquired Stewart in exchange for right-hander George Kontos, reports MLB.com's Bryan Hoch (on Twitter). Kontos,...
• 4/4 Giants Nirvana: Predicting the Opening Day Roster: It’s been a long offseason, but the 2012 regular season is finally about to begin. The Giants will play their opener on...
• 4/4 Baseball Musings: NL West Preview: The 2012 division previews finishes with the NL West. I’ll use 2011 Wins Above Replacement (WAR) from FanGraphs for the...
• 4/3 Fantasy Baseball Crackerjacks: Fantasy Baseball: Top Player at Every Position: We do a lot of advice based on realistic scenarios here, but that’s not the goal here. No, this is an absolute Dream Team for...
• 4/3 obsessivegiantscompulsive: Your 2012 Giants: Cain Signs 5-Year Extension, new contract: News on the new Matt Cain extension deal, announced about noon time:  Baggerly, Pavlovic, Schulman. The basics of the deal:Old...

• 3/30 Full Spectrum Baseball: Finding Keepers:San Francisco GiantsThe Giants won their first World Series in a long time in 2010....
• 3/30 Release Points: Prospect Watch: Heath Hembree: While Giants General Manager Brian Sabean takes his fair share of criticism – and deservedly so – about the lack of value...
• 3/30 Bus League Baseball: Bus Leagues Top 100 Prospects: 76-100: Everyone loves lists, so I tried my hand at creating a top 100 list for the upcoming season. As far as I can tell, I’ve only...
• 3/30 Pitchers Hit Eighth: UCB Predictions – NL West: If you are going to prognosticate and likely do a poor job of it, you might as well start by shaking up your Magic 8 Ball and...
• 3/30 Baseball Press: Dr. Lineup: The National League West: Dee Gordon is fast...very fast. (US Presswire)Although the results and statistics don't count, spring training games can still...
• 3/30 Crashburn Alley: Talking Belt and Brown with Wendy Thurm: There is an odd parallel between two prospects one wouldn’t have thought would be paired together: Brandon Belt of the San...
• 3/24 Through The Fence Baseball: San Francisco Giants: Best- and worst-case scenarios: Do you smell that? It’s a combination of hot dogs, fresh-cut grass, and over-priced beer. It’s a faint odor now, but it gets...
• 3/24 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Giants | Buster Posey scheduled to play 1B SaturdaySan Francisco Giants C Buster Posey is scheduled to play first base in Cactus League action Saturday, March 24....[+] San Francisco Giants C Buster Posey is scheduled to play first base in Cactus League action Saturday, March 24.
• 3/22 C70 At The Bat: Playing Pepper 2012: San Francisco Giants: In 2009, I decided to get a feel for other teams around baseball by asking bloggers for those teams some questions about their...
• 3/22 22gigantes.com: Giants 5, Indians 3: Brett Pill cranked a three-run homer and Eric Surkamp won his third Cactus League game as the San Francisco Giants defeated the...
• 3/21 For Baseball Junkies: 2012 Predictions: Part Two: McAL/NL MVP: Miguel Cabrera / Jose ReyesAL/NL CY: Jered Weaver / Josh JohnsonAL/NL MOY: Mike Scioscia / Ozzie GuillenAL/NL...
• 3/20 22gigantes.com: D-backs 4, Giants 3: A.J. Pollock smashed a walk-off home run off Wilmin Rodriguez in the 9th inning as the Arizona Diamondbacks defeated the San Francisco...
• 3/20 Fantasy Baseball Crackerjacks: Spring Training Watch: Who’s Hot, Who’s Not?: Hot: Delmon Young Do yourself a favor and keep a close watch on Delmon Young. This is the perfect example of a player that will...
• 3/20 Raising Matt Cain: Ready, Freddy?: It seems likely that Freddy Sanchez will start the season on the DL. Does that mean an opening for Emmanuel Burriss? The former...
• 3/18 22gigantes.com: Predicting the Giants’ 25-man roster…again: Opening Day is just 18 days away (April 6). Based on spring training battles, injuries, and straight-up performance, I have revised...
• 3/17 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Giants | Buster Posey gets three-day break from catching: San Francisco Giants C Buster Posey served as the designated hitter in a minor league exhibition game Saturday, March 17, and...[+] will be rested Sunday, March 18. Following a team-wide off day Monday, March 19, he will return to the lineup against the Arizona Diamondbacks Tuesday, March 20. Posey is expected to catch six innings in the game, which would mark his longest stint behind the plate this spring.
• 3/16 22gigantes.com: Giants 3, Cubs 2: Eric Surkamp will probably start the season in Fresno, but if the Giants need an emergency starter, they know they have a decent...
• 3/16 22gigantes.com: Giants and Cubs hook up at Hohokam today: The San Francisco Giants (9-4-2) visit the Chicago Cubs (6-7) at Hohokam Park today in a Cactus League match-up. The Cubs, you...
• 3/16 The "Mc" Effect: Flashback Friday: 2007 MLB Draft: by Drew Brown The Pirates have definitely had their fair share of “bad draft picks” over the years but when you look through...
• 3/14 22gigantes.com: Giants 2, Indians 2: Buster Posey hit his first home run of the spring—his first since April 24, 2011 actually—and the Giants rallied to a 2-2...
• 3/14 Fragile Freddy's: Freddy 30 to 1: Number 8 - San Francisco Giants: For this year’s forecast I will look at each team on a daily basis.  I think you will find the format pretty self-explanatory.Note...
• 3/14 MLBTradeRumors: First-Time Arbitration Eligible For 2013: Some pre-arbitration eligible players have already signed million dollar extensions, but arbitration eligibility represents the...
• 3/14 Roto Think Tank: 2012 CBS Analyst NL-Only Catchers: In his annual post-mortem, MikeGianella captured the essence of National League catchers: “On average, the National League seems...
• 3/13 The Baseball Page: MLB Preview: NL West all-position team: Our 2012 MLB preview places the eyeball on the best players by position in each division. Find out how the NL West shakes out...
• 3/12 Baseball Reality Tour: Fantasy Baseball: Catchers: At this time last year, I was readjusting to life in NYC after a three-week holiday in rural Bali. Two years ago, I wrote this...
• 3/12 22gigantes.com: Giants 2, Royals 1: That’s what dads are for. Tim Lincecum, who entered today’s Cactus League contest with a team-worst 13.80 ERA had...
• 3/12 22gigantes.com: Royals host Lincecum, Giants: Will Eli Whiteside hit two home runs today? Please… But Whiteside is today’s starting catcher and he will thrown down...
• 3/12 22gigantes.com: Giants 7, Mariners 5: Say this about the San Francisco Giants. They are deep at the catcher position. A day after young catcher Tommy Joseph hit a pair...
• 3/11 The "Mc" Effect: MLB Injury Report: by: Drew Brown (@DruBrownESPN)As far as injuries for the Pirates go, other than A.J. Burnett, they have been fairly healthy...
• 3/11 22gigantes.com: Surkamp faces King Felix today: It’s a battle of the two hottest teams in the desert today as the San Francisco Giants (6-3-1) send left-hander Eric Surkamp...
• 3/11 22gigantes.com: Angels 9, Giants (ss) 5: Aubrey Huff hit his second home run of the spring, but it wasn’t enough as the Los Angeles Angels beat a San Francisco Giants...
• 3/10 Full Spectrum Baseball: The Roster Report – March 10, 2012Don't miss this Roster Report, where we break down the Giants middle infield and Mariners center field options....
• 3/10 22gigantes.com: Giants take on Angels, Brewers today: The Giants will split their squad today with one team, led by starter Shane Loux (0-0, 0.00), heading over to Tempe Diablo Stadium...
• 3/10 22gigantes.com: Giants ink Posey, 18 others to one-year contracts: The San Francisco Giants’ front office was very busy Friday, signing 19 of their youngest players to one-year contracts,...
• 3/10 MLBTradeRumors: NL West Notes: Posey, Moores, Page: Don't expect any inter-sport recruiting from Todd Helton.  The veteran first baseman says he isn't planning to try and sell...
• 3/9 The Baseball Page: REPORT: Matt Cain wants more than $100 million dollars from GiantsREPORT: Matt Cain wants more than $100 million dollars from Giants...
• 3/9 22gigantes.com: Giants 6, Reds 3: Is there anyone hotter than Melky Cabrera right now? The Melk Man did it again today, blasting a two-run homer off Sam LeCure...
• 3/9 The Baseball Page: Fantasy Baseball 2012: Who to Draft and Who to Avoid Drafting: Offense EditionWho to Draft and Who to Avoid Drafting for 2012 Fantasy Baseball...
• 3/9 22gigantes.com: Posey, Freddy return to lineup today against Reds: What a long, strange trip it’s been. Two hundred and eighty-nine days to be exact. That’s the last time manager Bruce...
• 3/9 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Giants | Buster Posey to play: San Francisco Giants C Buster Posey (leg) is scheduled to play in his first Cactus League game Friday, March 9. He will take the...[+] day off Saturday, March 10, and play four innings Sunday, March 11.
• 3/8 22gigantes.com: Giants 5, Padres 2: For the second consecutive day, the Giants staged a late-inning comeback. This time, it was Conor Gillaspie and Juan Perez coming...
• 3/8 Fantasy Baseball Crackerjacks: Looking Ahead: April Series’ that will Radically Alter Fantasy Standings: While the season is long, a game in April counts just as much as a game in September does, especially in fantasy. 3-for-4 with...
• 3/8 22gigantes.com: Dan Runzler out 4-6 weeks with shoulder injury: A visit to renowned orthopedic surgeon Dr. James Andrews’ office in Gulf Breeze, Fla. yesterday by Dan Runzler confirmed...
• 3/7 22gigantes.com: Giants 8, Rockies 6: Usually, when Tim Lincecum gets rocked (which isn’t often), the Giants lose. But this afternoon at Scottsdale Stadium,...
• 3/7 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Giants | Buster Posey could catch Friday: San Francisco Giants manager Bruce Bochy said C Buster Posey (leg) could catch a few innings in a spring game Friday, March 9....[+]
• 3/6 The Baseball Page: San Francisco Giants: 3 Up and 3 Down: 2011 was a bust for the San Francisco Giants. Coming off their improbable World Series victory in 2010, hopes were high for a...
• 3/6 22gigantes.com: Giants 8, Dodgers 4: Jonathan who? New acquisition Melky Cabrera is out to prove 2011 was no fluke. The 27-year-old outfielder quieted his critics...
• 3/6 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Giants | Buster Posey coming along: San Francisco Giants C Buster Posey (leg) said he felt good while doing an extensive baserunning session Tuesday, March 6, and...[+] he remains on course to resume playing this spring. He might run the bases again Wednesday, March 7, and he is anxious to play in a spring game.
• 3/6 Full Spectrum Baseball: Finding keepers: Milwaukee Brewers: The Milwaukee Brewers are expected to have a good team in 2012, which means that finding keepers on their team may be a bit more...
• 3/6 22gigantes.com: Zito takes the hill for Giants today against Doyers: Duck the Fodgers! The NL West’s favorite rivalry rears its 2012 head today as Barry Zito and the San Francisco Giants (1-2-1)...
• 3/6 Fantasy Baseball Crackerjacks: How to Panic Well in a Snake Draft: SCENE: You, shoulders relaxed, with your computer on your lap and your feet propped up on the table. You’re confident. You...
• 3/6 i70baseball.com: Mo’ money, mo’ problems, Mo’…lina?: It’s the second-richest contract for a catcher (Mauer, MIN) in baseball history. Or any history for that matter, I suppose....
• 3/6 Venom Strikes: Keep an Eye on Injury Status of Giants’ Buster Posey: Universally, it seems that Buster Posey is seen as the saviour of the Giants anemic offense.  The Giants finished 29th in baseball...
• 3/6 22gigantes.com: Cain gets the start as G-men take on Brew Crew tonight: Matt Cain will take the hill tonight as the San Francisco Giants (1-1-1) host the Milwaukee Brewers (0-0-1) at Scottsdale Stadium. The...
• 3/6 22gigantes.com: REPORT: Matt Cain wants more than $100 million dollars from Giants: According to CBSSports.com reporter Jon Heyman, the San Francisco Giants’ chances of signing pitcher Matt Cain for less...
• 3/6 22gigantes.com: Giants face Brewers, Snakes in split squad contests: Happy 29th birthday Sergio Romo! To celebrate, the San Francisco Giants will try to gain their first victory of the 2012 Cactus...
• 3/6 22gigantes.com: Want Angel Villalona to live with you? Become a host family for the San Jose Giants!: One of my all-time favorite baseball movies is 2008′s “Sugar,” a film about a 19-year-old Dominican baseball...
• 3/6 Through The Fence Baseball: Team-wins over/under analysis: NL West: The Arizona Diamondbacks are the defending division champs, but I think it’s coming back to the Giants comfortably. The...
• 3/6 Giants Nirvana: Brandon Belt Should Be The Giants’ Everyday LF: So last night ESPN’s Keith Law sent out this tweet, which didn’t paint a positive picture among the Giants fans I...
• 3/6 Crashburn Alley: Constructing the Unbeatable Team, Volume 2: In the summer of 2008, my younger brother killed three hours on a bus in Latvia when a friend of his posed to him what I consider...
• 3/1 Through The Fence Baseball: 2012 fantasy baseball spring preview: VORP: Baseball season is fast approaching. We have roughly a month to absorb what happened last season, what players are on which teams...
• 3/1 MLBTradeRumors: Quick Hits: Burnett, Sizemore, Posey, Yankees: Now that the calendar has flipped to March, Opening Day seems that much closer. Here are some links from around MLB, starting...
• 3/1 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Giants | Buster Posey not ready yet: San Francisco Giants C Buster Posey (leg), who won't start the team's spring opener Saturday, March 3, will need more time before...[+] he's ready to play in an exhibition game this spring. 'We've been here 10 days, and you may think that's a long time,' manager Bruce Bochy said. 'But when a guy hasn't played in four, five months or longer, it takes time. But I will say this: He's real close. If we wanted to force the issue, we could.' Posey has yet to do sliding drills, and he said his ankle has been stiff and sore when introduced to new running drills.

• 2/29 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Giants | Buster Posey unlikely to catch in spring opener: San Francisco Giants C Buster Posey (leg) is unlikely to catch in the team's spring opener Saturday, March 3, against the Arizona...[+] Diamondbacks, but he could be in there to swing the bat. He has done some running but not much baserunning on the bases. Manager Bruce Bochy hopes Posey will be a full go in spring games around the second week.
• 2/29 22gigantes.com: Spring training recap—Day 12: It’s Leap Day (happy birthday, Will The Thrill!), so naturally the focus of today’s blog is on Giants catcher Buster...
• 2/29 Fantasy Baseball Crackerjacks: Fantasy Baseball’s Walking Dead: There were plenty of tears in 2011 when it came to injuries. Several big name players went down and were left for dead. (Indulge...
• 2/29 Ramblings of Baseball: RomoBall Fantasy Preview – 9th Edition (81-90): Over the course of the season, bounces and breaks will go for you and against you. Games get rained out. Players get tossed. Games...
• 2/29 22gigantes.com: Spring training recap—Day 11: Barry Zito is such a tease. Some days he looks like the Cy Young award winner the Giants thought they were getting in 2007. Other...
• 2/28 Baseball Musings: Changes, San Francisco Giants: The Giants will find out if Melky Cabera's 2011 season was a fluke or a new level of production. Photo: Jeff Moffett/Icon...
• 2/28 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Giants | Buster Posey sits out: San Francisco Giants C Buster Posey (leg) was excused from team drills Monday, Feb. 27, as the team continues to find ways to...[+] rest him throughout spring training.
• 2/27 22gigantes.com: Spring training recap—Day 10: “Stuff’s gettin’ better.” — The Postman, quoting “President” Richard Starkey, The Postman...
• 2/27 22gigantes.com: Spring training recap—Day 9: It was a milestone day for Giants catcher Buster Posey, who hit live pitching for the first time since May 25, 2011. I don’t...
• 2/27 Mastersball.com: It's a Long Way Back: I am looking at my player rankings and tiers in preparation for a draft on Sunday night with “Rotoman’s Regulars”. Rotoman,...
• 2/27 SOX & Dawgs: Gigantic Sox and Dawgs 2012 MLB Preview: Day 1 – NL West: Welcome to the Gigantic Sox and Dawgs 2012 MLB preview.  Over the next week you will get a team by team look at its key players,...
• 2/26 SOX & Dawgs: Gigantic Sox and Dawgs 2012 MLB Preview: Day 1 – NL West: Welcome to the Gigantic Sox and Dawgs 2012 MLB preview.  Over the next week you will get a team by team look at its key players,...
• 2/25 Tyler's Think Tank: NL West Preview: 1st Place-San Francisco Giants 2011 Record: 86-76 2011 Pythagorean: 80-82 2012 Projected: 91-71 San Francisco had one of the...
• 2/24 22gigantes.com: Spring training recap—Day 7: With everybody in camp, the San Francisco Giants conducted their first full-team workout today at Scottsdale Stadium. Most of...
• 2/24 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Giants | Buster Posey takes part in 1B drills: San Francisco Giants C Buster Posey was part of the group doing first base drills Friday, Feb. 24. Manager Bruce Bochy said he...[+] does not want Posey working too much at 1B during the spring, but he wants him just comfortable enough if he is needed to play there.
• 2/23 FantasySportsKings.com: 2012 Catcher PreviewCatcher has always been one of the weakest positions in fantasy baseball. It used to be that after the top......
• 2/23 Through The Fence Baseball: The Hot Corner: A.J. Burnett, Jeremy Lin, Chris Brown and Rihanna:   The hottest topics for the week of February 20, 2012 … Salary dump: The Yankees traded A.J. Burnett to the Pirates...
• 2/23 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Giants | Still cautious with Buster Posey: San Francisco Giants C Buster Posey (leg) took batting practice and worked on some catching Thursday, Feb. 23, but manager Bruce...[+] Bochy still plans to take a cautious approach with his star catcher. 'We have to find out how he responds,' Bochy said. 'I've said all along that it won't be until the middle of spring before he ramps it up a little more.'
• 2/22 22gigantes.com: Spring training recap—Day 5: Most of the veteran hitters are now in camp, minus one: Melky Cabrera. The Giants have asked all position players to arrive by...
• 2/22 Mastersball.com: Crash Course: I am sort of getting a kick out of this Twitter thing, that I started doing last week. It is kind of like Dr. Pepper: not a cola,...
• 2/21 22gigantes.com: Spring training recap—Day 4: Position players aren’t supposed to show up to spring training until later this week (the first full workout is scheduled...
• 2/20 22gigantes.com: Spring Training recap—Day 3: Stop me if you’ve heard this one before. The Giants suffered another injury Monday when it was revealed that minor league...
• 2/20 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Giants | Buster Posey recovering nicely: San Francisco Giants C Buster Posey (leg) said he had a 'normal' workout Sunday, Feb. 19, and he remains pain-free. He participated...[+] in every drill but will skip the sessions Monday, Feb. 20, to avoid doing too much too quickly. The team will continue to limit Posey on certain days, and his recovery is still undetermined by the medical staff. Posey would like to play in the spring opener March 3.
• 2/20 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Giants | Buster Posey told not to block plate: San Francisco Giants manager Bruce Bochy has instructed C Buster Posey (leg) not to block the plate this year if a player is trying...[+] to score after his All-Star catcher broke his leg in a similar situation last season.
• 2/19 Baseball Musings: Buster Won’t Block: Bruce Bochy ordered Buster Posey not to block the plate: “I’ll take this out of Buster’s hands,” Bochy...
• 2/19 The Daily Catch: Injury Bug Already Rears it’s Head in Giants Camp: This article is courtesy of our friends at The Giants Baseball Blog Written by: Trevor Cole Today we’ll take a day off of...
• 2/19 22gigantes.com: Spring Training recap—Day 2: What a sight for sore eyes! There he was, sitting in the squat, receiving fastballs and assorted other pitches from familiar batterymates...
• 2/19 Call to the Pen: Buster Posey and Joe Mauer, Two Very Different Comebacks: The start of spring training marks yet another chance for many players to prove themselves.  Even players who thought their millions...
• 2/19 Baseball Musings: The Other Jesus: Jesus Flores is healthy and played well in winter ball. Right now, he is the backup to Wilson Ramos on the Nationals: For now,...
• 2/18 22gigantes.com: Spring Training recap—Day 1: Baseball is back! Catchers and pitchers reported to Scottsdale Stadium this morning as the San Francisco Giants kicked off another...
• 2/18 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Giants | Buster Posey not likely to see time at 1B in ST: San Francisco Giants manager Bruce Bochy said Saturday, Feb. 18, that C Buster Posey (leg) is not likely to see time at first...[+] base, at least early on during spring training. 'Early on he'll concentrate on catching,' Bochy said. 'He may stand out there but it's not something where we'll be hitting ground balls at him. We've got a few other guys at first base.'
• 2/18 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Giants | Buster Posey might catch exhibition opener: San Francisco Giants manager Bruce Bochy said C Buster Posey (leg) might catch the exhibition opener but otherwise is expected...[+] to have a light workload during the first week. He is unlikely to catch on consecutive days at first.
• 2/17 Obstructed View: My Top 2012 Cubs Prospects, Part 1: Following the Cubs minor leagues in 2012 is probably going to be more fun than following the big league team. Hopefully it will...
• 2/17 Fantasy Baseball Crackerjacks: 2 Catchers that will be your 2012 AL and NL Comeback Players of the Year: Here we have 2 catchers that are both coming off of injury years, but who previously were hitting 3rd in their respective line-ups....
• 2/17 MetsToday.com: Memories of Gary Carter: What I remember about Gary Carter, a.k.a., “The Kid” … The Best Backstop The moment Johnny Bench moved to third...
• 2/17 22gigantes.com: 13 Giant questions entering spring training: The San Francisco Giants are about to embark on their 55th season of play since moving west from New York in 1958. As hope for...
• 2/10 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Giants | Buster Posey to play 1B frequently: The San Francisco Giants plan to use C Buster Posey (leg) at first base this year around once a week to lessen the wear and tear...[+] on his body behind the plate. '(My ankle) feels good and has progressively gotten better and better,' Posey said. 'The biggest concern, I think, coming back from this was to gain my range of motion back, and I feel like I completely have my range back almost 100 percent. If it's not 100 percent, it's really close.' Posey is hoping to take part in the team's spring opener March 3 and it's realistic to think he can play in the regular season opener April 6 against the Arizona Diamondbacks.
• 2/9 STLCardinalBaseball: Predicting which Cardinals could have a breakout year: Every year there are a handful of players in the majors that have a monster and unpredictable year think of Ryan Ludwick in ’08...
• 2/6 Giants Nirvana: Interview: Bruce Bochy: If you listened to the blogger interview session with Bruce Bochy and Brian Sabean, you’ll notice that most of the questions...
• 2/6 FantasySportsKings.com: NL West Preview – Sleepers and Prospects: In 2011, the Arizona Diamondbacks won their first division title since 2007. In December they traded for starting pitcher Trevor......
• 2/6 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Giants | Buster Posey to try new catcher's mask: San Francisco Giants C Buster Posey will try a traditional two-piece catcher's mask during spring training instead of the goalie-style...[+] catching mask he has previously used. The worry among coaches on staff was Posey's mask left him more vulnerable to concussions and head trauma due to foul balls.
• 2/5 22gigantes.com: San Francisco Giants 2012 FanFest—a big yawn: If standing in line for three hours to get an autograph is your thing, then no doubt you had a great time at the San Francisco...
• 2/5 Baseball Musings: Masked Man: Buster Posey will experiment with a traditional catcher’s mask this year to see if the mask/helmet combination feels better...
• 2/4 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Giants | Buster Posey making progress in rehab: San Francisco Giants C Buster Posey (leg) feels he will be completely healthy by Opening Day. 'I've done some stuff I didn't think...[+] I'd be doing so soon,' he said. 'I started taking batting practice on the field about three weeks before I thought I would. Timing is a huge part of hitting. I'm optimistic it'll be pretty smooth.' Defensively, Posey hasn't had any problems crouching but admitted that his left ankle doesn't feel the same as before. He is expected to get the bulk of his playing time behind the plate but will also see some time at first base.
• 2/3 Giants Nirvana: Greetings from Media Day: I’m here at AT&T Park, awaiting the beginning of Giants Media Day. I just rode up in an elevator with Brian Sabean, Santiago...
• 2/3 Pitchers Hit Eighth: REVIEW: If the Cardinals could add anyone, whom should they add?: Last week I asked the question, “If the Cardinals could add anyone, whom should they add?”  I was curious to see which active...

• 1/31 MLB Dirt: Forget Pat Burrell’s Stats for a Moment: Much has been made in recent weeks concerning the fan experience versus the analytic experience of baseball. My friends over at...
• 1/31 22gigantes.com: Predicting the San Francisco Giants’ 40-man roster and 2012 Opening Day lineup: There will likely be some more tinkering with the 40-man roster between now and Opening Day (April 5), but the San Francisco Giants...
• 1/31 Chicken Friars: Home Field Advantage; A Story of How The Padres Can Sneak Up On Everyone: Jennifer Stewart-US PRESSWIRE - San Diego Fans would love to see that banner hanging from their park...with a Padres logo of course....
• 1/30 Blogging From The Bleachers: It’s Nearly Time for Fantasy Baseball Once Again: Generally speaking, I don’t tend to delve much into the fantasy sports world in any of my writing. It’s not that I have anything...
• 1/22 Through The Fence Baseball: Fantasy baseball preview: National League catchers: When constructing a fantasy baseball team, it’s often easy to determine a draft strategy for most positions with the exception...
• 1/18 Through The Fence Baseball: Sandoval’s extension good for Giants: The San Francisco Giants have signed Pablo Sandoval to a three-year, $17.15 million contract, which will finish off all of his...
• 1/18 Through The Fence Baseball: Giants 2012 lineup hopefully better with healthy key players: In 2011, the San Francisco Giants had the second-fewest runs scored and the third-worst batting average in the league. A year...
• 1/13 22gigantes.com: Civil War reenactment to reach center stage as Selig prepares tr square off against Giants: If you’ve never attended a Civil War Reenactment, you probably should put that on your bucket list. I attended one a few...
• 1/12 The Daily Catch: Why You Are a Spoiled Brat (Giants): This article is courtesy of our friends at McCovey Chronicles Written by: Grant Brisbee And when I write “you” in...
• 1/10 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Giants | Buster Posey adds in sprints: Updating previous reports, San Francisco Giants C Buster Posey (leg) has added 30- and 60-yard sprints to his routine. He's also...[+] doing agility drills and mild distance running.
• 1/4 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Giants | Buster Posey moves to throwing and hitting: In a message on the San Francisco Giants' Twitter account, C Buster Posey (leg) told everyone he has begun hitting and throwing....[+] 'I started back up throwing and hitting today. January is always an important month,' Posey said.
• 1/3 Raising Matt Cain: Twelve for 2012: Matt Cain: Matt Cain got it all started in 2002 when he was the team's number one pick (25th overall). Zack Greinke, Cole Hamels, Nick...
• 1/3 Rays Colored Glasses: What if the Rays didn’t select Tim Beckham first overall in 2008?: In hindsight, it’s hard to term the Rays’ selection of Tim Beckham with the first overall pick in the 2008 MLB Draft...
• 1/2 Raising Matt Cain: Twelve for 2012: Pablo Sandoval: Pablo Sandoval signed a contract with the Giants when he was a mere lad of sixteen. You can do that when you are a foreigner...

• 12/30 Bus League Baseball: Prospect A-Z Day 23: Zack Wheeler: Yesterday, Prospect A-Z reviewed Arodys Vizcaino, a hard throwing righty for Atlanta. He has a high ceiling in either the rotation...
• 12/30 Baseball Musings: Silent Treatment: Giants Win doesn’t want new San Francisco controlling partner Charles Johnson to give the fans the silent treatment: I don’t...
• 12/28 MLBTradeRumors: Checking In On Baseball’s Lowest Scoring Offenses: The Giants won the 2010 World Series with an unspectacular offense and won 86 games in 2011 with one of the lowest scoring offenses...
• 12/27 Raising Matt Cain: Twelve for 2012: Buster: We talked about the draft class of 2008 and the jewel of that group: the one and only Buster Posey. He's a guy that doesn't need...
• 12/27 Bus League Baseball: Prospect A-Z Day 20: Tim Beckham: I hope everyone had a good holiday. Last week, Prospect A-Z wrapped up with Tyler Skaggs, the lefty Arizona received from Anaheim...
• 12/26 Raising Matt Cain: Twelve for 2012: The Brandons: OK, I'm cheating. There will be thirteen Giants on my 2012 radar. It's a devil's dozen--perfect for Christmas. Besides I'm a 13...
• 12/24 Giants Nirvana: Devil’s Advocate: The Cardinals signed Carlos Beltran today to a two-year $25MM deal. It’s an extremely reasonable contract, and one that...
• 12/17 MLBTradeRumors: Giants Sign Eli Whiteside: The Giants have signed catcher Eli Whiteside to a Major League contract, reports John Shea of The San Francisco Chronicle (on...
• 12/16 22gigantes.com: It’s official: Giants re-sign Eli Whiteside: Aaron Gleeman at NBC Hard Ball Talk has reported that the Giants have made it official: Eli Whiteside is coming back to San Francisco....
• 12/15 22gigantes.com: Giants brass talk to fans about payroll, the 2012 season, and Juan Marichal’s magic touch: Giants manager Bruce Bochy, pitching coach Dave Righetti, CEO Larry Baer and general manager Brian Sabean all sat down tonight...
• 12/15 Through The Fence Baseball: Giants’ Madison Bumgarner pacing for prominence in 2012: Prior to Opening Day each year, MLB experts are typically asked to predict who they believe will win each of the league’s major...
• 12/14 22gigantes.com: Eli’s coming (back)?: Well, that didn’t last long. Quicker than a Kim Kardashian divorce, the Giants are close to reuniting themselves with catcher...
• 12/14 MLBTradeRumors: Giants, Eli Whiteside Nearing Deal: The Giants are nearing a deal with catcher Eli Whiteside, John Shea of the San Francisco Chronicle reports (on Twitter). San...
• 12/12 Raising Matt Cain: Proud Sponsor!: Raising Matt Cain is now the proud sponsor of Conor Gillaspie! At least his page on Baseball-Reference. I used to sponsor Matt...
• 12/12 22gigantes.com: Giants non-tender Whiteside, Keppinger: The non-tender deadline passed tonight with the San Francisco Giants declining to offer contracts to catcher Eli Whiteside and...
• 12/12 Giants Nirvana: The Non-Tender Deadline: So this is the Giants’ offseason. The biggest remaining decision, Mike Fontenot or Jeff Keppinger, will be made today. And...
• 12/10 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Giants | Buster Posey doing cardiovascular work: San Francisco Giants C Buster Posey (leg) is continuing his smooth recovery from extensive left leg injuries, and he appears poised...[+] to intensify his training, according to head athletic trainer Dave Groeschner. 'We talked about ramping up his conditioning program in January,' Groeschner said. Posey is working out at his home in Georgia, and is doing mostly cardiovascular work. The team expects Posey to be ready to participate in drills when they begin spring training workouts in mid-February.
• 12/10 22gigantes.com: Links and stuff: Forgive the lackluster post title. (What do you want? It’s just a blog.) While you ponder that, here are a few links to...
• 12/5 22gigantes.com: Winter meetings update: Nakajima, Ludwick, Schierholtz, Crawford, Huff, Posey, Ross, Hairston, Freddy, B-Weez and more…: Day One of baseball’s annual Winter Meetings — where GMs sit around smoking cigars while toying with rumor-hungry...
• 12/5 Giants Nirvana: 2011 Season in Review: Catchers: Buster Posey: When we look back on Posey’s 2011 season, this will inevitably be what we remember. Posey only played in 45...
• 12/5 Baseball Musings: Bochy Satisfied: Bruce Bochy is satisfied with his position players: “Yes, I am. Not that we’re not talking (about pursuing other players)....
• 12/5 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Giants | Buster Posey could play some 1B: San Francisco Giants manager Bruce Bochy said Monday, Dec. 5, that C Buster Posey (leg) could play a fair amount of first base...[+] when he returns from his injury next season.
• 12/4 22gigantes.com: Winter meetings update: Marlins sign Reyes, Sanchez to begin throwing Monday: Baseball’s annual Winter Meetings began Sunday night with a splash. Unfortunately, it wasn’t the sound of a Rawlings...
• 12/2 obsessivegiantscompulsive: Posey Power Activated!: Clearly I have to write this post first.  People still think that the offense is not good enough to win with.  Notice...
• 12/1 Marlin Maniac: Logan Morrison needs surgery, talks about run-ins with management: Logan Morrison had some clashes with management in 2011. Part of the fault should be put on Morrison for not always filtering...

• 11/29 22gigantes.com: Hot stove update: Operation Panda 3.0, Buster plays golf, no free agent “big splashes” this winter, and more…: Key members of the Giants’ front office held a press conference with reporters today to announce the contract extensions...
• 11/29 Giants Nirvana: On the Sabean Extension: It’s relatively easy to objectively evaluate players. That’s not the case with managers or GMs, however — though...
• 11/29 22gigantes.com: Sabean, Bochy extended through 2013: Sabean and Bochy lovers rejoice. Haters keep on hating. The San Francisco Giants announced today that they have signed general...
• 11/28 Blog Red Machine: Missed Opportunity:   Several months ago, as the trade deadline approached, I suggested on June 9th the Reds should make the move and trade to...
• 11/26 22gigantes.com: REPORT: Giants reject Yankees’ offer for Matt Cain: According to Mike Silva’s NY Baseball Digest, the New York Yankees recently offered the Giants a boatload of talented players...
• 11/26 Giants Nirvana: 2012 Bill James Projections: It’s the offseason. That means hot stove rumors. That means prospect rankings. And that means projections. Bill James’...
• 11/26 Baseball Musings: Could Pebbles Be Next?: In light of the Oakland Athletics hiring Chili Davis as their hitting coach, Giants Win calls for San Francisco to fire Hensley...
• 11/25 MLBTradeRumors: Baseball’s Hardest-To-Obtain Commodity : When Major League executives discuss what they’re looking for in the amateur draft, they use phrases like “middle-of-the-order...
• 11/22 Fanspeak.com: Nationals Need To Look At Extending Players This Offseason
• 11/22 Fragile Freddy's: Freddy's Two-a-Days: San Francisco Giants: 86-76, 2nd place, 8 GBFragile Freddy’s “Two A Days” series continues today with the San Francisco Giants.  Each day...
• 11/22 Roto Think Tank: 2011 N.L. Catchers: You have to squint to see it, but the market on N.L. catchers last year was a little more aggressive than in years past.Ten...
• 11/18 Raising Matt Cain: The price of success: Only Baseball Matters has a post that echoes what we've talked about here, namely that Clayton Kershaw ought to thank the Giants...
• 11/17 MLBTradeRumors: Giants Links: Lincecum, Free Agents, Baer: A few notes regarding the 2010 World Series champs ... Tim Lincecum's agent, Rick Thurman of Beverly Hills Sports Council,...
• 11/17 22gigantes.com: Giants’ hot stove update: Sizemore, Lincecum, Cain, Posey, Freddy…and birthday wishes too: Happy 22nd birthday, Hector Sanchez! Hope it’s all you want it to be. Now onto a few quick links for those of you following...
• 11/15 22gigantes.com: 22 San Francisco Giants prospects you need to know: Who will be the next Buster Posey? Most baseball experts concede that Gary Brown is the Giants’ top prospect today, and...
• 11/15 Bus League Baseball: Prospect A-Z Day 2: Trevor Bauer: Yesterday, we reviewed one of the Rockies’ top prospects, third baseman Nolan Arenado. He’s been a solid, above average...
• 11/14 Through The Fence Baseball: Craig Kimbrel takes home NL Rookie of the Year over Freddie Freeman: Earl Williams (1971), Bob Horner (1978), David Justice (1990), Rafael Furcal (2000), and now Craig Kimbrel (2011). BBWA just announced...
• 11/10 Through The Fence Baseball: What the San Francisco Giants must do to reclaim their throne: The end of October marked the end to one of the most improbable World Series championship teams in recent memory. I am referring...
• 11/9 High Heat Stats: Wilson Ramos kidnapped: In an incredibly scary development, Nationals' catcher Wilson Ramos has been kidnapped in his home country of Venezuela. Not...
• 11/5 Giants Nirvana: Splash Hits: Prospect Ranking Season Begins…: San Francisco Giants 2012 Top 15 Prospects San Francisco Giants 2012 Top 15 Prospects by the Bullpen Banter staff. 2011 Beyond...
• 11/5 MLBTradeRumors: Giants Open To Trading Jonathan Sanchez: With a need for offensive upgrades pretty much all over the field, the Giants are open to trading Jonathan Sanchez to free up...
• 11/4 22gigantes.com: Should the Giants really trade Tim Lincecum?: Trade rumors in November swirl just as much as the autumn leaves in the backyard this time of year, so it’s no surprise...
• 11/4 obsessivegiantscompulsive: On Your Mark: 2011 Free Agent Season: With the World Series over, after a inspiring Cards win, showing you should never give up (or an agonizing Rangers loss, coming...
• 11/4 obsessivegiantscompulsive: Now Catching (Up With) Buster Posey: Been meaning to point out this milestone in Posey's recovery, courtesy of Henry Schulman of the Chronicle:  Good news from...
• 11/4 NY Baseball Digest: Yanks Have Goods to Land Lincecum, Do Giants Have the Desire?: Dave Cameron of Fangraphs discussed how he believes the Giants may be wise to move Tim Lincecum since he projects to make...
• 11/2 22gigantes.com: Arizona Fall league update (part 3): If you’re not on Twitter, you’re missing out on some pretty cool pictures that the Giants’ official Twitter...
• 11/1 Giants Nirvana: Larry Baer on Chronicle Live: “Keep the Pitching Intact”: Giants president Larry Baer just appeared on Chronicle Live (on CSN Bay Area), discussing the offseason to come. A lot of it was...
• 11/1 Raising Matt Cain: On What the Giants Need for 2012: What seems to make sense to me, rather than flying off the handle about what the Giants may or may not do, is to first look at...
• 11/1 22gigantes.com: VIDEO: Posey in the squat: Missing Buster? Me too. That’s why I was encouraged when I found the following :17 snippet of the Giants’ star catcher...

• 10/31 Giants Nirvana: News and Notes: Gold Glove Awards, Elias Rankings: After a fantastic season of defense at third base, Pablo Sandoval is nominated for a Gold Glove award, along with Placido Polanco...
• 10/31 Motor City Bengals: Carlos Beltran Could Pay Off For Tigers: Right before the trading deadline this past season, San Francisco made a questionable move. With Buster Posey out for the year,...
• 10/30 Raising Matt Cain: If it's not too dear . . .: So the Giants threw money at Jeremy Affeldt and Javier Lopez. Like that worries you? The Giants may be the worst team in the...
• 10/28 22gigantes.com: Sabean discusses latest on Posey, Freddy and the budget for his starting pitchers: Comcast SportsNet Bay Area’s Mychael Urban tracked down Giants general manager Brian Sabean (who is in Arizona attending...
• 10/27 MLBTradeRumors: Offseason Outlook: San Francisco Giants: The Giants want to determine the long-term futures of their top starting pitchers, and support them in 2012 with improved offense...
• 10/26 Giants Nirvana: Mychael Urban Interviews Brian Sabean (October 26, 2010): Mychael Urban of CSN Bay Area interviewed Giants GM Brian Sabean today…a few notes – In regards to payroll, Sabean...
• 10/21 FanSided: Giant Catching Predicament: Eli Whiteside Vs. Chris Stewart: With the imminent return of Buster Posey, the Giants find themselves in a bit of a predicament when it comes to their backup catching...
• 10/21 AroundTheFoghorn: Giant Catching Predicament: Eli Whiteside Vs. Chris Stewart: With the imminent return of Buster Posey, the Giants find themselves in a bit of a predicament when it comes to their backup catching...
• 10/12 Raising Matt Cain: Here's some news: Buster Posey is catching again. While I enjoy watching the Tigers, Rangers, Cardinals, and Brewers fight it out in the post-season,...
• 10/11 B-R Blog: Notes on Nelson Cruz’s performance: It's always neat to look at the scoreboard and see that the home team won an extra inning game by 4 runs. There's only one way...
• 10/10 22gigantes.com: Matt Cain to Yankees? I think not: According to an article by New York Daily Post writer John Harper, the New York Yankees may try to convince the Giants to take...
• 10/6 Giants Nirvana: Thank you, Pablo Sandoval: Earlier today, I posted the October roundtable. The first question was pretty straight-forward: Who’s your 2011 Giants MVP?...
• 10/6 mlbreports.com : Johnny Monell Interview: San Francisco Giants Catching Prospect: Thursday October 6, 2011 Jonathan Hacohen (Lead Baseball Columnist – MLB reports):  We are proud today to feature on MLB...
• 10/6 22gigantes.com: Larry Baer’s goal: “To compete for a championship every single season”: Giants CEO Larry Baer sent a letter out to season ticket holders yesterday and promised one goal: to compete for a world championship...
• 10/5 22gigantes.com: Villalona drops lawsuit, rejoins Giants organization: According to The Associated Press, former Giants first base prospect Angel Villalona is now back to “current” status...
• 10/4 Phillies Nation: NLDS Game 3: Phillies (1-1) at Cardinals (1-1): Philadelphia Phillies (1-1) at St. Louis Cardinals (1-1) Jaime Garcia, LHP vs. Cole Hamels, LHP Time: 5:07 p.m., Busch Stadium...
• 10/3 mlbreports.com : How to Value and Manage Catchers on Your MLB Fantasy Team: Monday October 3, 2011     Peter Stein (Fantasy Baseball Analyst – MLB reports):  The catching position is one that...
• 10/1 Bay City Ball: Shopping list (and predictions) for next year’s team: The Giants will enter 2012 with something to prove after failing to make the playoffs this season. Getting Buster Posey back —...

• 9/29 22gigantes.com: 11 reasons the Giants folded in 2011: At the start of the 2011 season, many Giants fans were still rubbing the hangover from their eyes, fresh off San Francisco’s...
• 9/28 22gigantes.com: Surkamp thumped again as Giants lose 2011 season finale: Rookie left-hander Eric Surkamp got tagged for four runs on eight hits and two walks and couldn’t get out of the fifth inning...
• 9/28 Baseball Musings: Love Them Like a Rock: The Rockies defeat the Giants 6-3 to end two disappointing seasons. Drew Pomeranz got the win. The Rockies hope he will be the...
• 9/26 22gigantes.com: 2011: The Year of the Injury: If 2010 was the Year of the Pitcher, then this year most certainly has to be the Year of the Injury — 24 to be exact....
• 9/25 22gigantes.com: D-backs pound nail in Giants’ coffin with 15-2 drubbing: “Turn out the lights, the party’s over.” — Don Meredith, former MNF announcer With the slimmest of hopes,...
• 9/24 Giants Nirvana: Game Recap: DBacks Clinch NL West: Diamondbacks 3, Giants 1. Well, there goes the NL West. Orlando Cabrera accounted for the Giants’ lone run with a solo shot...
• 9/23 MLBTradeRumors: NL West Notes: Dodgers, Haren, Posey, Rockies: Notes from the NL West as the D'Backs could clinch an improbable division title tonight.... Major League Baseball has asked...
• 9/23 22gigantes.com: D-backs can clinch NL West tonight: From here on out, the San Francisco Giants need pure perfection. They need to win every single game left on their schedule, and...
• 9/21 Through The Fence Baseball: Grindin’ With The Champs: San Francisco Giants end game: The Giants finally re-found the magic in September with an eight-game win streak. They’ve surged to within five games of...
• 9/21 Tyler's Think Tank: Playoff Picture: One Week to Go: It's hard to believe, but the MLB regular season ends a week from today.  So with only seven or eight games remaining on...
• 9/20 22gigantes.com: Boras says Beltran “seriously considering” return to Giants: The Associated Press is reporting tonight that Scott Boras, the most powerful sports agent in the world, will have lunch with...
• 9/19 Through The Fence Baseball: Grindin’ With The Champs: San Francisco Giants end game: The Giants finally re-found the magic in September with an eight-game win streak. They’ve surged to within five games of...
• 9/18 MLBTradeRumors: Week In Review: 9/11/11 - 9/17/11: We're just weeks away from the postseason, but there's still hot stove news flying around left and right, so let's look back...
• 9/17 22gigantes.com: Brown, Surkamp named to Baseball America’s 2011 Minor League All-Star teams: Baseball America, the industry authority on all things minor league, has released its 2011 Minor League All-Star team and two...
• 9/16 22gigantes.com: Beltran wants to come back, but only if Giants get more bats: Can you blame him? Carlos Beltran told the San Jose Mercury News Thursday that he is open to re-signing with the Giants next year,...
• 9/16 Phillies Nation: Dr. Strangeglove: On Mainlining Maalox: Now that the Phillies are officially in the playoffs, we can start discussing what might happen when they get there. I’m...
• 9/16 MLBTradeRumors: Beltran Would Consider Giants; Wants More Offense: Carlos Beltran won’t rule out the possibility of returning to San Francisco when he hits free agency after the season, but...
• 9/10 Bay City Ball: Cy Youngs, MVPs and moving on: I think  we’ve been trying to prepare you for the inevitable for a while now here at Bay City Ball: The Giants are not...
• 9/9 MetsToday.com: Giants Release Aaron Rowand, Miguel Tejada: The San Francisco Giants have released veterans Aaron Rowand and Miguel Tejada. You may be wondering why this news is appearing...
• 9/9 Giants Nirvana: Thoughts on Buster Posey, Catcher: Via Baggs: For all Buster Posey‘s insistence that he will be the starting catcher on opening day, there is a strong undercurrent...
• 9/8 Giants Nirvana: Off-Day Rundown: There are two main issues with the Giants right now: 1) They need to be starting Brandon Belt. This is something that I’ve...
• 9/8 MLBTradeRumors: Five Non-Moves That Shaped The 2011 Season: Blockbuster trades and record-breaking free agent contracts are lots of fun, but not all rumors turn into reality. Some of the...
• 9/4 MLBTradeRumors: Cafardo's Latest: Fielder, Nathan, Hart, Mauer: One major league source told Nick Cafardo of the Boston Globe that a lot of lefty relievers were blocked by teams and never got...
• 9/1 Through The Fence Baseball: Next year, rookie pitchers will take over MLB: Last year was the year of the hitter, with rookies like Mike Stanton, Buster Posey, Jason Heyward, Starlin Castro and a host of...

• 8/30 obsessivegiantscompulsive: Your 2011 Giants: Apocalypse Now or Not: It's August 30, and your Giants team is down by 5 games in the standings.  Not that long ago, the Giants were right there,...
• 8/30 Giants Nirvana: I give up: As I write this, the Giants are but four games back in the NL West, but it’s soon to be five — the Diamondbacks are...
• 8/29 The Crazy Crabbers: The GRIT Leaderboard: The helpful guys at Royals Authority have inspired me, they have come up with an ingenious stat that they have...
• 8/28 Raising Matt Cain: Way to look, rook!: Eric Surkamp wasn't exactly smooth and polished, but he showed grit and fortitude aplenty. Toss in a little luck and some help...
• 8/25 22gigantes.com: Gary Brown named SJ’s Offensive Player of the Year: According to the San Jose Giants Facebook page, 2010 first round draft pick Gary Brown has been named the team’s 2011 Offensive...
• 8/25 22gigantes.com: Today’s lineups: HOU (42-88) at SF (69-61): The Giants and Astros begin a four-game series tonight at AT&T Park. First pitch is 7:15 p.m. Ryan Vogelsong (10-3, 2.47)...
• 8/22 Through The Fence Baseball: Grindin’ with the Champs: Giants hanging in there by the grace of the baseball gods: The injury-decimated San Francisco Giants have staggered through August, going 7-13 (16-20 since the All-Star break) and falling...
• 8/18 mlbreports.com : Tyler LaTorre: Interview with San Francisco Giants Catcher: Thursday August 18, 2011    MLB reports:  Today on the Reports we are proud to feature Tyler LaTorre, a catcher with the...
• 8/18 WSJ Daily Fix: No-Hit Giants Retain Playoff Hopes: The Count: San Francisco is the lowest-scoring NL team but has a shot at returning to the playoffs to try to defend its World...
• 8/16 Dropped Strike Three: Baseball Musings: With Sunday's washout, we're going on 48 hours without Phillies baseball. Combine that with the fact that Yahoo's fantasy site...
• 8/16 Crashburn Alley: NLDS Choices: Diamondbacks vs. Giants: As Phillies fans looked towards this three-game set with the Arizona Diamondbacks, there was one suggestion frequently made: the...
• 8/15 Bay City Ball: The Confusing Case of Brandon Belt: Brandon Belt took the first flight out of Fresno on Saturday, heading to Miami and to the big club for the fourth time in 2011....
• 8/8 22gigantes.com: Series preview: PIT (54-59) at SF (63-52): Two teams in serious tailspins meet up this week at AT&T Park. The Giants, losers of eight of their last 10, will host the...
• 8/8 NY Baseball Digest: The Saga of Daniel Murphy, More on Montero’s Ability to Catch, Posada in San Francisco, Mariano’s Quiet Struggles, More Reyes Contract Talk: Daniel Murphy’s career has started to resemble a Greek Tragedy. He wins a job in 2010, but hurts his knee running the bases...
• 8/6 Giants Nirvana: Giants News and Notes: Barry Zito to make a rehab start on Sunday: Some quick morning news and notes… Barry Zito is set to begin his rehab assignment on Sunday, making a start with the San...
• 8/5 Bay City Ball: Limited DeRosa plays a lot of positions: This is old news at this point, but let me get this all straight. So the Giants 1) have one of the worst offenses in all of Major...
• 8/4 22gigantes.com: Series preview: PHI (71-39) at SF (62-49): By all accounts, the Philadelphia Phillies should be the favored team in this weekend's four-game series between the defending...
• 8/4 Giants Nirvana: Examining Andres Torres: Marred by injuries, Giants position players have been rather unproductive in 2011: through 110 games, they’ve combined for...
• 8/2 Brotherly Glove: Mayberry’s Roster Spot: Safe and Secure: The term ‘fourth outfielder’ has taken on a negative connotation in recent years, as if the players it describes lack...

• 7/31 22gigantes.com: Series preview: ARI (59-49) at SF (61-47): The San Francisco Giants, reeling from a three-game sweep at the hands of the Cincinnati Reds this past weekend, are still trying...
• 7/31 Baseball Daily Digest: Blog Eat Blog: Changing Pastures: The last weeks of July are marked by packed bags and plane tickets, as a multitude of ballplayers experience a sudden change...
• 7/29 22gigantes.com: Series preview: SF (61-44) at CIN (50-55): Two of the league's best sluggers will face off this weekend as Carlos Beltran and the San Francisco Giants visit the Great American...
• 7/28 Giants Nirvana: Catcher Trade Options: Ramon Hernandez, Miguel Olivo, Yorvit Torrealba, and more: With the acquisitions of Carlos Beltran and Jeff Keppinger, the Giants have (kind of) fulfilled their needs at catcher and middle...
• 7/28 Giants Nirvana: Game Recap: Giants 2, Phillies 1: .bbpBox{background:url(http://a0.twimg.com/profile_background_images/226227861/twitter_skinpresby.gif) #131516;padding:20px;} ELIAS:...
• 7/27 Giants Nirvana: Pat Burrell Released, Brandon Belt Optioned?: According to CSN Bay Area, the Giants are expected to release Pat Burrell and option Brandon Belt back to Triple-A (again). Burrell's...
• 7/27 22gigantes.com: GIANTS LAND BELTRAN!: Renel: "Please welcome...Car-loooos Beltran!" (Photo Joe Robbins/Getty) After weeks, days, and then hours of speculation,...
• 7/27 Baseball Musings: Cornering the Market on Belts: It appears the Giants added to their Belt collection, with Carlos Beltran about to join Brandon Belt in San Francisco. The Mets...
• 7/26 Dropped Strike Three: Dropped Strike Three's NL All-Star Picks!: With the All-Star Game just a few short weeks away and voting wrapping up in about 10 days, let the roster controversy begin!...
• 7/26 22gigantes.com: Trade talks heat up: Beltran, Cuddyer, Upton and Rasmus all on Giants' radar: Could Upton be in the Giuants' plans? (Photo by Nick Laham/getty Images) With the MLB non-waiver trade deadline fast-approaching...
• 7/26 Phillies Nation: The Giants’ Offense Is Worse Than You Think: The defending World Champions roll into town Tuesday, bringing with them electric arms, weak bats and painful memories. It was...
• 7/26 PaulLebowitz.com: MLB’s James Bond Villain Issues A Threat And Other Deadline Stories: “No, Mr. Bond, I expect you to die!!” With Kenny Williams as Soxfinger; Jack Zduriencik as Dr. Evil; Joel Sherman...
• 7/26 Crashburn Alley: Giants Series Preview with Chris Quick: The Phillies welcome the defending champion San Francisco Giants for a three-game series in the City of Brotherly Love. Looking...
• 7/25 For Baseball Junkies: The Trade Deadline Approaches: What To Expect: Besides the postseason, this is probably my favorite segment of the baseball season. A lot is learned about contenders and pretenders...
• 7/23 Giants Nirvana: Mike Murray Q&A: Mike Murray is a Giants catching prospect currently with the Salem-Keizer Volcanoes. He signed a contract with the San Francisco...
• 7/23 PaulLebowitz.com: Montero Losing His Luster Is A Matter Of Perception: Or delusion. There’s a floating concept that Yankees catching prospect Jesus Montero has become the epitome of the “yeah,...
• 7/22 The Crazy Crabbers: The Giants Run Producers: We all know that Brian Sabean has a fascination with guys that are run producers so I thought that with the great chase...
• 7/22 22gigantes.com: Series preview: MIL (53-47) at SF (57-42): Two first place teams meet head-to-head this weekend as the San Francisco Giants take on the Milwaukee Brewers for a three-game...
• 7/21 Giants Nirvana: Giants News and Notes: Buster Posey, Kyle Crick, Brandon Belt: A few notes and such on the San Francisco Giants, as they get set to face off against the Milwaukee Brewers tomorrow: Buster...
• 7/21 Fragile Freddy's: Grouchy Musings: It’s an off day for the Red Sox and your man Freddy is pondering some of the goings-on around baseball;Item: Stephen Drew breaks...
• 7/21 22gigantes.com: D-backs suffer huge blow to playoff chances: Drew's season is likely done after breaking his ankle Wednesday. (AP photo) It's not on the same scale as the Buster Posey...
• 7/20 mlbreports.com : Carlos Beltran to the Giants: Mets Likely to Trade Slugger to San Fran: Tuesday July 19, 2011   MLB reports:   The MLB rumor mill is working overtime as the non-waiver trade deadline of July 31st...
• 7/20 Raising Matt Cain: Serving notice: The Giants scored five runs at home. That's amazing. They did it when Madison Bumgarner was pitching. That's incredible. It took...
• 7/20 Giants Nirvana: Game Recap: Giants 5, Dodgers 3: A lot has gone wrong with the Giants this season -- injury-wise, at least. This was the Opening Day lineup: Batting...
• 7/20 Baseball Musings: Belt Back to Belt: Brandon Belt returned to the Giants lineup Tuesday night, belting a double and a home run as San Francisco beat LA 5-3. Belt hit...
• 7/18 Raising Matt Cain: A Tale of Two Catchers: Eli Whiteside had himself a day. In the 6th he argued a call on a dropped third strike and gave up 90 feet. That runner--it was...
• 7/18 22gigantes.com: Series preview: LA (42-53) at SF (55-41): After taking three of four games from their nemesis, the San Diego Padres, the Giants have to be feeling pretty good about things....
• 7/17 MLBTradeRumors: NL West Notes: Pudge, Padres, Dodgers: Ubaldo Jimenez's potential availability is the big story these days in the NL West, but let's not overlook the rest of the...
• 7/17 22gigantes.com: DeRosa doubles in rehab assignment (and other injury news): DeRosa has missed nearly 200 Giants games due to injuries. San Francisco Giants utility man Mark DeRosa -- on the 60-day...
• 7/15 Bleeding Yankee Blue: DEREK JETER: THE MOVIE: Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE ...
• 7/15 22gigantes.com: Series preview: SF (52-40) at SD (40-52): Fresh off a Giant-centric All-Star Game (in which both Pablo Sandoval and Brian Wilson contributed in the NL's victory), the...
• 7/14 Raising Matt Cain: By the numbers: Brian Wilson just blew the save so I'm back at my desk and keyboard. Don't worry--it's only a 'Giants Classic' on Comcast. I...
• 7/13 22gigantes.com: Giants 2011 mid-season report card: It's the All-Star break and time for my mid-season report card for the San Francisco Giants. Last year at this time, I gave...
• 7/12 MLBTradeRumors: Bengie Molina Does Not Intend To Play In 2011 : Bengie Molina told Jon Heyman of SI.com that he doesn't intend to play in 2011 (Twitter link). Though the backstop has not officially...
• 7/12 obsessivegiantscompulsive: 2011 Giants at Traditional Midway Point: The All-Star game usually is the marking point of the mid-way point of the season, though typically it is way past the exact half-way...
• 7/12 The Crazy Crabbers: The Giants are Breaking Through the East Coast Bias With Showtime Series: I have to admit when I first heard of the idea of the Giants being followed around by cameras for the first half of the...
• 7/12 Baseball Press: Around the Diamond - Weekly Linkage: Derek Jeter marches to 3,000 hits and a place in history. (Icon SMI)Around the Diamond looks at our favorite baseball articles...
• 7/6 MLBTradeRumors: Giants Interested In Ramon Hernandez: The Giants like Ramon Hernandez, according to Henry Schulman of the San Francisco Chronicle (Twitter links). San Francisco...
• 7/4 Bay City Ball: MLB Gameday Mobile [2.0]: Don’t you sometimes hate how dry MLB Gameday can be on your Android/iPhone/Other? It’s so straight forward, it’s nearly...
• 7/2 PaulLebowitz.com: Mauer’s Hometown Discount?: I didn’t hear it but evidently Mike Francesa was talking about Joe Mauer and the Twins on yesterday’s show and saying...
• 7/1 Bay City Ball: Tell me something I don’t know: If you like, I can throw another, longer title at you: Statistical Evidence: Who is killing the Giants, a team that, when attempting...

• 6/30 Brotherly Glove: Eric’s NL All-Star Batters: Earlier this morning Corey chimed in with his selections for the batting portion of the National League All-Star roster. Things...
• 6/30 mlbreports.com : 2011 MLB All-Star Game: Current Vote Totals Before Final Rosters Announced: Thursday, June 30, 2011       MLB reports:  The All-Star rosters for the MLB All-Star game will be announced this Sunday,...
• 6/29 Bay City Ball: Ryan Vogelsong, Run Differential and the Giants’ season: If you were going to talk about the 2011 Giants at length, you would almost certainly cover, in heaps, both Ryan Vogelsong and...
• 6/29 For Baseball Junkies: First Half MLB Awards: One half of the season is in the books and I think that it's safe to say that this season has been a good one. Here's a recap...
• 6/29 Through The Fence Baseball: Texas Rangers Notes: Five players who could be dangled at the deadline: Imagine an office somewhere within Ranger’s Ballpark. Inside sits general manager Jon Daniels, CEO Nolan Ryan and the rest...
• 6/27 The Crazy Crabbers: Baseball Bloggers Alliance: All-Star Ballot: It's All-Star time again and as a proud member of the Baseball Bloggers Alliance I need to submit my National League ballot for...
• 6/26 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: Dodgers Wait Until Last Second to Avoid Sweep: For most of the afternoon, today’s matchup between Clayton Kershaw and Jered Weaver more than lived up to the hype, matching...
• 6/26 MLBTradeRumors: Giants Have Shown Interest In Yorvit Torrealba: The Giants have scored the fewest runs in baseball in part due to Buster Posey's season-ending injury, so it's not surprising...
• 6/24 Brotherly Glove: Aaron Gleeman Joins The Roundtable: Joining the Brotherly Glove roundtable this week is the one-and-only Aaron Gleeman of NBCSports.com’s Hardball Talk. Aaron...
• 6/24 22gigantes.com: Series preview: CLE (40-33) at SF (41-34): The Cleveland Indians return to the scene of the crime -- San Francisco, California -- for the first time in six years, when they...
• 6/24 The Crazy Crabbers: The Giants Deserving All-Stars: Due to the Giants being the defending National League Champions Bruce Bochy has the honor of being the skipper for the NL All-Star...
• 6/23 Yankees Daily: Lincecum is the Clear Choice for Giants All-Star: The reigning World Series winning San Francisco Giants team currently sits just half a game out of first place in the National...
• 6/23 Cubs Billy Goat Blog : Is Geovany Soto on the block?: With all the talk of the Cubs becoming sellers and trying to dump their bad contracts on some poor, unsuspecting GM. One player...
• 6/23 Baseball Press: Impact Hitting Prospects in the Second Half: Desmond Jennings is ready for the Tampa Bay Rays (Icon SMI)As we near the halfway point of the baseball season, several trends...
• 6/22 Through The Fence Baseball: Texas Rangers Notes: C.J. Wilson struggles, Mitch Moreland walks off, and could Mike Napoli be traded?: C.J. Wilson struggles with command For a guy who took over the role of the “ace” in the starting rotation, C.J. Wilson...
• 6/22 obsessivegiantscompulsive: Offense is Offensive in Playoff Success: One of the major linchpins in my discussions about playoff success is the study by Baseball Prospectus that they published in...
• 6/21 MLBTradeRumors: Finding Backup Catchers Who Can Hit: Nearly a month after Buster Posey last suited up for them, the Giants are still searching for catching depth. They signed Max...
• 6/21 22gigantes.com: Giants still looking for a catcher: Schulman says the Giants should go after Kottaras. This Saturday marks the one month "sad-iversary" of The Buster Posey...
• 6/21 obsessivegiantscompulsive: Fan(tasy) vs. Realist(ic): I see a lot of moaning about the offense, and the fan in me get it, I would love to have a great offense too.  Why waste...
• 6/21 22gigantes.com: Series preview: MIN (31-39) at SF (39-33): Well, at least I got the sweep part right. In my last series preview, I predicted that the San Francisco Giants would win all...
• 6/21 T Van Poppel RC Ret Plan: Mark Ellis to San Francisco?: Mark Ellis is due to come off of the disabled list tomorrow with the A’s in Flushing to face the Mets. Meanwhile perhaps...
• 6/20 22gigantes.com: Series preview: SF (39-30) at OAK (30-40): The Oakland A's -- the only team the San Francisco Giants haven't lost to this year -- will host the defending World Series champions...
• 6/20 Bay City Ball: No Offense, (but you suck): If you go to FanGraphs and sort the Giants by weighted on-base average (wOBA), you’re sure to laugh (or cry). 1. Cody...
• 6/18 B-R Blog: Random Recap for Friday, June 17: -- There was an intriguing pitching matchup in tonight's D-backs/ChiSox game in Arizona: Daniel Hudson vs. Edwin Jackson. The...
• 6/17 PaulLebowitz.com: Injured Extensions: Here’s an unexplored area of low cost value: young, injured players. Years ago it was on base percentage that was unappreciated;...
• 6/17 22gigantes.com: Series preview: SF (39-30) at OAK (30-40): The Oakland A's -- the only team the San Francisco Giants haven't lost to this year -- will host the defending World Series champions...
• 6/16 Through The Fence Baseball: Texas Rangers Notes: Are the Giants, Orioles possible trade partners?: The Texas Rangers continue to struggle in New York. After another 12-4 loss on Wednesday night, they have now dropped six of their...
• 6/16 PaulLebowitz.com: LoMo And The Tweets: Generations are clearly clashing in the case of Marlins outfielder Logan Morrison and his penchant for expressing himself on Twitter....
• 6/14 Through The Fence Baseball: Grindin’ With The Champs: Fighting for first: The Giants, just finishing a twenty-game stretch without a day off, head to Arizona for a showdown with the surprising Diamondbacks....
• 6/14 Giants Nirvana: The Team to Beat: Over at the ESPN SweetSpot Blog, David Schoenfield writes that the San Francisco Giants are still the team to beat in the National...
• 6/14 22gigantes.com: Series preview: SF (37-29) at ARI (37-30): It's not a surprise the reigning World Series champion San Francisco Giants are atop the NL West. That the Arizona Diamondbacks...
• 6/12 MLBTradeRumors: Week In Review: 6/5/11 - 6/11/11: This year's draft has come and gone, and it led to plenty of news. Let's recap the past week: The Pirates selected Gerrit...
• 6/12 22gigantes.com: Bochy wants Panda to play catcher: With Buster Posey out for the year, the San Francisco Giants are considering giving Pablo Sandoval a shot behind the plate at...
• 6/12 Baseball Moves: Waiver Mavens Week 11 – Gee, Niese and Karstens, oh my!: Pitchers Philip Humber, Chicago White Sox (SP, RP) owned in 38% of Yahoo! Leagues. In his last 5 starts over 36 nnings the former...
• 6/11 22gigantes.com: Giants win game, lose Freddy: The San Francisco Giants latest last at-bat win came at a serious price for the defending World Series champs. Second baseman...
• 6/11 Roto Think Tank: Gearing Up: N.L. Week 10 June 13-June 19: News and Notes.Freddy Sanchez.  Sanchez dislocated his shoulder.  He will be out long-term and you will need to find...
• 6/11 COSFBA: Your League Probably Sucks...: ...IF any of these examples are true about the fantasy baseball leagues you're in this season: Eric Hosmer is owned in only...
• 6/11 Giants Nirvana: Game Recap: Giants 3, Reds 2: Another injury, another walkoff. I'm not quite sure which one is more ridiculous. Some quick notes: I hate to say it, but...
• 6/10 22gigantes.com: Will Hector Sanchez replace Buster Posey?: Sanchez was promoted from Single-A to Triple-A on Thursday. The San Francisco Giants made a fatidic move on Thursday when...
• 6/9 22gigantes.com: Series preview: CIN (32-31) at SF (35-27): The struggling Cincinnati Reds are eagerly trying to string some wins together. The San Francisco Giants have other plans in mind. Looking...
• 6/8 MLBTradeRumors: Ivan Rodriguez Not "The Answer" For Giants: The Giants "don't consider [Ivan Rodriguez] the answer" for their catching problems, tweets USA Today's Bob Nightengale.  San...
• 6/8 22gigantes.com: Are Giants stepping up their pursuit of a new catcher?: Just read this from Andrew Baggarly's blog, "Extra Baggs:" The Giants didn’t expect Eli Whiteside to be a cleanup hitter....
• 6/8 Baseball Moves: The Mid-Summer Po**** Contest (NL Only): Now this is more like it!  It seems that the “Yankees effect” has not yet caught on in Philadelphia as only one Phillie...
• 6/8 MLBTradeRumors: Giants Continue Eyeing Catchers: Exactly two weeks have passed since Buster Posey’s season ended with a gruesome home plate collision. Faced with the reality...
• 6/8 Mastersball.com: From the Clubhouse (6/7): The New Cardiac Kids: Remember when the Cleveland Browns of the 1980's pulled out last minute wins, forcing their fans to dub them the Cardiac Kids? Well,...
• 6/7 Baseball Press: Clinical Notes - Hanley Ramirez Lands on the DL: Hanley Ramirez is the latest superstar to land on the DL. (Icon SMI)On Monday, Florida Marlins shortstop Hanley Ramirez joined...
• 6/7 Giants Nirvana: "This all comes down to money.": I've managed, for the most part, to avoid commenting on the Buster Posey - Scott Cousins collision incident, mostly because...
• 6/7 22gigantes.com: Giants take St. John's shortstop in first round of '11 draft: Don't anybody Panik here, but the San Francisco Giants have selected a shortstop as their first round draft pick in the 2011 MLB...
• 6/7 obsessivegiantscompulsive: Your 2011 Giants: Panik Giants Draft Pick #29: With the 29th pick of the draft, the Giants selected St. John's SS Joe Panik.  The choice is a bit underwhelming because...
• 6/6 22gigantes.com: Series preview: WAS (26-33) at SF (33-26): BREAKING NEWS: AT&T Park will be the site of a soccer match this week. OK, well no it won't, but it might feel like it...
• 6/5 22gigantes.com: Vogel-strong!: With regular fifth starter Barry Zito getting closer and closer to returning from the disabled list, San Francisco fill-in starter...
• 6/5 Giants Nirvana: Splash Hits: Mock Draft, Scott Cousins, Marlins: It's been a while since I did a links post here...I'll be getting links up on a frequent basis for here on out...Look, I know...
• 6/5 MLBTradeRumors: Cafardo's Latest: Beltran, Guerrero, Marquis, Soria: In today's column, Nick Cafardo of the Boston Globe discusses Buster Posey and Scott Cousins, examines what went wrong with...
• 6/5 Giants Nirvana: Draft Notes: Andrew Susac, Joe Ross, Henry Owens: Posting here lately has been erratic, but I promise we'll start producing regular content on a daily basis beginning in a week...
• 6/4 Baseball Musings: Belt Broken: Doctors discovered Brandon Belt broke his wrist: Belt was struck in the wrist by a pitch on Tuesday night in St. Louis. Initial...
• 6/4 22gigantes.com: Rockies douse Giants 2-1: Saturday's first pitch was delayed by 21 minutes due to rain. Jhoulys Chacin tossed six solid innings and Troy Tulowitzki...
• 6/4 PaulLebowitz.com: “The Collision”—In Quotes: Baseball has off-field hierarchies. Certain players receive special treatment and are given more leeway by their clubs because...
• 6/4 AroundTheFoghorn: Two Cents on Brian Sabean’s Comments About Buster Posey Injury: It seems the San Francisco Giants have themselves a distraction, as their general manager Brian Sabean gave the Giants an out...
• 6/4 22gigantes.com: Cain, Ross lead Giants past Rockies 3-1: Matt Cain tossed seven strong innings and Cody Ross went 2-for-3 with a couple of doubles as the rejuvenated San Francisco Giants...
• 6/4 PaulLebowitz.com: Viewer Mail 6.4.2011: Gabriel writes RE Buster Posey and Scott Cousins: What people don’t really see is that Posey did not suffer a concussion nor...
• 6/3 obsessivegiantscompulsive: Sabean on KNBR Regarding Posey Incident: Hate Reveals Underlying Position: Wow, there is something about Sabean on KNBR that just brings out the worse in him.  From his almost opening statement of...
• 6/3 The World's Worst Sports Blog: Spitballing: Position changes: First thing’s first: this entry was prompted by Buster Posey and his horrific ankle injury, but it’s not just about...
• 6/3 MLBTradeRumors: Baseball Blogs Weigh In: Soria, Phillies, Kubel, Cubs: On this date in 1995, Pedro Martinez fired nine perfect innings against the Padres, though the two teams went to extra innings...
• 6/3 PaulLebowitz.com: Foundation For Blame: I can predict right now that if the Giants fail to repeat as World Series champions or miss the playoffs entirely, GM Brian Sabean...
• 6/3 22gigantes.com: Series preview: COL (26-29) at SF (31-25): The San Francisco Giants are glad Aubrey Huff snapped out of his slump in emphatic fashion. That may also be a source of comfort...
• 6/3 22gigantes.com: Sabean rips into Cousins for vicious hit on Posey: San Francisco Giants GM Brian Sabean took to the airwaves Thursday and ripped into Florida Marlins reserve outfielder Scott Cousins for...
• 6/3 22gigantes.com: Huff's 3 homers lead Giants past Cardinals: Aubrey Huff must really love his wife. Huff told Baubi he would hit a home run for her birthday Thursday -- and then went...
• 6/2 Through The Fence Baseball: May: A month to forget for the Rockies: The Colorado Rockies concluded May with a pathetic 8-21 record after starting the season 17-8. Not many could have predicted that...
• 6/2 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: Dodgers Face Steep Historical Odds: Over at SI.com, Tom Verducci lays some harsh truth on us, looking at the historical precedent for teams who entered June at least...
• 6/2 22gigantes.com: Schierholtz's "lights out" performance sparks dramatic win over Cardinals: Not even a stadium lights malfunction could stop the San Francisco Giants from winning a bizarre, see-saw battle between the defending...
• 6/1 22gigantes.com: Posey leads catchers in All-Star voting: The first round of All-Star voting results were announced by MLB Tuesday and San Francisco Giants catcher Buster Posey leads...
• 6/1 Fanspeak.com: What a potential Pudge Rodriguez trade could look like?
• 6/1 MLBTradeRumors: Poll: Which Surprise Teams Will Stay In Contention?: Memorial Day is behind us and the Indians and Diamondbacks lead their respective divisions. The standings will change between...

• 5/31 MLBTradeRumors: Quick Hits: Mauer, Dodgers, Suzuki, Soria: Evan Longoria is back in the cleanup spot and his eighth-inning homer led the Rays to a win against the Rangers today. Here are...
• 5/31 22gigantes.com: Belt injures wrist in loss to Cardinals: The injuries continue to mount for the San Francisco Giants. Add rookie Brandon Belt's name to the ever-growing list of players...
• 5/31 The Biz of Baseball: Pujols, Tulowitzki Lead in Early National League All-Star Voting : Nine-time National League All-Star Albert Pujols of the St. Louis Cardinals, who led the National League in All-Star voting...
• 5/31 Baseball Moves: The Man Behind the Mask: What is the value in a good catcher? What are they worth? We see in several instances, where a team relies on the catcher as...
• 5/31 NY Baseball Digest: Careful Giants Still Break Porcelain Doll: I am not surprised that I received some negative feedback from Giants loyalist after I said the injury to Buster Posey doesn’t...
• 5/30 MLBTradeRumors: Draft Notes: Cole, Hultzen, Bradley, Springer: The draft takes place one week from today; here’s the latest as teams prepare their draft boards for next Monday...  ESPN.com’s...
• 5/30 Baseball Musings: Torres Tater: Andres Torres made Kyle McClellan pay for walking Madison Bumgarner by hitting a grand slam in the fourth. That capped the Giants...
• 5/30 22gigantes.com: Giants blast Cardinals 7-3: Torres watches as his grand slam sails over the wall. What a memorable Memorial Day for the San Francisco Giants. Andres...
• 5/30 MLBTradeRumors: NL East Notes: Pudge, Einhorn: Here are a couple items of note out of the NL East as the Mets kick off their series against the Pirates without the services...
• 5/30 MLBTradeRumors: Quick Hits: Reyes, Webb, Posey: Babe Ruth played his last MLB game on this date in 1935. The slugger played one inning against the Phillies and grounded out in...
• 5/30 NY Baseball Digest: Baseball and War: When we talk about war in the modern game its normally in relation to Wins Above Replacement (WAR). We never consider the impact...
• 5/30 22gigantes.com: Series preview: SF (28-24) at STL (32-22): A week ago, the 2010 World Champions had a 4-game lead in the NL West and looked poised for a strong title defense. But now, the...
• 5/30 NY Baseball Digest: Posey Debate More About Player Than Collision: The NFL and NHL have all instituted rules to make their games less violent. That’s why I have been careful not to comment...
• 5/30 Roto Think Tank: N.L. FAAB Log: May 30, 2011: Blake Tekotte $12.  Other bids: $10, $5, $4.Tekotte came into the season as John Sickels’ 19th best Padres prospect. ...
• 5/29 C70 At The Bat: Talking Giants With Snow Woulda Had It: Part of the great benefits of being involved with the Baseball Bloggers Alliance is the opportunity to talk to fans of the opposing...
• 5/29 Baseball Musings: Another Injured Catcher: The Pirates lost to the Cubs 3-2 on Sunday, and they also lost their catcher Ryan Doumit. Meanwhile, Doumit might become the third...
• 5/29 Raising Matt Cain: Don't look now . . .: . . . but the Arizona Diamondbacks are in first place. Matt Cain has given up NINE runs in his last 12 innings of work. Today...
• 5/29 MLBTradeRumors: Week In Review: 5/22/11 - 5/29/11: We're already just two months shy of the trade deadline, so make sure you tell all your friends where they can find the latest...
• 5/29 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Giants | Buster Posey undergoes surgery: San Francisco Giants C Buster Posey (leg, ankle) underwent surgery Sunday, May 29, to repair torn ligaments in his ankle. Trainer...[+] Dave Groeschner said two screws were inserted into Posey's lower leg to stabilize the ankle. Posey will need a second operation in eight to 10 weeks to remove the screws. There is no timetable for Posey's return but Groeschner said Posey may be ready for the start of next season.
• 5/29 22gigantes.com: Brewers blank Giants 6-0: Gallardo was masterful Sunday against the Giants. Yovani Gallardo pitched eight scoreless innings and Ryan Braun was 3-for-4...
• 5/29 22gigantes.com: Posey's has surgery to repair torn ligaments: San Francisco Giants catcher Buster Posey underwent successful surgery this morning to repair the torn ligaments in his left...
• 5/29 Baseball Happenings: Sunday Notes: I am changing the Sunday Notes for now.  I will still have a Sunday Notes but it is going to be a bit streamlined. ...
• 5/29 COSFBA: Line of the Day: May 28th, 2011: Chris Iannetta of the Colorado Rockies homered twice and drove in six runs in the Rockies' 15-4 rout of the St. Louis Cardinals....
• 5/29 Baseball Moves: Waiver Mavens – Week 9: For those of us Who Had Buster Posey Jonathan Lucroy, Milwaukee Brewers (C) owned in 45% of Yahoo! Leagues. So far this season...
• 5/28 22gigantes.com: Crawford's slam carries Giants past Brewers 5-4: Yep, the band of misfits and castoffs -- and promising prospects -- still has plenty of gas left in the character tank. Brandon...
• 5/28 Roto Think Tank: Gearing Up: N.L. Week 9 May 30-June 5: News and Notes. The San Francisco Giants: Buster Posey, Mike Fontenot, Darren Ford, Brandon Crawford, Brandon Belt, Chris...
• 5/28 MLB Fantasy Recon: Catching Options from the Wire @ Hot Fantasy Picks: Psst!  Pick me up.Ryan Courtney over at Hot Fantasy Picks has been a busy guy; in his latest offering he examines a few waiver...
• 5/27 The Process Report: Daily Process: Rays Win Behind Price, Bat Buzzes Over Price: There are nights where all David Price needs is his fastball, a run or two, and some space. Tonight was one of those nights. Price...
• 5/27 MLBTradeRumors: Giants Haven't Contacted Other Teams About Catchers: Giants GM Brian Sabean said he hasn't contacted any other clubs about finding a replacement behind the plate for Buster Posey,...
• 5/27 22gigantes.com: Sabean says Giants will stick with Eli: Eli is the new starting catcher for the San Francisco Giants. San Francisco Giants GM Brian Sabean told Andrew Baggarly of...
• 5/27 MLBTradeRumors: Mets Notes: Wright, Alderson, Giants, Fossum: In the wake of Fred Wilpon's already-infamous New Yorker interview, David Wright tells Adam Rubin of ESPNNewYork.com (Twitter...
• 5/27 Caught Looking: The whole Buster Posey/rule change argument: Holy smokes. Stop the presses. Get ESPN on the line. I actually agree with Jeff Passan for once in my life. His story is here...
• 5/27 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Giants | Buster Posey doesn't expect to return: San Francisco Giants C Buster Posey (ankle) is almost certain that he won't be back this season, but he is committed to remaining...[+] as a catcher in the big leagues.
• 5/27 22gigantes.com: Posey: "No question. I will continue to play catcher": San Francisco Giants catcher Buster Posey spoke to the media today for the first time since he was injured on a play that will...
• 5/27 22gigantes.com: Giants DFA Rohlinger, Sosa: Rohlinger's career with Giants may be over. The San Francisco Giants announced that they have designated Ryan Rohlinger...
• 5/27 MLBTradeRumors: Stark On Giants, Padres, Pence: Now that Buster Posey is on the disabled list for the foreseeable future, the Giants are looking around for catching, according...
• 5/27 MLBTradeRumors: Quick Hits: Gonzalez, Cardinals, Posey: On this date in 1968, MLB announced two new expansion teams: the Montreal Expos and the San Diego Padres. The Expos’ ancestors...
• 5/27 22gigantes.com: Police "confident" that Ramirez is one of the men who beat Stow: Are these two men one and the same? Lost in all the news about the season-ending injury to San Francisco Giants catcher Buster...
• 5/27 22gigantes.com: Series preview: SF (27-22) at MIL (27-23): Not having reigning NL Rookie of the Year Buster Posey behind the plate could be costly for the defending World Series champion...
• 5/27 MLBTradeRumors: Baseball Blogs Weigh In: Posey, Astros, Beltran: The Indians pulled off the rare triple steal on this date three years ago. Jamey Carroll got caught in a rundown after being...
• 5/27 22gigantes.com: Over 3,600 fans have signed Posey's get well card: Having a hard time dealing with Buster Posey's season-ending injury? Wish you could let the San Francisco Giants star know...
• 5/27 22gigantes.com: "This can't be happening" (How Posey's injury brings back painful memories of C-Webb): A busted Posey. I don't know about you, but I think I'm still on Stage1 of Kubler-Ross' "Five Stages of Grief" scale -- denial. It...
• 5/27 Baseball Musings: Games of the Day: The Indians bring the best record in the majors into Tampa Bay as Josh Tomlin faced David Price. Batters find it nearly impossible...
• 5/27 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Giants | Buster Posey could return this year: San Francisco Giants officials are hesitating to assume that C Buster Posey (leg, ankle) is out for the rest of the season. The...[+] team wants to finish consulting with specialists before they give additional statements on Posey's condition or a timetable for his return.
• 5/27 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Giants | Not considering position switch for Buster Posey: San Francisco Giants manager Bruce Bochy said the team is not considering a position switch for C Buster Posey (leg, ankle) after...[+] he was seriously injured Wednesday, May 25, in a collision at home plate. However, Bochy did admit that the team may move him to a less demanding position later in his career.
• 5/27 22gigantes.com: Molina not opposed to returning to Giants: Former San Francisco Giants catcher Bengie Molina, who was made expendable because of the emergence last year of Buster Posey,...
• 5/27 22gigantes.com: Giants interested in Pudge?: According to a tweet from FOX Sports’ Ken Rosenthal, the San Francisco Giants have at least one replacement for injured star...
• 5/27 Through The Fence Baseball: Busted Posey: My favorite play in baseball, and maybe in all of sports, is the play at the plate. Whether it’s on an inside-the-park home...
• 5/27 The Crazy Crabbers: What Brandon Belt and Brandon Crawford can give to the Giants: Kevin O'Brien who is a contributor here and runs the excellent Giants farm blog Optioned to Fresno gives us a great idea...
• 5/27 Baseball Press: Under the Radar - Mixed Leagues: New full-timer Mike Morse is slugging for the Nats. (Icon SMI)Each week, Baseball Press will be providing some "under the radar"...
• 5/27 Baseball Press: Around the Diamond - Weekly Linkage: Carlos Quentin recently had the third three-homer game of May. (Icon SMI)Around the Diamond looks at our favorite baseball articles...
• 5/27 MLBTradeRumors: Molina Open To Return With Giants: Free agent catcher Bengie Molina told Andrew Baggarly of the San Jose Mercury News that he could catch for the Giants, who...
• 5/27 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Giants | Buster Posey injured by technique?: A renowned scout said San Francisco Giants C Buster Posey (ankle) could have avoided injury with better technique in the play...[+] at the plate. Separately, C Paul Bako said on MLB Network that you typically want to get your left foot on the third-base line.
• 5/27 PaulLebowitz.com: The Posey Film: Giants catcher Buster Posey was injured in a home plate collision with Marlins outfielder Scott Cousins. You can see the clip...
• 5/27 Bay City Ball: Buster Posey Vigil: First, details of the injury (from Giants trainer Dave Groeschner): Buster had three MRIs today — the first one on his ankle....
• 5/26 22gigantes.com: Punchless, Posey-less Giants fall to Marlins 1-0: The Giants did a lot of stumblin', fumblin', and bumblin' Thursday. Hours after learning star catcher Buster Posey could...
• 5/26 Mastersball.com: Another View of the Posey Play: Okay I am not writing this as some irate Buster Posey owner in the neighborhood fantasy league. And for the sake of full disclosure...
• 5/26 obsessivegiantscompulsive: Giants: MLB's Rule Maker: I am just overwhelmed by Buster Posey's probable season ending injury (fractured fibula and other assorted ligament damage that...
• 5/26 Giants Nirvana: Game Recap: Marlins 1, Giants 0: At the beginning of the season, I argued that the Giants were undoubtedly a playoff team. The pitching staff was great, and that...
• 5/26 MLBTradeRumors: Nationals Notes: Rodriguez, Coffey: The Nationals may have the day off but they're in the news thanks to interest in two players.. In the wake of Buster Posey's...
• 5/26 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Giants | Buster Posey injury update: Updating previous reports, San Francisco Giants trainer Dave Groeschner said that C Buster Posey (leg, ankle) did not sustain...[+] any damage to his knee. Posey underwent three MRIs to check the extent of his injuries. Groeschner said that the broken fibula will be fine and the team is more concerned about the ligament damage in his ankle. Posey will have to undergo surgery to repair the ligament damage in his ankle and the team is looking at outside options as to which kind of surgery it should be.
• 5/26 Marlin Maniac: Fish Cap: Cousins, Posey, and the collision: A lot of folks have offered their opinion about what turned out to be last night’s game-winning play for the Florida Marlins,...
• 5/26 Baseball Press: Clinical Notes - Buster Posey's Brutal Leg Injury: Buster Posey will miss the rest of 2011. (Icon SMI)The 2011 season has already seen several serious injuries to superstar players,...
• 5/26 Baseball Musings: Vlad Comes Through: It took twelve innings, but the Orioles extended their winning streak to five games with a 6-5 victory over the Royals. Vladimir...
• 5/26 MLBTradeRumors: Nationals Notes: Harper, Rodriguez, Werth: The latest on the Nationals, who rest today before hosting the last-place Padres this weekend... Top prospect Bryce Harper...
• 5/26 22gigantes.com: Today's Giants lineup: the post-Posey era begins: The post-Posey era begins today as the San Francisco Giants try to salvage the final game of their three-game series with the...
• 5/26 SOX & Dawgs: Buster Olney Put Your Pink Hat Away: I’m here to call out ESPN writer Buster Olney as a baseball pink hat.  Let me say I have a lot of respect for Olney as...
• 5/26 MLBTradeRumors: Giants Designate Rohlinger, Sosa For Assignment: The Giants announced that they have designated Ryan Rohlinger and Henry Sosa for assignment to create 40-man roster space for...
• 5/26 22gigantes.com: Now is not the time to freak out: San Francisco Giants catcher Buster Posey is out for the season. Need I say anything more? As a matter of fact, I do need...
• 5/26 SOX & Dawgs: Buster Olney Put Your Pink Hat Away: I’m here to call out ESPN writer Buster Olney as a baseball pink hat.  Let me say I have a lot of respect for Olney as...
• 5/26 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Giants | Buster Posey has broken ankle: Updating an ongoing story, San Francisco Giants C Buster Posey (ankle, knee) has been diagnosed with a broken bone in his left...[+] ankle. Posey was scheduled for an MRI exam Thursday, May 26, and more details on his injury will be known after the results are found.
• 5/26 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Giants | Buster Posey expected to miss rest of year: Updating previous reports, San Francisco Giants C Buster Posey (ankle, knee) is expected to miss the rest of the season with a...[+] fracture and torn ligaments in his ankle and knee.
• 5/26 Baseball Happenings: Buster Posey and Home Plate Violence: Reader mike b asked;“did you see the Posey crunch last night?I'm a big critic of catchers who block the plate without the ball...
• 5/26 22gigantes.com: Posey's 2011 season lost: If Scott Cousins were a truck, San Francisco Giants catcher Buster Posey would know first-hand what it feels like to wake up...
• 5/26 Chicken Friars: Giants’ Buster Posey may be out for year after home plate collision: Even as a Padres fan, it is sad to hear and even crazier to see what happened to Buster Posey last night in a home plate collision....
• 5/26 COSFBA: Fantasy Baseball News and Notes from May 25th, 2011: Here are some fantasy baseball-relevant tidbits and notes I picked up from box scores and recaps from games played on May 25th,...
• 5/26 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Giants | Buster Posey update: Updating previous posts, San Francisco Giants C Buster Posey (ankle, knee) reportedly is dealing with a broken left ankle and...[+] torn ligaments in his knee.
• 5/26 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Giants | Buster Posey's agent angered: The agent for San Francisco Giants C Buster Posey (ankle, knee), Jeff Berry, plans to reach out to Major League Baseball to raise...[+] the idea of changing the rules of collisions at home plate after his client was seriously injured Wednesday, May 25. 'You leave players way too vulnerable,' Berry said. 'I can tell you Major League Baseball is less than it was before (Posey's injury). It's stupid. I don't know if this ends up leading to a rule change, but it should. The guy (at the plate) is too exposed.
• 5/26 Raising Matt Cain: "Not good.": I was too tired to keep watching when it was 3-2 in the 8th. I figured the Giants might claw out a run in the 9th to send it to...
• 5/26 The Crazy Crabbers: Buster Posey Injured: UPDATE: CSN reporter Amy Gutierrez is reporting this via twitter: Unofficial update: #sfgiants Chris Stewart and...
• 5/26 Baseball Musings: Bay Area Roundup: The two San Francisco Bay areas teams lost Wednesday night. The Angels downed the Athletics 4-1 as Ervin Santana held Oakland...
• 5/26 MLBTradeRumors: NL West Notes: Rizzo, De La Rosa, D’Backs: Giants catcher Buster Posey appeared to suffer a serious leg injury while blocking the plate in extra innings last night. Posey's...
• 5/26 MLBTradeRumors: Bay Area Notes: Geren, Posey, Molina: Oakland's manager recently faced criticism from current and former relievers and San Francisco catcher Buster Posey suffered...
• 5/26 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Giants | Buster Posey update: Updating previous reports, San Francisco Giants C Buster Posey (ankle) had X-rays on his left ankle, but no results were given....[+] He'll have an MRI Thursday, May 26, but the injury sounds serious.
• 5/26 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Giants | Buster Posey has broken leg, ligament damageUpdating an earlier report, San Francisco Giants C Buster Posey (leg) has a broken left leg and torn ligaments....[+] Updating an earlier report, San Francisco Giants C Buster Posey (leg) has a broken left leg and torn ligaments.
• 5/26 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Giants | Two to DL, two come up: San Francisco Giants C Buster Posey (leg) and OF Darren Ford (ankle) were placed on the 15-day disabled list. The San Francisco...[+] Giants recalled C Chris Stewart and 1B/OF Brandon Belt from the minors.
• 5/26 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Giants | More on Buster Posey: Updating earlier reports, San Francisco Giants C Buster Posey (leg, knee) suffered torn ligaments in his left knee. Depending...[+] on which ligaments were torn, his season could be over.
• 5/26 22gigantes.com: VIDEO: Marlins manager on Posey injury: Florida Marlins manager Edwin Rodriguez spoke about the injury to San Francisco Giants catcher Buster Posey Wednesday. Posey...
• 5/26 22gigantes.com: Giants have few options for replacing Posey: Posey is helped off the field Wednesday.  The San Francisco Giants could find themselves in a heap of trouble if catcher...
• 5/26 22gigantes.com: Giants lose game and Posey in extra innings: Huff grimaces after fouling one off his foot. What a painful loss. Scott Cousins scored the winning run in a brutal collision...
• 5/26 Giants Nirvana: Game Recap: Marlins 7, Giants 6: These are Javier Lopez's career splits. Split PA SO/BB BA OBP SLG OPS tOPS+ vs RHB as LHP ...
• 5/26 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Giants | Buster Posey injured in collision: San Francisco Giants C Buster Posey (leg) was injured in a collision with Florida Marlins OF Scott Cousins in the top of the 12th...[+] inning. Posey was writhing in pain, and was eventually helped from the field by the training staff. He was sent for X-rays. He went 1-for-5 before departing, extending his hitting streak to 13 games.
• 5/25 Raising Matt Cain: Streak snapped: Smoking hot Gaby Sanchez got the big hit off Matt Cain last night in the 3rd inning to seal the deal for the Marlins and end...
• 5/25 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Giants | Buster Posey extends hit streakSan Francisco Giants C Buster Posey extended his hitting streak to 12 games Tuesday, May 24....[+] San Francisco Giants C Buster Posey extended his hitting streak to 12 games Tuesday, May 24.
• 5/25 22gigantes.com: Nolasco's gem sinks Giants: Ricky Nolasco pitched 8.1 solid innings as the Florida Marlins beat the San Francisco Giants 5-1 Tuesday in the opening game...
• 5/24 obsessivegiantscompulsive: Your 2011 Giants are 27-19: Fishing for Marlins: Just had to post a little something something.  The Giants have been on fire at home, led, of course, by their superlative...
• 5/24 It's About the Money (Stupid): Tis The Season of Super Two: Last year I wrote a pair of columns for the now defunct Inside Pulse Sports under the heading “Super Two, Super For Who?,”...
• 5/24 Bay City Ball: What’s wrong with Buster Posey?: Absolutely nothing. Here’s why… The average batting line in the National League in 2010 was .255/.320/.399 (average/on-base...
• 5/23 Through The Fence Baseball: Grindin’ With The Champs: Winning the West: The Giants like playing West division teams—they’ve won 16 of 25 against the Dodgers, Rockies, Padres and Diamondbacks....
• 5/23 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Giants | Buster Posey fine: San Francisco Giants C Buster Posey is expected to be fine after taking a hard foul ball off his mask Sunday, May 22. Posey's...[+] jaw was sore, but he wasn't expected to go for X-rays. He will consider transitioning away from the hockey style mask to the more conventional catcher's mask.
• 5/23 Halo Hangout: Investing In The 2011 Mariners: Over the weekend I wrote an article about Investing vs. Selling in relation to the Mariners 2011 season. Last night the Mariners...
• 5/23 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Giants | Buster Posey pushes hit streak to 11 games: San Francisco Giants C Buster Posey went 1-for-5 with a run scored Sunday, May 22, against the Oakland Athletics, pushing his...[+] hit streak to 11 games.
• 5/22 Raising Matt Cain: Just another walk-off winner: Nate Schierholtz saved the day in the 8th and The Bullets won it in the 11th. Darren Ford and Emmanuel Burriss put on a show...
• 5/22 22gigantes.com: Home Sweep Home (Part III): Emmanuel Burriss delivered a clutch RBI single in the bottom of the 11th inning to give the San Francisco Giants a(nother) dramatic...
• 5/22 T Van Poppel RC Ret Plan: Live Blogging: A’s @ Giants Game 47: 1:43PM PDT: Glen Kuiper and Ray Fosse are having an interesting conversation regarding pitch count. I agree with them, that the...
• 5/22 22gigantes.com: Lincecum dominates A's again: Tim Lincecum tossed a three-hit, complete game shutout to give the San Francisco Giants a 3-0 win over the Oakland...
• 5/22 Baseball Musings: Catching On: Matt Wieters and Buster Posey both hold ten game hit streaks in which they are both batting .400 or better. This may be the start...
• 5/21 Giants Nirvana: Game Recap: Giants 3, A's 0: Not much to say about this one. Andres Torres drew a walk to lead off the bottom of the 1st, and quickly came around to score...
• 5/21 T Van Poppel RC Ret Plan: Bob Geren and the Rapture: Today at 6pm an earthquake is to begin in New Zealand and eventually roll across the earth as saved Christians (both dead and...
• 5/20 T Van Poppel RC Ret Plan: Live Blogging: A’s@ Giants Game 45: 7:58PM PDT: He had the green light, ground out to second base. 7:57PM PDT: Trevor Cahill due up, in spring training they wouldn’t...
• 5/20 22gigantes.com: MadBum finally gets first win as Giants sweep Dodgers: Bumgarner: "Finally!" San Francisco Giants starter Madison Bumgarner picked the perfect place and time to pick...
• 5/20 Giants Nirvana: Game Recap: Giants 3, Dodgers 1: Great start by Madison Bumgarner. He wasn't terribly overpowering (3 Ks), but he had pretty good command, induced a few infield...
• 5/19 It's About the Money (Stupid): More is Less: The Temptation of Jose Reyes: Jose Reyes is sexy. Reyes is smooth in every sense of the word.  Sweet swing.  Slick fielding.  Breathtaking speed....
• 5/19 22gigantes.com: Ross' 9th inning bomb lifts Giants over Dodgers: Cody Ross hit a three-run homer in the ninth inning Wednesday to give the San Francisco Giants a wild 8-5 win over the Los Angeles...
• 5/17 Through The Fence Baseball: The NL West: Where offense goes to die: What in the name of Jose Uribe is going on here? No one expected the National League West to be a pitcher’s minefield in...
• 5/17 22gigantes.com: Rockies come from behind to sweep Giants: Carlos Gonzalez hit a two-run single in a four-run eighth to help the Colorado Rockies take a 5-3 win over the San Francisco...
• 5/17 Through The Fence Baseball: Beasts and Leasts of the NL East: Six weeks into 2011, the National League East has shown us some competitive baseball. Arguably baseball’s toughest division,...
• 5/17 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Giants | Buster Posey won't be dropped in orderSan Francisco Giants manager Bruce Bochy is not considering dropping C Buster Posey from the cleanup spot in the lineup....[+] San Francisco Giants manager Bruce Bochy is not considering dropping C Buster Posey from the cleanup spot in the lineup.
• 5/15 Giants Nirvana: Splash Hits: 5/15/11: Because links are good for the soul... Baseball Analytics Blog took a look at how Buster Posey has fared against fastballs...
• 5/15 Raising Matt Cain: Let us all sing the Vogel-song: You have to love a guy who can throw six shutout innings in the rain and win a ballgame. That's just just plain old orneriness....
• 5/15 Giants Nirvana: Game Recap: Giants 3, Cubs 0: Not your typical game, to say the least. The Giants were declared the winners shortly after the pouring rain halted the game at...
• 5/14 22gigantes.com: Vogelsong blanks Cubs in rain-shortened win: Vogelsong credited with the CG. Ryan Vogelsong pitched six scoreless innings and the San Francisco Giants beat the Chicago...
• 5/13 Giants Nirvana: Splash Hits: 5/13/11: Blogger was down for about 24 hours, so I couldn't get a game recap up for 5/12. I'll probably have that posted later, as well...
• 5/13 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Giants | Buster Posey back: San Francisco Giants C Buster Posey returned to the lineup Friday, May 13, after taking the day off Thursday, May 12, as a precaution....[+]
• 5/13 Cut Four: Buster Posey is Yesterday’s News: Gerald Demp Posey burst onto the Major League scene last year on May 29th. Buster finished 2010 with a .305/.357/.505 line while...
• 5/13 Obstructed View: Series preview: World Champions (21-16) at Chicago Cubs (16-20): Team Overview Team stats (and NL ranks) wOBA: .297 (15th)UZR: -8.1 (12th)DRS: -6 (6th)SP FIP: 3.22 (3rd)SP xFIP: 3.47 (4th)RP...
• 5/12 Bay City Ball: Giants’ current run unsustainable: The Giants seem to be on a roll now, and walk-off wins sure are a lot of fun. With the Giants’ come-from-behind victory on Wednesday...
• 5/12 Raising Matt Cain: Grind, grind, grind: The Dr. Jonathan & Mr. Sanchez Traveling Act made an appearance last night in San Francisco, and I have to say it was pretty...
• 5/12 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Giants | Buster Posey out today: San Francisco Giants C Buster Posey will receive the day off Thursday, May 12, after leaving the game early the previous day when...[+] he took consecutive foul balls off his mask. Posey underwent precautionary tests for a concussion and said he was fine.
• 5/12 22gigantes.com: Posey to miss Thursday's game after taking a beating behind the plate: Matheny was forced to retire in 2007. San Francisco Giants catcher Buster Posey was taken out of his team's game against...
• 5/12 22gigantes.com: Giants in first place after 5th straight win: Huff and Tejada celebrate another dramatic win at AT&T Park. Andres Torres delivered the go-ahead RBI double, Aubrey...
• 5/11 Baseball Musings: Smokin’ With Timmy: Ian Kennedy matched Tim Lincecum last night as the starters for Arizona and San Francisco each pitched eight shutout innings,...
• 5/8 Raising Matt Cain: Sweeeeeeeeep!!!: Early season excitement in San Francisco--the Giants sweep the Rockies behind Ryan Vogelsong and Cody Ross. Another tense, taut,...
• 5/8 Giants Nirvana: Game Recap: Giants 3, Rockies 2: Unbelievable. Aaron Rowand did his job tonight, getting on base three times in the leadoff spot. It's worth mentioning because...
• 5/8 Raising Matt Cain: Way to go, Fontenot!: The Giants win another tense, hard fought, well played game against the first place Rockies. Three nights in a row the Colorado...
• 5/8 22gigantes.com: Back-to-back walk-off wins as Giants beat Rockies again: Mike Fontenot delivered a game-winning sacrifice fly in the bottom of the ninth inning and the San Francisco Giants beat the...
• 5/7 22gigantes.com: Say hey, that was a nice win!: Freddy Sanchez drove in the winning run in the ninth as the San Francisco Giants rallied for a 4-3 win over the Colorado Rockies...
• 5/7 Raising Matt Cain: Both flaps down: Matt Cain went with the long pants look tonight, no high black socks showing like usual. Cody Ross and Nate Schierholtz did...
• 5/6 Through The Fence Baseball: Fantasy Royalty: KC crowns new first baseman: News out of Kansas City is that highly touted Eric Hosmer has been promoted to The Show. Hosmer is one of a half dozen prospects...
• 5/6 22gigantes.com: Series preview: COL (18-11) at SF (15-16): It's a classic NL West showdown at AT&T Park this weekend as the first place Colorado Rockies visit the second place San Francisco Giants...
• 5/6 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Giants | Buster Posey struggling with timing: San Francisco Giants C Buster Posey, who has five hits in his past 30 at-bats, is struggling with his timing at the plate. 'He...[+] set the bar so high last year,' said skipper Bruce Bochy. 'You have to remember where he is at this stage of his career. He's doing OK. He's not quite at where he was last year, but he will be.'
• 5/5 Raising Matt Cain: Home at last, home at last, thank god almighty we are home at last.: My dad used to say stuff like "work is the curse of the drinking class." Naturally I though it was stupid when I was a kid, but...
• 5/5 22gigantes.com: Stinko de Mayo: Sanchez bombed in 5-2 loss to Mets: Jonathan Sanchez walked six batters and gave up five earned runs, including a home run by Carlos Beltran as the San Francisco...
• 5/5 Mets360.com: Citi Field: Whose House Is It Anyway?: As if it weren’t painful enough to watch Tim Lincecum and company dismantle a major league lineup – playing slightly fast...
• 5/5 Baseball Musings: Edge of Your Seat Win: The Mets defeated the Giants 5-2, but Francisco Rodriguez made it interesting. He loaded the bases with one out, then struck out...
• 5/5 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Giants | Three regulars sit: San Francisco Giants C Buster Posey, OF Pat Burrell and 2B Freddy Sanchez (thumb) were out of the lineup Thursday, May 5. Sanchez...[+] is nursing a sore right thumb.
• 5/5 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Giants | Buster Posey outSan Francisco Giants C Buster Posey is out of the lineup Thursday, May 5....[+] San Francisco Giants C Buster Posey is out of the lineup Thursday, May 5.
• 5/5 22gigantes.com: Lincecum fans 12 as Giants shut out Mets 2-0: Tim Lincecum struck out 12 over seven innings Wednesday and combined with four relievers to give the San Francisco Giants a 2-0...
• 5/4 Giants Nirvana: Game Recap: Giants 2, Mets 0: Notes -- Hat trick for Aaron Rowand, whose inevitable decline (after a BABIP-fueled hot April) has begun. His wRC+ is currently...
• 5/4 MLB Fantasy Recon: May Catcher Rankings from FB 365: I love it when McCann comes togetherTime to take another look at those March catcher rankings with Charlie Saponara over at Fantasy...
• 5/4 NY Baseball Digest: Unimpressive Champs On Display at Citi Field: The San Francisco Giants invaded Citi Field last night and I couldn’t be more unimpressed. It made me wonder how this group...
• 5/3 Raising Matt Cain: Catstrophe. Catastrophe averted. Victory.: The Giants put the go-ahead run on 3rd with nobody out in the top of the 9th and could not score him. It matters not who the culprits...
• 5/3 22gigantes.com: Trade rumors swirl around Reyes, Giants: Reyes would fill a couple of needs for the Giants. I've been visiting about a dozen or so New York Mets blogs in anti****...
• 5/3 MLBTradeRumors: The Giants And Jose Reyes: After being shut out by Tom Gorzelanny last night, the Giants rank second to last in the NL with 3.54 runs scored per game. ...
• 5/2 Roto Think Tank: Minor League Survey - National League West Version: Up and coming players from the minor leagues can be the key to success in both start-over and keeper leagues.  Whether as...
• 5/1 Raising Matt Cain: Pesky Nats grind down Giants: Matt Cain did not have the pinpoint control we are used to seeing from him. Throw in a tight strike zone from home plate umpire...
• 5/1 22gigantes.com: Whiteside's HR helps Giants slip past Nats 2-1: Eli Whiteside goes yard. Pinch hitter Aubrey Huff drew a bases-loaded walk to plate the eventual game-winning run in the...

• 4/30 Raising Matt Cain: Giants grind on: "The Giants win a game they probably shouldn't have."--Duane Kuiper after Brian Wilson struck out Adam LaRoche.'Tis true, 'tis...
• 4/30 Giants Nirvana: Game Recap: Giants 2, Nationals 1: Since 1919, only four times has a team allowed two or fewer hits and three or more HBPs. Date Tm Opp H HBP ...
• 4/30 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Giants | Lineup changes: San Francisco Giants 3B Pablo Sandoval is not in the lineup Saturday, April 30. SS Miguel Tejada will start at the hot corner....[+] C Buster Posey is penciled in at first base in place of 1B Aubrey Huff, C Eli Whiteside will get the start behind the plate, and 2B Mike Fontenot will play shortstop.
• 4/30 MLBTradeRumors: Largest Contracts In Draft History: One year ago yesterday, we took a look at the largest contracts ever given to drafted players in MLB history. It's time for an...
• 4/28 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Giants | Freddy Sanchez, Buster Posey resting: San Francisco Giants 2B Freddy Sanchez and C Buster Posey are taking the day off Thursday, April 28. 2B Emmanuel Burriss is starting...[+] at second and C Eli Whiteside is behind the dish. SS Miguel Tejada is also getting a breather with 2B Mike Fontenot starting at short.
• 4/28 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Giants | Three sittingSan Francisco Giants C Buster Posey, SS Miguel Tejada and 2B Freddy Sanchez are out of the lineup Thursday, April 28....[+] San Francisco Giants C Buster Posey, SS Miguel Tejada and 2B Freddy Sanchez are out of the lineup Thursday, April 28.
• 4/27 Through The Fence Baseball: The backstop: Fantasy catcher options: Traditionally, the catcher position has been a black hole for fantasy owners. Try to find a player who has routinely hit 20 HRs...
• 4/27 Giants Nirvana: Game Recap: Giants 3, Pirates 2: For a team so deprived of speed (especially with Andres Torres on the DL), this game was refreshingly awesome. Darren Ford is...
• 4/27 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Giants | Buster Posey drives in another run: San Francisco Giants C Buster Posey went hitless in two at-bats with a walk, RBI and two strikeouts Tuesday, April 26, against...[+] the Pittsburgh Pirates. Posey has 10 RBIs over his past nine games, and 17 RBIs in 21 games overall.
• 4/26 22gigantes.com: Ford steals a win for Giants: Darren Ford scored from third base on a Freddy Sanchez grounder in the 10th inning as the San Francisco Giants edged the...
• 4/26 MLBTradeRumors: Only One Extension For Catchers This Offseason: Extension season might not be over yet, but if recent history is any indication, we've seen most or all of this spring's extensions....
• 4/26 22gigantes.com: Sandoval, Posey headline 2011 All-Star ballot: Major League Baseball's 2011 All-Star ballots have been released and eight San Francisco Giants players are on the list for...
• 4/26 Mastersball.com: From the Clubhouse (4/24): A Classic Game: I am sure many fans would shudder at what we say in the booth. I suppose I would, did I not work in the press box, but as wonderful...
• 4/25 Giants Nirvana: Giants-Pirates Series Preview: To preview the Giants-Pirates series, I exchanged questions with Brian at Raise the Jolly Roger. Check out his responses below,...
• 4/25 22gigantes.com: Braves sweep Giants with 10th inning win: Nate McLouth hit a two-run single off Brian Wilson with two outs in the 10th inning, and the Atlanta Braves beat the San Francisco...
• 4/24 Raising Matt Cain: Braves walk away winners: The Easter Sunday crowd in San Francisco could be forgiven for thinking they'd seen a resurrection today. Aaron Rowand, 0-for-the-series,...
• 4/24 Braves Journal: Braves 9, Giants 6 (10 innings): Atlanta Braves vs. San Francisco Giants – Box Score – April 24, 2011 – ESPN. Despite heroic efforts to lose...
• 4/24 22gigantes.com: Giants players speak out against proposal for expanded playoffs: San Francisco Giants pitcher Tim Lincecum called Commissioner Bud Selig's idea to add more playoff teams to Major League Baseball...
• 4/23 22gigantes.com: Hudson wins battle of the Tim's: Martin Prado had three RBIs, Brian McCann drove in two runs and Tim Hudson outpitched Tim Lincecum as the Atlanta Braves registered...
• 4/23 Baseball Musings: Almost Complete: Tim Hudson nearly earned a complete game, but with 113 pitches thrown, Buster Posey at the plate and a runner on base, Craig Kimbrel...
• 4/23 Braves Journal: Braves 5, Giants 2: Atlanta Braves vs. San Francisco Giants – Box Score – April 23, 2011 – ESPN. Nothing like a series on the road...
• 4/23 The Crazy Crabbers: Bargain or Bust: The 2010 Giants Salaries: The Giants last season were very much feast or famine in getting value from their players. They had some huge bargains and...
• 4/23 Braves Journal: Braves 4, Giants 1: Atlanta Braves vs. San Francisco Giants – Box Score – April 22, 2011 – ESPN. Thanks to an appearance by the Good Tommy Hanson,...
• 4/21 The Crazy Crabbers: Injuries that make me hold my breath: The injury bug has bitten the Giants lately. First it was Cody Ross, then Brian Wilson, then Andres Torres and then the...
• 4/21 Raising Matt Cain: 1st inning: 10-8: The Giants have played 18 games which is 1/9 of their 162-game season. Thus, they've finished the 1st inning of their 2011 nine...
• 4/21 Raising Matt Cain: Downer in Denver: Here I thought it was all lined up for a good time: home brewed beer, freshly made guacamole, and me in the middle of my vacation...
• 4/21 Raising Matt Cain: Four in a row: Guillermo Mota pitched a career-high 4-1/3 innings tonight, facing 14 batters. He gave up three hits, a run, no walks, and struck...
• 4/21 Raising Matt Cain: Giants jump on Jimenez: Jonathan Sanchez drives me crazy. He nibbles, gets into long counts, walks guys, and looks ready to come apart at the seams at...
• 4/21 Raising Matt Cain: The Grind: Brian Wilson called last night's win to take the series against the Dodgers a "grind." Like last year, the Giants are going to...
• 4/21 22gigantes.com: Series preview: ATL (8-11) at SF (10-8): Welcome to San Francisco, Brooks Conrad. we've missed you. Yup, Conrad and his Atlanta Braves roll into town this weekend...
• 4/21 MLB Fantasy Recon: Player Projection - Ike Davis: Davis is a great source of cheap powerIke Davis arrived to the majors last year with mixed results.  Many analysts didn't...
• 4/20 22gigantes.com: Rockies tag Cain in win over Giants: Jorge de la Rosa overcame a shaky start to pitch seven sharp innings and Ty Wigginton tied a career high with four RBIs, helping...
• 4/20 Giants Nirvana: Matt Cain Gets Rocked, Giants Lose 10-2: Eh, that wasn't a fun one... Matt Cain looked pretty bad out there -- 6 R in 4.2 IP. The pitch that Ty Wiggington hit...
• 4/20 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Giants | Buster Posey drives in pair: San Francisco Giants C Buster Posey went 2-for-3 and drove in his team’s only two runs versus the Colorado Rockies Wednesday,...[+] April 20, according to The Associated Press.
• 4/19 Bay City Ball: Belt, defense and other stuff: Most of my blog posts are more like features or columns… or something. Humans are creatures of habit. This post will not be...
• 4/19 The Crazy Crabbers: The 5 Best Tim Lincecum Pitching Performances: After a dominating performance in Colorado last night where Tim Lincecum took a no hitter into the 7th inning, it seems...
• 4/18 The Crazy Crabbers: Giants vs. Rockies Series Preview: The Giants head east to face the red hot division leading Rockies in what feels like the most important series of the...
• 4/18 22gigantes.com: Series preview: SF (8-7) at COL (12-3): The San Francisco Giants take on the red-hot Colorado Rockies in an important three-game series that begins on Monday -- the first...
• 4/17 22gigantes.com: Diamondbacks slip past Giants 6-5: Stephen Drew singled in Justin Upton with two outs in the bottom of the 12th inning as the Arizona Diamondbacks averted a three-game...
• 4/17 Through The Fence Baseball: Grindin’ With The Champs: What to expect?: It was a forgettable opening for the defending champions, dropping three of their first four games to the Dodgers in Los Angeles....
• 4/17 22gigantes.com: Sanchez leads Giants past D-backs: I love when I'm wrong. I predicted two wins in this three-game series. For the Arizona Diamondbacks. Instead, the defending...
• 4/16 22gigantes.com: Giants Trample Snakes 5-2: Pablo Sandoval smashed a three-run homer in the first inning and Matt Cain was his studly self as the San Francisco Giants trampled...
• 4/16 Giants Nirvana: Pablo Sandoval Homers, San Francisco Giants Now Over .500: The Giants are now over .500; finally. Let's hope it stays that way... The difference in this game was a three-run homer off...
• 4/15 The Golden Sombrero: The Baseball Show: Off Base Percentage: Last evening on The Baseball Show, co-host Clint Evans from Diamond Hoggers and I welcomed Derwood Morris from...
• 4/15 Pitchers Hit Eighth: PH8′s DraftStreet Free Fantasy Friday Team to Beat: So by now you’ve likely noticed that we’ve got a bit of a contest going on tomorrow.  If you hadn’t noticed,...
• 4/13 The Crazy Crabbers: Taking Lemons and Making Lemonade: Optimizing the Giants Lineup: With the Giants hurt by injuries to Andres Torres and Cody Ross, the biggest question has to do with the lineup.In the grand...
• 4/13 22gigantes.com: Rowand stars in Giants' comeback win over Dodgers: Rowand to Haterz: "Kiss my ass." The last time Tim Lincecum pitched at AT&T Park was during Game 1 of the World Series...
• 4/12 Diamond Hoggers: Your day after wrap & recap: The notables from yesterday’s action in baseball…. Cleveland Indians 4, Anaheim Angels 0 The Cleveland Indians have won 8...
• 4/12 Giants Nirvana: Clayton Kershaw is an Unstoppable God: Well, that was just awful. Notes: Clayton Kershaw is incredible. That is all. Not the best umpiring in the world...Some...
• 4/11 obsessivegiantscompulsive: Your 2011 Giants: Payback D-gers: Well, that's a lot better, Giants win series against Cards, coming close to sweeping, but I'm happy with a series win, the Giants...
• 4/11 Feelin' Kinda Blue: Series Preview: Dodgers at Giants April 11-13: Los Angeles Dodgers (5-4) at San Francisco Giants (4-5)April 11-13Games: 10-12Location: AT&T Park2011 record vs. Giants: 3-12010...
• 4/11 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Giants | Buster Posey, Miguel Tejada rested: San Francisco Giants C Buster Posey and SS Miguel Tejada each got a scheduled day off Sunday, April 10, against the St. Louis...[+] Cardinals, reports The Associated Press.
• 4/9 Giants Nirvana: Giants Win Home Opener, Rowand Walks Off: Intense.  This. game. was. intense. In fact, at its peak leverage (Ryan Theriot's at-bat in the ninth inning with...
• 4/8 Baseball Press: Under the Radar - Week 1 Mixed Leagues: J.P. Arencebia provides power from the catcher spot. (Getty)Each week, Baseball Press will be providing some "under the radar"...
• 4/8 The Golden Sombrero: My First Week of Fantasy Baseball: Team **** or GTFO: When I say this is my first week of fantasy, I don’t mean the first of the season—I mean I’ve...
• 4/8 obsessivegiantscompulsive: Your 2011 Giants: Playing Their Cards Right: Well, the fruits of their labours will cometh this weekend as the Giants celebrate their World Series Championship with their...
• 4/7 22gigantes.com: Home sweet home: Giants will celebrate with fans this weekend: The World Champion San Francisco Giants are home at last. The Orange & Black open a six-game homestand against the St....
• 4/7 Diamond Hoggers: Your day after wrap & recap: The notables from yesterday’s action in baseball…. Milwaukee Brewers 5, Atlanta Braves 4 Jason Heyward hit a rocket 3-run...
• 4/7 Chicken Friars: Not so Friar baseball!: San Francisco Giants 8 – San Diego Padres 4 W: Tim Lincecum (1-1) L: Tim Stauffer (0-1) S: Ramon Ramirez (1) We played some...
• 4/6 22gigantes.com: Lincecum strikes out 13 in Giants' win over Padres: Tim Lincecum struck out 13 and held the San Diego Padres to one run and three hits in seven innings to lead the defending World...
• 4/6 Giants Nirvana: Tim Lincecum Tosses a Gem, Giants Collect 13 Hits: Ah, that's what I've been waiting for. First of all, Tim Lincecum had a beautiful outing. For the 27th time in his career,...
• 4/6 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Giants | Buster Posey smacks first HR of the year: San Francisco Giants C Buster Posey went 3-for-5 with a home run and four RBIs Wednesday, April 6, against the San Diego Padres....[+] Posey has hit safely in each of his first six games, but this was his first multi-hit effort of the season.
• 4/6 Bus League Baseball: Now Pitching For The Seattle Mariners..: I don’t think I had ever actually seen Michael Pineda before last night, so I was a bit stunned when I saw highlights of...
• 4/6 The Crazy Crabbers: The Strike Zone Was Bad, but Not THAT Bad: Yesterday afternoon/evening (I hate that 3:35 start time, seriously what is it? A day game or a night game?) was...
• 4/6 Through The Fence Baseball: Aaron Harang looks ready to make himself at home in San Diego: You can certainly go home again, but if you’ve been gone for awhile, it may take some time to get comfortable. If you’re...
• 4/6 Bay City Ball: Losing to the Padres: So, a 3:35 PM start, huh? Well, that was fun… can’t wait for round two tomorrow! There’s nothing quite like the extra-special...
• 4/5 Giants Nirvana: Miguel Tejada and the Leadoff Spot: Look, when it comes to lineups, I don't like to nit-pick. But there's something I would like to briefly touch on -- not just a...
• 4/4 Feelin' Kinda Blue: Series Preview: Giants at Dodgers March 31-April 3: San Francisco Giants at Los Angeles DodgersMarch 31 through April 3Games: 1-4Location: Dodger Stadium2011 record vs. Giants: N/A2010...
• 4/4 Diamond Hoggers: Your day after wrap & recap: The notables from yesterday’s action in baseball…. Los Angeles Dodgers 7, San Francisco Giants 5 The Dodgers took...
• 4/4 B-R Blog: Is it better to got 1-for-4 with a homer or 4-for-4 with 4 singles?: Loyal reader BSK posed the question in the title on an earlier thread, and I decided to research it. In 2010 alone, there were...
• 4/2 The Crazy Crabbers: Will the Giants' Defense Prevent a Repeat?: (Before I start, I want to thank Scott for allowing me to use this forum; with work and the things the way they are, I want...
• 4/2 The Helmholtz Way: Dodgers 4-3 over Giants: Once again, those hustling Dodgers are finding ways to win against the hated Giants. Tonight, there was more than just one hero....
• 4/2 The Helmholtz Way: Andre Ethier…trying too hard or not at all?: Another observation from the game this evening is that of Andre Ethier. Andre, despite making a couple decent plays in the field...
• 4/1 MLBTradeRumors: Heyman On Marlins, Pujols, Sabathia: Buster Posey, Jason Heyward, Colby Rasmus, Gordon Beckham and Matt Kemp make Jon Heyman's list of players who could take...
• 4/1 Giants Nirvana: Well, That Wasn't Much Fun...: From Fangraphs Brilliant pitching by Clayton Kershaw, a pitcher I expect will put up gaudy numbers this season. He's...
• 4/1 The Helmholtz Way: Kershaw Overshadows Tiny Tim: It was only one game, but this one game sends a message. The Dodgers will compete in 2011. I had my doubts. On paper the team...

• 3/31 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: So It Turns Out That Clayton Kershaw Is Pretty Good: Earlier today, I noted that I had picked Clayton Kershaw to finish 1st in the NL Cy Young Award voting over at Baseball Prospectus....
• 3/31 Feelin' Kinda Blue: Series Preview: Giants at Dodgers March 31-April 3: San Francisco Giants at Los Angeles DodgersMarch 31 through April 3Games: 1-4Location: Dodger Stadium2011 record vs. Giants: N/A2010...
• 3/31 Bay City Ball: Brandon Belt appears headed to Hollywood, not Fresno: Last night, a tweet by John Shea really sent shockwaves throughout the Giants’ fan base: Heard management wants to keep Brandon...
• 3/30 Mastersball.com: Don't snooze on Brandon Belt:   Brandon Belt is ridiculous. I keep scrolling through players at the end of my drafts, looking for some upside guys who could...
• 3/30 Subjective Baseball: 2011 Predictions: NL West: Up tomorrow: postseason, awards, and opening day!1. San Francisco GiantsLast year’s World Series champions are still very good,...
• 3/30 Giants Nirvana: Pre-Opening Day News/Links: News: Jeff Suppan is gone. When we acquired him, I said the following: "I hope he never has to start a game for the Giants."...
• 3/30 The Crazy Crabbers: Giants vs. Dodgers Series Preview: Giants Dodgers Thursday, March 31, 5:00 PM Tim Lincecum Clayton Kershaw 16-10, 3.43 ERA, 3.83...
• 3/29 Redbird Dugout: UCB Project: 2011 Postseason Preview: Cliff Lee is back in Philly, but will he made his 3rd straight World Series?(Photo: Peter Bond/Flickr)As this month's United...
• 3/28 Cubs Billy Goat Blog : Minor League Monday: Grading the Cubs #1 draft picks for the last 5 years: Much has been made of Jim Hendry building up the farm system during his tenure with the Cubs.  It ranked as high as #8 overall,...
• 3/27 COSFBA: 2011 Draft Results: Catchers Targeted: This season, I parti**** in five fantasy baseball leagues of varying types of formats but, for the most part, the players I targeted...
• 3/27 Baseball Moves: Waiver Mavens: First of 2011: OK, the first true installment of Waiver Mavens is here. Heading into the season I’m going to focus on underrated players that...
• 3/26 Philly Phanatics: MLB season preview: National League West: PhillyPhanatics.com's Major League Baseball previews continue with the National League West In 2010, the San Diego Padres led...
• 3/26 Baseball Musings: NL West Preview: The 2011 division previews begin with the NL West, home of the World Champion San Francisco Giants. I’ll use 2010 WAR from...
• 3/26 Giants Nirvana: Open Thread: Over/Unders: I don't normally do this, but I'd love to have all you beautiful folks out there (the three or so people that read this blog)...
• 3/25 Giants Nirvana: Links: Brian Sabean, Nate Schierholtz, Pat Burrell: This all I've got for you today -- just some more links; but they're good ones. Scrutinizing Sabean | Baseball Prospectus There’s...
• 3/25 Baseball Moves: Man with a plan: I’ve come to know myself as a chaotic person. I’m more at home doing five tasks at once than concentrating on one...
• 3/24 C70 At The Bat: UCB Project: NL West Predictions: Today we finish up our look around the divisions by tackling the NL West.  Cardinal fans probably know less about the West...
• 3/24 MLB Fantasy Recon: Comprehensive Keeper Analysis: Adam Jones is on the bubble of bust or breakoutWe haven't spent much time on keeper lists this year, there's just not  lot...
• 3/24 Pitchers Hit Eighth: UCB Project – NL West Projections: I’m big on the Giants.  Yep, I’m HUGE on the Giants.  Giants Dodgers Padres Rockies Diamondbacks  They’ve...
• 3/23 MLBTradeRumors: Quick Hits: Braves, Mauer, Astros, Albers: Links for Wednesday as the MLBPA announces that the jerseys for three rookies - Jason Heyward, Stephen Strasburg and Buster...
• 3/23 The Biz of Baseball: Jeter, Mauer, Halladay, Yankees, Red Sox, Dodgers Most Po**** MLB Jerseys: Derek Jeter ranked #1 in MLB  jersey sales for 2010 Derek Jeter of the New York Yankees, Joe Mauer of the Minnesota...
• 3/23 Baseball Daily Digest: Fantasy Island: At the Corners:   Now that the stats-scarce middle infielders are out of the way, we get to move on to the big guns. Power is the featured category...
• 3/23 obsessivegiantscompulsive: Your 2011 Giants: Big 6 Prospects: I am selecting, in honor of the Big 6 himself, Christy Mathewson, the top 6 prospects of the Giants farm system, in my estimation....
• 3/22 MLB Fantasy Recon: Updated Rankings by Position from Fantasy Cafe: Check out some Spring Training adjusted Player Rankings by Position out from Fantasy Cafe.  List is adjusted for spring trends...
• 3/21 The Crazy Crabbers: Roster Spot Sample Ballot - My Votes: Otis from Bay City Ball put up a quick run down of the options for the Giants roster battles and I figured I should throw...
• 3/21 The Crazy Crabbers: The Giants Plan for fighting East Coast Bias: Major League Baseball is dominated by teams on the East Coast more than any other sport. This is something that shouldn't be...
• 3/20 Through The Fence Baseball: 2011 MLB Pre-Season Preview: NL West – San Francisco Giants: 2010 NL Rookie of the Year, Buster Posey San Francisco Giants (2010 record: 92-70) Notable additions: SS Miguel Tejada Notable...
• 3/19 Through The Fence Baseball: 2011 San Francisco Giants Preview: Projected Starting Lineup: · CF – Andres Torres · 2B – Freddy Sanchez · 1B – Aubrey Huff · C – Buster Posey · RF – Cody Ross · LF –...
• 3/19 The Crazy Crabbers: The Giants Fantasy Keepers List: (This is a guest post from fellow BBA member Daniel Aubain at Colorado Springs Fantasy Baseball Addict. Thanks to Daniel for...
• 3/19 Baseball Musings: Team Offense, San Francisco Giants: Buster Posey is poised to become the heart of the Giants lineup. Photo: Icon SMI. The series on team offense continues with the...
• 3/19 Call to the Pen: A Market for Luis Castillo?: If you’ve been following the whole saga of life being Luis Castillo, you know he’s been through a wringer as of late....
• 3/19 MLB Fantasy Recon: 2011 Fantasy Baseball Rookies to Target: Just look the other way2010 saw a great influx of rookie talent with Mike Stanton, Buster Posey, Jason Heyward, Austin Jackson,...
• 3/18 Giants Nirvana: The Brandon Belt Conundrum: Perhaps the biggest question surrounding the Giants heading into Opening Day is what to do with Brandon Belt. We all know what...
• 3/18 MLB Fantasy Recon: 2011 Fantasy Baseball First Base Rankings Update: What's changed in just two weeks of spring training?  Justin Morneau is back on the field in limited action, Kendry Morales...
• 3/17 Through The Fence Baseball: Iso-Stars #1: Batting Average Behemoths: Iso-Stars is a series of all-MLB teams composed of fantasy performers that represent each of the standard 5×5 roto categories...
• 3/17 C70 At The Bat: Playing Pepper 2011: San Francisco Giants: Two years ago, I started a series I called Playing Pepper, where I asked questions of bloggers of each major league team about...
• 3/16 Baseball Daily Digest: Fantasy Island: Behind the Plate:   Catchers are responsible for calling pitches and commanding the defense after contact, and they accrue the heaviest physical...
• 3/16 The Crazy Crabbers: Projecting the 2011 Giants Offense: Now that the 2011 projections are all finished up, it's time to take these and add another layer of analysis and see what it...
• 3/16 The Crazy Crabbers: Showing Buster Posey the Money: Jeff Fletcher wrote that it's in the Giants best interests to lock up Buster Posey to a long-term deal sooner rather than...
• 3/16 obsessivegiantscompulsive: Your 2011 Giants Offense: Together, They Are Giants: The Giants offense is often maligned, and rightfully so in recent years.  That is one of the biggest complaints of the offseason,...
• 3/15 Giants Nirvana: Bengie Molina Retires: In 2006, Giants catcher Mike Matheny suffered a concussion, after suffering hits to the head from several foul balls. This landed...
• 3/15 MLB Fantasy Recon: 2011 Recon: 2011 Fantasy Baseball Impact Prospects: Mike Moustakas may be running all the way to Kansas City Mike Stanton and Buster Posey were both call up last year who...
• 3/15 COSFBA: Fantasy Forum: The Bryce Harper Edition: For this edition of Fantasy Forum, I reached out to fellow Baseball Blogger Alliance members to get their opinions on the Washington...
• 3/14 My Pinstripes: FullCountPitch | Where Have You Gone Joe Charboneau?: For every Buster Posey or Neftali Feliz, there is a Joe Charboneau or an Angel Berroa, a Rookie of the Year whose best days...
• 3/14 MLB Fantasy Recon: 2011 Recon: Over Valued Players - Production vs. ADP: Don't expect Butler to be overrated in 2012Brian Wilson was one of the most colorful characters in baseball last year....
• 3/14 PAAPFLY: View from the other side of the Bay: Dan Hennessey of the Oakland A’s blog Baseballin’ on a Budget – the same of Rob Neyer’s (abandoned) baby: The SweetSpot...
• 3/13 COSFBA: Finding Keepers: San Francisco Giants: The 2010 World Series Champion San Francisco Giants surprised many by becoming the champs but an in-depth look at their roster...
• 3/11 Pitchers Hit Eighth: Bring The $145M Ruckus: Yeah, that’s right.  If you combine the Wu Tang Clan and my fantasy baseball team, you would have a $145M ruckus.  Why? ...
• 3/10 The Crazy Crabbers: Standing pat? No, more like a constant evolution: One of the story lines this offseason and headed into the 2011 season is the Giants stood pat and didn't do anything to get better....
• 3/9 Mastersball.com: Cactus League Notes (3/9): Zito in Control: In a match-up of Cy Young aces, I watched Barry Zito and his Giants too vs. the White Sox and Jake Peavy at Scottsdale Stadium...
• 3/9 Giants Nirvana: Notes: Lincecum, Righetti, Pierzynski, Snow: First, a few programming notes... I've been invited to become a contributor over at Beyond the Box Score. If you're not already...
• 3/8 Bronx Baseball Daily: Yankees Fantasy Survival Guide, 2011 Edition: Is it really fantasy baseball season again? I’m still exhausted from last year, when the struggles...
• 3/8 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Giants | Buster Posey signs one-year contract: The San Francisco Giants and C Buster Posey agreed to a one-year contract worth $575,000, reports Henry Schulman, of the San Francisco...[+] Chronicle. The team traditionally has not given multi-year deals to players after their first year.
• 3/7 MLBTradeRumors: Quick Hits: Choice, Royals, Feliz, Posey, Lawrie: If you're a fan of top prospects and rookies, then this Quick Hits post is for you. Here are today's links... Oakland's 2010...
• 3/7 The Golden Sombrero: Ridiculous Baseball Names of Spring Training: After a long and arduous offseason, the beginning of Cactus and Grapefruit League play has officially ushered...
• 3/7 Motor City Bengals: Victor Martinez Earns Praise for Game-Calling: In his column yesterday, John Lowe of the Free Press gave us a glowing review of Andy Oliver‘s progress this spring. In...
• 3/6 MLB Fantasy Recon: Top Prospects for 2011: Mike Stanton's 22 Home Runs last year and Buster Posey's break out rookie campaign can show us how important it is to be familiar with...
• 3/5 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: There May Be More Bullpen Intrigue Than We Thought: Remember the heady days of, oh, three weeks ago, when the top six spots in the bullpen were all spoken for and the only question...
• 3/1 PAAPFLY: Pressing Giants questions...: … like: What’s Buster Posey’s favorite food? And: Why doesn’t Barry Zito throw harder?These questions are particularly...

• 2/28 Bronx Baseball Daily: Over/Under: How Many Will 2011 Yanks Win?: Via VegasWatch, here is a list, by division, of the initial over/unders on each team’s win total for...
• 2/28 Pitchers Hit Eighth: Fantasy Baseball Draft Grade – B: As we’re nearing the 60% completion mark of the @STLDraftTB fantasy baseball draft, I’ve decided that now is a good...
• 2/27 Baseball Press: Dr. Lineup: The 2011 San Francisco Giants: Buster Posey should hit cleanup for the Giants in 2011. (Getty)The defending World Series Champions understand that they didn't...
• 2/26 Pitchers Hit Eighth: Gr33nazn’s 2011 Fantasy Baseball Guide: This piece was originally titled “World’s Worst 5×5 Fantasy League Baseball Guide for Spork Users“, but I determined that...
• 2/26 Pitchers Hit Eighth: Gr33nazn’s 2011 Fantasy Baseball Guide: This piece was originally titled “World’s Worst 5×5 Fantasy League Baseball Guide for Spork Users“, but...
• 2/26 Giants Nirvana: And...we're back: Well, the Giants played their first Spring Training game today. Man, it feels good to finally have baseball back up and running...Giants...
• 2/26 Mastersball.com: Cactus League Notes 2/25/2011: Only one game on Friday between major league opponents (I don’t scour the box scores between an MLB team and a college opponent...
• 2/25 PAAPFLY: Buster Posey anchors Giants’ offense: First, the rules…The rule is that every conversation about the Giants’ offense starts and stops with Buster Posey. The second...
• 2/25 Jason's Baseball Blog: Who are the Faces of the Franchise? NL West: Finishing up with a trip around the NL West, here’s the last of the face of the franchise posts… Arizona – Right...
• 2/23 MLB Fantasy Recon: Beware of Joe Mauer - Coninued Knee Issues: La Velle E. Neal III of The Star Tribune (Minneapolis) is reporting (via bostonherald.com) that Joe Mauer is still having...
• 2/23 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Giants | Team working on new contract for Buster Posey: San Francisco Giants vice president Bobby Evans said Tuesday, Feb. 22, that the team is working with representatives for C Buster...[+] Posey on a new one-year contract for 2011, reports Andrew Baggarly, of the San Jose Mercury News. Players like Posey who have less than three years of service time can be paid any amount the club chooses at or above the major league minimum of $414,000.
• 2/22 YankeeAnalysts.com: Players to Watch: NL West: Every season I’ve one this blogging thing, I’ve done a six part series on which players–one from each team–are...
• 2/22 Chicken Friars: FanSided All NL West Pitching Staff: Our National League West BLOGS (Venom Strikes (Diamondbacks), Rox Pile (Rockies), Lasorda’s Lair (Dodgers), andFrisco Fastball...
• 2/22 Mastersball.com: I Love it When a Plan (Falls in Place): Yesterday, I was anxiously awaiting the start of my MWest Strat League Rookie Draft, something I had been planning for since I...
• 2/21 Baseball Press: 2011 Fact or Fiction: Jaime Garcia: When healthy, Jaime Garcia can dominate. (Getty)Fact or Fiction examines the 2010 performance of a player, good or bad, and determines...
• 2/21 Mastersball.com: Strat Draft Fever: Hum that title to Ted Nugent, because I do indeed have Strat fever. That is because the 2011 MWest League Strat-O-Matic draft...
• 2/20 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Giants | Buster Posey won't see much time at first: San Francisco Giants manager Bruce Bochy said C Buster Posey is unlikely to see much time at first base this season, and possibly...[+] none at all, according to Andrew Baggarly of The Mercury News.
• 2/18 PAAPFLY: Best in the NL West: If I had a nickel for each time Rob Neyer inspired me to write something, well, let’s just say I’d have quite a few nickels....
• 2/18 The Golden Sombrero: Prospect Buzz: Jameson Taillon, Brandon Belt, Wittels, Sale, and Jennings: John Parker of MiLB.com recently did a Q & A with the second overall pick in the 2009 draft, Jameson Taillon. ...
• 2/15 Marlin Maniac: FanSided’s NL East bloggers announce the All-NL East hitters: About a week or so ago, FanSided came up with a cool idea to fill the time between the late offseason doldrums and the invigorating...
• 2/15 MLB Fantasy Recon: Is Buster Posey the #1 Fantasy Catcher?: Fantasy Baseball Hot Stove has a great break down of what to expect from Buster Posey this year. They believe he could be your...
• 2/15 Giants Nirvana: Ten Questions with MTD of Off Base Percentage: I'm pleased to announce that I'll be continuing the Ten Questions series throughout the season. As Giants  pitchers and catchers...
• 2/14 Giants Nirvana: Notes: Uni' Numbers, Brian Lawrence, the Giant Method: Spring Training means new uni' numbers for some: Pat Burrell now wears Juan Uribe's old number, #5. Brandon Belt now wears...
• 2/14 The Writer's Journey: Trade with the Cardboard Junkie: I received two packages from other bloggers in the mail today, but I need to deal with the stuffed envelope that came from Cardboard...
• 2/14 My Pinstripes: FullCountPitch - These Guys are Catching on: This week's column for FullCountPitch.com is about the new breed of catchers making their way in the Major Leagues and trying...
• 2/12 T Van Poppel RC Ret Plan: Is Brett Anderson Our Best Player?: FoxSports.com had a feature by Dayn Perry where he argues “every team has one player who stands above the rest”. Who...
• 2/12 Chicken Friars: All-NL West Team: Our National League West BLOGS (Venom Strikes (Diamondbacks), Rox Pile (Rockies), Lasorda’s Lair (Dodgers), andFrisco Fastball...
• 2/12 MLB Fantasy Recon: 2011 Recon: First Base Rankings: 1. Albert Pujols - Eternally #1 2. Miguel Cabrera - Always hits. 3. Ryan Howard - A little under the radar this year, expect...
• 2/11 PAAPFLY: Cubs fans can dream: Sorry, Cardinals fans, this is going to be painful.Jason Rosenberg of It’s About the Money (IIATMS) recently had his day as...
• 2/11 Pitchers Hit Eighth: Yadi Makes the World Go ‘Round: The Cardinals have a big free agent problem looming, and they need to deal with it sooner as opposed to later.  Instead of waiting...
• 2/11 The Writer's Journey: Topps All-Star Rookies: I’ve decided to go after the Topps All-Star Rookie subset in 2011. It’s a throwback to my formative years in collecting…I...
• 2/10 PAAPFLY: The difference between Ehire Adrianza and Jose Iglesias: Prospects may or may not interest the average baseball or Giants fan. That being said, the recent shortstop adventures of...
• 2/10 PAAPFLY: Baseball, my fiancé and I: What you are about to read was inspired by a post from The Common Man of The Platoon Advantage. After reading the post and watching...
• 2/7 MLB Fantasy Recon: 2011 Recon: Ranking the Catchers: The catcher position can make or break your team. Like shortstop, defense is often in higher regard and productive offense is...
• 2/7 The Process Report: The American League East Rotations: Exactly as it sounds. Orioles Red Sox Yankees Blue Jays Price Shields Niemann Davis **** Summary Baltimore Orioles At the top...
• 2/2 The "Mc" Effect: 2011 Fantasy Baseball Preview - First Basemen Rankings: Introduction -Catchers -First Basemen -Second Basemen Third Basemen -Shortstops -Outfielders 1 -Outfielders...
• 2/2 The "Mc" Effect: 2011 Fantasy Baseball Preview - Catcher Rankings: Introduction -Catchers -First Basemen -Second Basemen Third Basemen -Shortstops -Outfielders 1 -Outfielders...
• 2/2 Giants Nirvana: Ten Questions with Thomas Neal of the San Francisco Giants: First, a little background information. Thomas Neal is widely considered to be one of the Giants' best prospects. In 136 games...
• 2/1 The Crazy Crabbers: Buster Posey 2011 Projection: With Spring Training just around the corner (pitchers and catchers report in 13 days) I figured that it is about time...

• 1/31 Giants Nirvana: Notes: Brandon Belt, Brian Wilson, Buster Posey: Brew Crew Ball looked at what rosters would be if teams were comprised only of players they drafted...the Giants' lineup is rather...
• 1/31 PAAPFLY: Is the Giants' offseason uninspired for a reason?: Over the past three or so months, I’ve come across a lot of Giants fan backlash when one of two things was said: either they...
• 1/31 The "Mc" Effect: 2011 Fantasy Baseball Preview - First Basemen Rankings: Introduction -Catchers -First Basemen -Second Basemen Third Basemen -ShortstopsIt's time to start thinking...
• 1/31 Giants Nirvana: Reaction to Jeff Passan: Recently, Jeff Passan of Yahoo! Sports published an article entitled "Timid offseason will make Giants' repeat tough". Ultimately,...
• 1/25 Baseball Press: Fantasy Prep 2011: San Francisco Treats: When will Brandon Belt hit the big league level? (Four Seam Images) As we head into next season, we'll look at middle-tier...
• 1/25 The Crazy Crabbers: The Giants are over exposed and it will be there downfall next year: The Giants are in the news again, this time it is Tim Lincecum who was named by GQ as one of the 25 coolest athletes of...
• 1/24 The "Mc" Effect: 2011 Fantasy Baseball Preview - Catcher Rankings: We're kicking off the fantasy baseball position-by-position breakdown, and we're gonna start with the catchers. If you haven't...
• 1/24 Giants Nirvana: Notes: Vernon Wells, Buster Posey, Manny Ramirez: If you don't think the Vernon Wells trade was a terrible move by the Angels, read this. And this. And this.  On a...
• 1/24 Baseball Reality Tour: 2011 Fantasy Rankings: Catchers: The silver lining surrounding the Bears season ending today, is that we're one step closer to baseball season. This offseason,...
• 1/23 Giants Nirvana: Notes: Andrew Baggarly, Buster Posey, Pablo Sandoval: Can't believe I hadn't known this: Giants beat-writer Andrew Baggarly is writing a book on the 2010 Giants. I recommend you pre-order...
• 1/21 Blog Red Machine: Reds Top 5 ProspectsThe top 5 prospects are revealed. In a manner of speaking......
• 1/20 Giants Nirvana: Bruce Bochy: While Bruce Bochy has often been the subject of criticism, he's also had flashes of brilliance (NLCS Game Six). He's done some...
• 1/19 MLBTradeRumors: Quick Hits: Bradley, Reds, Perez, Yankees: On this date in 2010, Bengie Molina signed a one-year deal with San Francisco. The Giants sent the backstop to their eventual...
• 1/18 The Crazy Crabbers: All-Time Giants: The team of the 00's: Giants news is a little slow outside of pics of a slim downed Pablo Sandoval, so I was playing around with the Baseball-Reference...
• 1/16 Baseball Press: Fantasy Prep 2011: Catching Options on Draft Day: Buster Posey headlines the list of fantasy catchers in 2011. (Getty) Today’s entry begins a series of fantasy baseball-related...
• 1/12 Giants Nirvana: Notes: Wiffle Ball, Injuries, Promotional Schedule: Jeff Zimmerman looked at the payroll amounts tied up in injured players in 2010. The Giants spent $12.3MM on players on the DL,...
• 1/11 PAAPFLY: The Giants will be challenged to repeat in 2011: Dan Szymborski has an article -- San Francisco Giants' repeat problems -- for Insider’s on ESPN.com. Within it, he explains...
• 1/4 The Crazy Crabbers: Checking Out the Giants 2011 Zips Projections: The 2011 Zips projections are out for the Giants this morning and the system is pretty high on the Giants. Taking a quick...
• 1/3 Giants Nirvana: A Distant Third Place?: In a recent ESPN post looking at the 2011 season, Rob Neyer wrote the following: Which team will be the most surprising in...

• 12/31 The Crazy Crabbers: 10 Best Giants Moments of 2010: It is the end of the year so it sees **** to look back on the best moments of 2010. First a few honorable mentions because...
• 12/30 Blog Red Machine: Reflecting on 2010: AugustWe enter the month of August in our review of the Reds 2010 season....
• 12/30 MLBTradeRumors: Hindsight Is 2010: Our Top 15 Stories Of The Year: You know it has been a busy year when the trades for Dan Uggla and Roy Oswalt aren't among the year's top stories. Uggla and...
• 12/30 Giants Nirvana: Notes: Buster Posey will be featured on the cover of a special double-issue of ESPN The Magazine. Buster Olney has written a great...
• 12/29 Giants Nirvana: Looking Back at the 2010 Giants Projections: To say that 2010 was a season full of surprises would be an understatement: Pablo Sandoval and Tim Lincecum had disappointing...
• 12/27 Crashburn Alley: Could the Phillies Falter in 2011?: It’s nearly January. Most of the excitement of baseball’s off-season has passed and fans are counting down to pitchers...
• 12/27 Giants Nirvana: 2011 Giants Hitting Projections: So far, Fangraphs has posted the Bill James projections and the Fans projections. I thought it'd be fun to project the slash...
• 12/24 PAAPFLY: Pablo Sandoval: '10 just a sophmore slump?: The Giants remarkably won the World Series in 2010 despite the horrific season of their young star, Pablo "Panda" Sandoval. Panda...
• 12/23 Baseball Reality Tour: Popping Your 20 HR Cherry: In the past week, I had the pleasure of meeting Lorraine Bracco and Greg Kelly at separate occasions.  They were both very...
• 12/23 The Juglandaceous Porthole: Shin-Soo Choo, Logarithms, and the 2010 NL Rookie of the Year: The 2010 National League Rookie of the Year race was the subject of much spirited debate. After giving all due respect to Neil...
• 12/22 PAAPFLY: My evening with the Giants: By some stroke of absolute luck, I managed to make my way into the private viewing of the 2010 World Series and It’s Magic Inside...
• 12/21 Giants Nirvana: Notes, notes, notes: The Giants took home five GIBBYs (Greatness in Baseball Yearly Awards). They are voted by fans, media, front-office personnel,...
• 12/18 Giants Nirvana: The Giants and Baserunning: I recently got the 2010 Bill James Handbook (which I highly recommend, by the way...), and one of the sections in the book...
• 12/17 The Golden Sombrero: Around The League: Ozzie’s commercial, Jay Bruce, Buster Posey, 1960 World Series, and more…: There’s no better holiday present than the Chicago White Sox new ticket package, “The Ozzie Plan.” Better...
• 12/17 Giants Nirvana: Locking Up Buster Posey: Over the last few years, baseball has seen a dramatic shift in the importance of home-grown talent. While wealthy powerhouses...
• 12/14 Giants Nirvana: Random Musings...: I just have a few random things I feel that I need to say, which are not worthy of individual posts.... First off, great article...
• 12/14 The Crazy Crabbers: The Phillies Signed Cliff Lee, So What: The Phillies blew every ones mind with the sneaky signing of Cliff Lee. The mystery team that only seems to exist in agents...
• 12/10 Bronx Baseball Daily: While We Wait…Baseball Bloggers Alliance: While the Yankee Universe patiently awaits Cliff Lee‘s response I wanted to bring up the Baseball Bloggers...
• 12/2 The Crazy Crabbers: End of Season Review: Buster Posey: What can be said about Buster Posey that hasn't already been said? Posey was everything and more to the Giants this...

• 11/29 Bronx Baseball Daily: Giants Have Contacted Derek Jeter: Via Brian Costa of the Wall Street Journal: One of the teams most often mentioned as a possible alternative destination...
• 11/29 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: MLB | Rookie All-Star team announced: Major League Baseball announced its 2010 Rookie All-Star Team Monday, Nov. 29, according to MLB.com's Anthony Castrovince. Those...[+] awarded were Florida Marlins 1B Gaby Sanchez, Pittsburgh Pirates 2B Neil Walker, Minnesota Twins 3B Danny Valencia, Chicago Cubs SS Starlin Castro, Detroit Tigers OF Austin Jackson, Florida Marlins OF Mike Stanton, Atlanta Braves OF Jason Heyward, San Francisco Giants C Buster Posey, Washington Nationals SP Stephen Strasburg, St. Louis Cardinals SP Jaime Garcia and Texas Rangers RP Neftali Feliz.
• 11/29 Baseball Musings: Post Season Shares: Giants players earned around $318,000 for winning the World Series: The figure is slightly less than the $350,030 earned by members...
• 11/27 COSFBA: Thankful: This is the time of year where everyone takes a moment to voice all that they are currently thankful for, reflect on the past...
• 11/26 Giants Nirvana: Twins Win Bidding for Nishioka. Good News for Giants?: The Twins have won the bidding for Japanese middle-infielder Tsuyoshi Nishioka. This could be good news for the Giants, though. Nishioka...
• 11/23 Pittsburgh Lumber Co: Votto, Posey, Tabata in a class of their own: Joey Votto, named the National League’s Most Valuable Player on Monday, received some admiration earlier this season for his...
• 11/22 Giants Nirvana: NL MVP: Joey Votto won the NL MVP Award today, and it was well-deserved. He truly had an amazing season. Congratulations to Aubrey Huff,...
• 11/22 SOX & Dawgs: Joey Votto Named 2010 NL MVP: St. Louis Cardinals first baseman Albert Pujols had won the last two National League MVP awards and certainly put up the numbers...
• 11/18 Giants Nirvana: Brandon Belt: In case you haven't heard of Brandon Belt, it's about time. He's an up-and-coming star in the Giants farm system that could very...
• 11/18 Pittsburgh Lumber Co: Dejan Kovacevic discusses his ROY ballot: As you probably know, Pirates beat writer Dejan Kovacevic has been taking some heat this week for his Rookie of the Year selections....
• 11/17 Raise the Jolly Roger: News and notes: Sorry for the lack of posts lately – I’ve been really busy since the Hurdle hire. Most of the quotes and things that...
• 11/16 Giants Nirvana: The Great Nate Debate: Guest post by Zachary Chiang.Everyone knows that Buster Posey is a very talented young player. Another article praising his offensive...
• 11/16 Giants Nirvana: A Closer Look at the Rookie of the Year Balloting: Player Name, Team, WAR1st2nd3rdPointsBuster Posey, San Francisco Giants 3.92092129Jason Heyward, Atlanta Braves 5.09202107Jaime...
• 11/16 Giants Nirvana: Summing Up the Baseball World (One Week at a Time): Every day, I come across interesting baseball articles, studies, videos, photos etc. Every Sunday I will share these with my...
• 11/16 Giants Nirvana: BUSTER POSEY: 2010 ROOKIE OF THE YEAR: Finally. The San Francisco Giants season is officially complete. Buster Posey has won the Rookie of the Year for 2010, and rightfully...
• 11/16 Giants Nirvana: Buster Posey v. Jason Heyward: 2010 Rookie of the Year: Tomorrow is the day. After one of the best seasons in the history of the Giants franchise -- a lot of the credit due to Buster...
• 11/16 SOX & Dawgs: 2010 AL & NL Rookie of the Year Winners: The 2010 Jackie Robinson American League and National League Rookie of the Year Awards as voted on by the Baseball Writers'...
• 11/16 The Crazy Crabbers: The Brandon Belt Hype Continues to Build: Brandon Belt's stock has taken off like a rocket.At the start of the season after coming in as a 5th round pick he wasn't considered...
• 11/16 The Crazy Crabbers: Buster Posey is Giants Savior and Now also the Rookie of the Year: It was a two man race for the National League rookie of the year and in my biased opinion the best man won.Not to take anything...
• 11/16 My Pinstripes: Rookie of the Year Offical Voting: I mentioned in a prior post that Neftali Feliz and Buster Posey won the AL and NL Rookie of the Year Awards. Here is the official...
• 11/16 BC Sports: MLB 2010 Awards Predictions: The 2010 Major League Baseball season came and went. I've been very ecstatic since my hometown San Francisco Giants won their...
• 11/16 Crashburn Alley: On Awards and Voting: Dejan Kovacevic, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette’s beat writer for the Pirates, caused a ruckus earlier today when it was revealed...
• 11/16 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Giants | Buster Posey named NL Rookie of the Year: San Francisco Giants C Buster Posey was named the National League Rookie of the Year for the 2010 season, according to ESPN. ...[+]
• 11/11 Giants Nirvana: 2010 Silver Slugger Awards: The 2010 Silver Slugger Awards were announced today. Like the Gold Glove Awards, voting is conducted by Major League coaches and...
• 11/8 Giants Nirvana: BBWAA Awards Predictions and Schedule: According to BBWAA.com, the awards schedule is as follows: AL and NL Rookie of the Year: Nov 15 NL Cy Young: Nov 16 AL and...
• 11/6 MLBTradeRumors: Amateur Signing Bonuses: Giants: Next up in our amateur signing bonus series, the World Champion San Francisco Giants... Buster Posey, $6.2MM (2008) Zach...
• 11/4 Giants Nirvana: Giants Decline Renteria's Option: The Giants officially declined Edgar Renteria's $10.5 million option today. They'll pay him a $500K buyout. This comes as no...
• 11/4 MLBTradeRumors: Odds & Ends: Indians, Jeter, Ellis, Giants, Chen: Happy 92nd birthday to one of baseball's all-time great pitchers, Bob Feller.  "Rapid Robert" piled up 266 wins and 2581 strikeouts...
• 11/2 YankeeAnalysts.com: Musings on the 2010 World Series: First of all, congratulations to the San Francisco Giants and their fans. One of my favorite aspects of the 2010 World Series...
• 11/2 The World's Worst Sports Blog: Fire Up The Hot Stove: Although I’m usually fairly heavy on the statistical content, I can’t help but mention a few impressions from Game...
• 11/2 Baseball Musings: Back to ’66: Buster Posey reminds Phil Coffin of Andy Etchebarren of the 1966 Orioles. He was a rookie catcher who helped a good, young pitching...
• 11/2 Giants Nirvana: WS Game Five Recap: 2010 WORLD CHAMPIONS ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks...
• 11/2 The UpperCard Network: Giants Win First World Series: Congratulations to the San Francisco Giants for winning their first World Series in 56 years, propelled by a three-run home run...
• 11/1 Baseball Musings: Poor Dive: Nelson Cruz dove for a Freddy Sanchez line drive, but took his eye off the ball and it dropped for a single. Cruz makes up for...
• 11/1 Baseball Musings: Feliz in the Eighth: Neftali Feliz relieves Cliff Lee to start the eighth inning. Cliff pitched seven innings, allowing six hits and three runs. He...
• 11/1 Baseball Musings: World Series Game Five Underway: With the Giants riding a streak of losing three straight World Series clinching games, Cliff Lee gets ahead of Andres Torres 1-2,...
• 11/1 The Captain's Blog: Prolonging the “Torture”? Does Bumgarner’s Emergence Make Cain or Lincecum Expendable?: Anyone surprised by Madison Bumgarner’s outstanding World Series start, which was the just latest contribution to an already...
• 11/1 Giants Nirvana: WS Game Four Recap: Let me start by saying I was wrong. Travis Ishikawa and Nate Schierholtz didn't have great games. They were a combined 0 for...
• 11/1 Baseball Musings: Giants Win the Must Win Game: Madison Bumgarner out-pitches Tommy Hunter as the Giants win game four 4-0. According to the broadcast, this is the first time...

• 10/31 Baseball Musings: Posey Pokes: Buster Posey hits a one-out home run to straight-away centerfield in the top of the eighth. The Giants extend their lead to 4-0....
• 10/31 Baseball Musings: World Series Game Four Underway: Andres Torres beats out an infield hit as Ian Kinsler almost got him on a grounder up the middle leading off game four of the...
• 10/31 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Giants | Game 4 starting lineup revealed: The San Francisco Giants' starting lineup for Game 4 of the World Series Sunday, Oct. 31, is as follows, according to Tim Kawakami...[+] of The Mercury News: CF Andres Torres, 2B Freddy Sanchez, DH Aubrey Huff, C Buster Posey, LF Cody Ross, 3B Juan Uribe, 1B Travis Ishikawa, SS Edgar Renteria and RF Nate Schierholtz, with SP Madison Bumgarner pitching.
• 10/30 Giants Nirvana: BBA Awards Update: Walter Johnson Award: Roy Halladay So far, the following BBA Awards have been announced: Willie Mays Award:NL - Buster PoseyAL - Neftali Feliz Connie...
• 10/30 Baseball Musings: World Series Game Three Underway: Colby Lewis gets Andrew Torres to ground out to first to start game three of the 2010 World Series. Update: Freddy Sanchez follows...
• 10/29 The Crazy Crabbers: A tale of two Managers: Tweet One of the storylines that has been lost in the Giants offensive explosion is the two vastly different ways that Bruce Bochy...
• 10/29 PaulLebowitz.com: Honorifics: Sandy Alderson's anointing: I keep hearkening back to the passage in the updated version of Jim Bouton's Ball Four after Bouton...
• 10/28 Baseball Musings: Elvis Walks: Elvis Andrus draws a one-out walk in the top of the eighth. That’s the first unintentional walk Cain issued in the game....
• 10/28 Baseball Musings: Load with Giants: After a two-out Buster Posey single in the bottom of the eighth, Derek Holland comes in and walks Nate Schierholtz and Cody Ross...
• 10/28 PaulLebowitz.com: Time To Strut---For Now: Pimpin' : I'm a "throw the bomb early"; "deep strike"; "what's the point of having power if you don't use it?" type of guy.With...
• 10/27 Baseball Musings: Torres Doubles: Andres Torres continues the doubles assault with a one out shot down the leftfield line in the bottom of the fifth. Four of the...
• 10/27 Baseball Musings: No No Hitter: Freddy Sanchez hits a one-out double in the bottom of the first, just inside the rightfield line for the first Giants hit of the...
• 10/27 Baseball Musings: Leadoff On: After a 1-2-3 inning by Tim Lincecum, Edgar Renteria leads off the bottom of the third by grounding a ball to Michael Young that...
• 10/27 Obstructed View: World Series Preview: Giants vs Rangers: Congrats to both teams to making it to the World Series over heavily favored teams (the Yankees and the Phillies). Here's how...
• 10/27 The Sporting Hippeaux: The Bengie Molina Factor (World Series Preview): Mark Simon on the ESPN Baseball Today podcast yesterday that Bengie Molina will join Lonnie Smith as the only players in baseball...
• 10/26 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Giants | Buster Posey named NL Outstanding Rookie: San Francisco Giants C Buster Posey was named the National League Rookie of the Year as part of the Players Choice Awards, according...[+] to the Detroit Free Press' James Jahnke.
• 10/26 PaulLebowitz.com: The Prince Of New York's 2010 World Series Preview: World Series----Texas Rangers vs San Francisco Giants: Texas Rangers (90-72); 1st place, AL West (defeated Tampa Bay Rays 3 games...
• 10/26 Fungoes.net: A review of NLCS Game 6 key decisions: Manager scorecard: Game 6 of the National League Championship Series entertained fans for its on-field drama. No less, however, did the inner game...
• 10/24 Baseball Musings: Ryan’s Nope: At Baseball Analytics, I look at how the Giants kept Ryan Howard in the park and limited him to no RBI despite good numbers. Howard...
• 10/24 B-R Blog: Phillies are done (Part 4: This time it’s for real): The Phillies, somewhat shockingly, have been eliminated from the playoffs. Let me start by saying that this post is not intended...
• 10/24 Caught Looking: Saturday recap: Giants punch ticket to World Series with win over Phillies: NLCS Game 6: Giants 3, Phillies 2 (Giants win series 4-games-2) The Giants scratched out enough runs again in a hostile environment...
• 10/24 Baseball Musings: Torres Tumble: Andres Torres beats out a bunt with one out in the ninth by diving into first, but he’s shaken up on the play. Brad Lidge...
• 10/23 Baseball Musings: Double Trouble: Freddy Sanchez doubles off Ryan Madson, ending a strikeout streak for the pitcher. The Phillies decide to walk Aubrey Huff to...
• 10/23 Baseball Musings: Giants Threaten: Pinch hitter Mike Fontenot pinch hits and singles leading off the fifth for the Giants and with one out, Freddy Sanchez singles...
• 10/23 Baseball Musings: Pitcher Hit: Jonathan Sanchez singles leading off the top of the third. He hit .138 during the regular season with a triple. Update: Andres...
• 10/23 Baseball Musings: NLCS Game Six Underway: Andres Torres singles to left off Roy Oswalt to start the Giants off on the right foot of game six of the NLCS. Torres is now...
• 10/23 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Giants | Game 6 NLCS lineups announced: San Francisco Giants OF Andres Torres will bat leadoff in Game 6 of the NLCS against the Philadelphia Phillies Saturday, Oct....[+] 23, according to John Shea of the San Francisco Chronicle. He will be followed in the lineup by 2B Freddy Sanchez, 1B Aubrey Huff, C Buster Posey, OF Pat Burrell, OF Cody Ross, 3B Juan Uribe, SS Edgar Renteria and SP Jonathan Sanchez.
• 10/22 Giants Nirvana: NLCS Game Four Recap: Entering Wednesday's game, Buster Posey and Aubrey Huff had tallied a combined three hits in the NLCS. They broke out in Game...
• 10/22 Giants Nirvana: NLCS Game Five Recap: Not much to say about this one....one sloppy inning cost them the game. In the third inning, with runners on first and second,...
• 10/22 Giants Nirvana: Baseball America All-Rookie Team: Buster Posey and Madison Bumgarner were among 17 players named to the Baseball America All-Rookie Team. Nice to see their...
• 10/22 Giants Nirvana: Stat Table: Giants with 3+ Hits in a Postseason Game (since 2002): Player Date Series Gm# Tm Opp PA H Aubrey Huff 2010-10-20 NLCS 4 SFG PHI 5 3...
• 10/22 Philly Phanatics: Ground zero: The Phillies managed just three hits during a 3-0 loss to the San Francisco Giants in Game 3 of the NLCS. The Phillies never got...
• 10/22 Philly Phanatics: Ball-Buster: A Star is Born: The game-changing 6th was keyed by Public Enemy #1 - Cody Ross - who doubled after a Pat Burrell walk, setting the stage for a...
• 10/22 Crashburn Alley: NLCS Headed Back to Philly: Looking down the barrel of a loaded gun, the Phillies staved off elimination for at least one more day with a 4-2 victory over...
• 10/22 Baseball Musings: Mightier Pen: Coming into this series, the Giants looked to have the advantage in the bullpen. With the San Francisco hitters forcing Roy Halladay‘s...
• 10/21 Baseball Musings: Posey’s Eye: After Tim Lincecum retired the Phillies in order in the top of the sixth, Buster Posey draws a walk from Roy Halladay to start...
• 10/21 Baseball Musings: Giants in the Eighth: Ryan Madson comes in to face Buster Posey leading off the bottom of the eighth. Update: Posey gets ahead 2-0. Buster takes two...
• 10/21 Baseball Musings: Phillies First Hit: Raul Ibanez bloops a single into right-center for the Phillies first hit, leading off the top of the third. Update: Tim Lincecum...
• 10/21 Caught Looking: Wednesday Recap: Giants walkoff with a win and the Yankees survive another day: ALCS Game 5: Yankees 7, Rangers 2 C.C. Sabathia halted the Rangers from celebrating in Yankee Stadium as he held the Rangers offense...
• 10/21 The Rally Cap: Red October: The Curious Incident of Roy in the Nineth: As I sit here, hours before my beloved Phillies start what could be their last game of the season, I can’t help but wonder...
• 10/21 Baseball Press: The National League Championship Series - Game 5: The San Francisco Giants have the Philadelphia Phillies on the ropes for the NLCS Championship and World Series birth in Game...
• 10/21 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Giants | Buster Posey records four hits in Game 4: San Francisco Giants C Buster Posey collected four hits in Game 4 of the NLCS Wednesday, Oct. 20, according to The Associated...[+] Press.
• 10/21 Baseball Musings: Giants in the Ninth: The Giants send Freddy Sanchez, Aubrey Huff and Buster Posey to bat in the bottom of the ninth. Roy Oswalt comes in to try to...
• 10/21 Baseball Musings: Strike a Posey: Buster Posey picks up four hits in the game, two doubles, two singles, drives in two, and sets up the winning sacrifice fly by...
• 10/20 Baseball Musings: Magnificent Seventh: Antonio **** comes in to pitch for the Phillies in the bottom of the seventh. There are no Kennys on the Giants, however. Update:...
• 10/20 Baseball Musings: Two More On: The Phillies get hits from Ben Francisco and Carlos Ruiz leading off the fifth inning, giving them a good chance to score. Joe...
• 10/20 Baseball Musings: Torres Takes: Andres Torres took over for Aaron Rowand on the double switch. Torres leads off the bottom of the fifth with a walk, and the Phillies...
• 10/20 Baseball Musings: Two Out Rally: With two out in the bottom of the third, Aubrey Huff singles, and Buster Posey drives the ball over the head of the leftfield...
• 10/20 Baseball Musings: Giant Lead: Freddy Sanchez singles with one out in the first. He moves to third on two wild pitches by Joe Blanton, and with two out Buster...
• 10/19 MLBTradeRumors: Minor Deal, Major Impact: Unheralded Moves Pay Off: The Yankees probably wouldn't be in the ALCS if they hadn't spent big on Mark Teixeira and C.C. Sabathia. The Giants probably...
• 10/18 Philly Phanatics: From Where I Sit: I feel a bit cheated. Not so much that the Phillies lost game 1 of the NLCS. More that I am a big fan of the pitcher's duel....
• 10/18 The Crazy Crabbers: Posey beats out Heyward for Willie Mays Award for top Rookie: TweetThe battle for the Willie Mays Award, given by the Baseball Bloggers Alliance to the top rookie in each division, turned...
• 10/18 MLBTradeRumors: Bengie Molina Still Thinking Retirement: With a World Series ring and two Gold Gloves apiece, neither Bengie Molina nor his younger brother Yadier have much to prove in...
• 10/18 Crashburn Alley: Oswalt Pitches Phillies to 1-1 Split: The Phillies evened the National League Championship Series at one game apiece, defeating the San Francisco Giants 6-1 behind...
• 10/18 Baseball Musings: Top of the Ninth: Ryan Madson comes in to pitch for Philadelphia in the top of the ninth with a 6-1 lead over the Giants. San Francisco sends Buster...
• 10/17 Baseball Musings: Nice Catch: Buster Posey leads off the second inning, hitting a 3-1 pitch deep to the rightfield side of center. Shane Victorino had to run...
• 10/17 Giants Nirvana: NLCS Game One Recap: Looks like Doctober ended a little early... Giants with multi-homer postseason games (before today): Player Date...
• 10/16 Baseball Musings: Burrell Blast: Pat Burrell gets a border line pitch called his way, then hits the next one against the wall in left for a double and an RBI....
• 10/16 Obstructed View: NLCS: Giants vs Phillies: I'm excited for the pitching matchups in this series. Lincecum vs Halladay Sanchez vs Oswalt Hamels vs Cain Blanton vs Bumgarner Halladay...
• 10/15 The Crazy Crabbers: End of Year Awards: Willie Mays Award: Tweet As a part of the Baseball Bloggers Alliance there is the parti**** in the end of year awards voting. (Note: I write for...
• 10/15 Call to the Pen: Olde Man’s Tavern: Sabean’s Place: You hear about it a lot in all of sports. Managers and coaches receive too much credit when a team does well and too much criticism...
• 10/14 Raise the Jolly Roger: BBA Ballot: NL Willie Mays Award: The Baseball Bloggers Alliance is once again conducting its own end-of-season MLB awards as part of an ongoing effort to provide...
• 10/13 Call to the Pen: BBA Awards: Willie Mays Ballot: Call to the Pen is a member site of the Baseball Bloggers Alliance. As such, we have the duty each year to cast our ballot in...
• 10/13 Crashburn Alley: Phillies-Giants NLCS Preview: Starting Eight: The Phillies are four wins away from a third consecutive World Series appearance. If that happens, they would be the the first...
• 10/12 Jason's Baseball Blog: The NL Willie Mays Award: Over at the Baseball Bloggers’ Alliance, we will be voting over the coming weeks on our award winners for the regular season....
• 10/12 Giants Nirvana: NLDS Game Four Recap: We're Going to the NLCS!!!: The Giants are going to the NLCS! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Game...
• 10/11 Braves Journal: Giants 3, Braves 2: San Francisco Giants vs. Atlanta Braves – Box Score – October 11, 2010 – ESPN. And so it ends. It figures that...
• 10/11 Baseball Musings: Giants Advance: The Giants win game four of their NLDS series with Atlanta 3-2. That ends the career of Bobby Cox, who comes out for a bow and...
• 10/11 Baseball Musings: Giants in the NinthAubrey Huff leads off the top of the ninth with a single, bringing on Craig Kimbrel to pitch. ...
• 10/11 Baseball Musings: Giants Threaten: Derek Lowe issues a walk to Aubrey Huff and an infield single to Buster Posey with one out in the seventh. Bobby Cox comes out,...
• 10/11 Baseball Musings: McCann Can: Brian McCann gets the run back with a home run on the first pitch of the bottom of the sixth. Both catcher, McCann and Buster...
• 10/11 The Sporting Hippeaux: BBA Ballot: NL Willie Mays Award: A 20-year-old Willie Mays won the Rookie of the Year Award way back in 1951 with a line that looks eerily like those of this year's...
• 10/11 Caught Looking: Sunday recap: Game 4: Rays 5, Rangers 2 Well it looks like this series will live up to the hype as the Rays won their second straight game on...
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