Earlier today, shocking news surfaced for the San Francisco Giants and their ace pitcher, Madison Bumgarner: The Giants’ left-handed ace sustained a sprained left shoulder and bruised ribs after being involved a dirt bike accident on the team’s day off in Colorado on Thursday, the club said. That’s from an Andrew Baggarly post. Losing Bumgarner…
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Wednesday Night Graph: Matt Cain and the two seam fastball
Matt Cain, on the back of two consecutive successful starts, has quite a few people asking the annual question of: “Is Matt Cain good again?” This question almost always invariably gets raised every year when Cain, who hasn’t had an average or better season since 2012, manages a solid-to-good start. It’s become a tradition of sorts…
Giants sign Korean third baseman, Jae-gyu Hwang
Per Andrew Baggarly: The club has agreed to terms with Korean infielder Jae-gyun Hwang on a minor league contract that includes an invitation to major league spring training. Baggarly goes on to note that Hwang’s contract is for $1.5M if he makes the major league roster and he will be invited to spring training. Hwang,…
Friday Graph: Matt Cain’s Release Point Over The Years
In early December, after the Giants inked Mark Melancon to a four year, $62 million dollar deal, GM Bobby Evans had an interesting quote on the state of the team’s payroll and offseason plans going forward: “I don’t think there’s anything more to ask of ownership,” Evans said, referring to the payroll. “It’s really a…