Ballbug (Free subscription) | 09/28/2009
Henry Schulman / San Francisco Chronicle : Keeping Uribe seems obvious — (09-27) 21:23 PDT San Francisco — There exists a player who sounds as though he wants to be a Giant next year. This year, he is hitting .299 in 378 at-bats. Project his numbers over 500 at-bats and he would have 20 homers and 70 RBIs.
Talking Points with Tim Kawakami (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
Been out of pocket for many hours (NOT driving recklessly or otherwise flouting the law, I might add), so I’m humongously late on adding comment on the Tim Lincecum Marijuana-in-Car Incident. Well, the long Bay Area Nightmare seems like it’s mostly over. Henry Schulman is reporting that... Continue reading...
MLB Rumors - MLBTradeRumors.com (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
Some links on this Monday evening... The Giants have hired Hensley "Bam Bam" Meulens as their hitting coach, writes Henry Schulman of the San Francisco Chronicle. Meulens - who previously held the same position with San Francisco's Triple-A affiliate - recorded an OPS of .641 in his Major League career. MLB.com's Adam McCalvy brings us a look at Meulens' resume. In a radio interview...
MetsBlog (Free subscription) | 10/31/2009
Henry Schulman, in a report in today’s San Francisco Chronicle, says the Giants are expected to make a run at Jason Bay. Giants General Manager Brian Sabean told Schulman that he sees a later developing market for free agents this year, and feels that this plays in his favor. …when did Manny sign…three days before Spring Training…that’s [...]
MLB Trade Rumors (Free subscription) | 10/31/2009
The Giants had a pretty busy day yesterday, re-signing second baseman Freddy Sanchez to a two-year deal, and outrighting lefty Noah Lowry, making him a free agent. Henry Schulman of The SF Chronicle has some more Giants' rumors for us this morning... GM Brian Sabean says he sees a "later-developing market. We don't have a relative sense of urgency like last year, which will play...
MLB Trade Rumors (Free subscription) | 10/30/2009
According to Henry Schulman of The SF Chronicle, Giants lefthander Noah Lowry will become a free agent today after he is removed from the 40-man roster. Schulman said Lowry's agent was informed of the move today, who added that he is "completely healthy throwing three days a week on his normal offseason program without any restrictions." Lowry hasn't appeared in a game...
MLB Trade Rumors (Free subscription) | 10/30/2009
5:31pm: Henry Schulman of The SF Chronicle reports that the contract is worth $6MM a year, so $12MM total. Sanchez takes a $2.1MM pay cut in 2010, but ends up with more guaranteed money in the long run. 5:17pm: The Giants have re-signed second baseman Freddy Sanchez to a two-year deal, according to CSNBayArea.com. The terms of the contract have not been released. The 31-year-old Sanchez...
Steven Rubio's Online Life (Free subscription) | 10/15/2009
From various stories in the Chronicle, by Henry Schulman: In July 2007, midway through a 91-loss season, ownership gave Sabean a two-year extension and a mandate to restructure his front office and hire executives with a track record of evaluating...
MLB Trade Rumors (Free subscription) | 10/21/2009
... to make up about a third of the team's 25-man roster in 2010. The San Francisco Chronicle's Henry Schulman looks at the Super Two rule , and explains why Tim Lincecum 's extra week of major-league service could mean a big payday for the Cy Young winner.
The Hardball Times (Free subscription) | 10/15/2009
The Chronicle's Henry Schulman was in the press box before Game 3. As with all good accounts of such things, Schulman captures the tragic, the comic and the simply insane : Like the fans, many of us assumed power would be restored and the game would be played. Then came word from transistor radios (remember those?) that "the Bay Bridge had collapsed" and "the entire...
MLB Rumors - MLBTradeRumors.com (Free subscription) | 10/16/2009
... make the team's NLCS roster, that doesn't necessarily mean the righty won't be back in 2010. Henry Schulman of the San Francisco Chronicle reports that it doesn't sound like Will Clark will be a candidate for the San Francisco Giants' open hitting coach position. David O'Brien of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution follows up on the recent Tim Hudson speculation . O'Brien thinks the...
Steven Rubio's Online Life (Free subscription) | 10/01/2009
I’ve told the story before about how a group of us online Giants fans convinced Chronicle writer Henry Schulman to mention Abe Vigoda in a piece about the team, as a kind of shout out to us. Well, Nathan Fillion...
Ballbug (Free subscription) | 09/29/2009
... to get their battled veterans ready for the long haul.Discussion: Discussion: Michael Vega / : Henry Schulman / : — (09-27) 21:23 PDT San Francisco — There exists a player who sounds as though he wants to be a Giant next year. This year, he is hitting .299 in 378 at-bats. Project his numbers over 500 at-bats and he would have 20 homers and 70 RBIs.Discussion: , , , , and Discussion:...
Ballbug (Free subscription) | 09/28/2009
Michael Vega / Boston Globe : Beckett out, Bowden in — The Red Sox have made a surprising last-minute pitching change, with Michael Bowden getting the start in place of Josh Beckett tonight against the Blue Jays. — The Globe's Tony Massarotti reports that the cause is mild back spasms.
