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Limiting Ryan Vogelsong

By James Meyer, on June 18th, 2011

With Ryan Vogelsong continuing to excel as a starting pitcher for the Giants, questions about his continuation on the starting rotation are beginning to arise. Most revolve around the return of Barry Zito, but another factor that is often being overlooked is that of workload.

Vogelsong has never been a workhorse, the likes of Roy . . . → Read More: Limiting Ryan Vogelsong

Like a Record Baby, Right Round Round Round (Get it? A Rotation Joke!)

By Daniel Zarchy, on March 14th, 2011

In addition to Brandon Belt flashing some leather on defense, Sandoval slugging dingerz like the Panda of old, and reports of Mark DeRosa’s death appearing to be greatly exaggerated, one tidbit of “news” has actually appeared, when Bruce Bochy announced an order for the stellar Giants pitching rotation.

Timmy remains the . . . → Read More: Like a Record Baby, Right Round Round Round (Get it? A Rotation Joke!)

Sabermetrics For Beginners Part III: The Plus Sign

By Daniel Zarchy, on February 22nd, 2011

95, 129, and 136, baby.

For our newest installment of SFB, I’d like to introduce you to two of the most deceptively simple and useful statistics, Adjusted On-Base Plus Slugging (OPS+) and Adjusted Earned Run Average (ERA+).

These two stats are used to show a player’s performance, either in hitting or pitching, as . . . → Read More: Sabermetrics For Beginners Part III: The Plus Sign

Limiting Ryan Vogelsong

Like a Record Baby, Right Round Round Round (Get it? A Rotation Joke!)

Sabermetrics For Beginners Part III: The Plus Sign

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