Coming off an excellent week where the Giants swept the Dodgers and fought the Braves to a series split, the team had both momentum and necessity propelling them forward. Read more »
Danny Leroux - Baseball Analysis
Giants Weekly: 'Take Care Of TCB' Edition
Giants Weekly: Deflation By Inflation Edition (Aug. 20)
The Melky Cabrera suspension, what Brian Sabean can do to keep the Giants in the race and a major opportunity in the coming week. Read more »
Giants Weekly: Just Enough Edition (July 23, 2012)
While the bullpen still needs to turn it around to replicate the astonishing pitching performance of the 2010 season, the biggest discrepancy (other than Tim Lincecum) has been the Giants actually getting strong performances offensively from three guys for the entire season thus far. Read more »
Giants Weekly: First Half In Review
The Giants have made a meaningful improvement offensively over the last few years and shows that they have a chance of replicating the 2010 season where they generated just enough hitting to win all the games they needed to win. Read more »
Giants Weekly: We Know We Are Running Out of Time Edition
The biggest week of the year lived up to that billing, though not with the result Giants fans were hoping for. Read more »
The Four Fundamental Flaws Of The 2011 Giants
The Giants continue to fall out of contention despite their dominant pitching staff. Between a lack of power, speed, plate discipline and team defense, the team has fundamental flaws limiting their potential. Read more »
Giants Weekly: One Huge Week Edition (August 29)
One week of a baseball season rarely makes or breaks a team, but the Giants must turn things around over the next six against the Cubs and D-Backs. Read more »
Giants Weekly: Lightning in a Bottle Edition
The Giants are coming off two series losses that were disappointing in different ways. The Giants have made me appreciate how fortunate the 2010 team was. Read more »
Giants Weekly: Viva El Tapon Edition (August 15)
After a series loss to the Pirates, the extended road trip to Miami, Atlanta, and Houston took on additional significance as Arizona continues to surge. Read more »
Giants At The Deadline: A Short-Sighted Overpay
Brian Sabean is exactly who we thought he was, for better or for worse. The decision to trade six years of Zach Wheeler for 60 days of Carlos Beltran fits clearly in the recent history of moves by the Giants, particularly the last two seasons. Read more »
Giants Weekly: 'Pablo's Just Another Word For Plenty Left to Lose'
The Giants stumbled in Washington and have also lost Pablo Sandoval for six weeks. Read more »
Giants Weekly: 'There's No Place Like Road' Edition
Coming off a strong week where the Giants got series wins against the Dodgers and Diamondbacks, the team needed to keep the pedal to the metal against Colorado, the team standing clearly atop the division. Read more »
What The Championship Means To San Francisco (And Giants' Fans)
While simply winning a World Series provides plenty of joy in and of itself, the story of this franchise coupled with the players on it makes the victory all the sweeter. Read more »
The Difference Of Six Months
In order to get the full scope of the division winning season, it proves worthwhile to take a look at the lineup San Francisco trotted out on Game 1 on Opening Day. Read more »
On Matt Cain And Misconceptions
After spending Saturday morning at the absolutely phenomenal Fangraphs conference (and spending some of the weekend re-reading classic Fire Joe Morgan pieces), Daniel Leroux comes out guns blazing for a Matt Cain/Barry Zito debate. Read more »
A Creative Rotation
Buster Posey is getting at bats, but he needs to get behind the plate more often to maximize his defensive potential. Read more »
Two Special Pitching Performances
Matt Cain and Ubaldo Jimenez each delivered highly impressive performances this weeked at AT&T. Each start provided a different example of how a pitcher can have a great game. Read more »
The Perils Of Poor Run Production
San Francisco is an excellent 20-6 in games where they score three or more runs (partially aided by the 5-1 record in games with eight or more runs scored). Read more »
The Giants After 35 Games
The Giants have received better than even expected production from their starting pitching, as well as their lineup, but are both sustainable? Read more »