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I just realized this fact after I saw Emmanuel Burriss get transferred to the 60-day Disabled List on May 22 to make room for Santiago Casilla: The Giants haven't had one African-American player take the field for them this year. Burriss has been hurt and on the disabled list all season, and Fred Lewis, the only other African-American player on the 25-man active roster this Spring, was traded away to Toronto ...

I really, really like Madison Bumgarner . Despite the rough Spring Training, I felt talent-wise, he was the best person to pitch in the fifth spot in the rotation over Todd Wellemeyer and Kevin Pucetas. Furthermore, I was impressed by his numbers last year in his short September call-up. Was he throwing gas? Not really (he only averaged 89.2 MPH on his fastball last year in his callup), ...

After last night's seven-inning, 10-strikeout performance against the Padres, Jonathan Sanchez has caught the attention of the baseball nation once again. Not only is Sanchez ready to break out (as I hinted this offseason), he is already on his way to doing so. Despite his record being 1-1 in three starts this year, Sanchez is posting a 1.86 ERA, a 0.98 WHIP, and a FIP (fielding independent pitching on an ...

The 2010 season is officially on its way in San Francisco, with the home opener against Atlanta looming tomorrow. While opening week is near the end of its run in the major leagues, today the Giants' minor league organizations begin their own Opening Days. What should Giants fans expect this season, after the Giants' combined farm system finished with the best record out of any other organization in baseball? Which guys ...

I'm not bashing Brandon Medders and his performance in 2009 by any means. I thought he was a surprising reliever in 2009. He had a great May where he posted a FIP of 2.85, and a solid September/October where he had a FIP of 3.16, and proved to be an integral part of the Giants' success last year. What made Medders such a great signing was that he happened ...

Madison Bumgarner is going to start the year in Triple-A Fresno rather than standing along the chalk line with the other Giants this Opening Day in Houston. As a Giants fan, it is disappointing because Bumgarner started out as the leading candidate for the fifth spot in the rotation after having a solid, short stint in the majors last season. In 10 innings pitched, Bumgarner posted 10 strikeouts, three walks, eight ...

It's finally here. I'm sorry for the delay. It's been tough balancing two blogs (this and 500 Days of Zobrist , the fantasy baseball blog) so I've kind of slacked a little the past week on posts here at Remember '51. However, here is Remember '51's complete NL West Preview, with each team-by-team breakdown (including your very own San Francisco Giants). Arizona Diamondbacks 2009 results: 70-92 (last in ...

On March 28, San Francisco Giants general manager Brian Sabean made a big move to solidify the Giants' pitching staff: he re-signed left-handed setup man Jeremey Affeldt, closer Brian Wilson, and starting pitcher Matt Cain to contract extensions. The extensions seem to be pre-emptive measures by Sabean to take care of their pitching situation right away. Affeldt was in the last year of the two-year contract he signed ...

Okay, so I did part one (a look at the one-two starting pitchers of each NL West squad) a couple of days ago. I figured, with all the hoopla about Jeremy Affeldt and Brian Wilson getting two-year extensions (which I'm not exactly thrilled about), that a look at all the late-inning specialists of each NL West squad was in order. Like before, I'm going to look at every team in the NL ...

On Wednesday, the Giants inked reliever Jeremy Affeldt to a two-year, $9.5 million extension, according to USA Today baseball writer Bob Nightengale . On paper, it makes sense. Affeldt, the Giants' left-handed setup man was effective for the Giants in 2009. He posted a 1.74 ERA and finished the 2009 season atop of the Major Leagues in holds (along with Minnesota Twins reliever Matt Guerrier) with 33. Thus, if you look ...