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Latest Speculative Chivas USA Roster
Chivas USA are about to head into their fourth week of training camp, and I thought it was time to take another snapshot of their first team roster. I wouldn't be surprised if we hear of more cuts later this week among trialists and/or draftees, but let's figure out where we are at the moment. A...
Chivatown Post: Training Days Edition
The news has come much faster with the start of Chivas USA's training camp this week, and time to round up the recent news. Where to begin? Winger Ryan Smith has reported to training, and looks like he's ready to go with Chivas in 2012. He's been branded as selfish and a head case, especially by...
Game Recap
Quick jottings: When Pablo Sandoval took a walk in the 7th-inning, you could almost hear his internal monologue. It was like the Far Side cartoon with a guy holding one cymbal and muttering "Don't screw up. Don't screw up. Don't screw up." Hey, if it makes pitchers throw him strikes, I'm all...
Early Worries
Almost three years ago to the day, I wrote up early season Worry Power Rankings. It's kind of funny to revisit them now -- half of the players on there had already passed "worry" on their way to "decay", and it's funny to think that there was a point when some of us were wondering if Barry Bonds...
Pablo Sandoval Crystal Ball
Here's a Crystal Ball for Pablo Sandoval. Board member casejud has a more optimistic CB.My main concerns regarding Sandoval are 1) long-term defensive home and 2) age curve.
Not a Rookie: Pablo Sandoval
Not a Rookie: Pablo Sandoval Pablo Sandoval was signed by the Giants out of Venezuela in 2002. He made his North American debut in 2004, hitting .266/.287/.373 for the Arizona Rookie League Giants. His bat was rated as questionable, but scouts praised his defensive skills, highly ironic...
Can Pablo Sandoval Keep Hacking?
Last night, Pablo Sandoval hit against Trevor Cahill. The first two swings that Sandoval took were sub-Zito swings. Just awful. So on an 0-2 pitch, Sandoval obviously lined a 400-foot extra base hit. How long can he get away with this approach? Once through the league, and then he'll have to...
Buster Posey and Pablo Sandoval
In the aftermath of the 2008 draft, I argued that the presence of Pablo Sandoval, who had a ridiculously hot two months in A-ball, shouldn’t have affected how the Giants approached the draft. It would have been silly for them to say, "Well, we can’t take Posey because we have this...
Community Projection: Pablo Sandoval
What were you doing in 1990? I was wearing tight jeans and begging Hammer to please not hurt them. Maybe you were hanging out in a laundromat, pumping quarters into a PlayChoice 10 to get your first taste of Super Mario Bros. 3. Some of you Kyrgyzstan buffs were debating the relative merits of...
Free Agent Options for Third and First Base
It’s been pointed out before, but Pablo Sandoval and Travis Ishikawa need a right-handed complement who can play first and third. Really, that’s the only move I expect, nay, demand that the Giants make. It isn’t a very exciting demand. It’s kind of like demanding homemade...
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