San Francisco Giants
It's been a long journey across the majors, and it's a relief that it's about to end in San Francisco. It's a relief that it's ending here, because this analysis ought to be short and sweet. Every other team in the West can talk reasonably of winning the division; this one can talk only of finishing in last by a lot. Life without Barry Bonds is as cold and empty as life with him.
Rotation
Closer: Brian Wilson
Lineup
- LF Dave Roberts
- 3B Kevin Frandsen
- RF Randy Winn
- C Bengie Molina
- CF Aaron Rowand
- 2B Ray Durham
- 1B Dan Ortmeier
- SS Omar Vizquel
Rotation
- Matt Cain
- Barry Zito
- Tim Lincecum
- Noah Lowry
- Kevin Correia
Closer: Brian Wilson
Thoughts...
Yes, this is a pretty bad team, but the good news is: I just saved a bunch of money on my car insurance! On a more serious note, there are a few reasons for optimism here.
1. Cain is a very good starting pitcher, who is mostly wins away from being truly outstanding. Maybe in a year or two, he'll be able to supplement his 170ish strikeouts and ERA around 3.50 with a few victories.
2. Lincecum is going to be great. Someday. It might even be someday soon, but like Cain, he will be plagued by a lack of run support and wins.
3. A catcher is hitting cleanup. It's Bengie Molina, who's no Victor Martinez, but he does have back-to-back 19 HR years and will get RBI chances hitting fourth.
4. You can get Randy Winn for nothing, literally, and he's produced double digit homeruns and steals for the past six seasons. He's not outstanding, but in deeper leagues he's a hidden gem. Or something like that.
5. Barry Bonds is gone. That's a good thing, right?
That about covers the Giants. Personally, I'm avoiding this team like everyone else. They're going to get run all over by the elite teams of their division. Maybe in a couple years, if Rajai Davis and the youngsters get the chance to grow, this team will win some games again, but for 2008, I'm not too hopeful.
Labels: Team Analyses
posted by Pete Abbate at
8:39 AM
3 Comments:
hey pete -
yup, the giants will suck (at least at hitting and winning games). they were one of the favored teams in our recent Razzball draft where your aim is to have the worst possible team.
but no love for my man eugenio velez (http://razzball.com/pick-up-eugenio-velez-now/)? with frandsen potentially out for the year, velez could be the one saving grace for fantasy baseball fans looking for value out of SF's lineup...
go pirates!
rudy
I'll speak for Pete and say that Velez definitely seems like a great option at 2B, especially if he could hit ten homeruns. If he finds himself in an everyday position he could put up Chone Figgins type numbers, and the likely position eligibility is great. All around, I have to commend your advocacy-he's a great late round option who few people hear enough about.
I wrote about Velez a few weeks ago over at www.fantasybaseballgenerals.com(http://www.fantasybaseballgenerals.com/2008/03/spring-speedsters.html). I like the Figgins comparison as well. It's only a matter of time before he will get an every day job with their terrible and old offense.
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