Players to Watch

These are some players down in the minors who have been playing very well and could be seeing them sooner rather then later.

Fresno Grizzlies:  Geno Espineli P AAA 25 1.23 ERA, 11K, 1BB, and .192 AVG.  Alexander Hinshaw P AAA 25 .93 ERA, 13K, 4BB, and .121 AVG.  Billy Sadler P AAA 26 1.32 ERA, 19K, 11BB, .157 AVG.  Nate Schierholtz OF AAA 24 .295 AVG, 2HR, 14RBI, .329 OBP, 4SB.  Clay Timpner OF AAA 24 .298 AVG, 0HR, 17 RBI, .355 OBP, 4SB.  Brian Horwitz OF AAA 25 .304 AVG, 2HR, 8RBI, .355 OBP, 0SB. 

Connecticut Defenders:  Brooks McNiven P AA 26 2.08 ERA 10K, 6BB, .187 AVG.  Adam Cowart P AA 24 2.13 ERA, 14K, 3BB, .309 AVG.  Joseph Martinez P AA 25 2.22ERA, 17K, 6BB, .289 AVG.  Osiris Matos P AA 23 1.32 ERA, 12K, 6BB, .213 AVG.  Steve Palazzolo P AA 26 .54 ERA, 14K, 10BB, .118 AVG.  Sergio Romo P AA 25 1.64 ERA, 11K, 1BB, .118 AVG.  Kyle Haines 2B AA 25 .345 AVG, 0HR, 4RBI, .424 OBP, 0SB. 

San Jose Giants:  Dan Griffin P SJ (A) 23 1.65 ERA, 16K, 5BB, .220 AVG.  Ben Snyder P SJ (A) 22 1.23 ERA, 23K, 3BB, .211 AVG.  Pablo Sandoval C SJ (A) 21 .453 AVG, 7HR, 28RBI, .500 OBP, 1SB.  Elio Sarmiento C SJ (A) 21 .282 AVG, 1HR, 5RBI, .349 OBP, 0SB.  Brad Boyer 2B SJ (A) 24 .333 AVG, 2HR, 6RBI, .393 OBP, 2SB.  Andy D'Alessio 1B SJ (A) 23 .346 AVG, 3HR, 12RBI, .398 OBP, 0SB.  Bobby Felmy OF SJ(A)  24 .306 AVG, 3 HR, 11RBI, .361 OBP, 5SB.  Tyler Graham OF SJ (A) 24 .296 AVG, 0HR, 7RBI, .378 OBP, 18SB.

Augusta Green Jackets:  Daryl Maday P AUG (A) 22 1.29ERA, 22K, 6BB, .159AVG.  Daniel Otero P AUG (A) 23 0.0 ERA, 7K, 2BB, .171 AVG.  Brock Bond 2B AUG (A) 22 .405 AVG, 0HR, 12RBI, .457 OBP, 4 SB.  Thomas Neal 1B AUG (A) 20 .328 AVG, 6HR, 16 RBI, .375 OBP, 1SB.  Nick Noonan 2B AUG (A) 18 .309 AVG, 1 HR, 12 RBI, .327 OBP, 3 SB.

Good stuff...I heard the same thing from family in Fresno they say this team is as good as they have see since coming back to Fresno.  Thanks for the update.  Hope May we can get to .500 baseball.

GO Giants

I want to get some feed back from everybody as who we should get rid of and who to replace them with.  Here are some players who by performance or age should not be on this rebuild any longer so tell me what you think.

Players gone:  Jack Taschner 5.4 ERA 30 years old, Brad Hennessey 11.85 ERA enough said, Keiichi Yabu 3.45 ERA 39 years old, Rich Aurilia .232 AVG 36 years old, Ray Durham .247 AVG 36 years old, Randy Winn .241 AVG 33 years old.

Bring them up:  Geno Espinelli RP 1.23 ERA 26 years old, Alexander Hinshaw RP .93 ERA 25 years old, Billy Sadler RP 1.32 ERA 26 years old, Julio Cordido 2B .319 AVG 27 years old,  Nate Schierholtz OF .295 AVG 24 years old, Justin Leone 3B .236 AVG 8HR 31 years old cheaper then Aurilia.

So tell me what everybody thinks about making these changes.

Wow what a post!!  Thanks!!

Yeah I would love to see some of those guys called up earlier but I have to admit I am pretty happy with the number of young guys that we have given quality playing time to this year.