**The Official SF Giants 2011 Season thread**

  • Wanna Join? New users you can now register lightning fast using your Facebook or Twitter accounts.
Chree

Chree

Medicated
#761
Dec 7, 2005
32,362
13,858
113
39
#761
Catching Top Priority For Giants; Kottaras Available
By Ben Nicholson-Smith [June 20, 2011 at 4:45pm CST]

Obtaining catching help remains the Giants' top priority, according to Henry Schulman of the San Francisco Chronicle (Twitter links). One potential target is Brewers catcher George Kottaras, who is available according to Schulman.

However, 21-year-old prospect Hector Sanchez has a .310/.375/.448 line in eight games at Triple-A since the Giants promoted him all the way from Class A earlier this month, so GM Brian Sabean does have one internal option. Eli Whiteside, who has picked up most of the playing time since Buster Posey's home plate collision, hasn't hit much. He has a .190/.278/.291 line this year and backup Chris Stewart hasn't done any better.

Kottaras, 28, has been backing up for the first place Brewers. He has a .290/.324/.516 line in 34 plate appearances in support of everyday catcher Jonathan Lucroy this year. In 396 career plate appearances, Kottaras has a .220/.306/.405 line, which compares pretty well with the average MLB catcher in 2011 (.241/.314/.379).
 
CHAPO GUZMAN

CHAPO GUZMAN

Sicc OG
#762
Jan 5, 2006
13,536
3,427
0
36
#762
MooreBlock530 said:
all of your lame excuses hold nothing to the A's whooping that ass in the only world series that they played each other, plus the A's have more rings

just because your the last to win it doesnt mean shit, Oakland>SF
Click to expand...
That's like saying.. the A's winning this year doesnt matter because they won more games back in say.. 2004?
 
W0RM_Da_C0N

W0RM_Da_C0N

Sicc OG
#763
Sep 16, 2002
2,927
499
0
42
#763
MooreBlock530 said:
all of your lame excuses hold nothing to the A's whooping that ass in the only world series that they played each other, plus the A's have more rings

just because your the last to win it doesnt mean shit, Oakland>SF
Click to expand...
stupid fuckin logic...

lol at being an oakland ass fan

Giants are the CURRENT champs you dipshit
 
Chree

Chree

Medicated
#764
Dec 7, 2005
32,362
13,858
113
39
#764
Brandon Belt - 1B - Giants

Giants manager Bruce Bochy said Brandon Belt (wrist) has been doing all baseball-related activities except swinging fully, which they hope he'll be able to do this weekend.
Once he is able to swing regularly, the Giants will then makes plans for him to go out on a rehab assignment. If all goes well, he'll probably begin a rehab assignment sometime next week and return in early July
 
Chree

Chree

Medicated
#765
Dec 7, 2005
32,362
13,858
113
39
#765
The Giants hope Mike Fontenot (groin) can re-start his rehab assignment by the end of the week.
Fontenot aggravated his strained groin last week during a rehab game for Triple-A Fresno and has been idle since. He's not expected to return before the end of the month.
 
Chree

Chree

Medicated
#766
Dec 7, 2005
32,362
13,858
113
39
#766
Giants signed C Max Ramirez to a minor league contract.
Ramirez was one of the better catching prospects in the game a few years ago, but he's fallen on hard times, as this is the fifth organization he's been in since the beginning of the year. He's batted just .229/.267/.339 over 118 at-bats this season and, and although he'll given the Giants some much-needed catching depth in the minors, there's no guarantee he'd be an offensive upgrade over Eli Whiteside and Chris Stewart.
 
BROWN GUERRERO

BROWN GUERRERO

#SFUNITE
#771
Feb 12, 2004
7,488
886
0
38
#771
By the way I wouldn't put this all on Bum. Whiteside sucks and shouldn't be back there. Pitchers have lost confidence in him. And Tejada started this shit off by not making the play at short stop. WTF is he doing out there?
 
T

TreeAir

Sicc OG
#774
Jun 11, 2009
832
375
0
34
Santo Domingo, República Dominicana
#774
They have received the World Series Champ Virus, it seems as the champs get ready to repeat. They begin to lose key players, and it looks like it for the giants thus far, if the pitching is not there then they won't get far, that's how they won it last year the pitching was always there but the bats got hot after all star break heading into the playoffs. Guess Noah Lowry won't be returning
 
Chree

Chree

Medicated
#779
Dec 7, 2005
32,362
13,858
113
39
#779
Giants manager Bruce Bochy said Madison Bumgarner could be available out of the bullpen over the next couple days after throwing just 25 pitches Tuesday.
He also raised the possibility of Bumgarner's Sunday start being pushed up so that the young left-hander wouldn't have to pitch on Sunday Night Baseball following Tuesday's meltdown. In all likelihood, we're likely to see Bumgarner pitch on Sunday as scheduled, but Bochy wants to keep his options open.
 
Chree

Chree

Medicated
#780
Dec 7, 2005
32,362
13,858
113
39
#780
CF Rowand
2B Burriss
3B Sandoval
1B Huff
LF Ross
RF Schierholtz
SS Crawford
C Whiteside
P Vogelsong

todays lineup
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Top Bottom