Bike Spokes and Shoe Boxes – 2012 Topps Chrome
Per box items:
24 packs per box
4 cards per pack
2 autographs per box
Topps sell sheet
These cards are basically identical to 2012 Topps Series 1, 2 and Pro Debut only in a chrome finish. The standard sized cards feature a full color action shot of the player. Bordered in silver/chrome, the card fronts list the set and player name. A rounded graphic in the lower left corner of the...
Bike Spokes and Shoe Boxes – 2012 Topps Chrome
Per box items:
24 packs per box
4 cards per pack
2 autographs per box
Topps sell sheet
These cards are basically identical to 2012 Topps Series 1, 2 and Pro Debut only in a chrome finish. The standard sized cards feature a full color action shot of the player. Bordered in silver/chrome, the card fronts list the set and player name. A rounded graphic in the lower left corner of the...
Catching Up: Gustavo Cabrera, Natanael Javier, Brad Penny
It’s been a week since I posted here, so let’s catch up on what I missed…
The Giants signed Gustavo Cabrera and Nathaniel Javier
The Giants dabbled in the international market this week, signing a pair of Dominican prospects: Gustavo Cabrera and Natanael Javier. Cabrera, an ultra-athletic 16-year-old centerfielder, signed for $1.3M. His bat is the “main question mark,”...
Giants place four players on DL
The San Francisco Giants placed second baseman Freddy Sanchez on the 15-day disabled list Friday along with pitchers Ryan Vogelsong, Eric Surkamp and Dan Runzler.Sanchez underwent labrum surgery on his right shoulder last summer and isn't quite ready to return to the lineup. Vogelsong strained his back lifting weights last month before arriving to spring training. Surkamp has...
SF Giants Rumors: Sanchez, Burriss, Surkamp, Petit
Henry Schulman of the San Francisco Chronicle says infielder Freddy Sanchez has “plateaued” in his rehab, thus the decision to give him a cortisone shot. It’s very clear that Sanchez will not be ready for Opening Day. It’s time to see what Manny Burriss can do with his time at second base till the injured Sanchez can get back on the field. It’s unclear at this time as to...
Giants 5, Indians 3
Brett Pill cranked a three-run homer and Eric Surkamp won his third Cactus League game as the San Francisco Giants defeated the Cleveland Indians 5-3 at Goodyear Park today. [box score]
Pill’s home run came off Indians starter Kevin Slowey, after Buster Posey singled and Brandon Belt walked.
It was Pill’s second four-bagger of the spring.
Surkamp allowed two runs on four hits...
ST Notebook: Giants Win In Goodyear
The Giants got a great start from lefty Eric Surkamp and a majestic three-run blast from Brett Pill to beat the tribe. Final Score: Giants 5, Indians 3.
Indians and Giants go at it today
The San Francisco Giants (11-6-3) take on the Cleveland Indians (5-10) this afternoon at Goodyear Ballpark. LHP Eric Surkamp (2-1, 4.76) will make his third spring start (and fifth appearance overall). RHP Kevin Slowey (0-2, 5.63) is on the hill for the Tribe.
The two teams played to <a title="22gigantes.com: "Giants 2, Indians 2 (10)"" href="http...
2012 MLB Team Preview: San Francisco Giants
San Francisco Giants logo.
Coming into 2011 the San Francisco Giants were the World Series Champions, but just as I predicted defending their title proved to be too much for this self-proclaimed band of misfits.
One Showtime reality show later and a 86-76 record, the Giants embarrassingly missed the playoffs in 2011. The party was over for San Francisco as nobody cared about last...
Giants 3, Cubs 2
Eric Surkamp will probably start the season in Fresno, but if the Giants need an emergency starter, they know they have a decent arm just a couple hundred miles down the freeway.
Surkamp subdued the Chicago Cubs this afternoon at Hohokam Park, helping the Giants win their 10th spring training game, by a score of 3-2. [box score]
The Giants’ left-hander went four strong innings...
Giants and Cubs hook up at Hohokam today
The San Francisco Giants (9-4-2) visit the Chicago Cubs (6-6) at Hohokam Park today in a Cactus League match-up.
The Cubs, you may remember, beat the G-men 5-4 on Tuesday.
An interesting tidbit: Mike Fontenot and Ryan Theriot will be the Giants’ starting middle infielders today. Both played together with the Cubs from 2007–2010. Angel Pagan played with Theriot in Chicago (2006–’07...
SF Giants Rumors: Ryan Vogelsong and Eric Surkamp
Henry Schulman of the San Francisco Chronicle says the San Francisco Giants are being extremely conservative with Ryan Vogelsong in his return from a strained back. Bruce Bochy said Vogelsong will get three spring starts, and the Giants are preparing to skip his first regular-season spot in the rotation if necessary.The good news is Eric Surkamp pitched three great innings against...
Giants 7, Mariners 5
Say this about the San Francisco Giants. They are deep at the catcher position.
A day after young catcher Tommy Joseph hit a pair of home runs, rookie backstop Hector Sanchez drilled two himself and the Giants outlasted the Seattle Mariners 7-5 Sunday in front of a sold out crowd at Scottsdale Stadium to improve their Cactus League record to 7-3-1. [box score] [video highlights...
ST Notebook: Giants Best Mariners
Once again a LHP and a slugging catcher lead the Giants to victory -- this time it was Eric Surkamp and Hector Sanchez, though. Final Score: Giants 7, Mariners 5.
Surkamp faces King Felix today
It’s a battle of the two hottest teams in the desert today as the San Francisco Giants (6-3-1) send left-hander Eric Surkamp to the hill to face Felix Hernandez and the Seattle Mariners (7-2) at Scottsdale Stadium.
Surkamp, 24, will make his first spring start. He has made two relief appearances so far, allowing four runs on six hits and two walks in 4.1 innings. The 2011 Double...
Angels 9, Giants 5
Aubrey Huff hit his second home run of the spring, but it wasn’t enough as the Los Angeles Angels beat a San Francisco Giants split squad 9-5 Saturday at Tempe Diablo Stadium. [box score]
Huff finished 2-for-3 to raise his Cactus League batting average to .294.
Shane Loux allowed three runs (two of them earned) on four hits and a walk in his 2.1 innings of work.
Top Giants hitter...
Giants 13, Brewers 3
Twenty-year-old prospect Tommy Joseph was supposed to be here just to get an idea of what it’s like to be in a major league spring training camp. But if he keeps playing the way he did today, he may find himself on the 25-man roster come Opening Day. [box score]
Joseph went 2-for-3 and clobbered two home runs to lead a San Francisco Giants split squad over the Milwaukee Brewers...
Giants nearing deals with 19 players
The San Francisco Giants are close to finalizing 2012 contracts with catcher Buster Posey, left-handed starter Madison Bumgarner and 17 others.
Bobby Evans, Giants vice president of baseball operations, says the one-year, non-guaranteed major league contracts will be completed Friday or Saturday. Others in the group with zero to three years' service time are reliever Dan Runzler...
The Scrum for the NL West: Giants
The San Francisco Giants won 86 games last season. That is hardly a disaster. But the win total did keep the Giants from returning to the playoffs after the 2010 World Series title. The 86-win total was deceiving. The team actually out-performed their run differential by six games. So, the reality was that the Giants were the equivalent to a 80-win team. And it really was a Dr. Jekyll...
Dan Runzler out 4-6 weeks with shoulder injury
A visit to renowned orthopedic surgeon Dr. James Andrews’ office in Gulf Breeze, Fla. yesterday by Dan Runzler confirmed that the Giants’ left-handed reliever has indeed aggravated his strained lat and it will take 4-6 weeks to heal.
Runzler, who turns 27 on Mar. 30, originally injured the muscle on the last day of the 2011 season and was hoping it would heal on its own during...
Don’t Forget About Eric Surkamp
About a week ago, Fangraphs added Dan Szymborski’s ZiPS projections to its sortable projections page. Which is nice, because it makes it pretty easy to sort through the various projections. Back when the Giants 2012 ZiPS projections were released, I made brief mention of the fact that Eric Surkamp is projected for an ERA+ of 101 in 142 innings. That’s league-average production...
Media Day Interviews
Well, I’m done posting interviews from Giants Media Day. If you missed ‘em, here they are:
Brian Sabean and Bruce Bochy (blogger interview session)
Brandon Belt
Madison Bumgarner
Sergio Romo
Eric Surkamp
Aubrey Huff
Jeremy Affeldt
Bruce Bochy
Ryan Vogelsong
Ron Wotus
Interview: Eric Surkamp
Eric Surkamp discusses his long 2011 season, his health, and reflects on what it was like to pitch in the majors.
Media Day Mini-Recap
Well, I’m sitting here in the press box along with the other bloggers and Hank Schulman, Andrew Baggarly, Chris Haft, et al.
I just got down from the Brian Sabean/Bruce Bochy blogger interview session, which seemed to have gone well. It lasted about 20 minutes or so, and I recorded the whole thing on audio, so I’ll post that when I get a chance. We asked them about Brian Wilson...
Future Shock: Giants Top 11 Prospects by Kevin Goldstein
Previous Rankings: 2011 | 2010 | 2009 | 2008
System in 20 Words or Less: They have just one elite prospect, but the 2011 draft created the potential for more of them.
Five-Star Prospects
1. Gary Brown, OF
Three-Star Prospects
2. Joe Panik, SS
3. Heath Hembree, RHP
4. Tommy Joseph, C/1B
5. Kyle Crick, RHP
6. Andrew Susac, C
7. Eric Surkamp, LHP
8. Francisco Peguero...
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