2016 WORLD SERIES OR BUST: The 2015 San Francisco Giants

it was the hip this whole time

#wishfulthinkig

team is starting to roll. not sure about sending down Josh Osich but this time they didn't have to cut someone.

oh RIP Timmy, loved what he did in his prime. the long goodbye has started.

getting schooled by the brewers

Glad the Giants are not really in the Hamels chase anymore.

they almost got him.

The Giants aimed high in their efforts to trade for an ace. Evans confirmed that talks for Cole Hamels got serious enough that the left-hander rescinded his no-trade clause to go to San Francisco before the Texas Rangers made the winning offer. The Giants then engaged the Detroit Tigers about David Price before coming up short.

damn

got Mike Leake. they have seven starters and yes needed another one.

thanks Tim Hudson.

when can we start talking about Matt Duffy?

2015 Season .310 9 HR 51 RBI .347 OBS .467 SLG

http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/mlb/2015/08/04/giants-matt-dufffy-nl-best-rookie-not-joc-pederson-kris-bryant/31116445/

poor man's jung ho kang

disagree, he has better numbers.

found more stuff, it will be interesting to see how they finish this season:

http://www.yardbarker.com/mlb/articles/nl_rookie_of_the_year_no_longer_a_two_horse_race/s1_8637_19293289

so it really was that close: http://www.foxsports.com/mlb/story/report-cole-hamels-accepted-offer-from-giants-but-was-too-late-080715

However, behind closed doors, the Giants nearly landed Hamels, but the timing wasn't right.

According to a report from CBS Sports, Hamels accepted an offer from San Francisco contingent upon the team exercising his option for 2019, but the Phillies told the Giants that Hamels' acceptance came too late.

While the final proposed deal remains unknown, the Giants would have reportedly parted ways with catcher Andrew Susac and pitching prospect Tyler Beede in exchange for the 31-year-old ace.

matt Cain cannot get out of the fourth inning in any of his starts, may need to shut him down and hope for the best next year/

thank god Mattingly is a terrible coach. considering how bad we've been in the past week, can't believe we are just 2.5 games back.

So yeah our schedule for the next few weeks: Nats, Cardinals, Pirates, Cubs and then Cardinals again.

Yikes.

good, make or break

http://m.mlb.com/sf/video/topic/26516880/v31593825/highlighting-how-great-it-is-to-be-a-lefty

the Nationals might get buried this road trip, your welcome Mets fans.

https://amp.twimg.com/v/6ce1ec7d-06e0-418e-b3df-edc5729af154

wow haha i lol'd at the javier frisbee toss

that was fun.

Matt Duffy is having quite a rookie season:

Season PA H 2B 3B HR R RBI AVG OBP SLG WAR
2015 402 116 21 5 10 50 55 .309 .345 .471 3.4

team is starting to roll and starting to believe.

the Nationals might get buried this road trip, your welcome Mets fans.

Thanks for nothing; Mets fans only call clinching "burying."

wow haha i lol'd at the javier frisbee toss

I squeed at the Boch/Affeldt bit.

Bumgarner's line today: 3-hit shutout, 14 K, 1 walk, 112 pitches, GS of 94. Hit a home run, too.

his fourth HR of the year. they are on a roll but now have to play the Cardinals, i say bring it on.

one good thing abut having to go to work earlier is that i get to see these mid-west games live.

Henry Schulman is a San Francisco Chronicle staff writer.

I posited some time ago that Duffy has little chance to win National League Rookie of the Year because he not only had to outplay the Dodgers’ Joc Pederson and the Cubs’ Kris Bryant, he had to outperform their outsized expectations going into the season.

Done.

Duffy should be smack dab in the middle of the conversation. Heck, he should and will get Most Valuable Player votes.

I’m going to remain a little stubborn and say Bryant is still the Rookie of the Year favorite, especially if the Cubs reach the postseason. (Pederson has turned into a one-dimensional hitter who remains a homer threat every time he bats, but a strikeout machine with an average below .220).

However, Duffy is leading NL rookies in several key offensive stats that could resonate with a younger, increasingly diverse writer voting bloc.

Start with OPS+, a way of measuring a hitter’s on-base and slugging averages adjusted to his ballpark. One hundred is league average. Duffy is at 130, Bryant at 125, Pederson and 122 and the Pirates’ Jung Ho Kang at 121.

Duffy leads them all in hitting at .310 , which is seventh in the league. Bryant is at .257, Kang .288. Duffy even has crept within six home runs of Bryant’s 16. Pederson has 22.

If you want old school vs. new school in the same paragraph, Duffy is trailing Bryant in RBIs by seven, but leads him in WAR, 4.1 to 3.7. Kang is at 3.5, Pederson at 2.3.

Duffy has fewer at-bats, thanks to his spot on the bench early in the year, but he should have more than enough by season’s end to dissuade voters from using the difference against him.

Mike Leake is still on the DL so Matt Cain is still in the rotation. sometimes it just doesn't feel like it is going to be your year.

lol, Bochy used Bumgarner as his first pinch hitter off the bench in tonight's game.

yes he did single.

oh yeah he also scored, watching on delay.

i'm back on ILB, bet you all are so happy.

could have won all three games against the Cardinals. they are not at full strength but come to think about it the Giants have a lot of people out as well.

Pence to DL, Aoki activated from concussion list

well i was all happy and now the Giants are losing all these games. i knew it was not going to be easy but they have to at least start splitting series.

nah we good. survive to september is the plan.

still just two games and a half behind the Deaudgeurs.

Eddie Redmayne to play the main role Kelby Tomlinson's biopic imo

Marlon Byrd hits a homer in his first plate appearance for Giants

really? nice i just got home.

needed this win in the worst way. YES, first time to beat the Bucos this year.

pshaw

i knew ILB would be so happy that i'm back.

watching this on DVR. just found out that Bumgarner hit another home run tonight. out of this world.

not happy that the Giants optioned Chris Heston back to Triple-A.

eh i don't see a problem with it, he needs a break.

#stricklanded