Nick San Miguel

1 week ago | aroundthefoghorn.com | Nick San Miguel

It is early in the season, but it is not too early to be concerned with the play of some SF Giants players thus far. Three players have started off a little bit sluggish out of the gates, but they have plenty of time to turn things around. 3 SF Giants players fans should be concerned about early in the season1. Justin VerlanderVeteran pitcher and future member of the Hall of Fame Justin Verlander was the big addition made to the pitching staff in the offseason for San Francisco.

1 week ago | aroundthefoghorn.com | Nick San Miguel

Not many people had SF Giants veteran Wilmer Flores leading all of major league baseball in runs batted in midway through April. Yet, that is where Flores finds himself and he is atop several star players on the RBI leaderboard. Flores has 23 RBI on the season which is two more than both Pete Alonso of the New York Mets and Aaron Judge of the New York Yankees. Part of the beauty of April baseball is that an unexpected name like Flores can get hot and lead the league in a key statistic.

1 week ago | aroundthefoghorn.com | Nick San Miguel

While the roster for the SF Giants has remained remarkably consistent to begin the season, there have still been some surprises with how players have been used. The biggest surprise has probably been Casey Schmitt's usage at first base.

1 week ago | aroundthefoghorn.com | Nick San Miguel

SF Giants starter Justin Verlander has had a bit of a rocky start to his career with the Giants. He has a 6.75 ERA through four starts and his numbers are fairly similar to the numbers Hall of Fame pitcher Randy Johnson put up through four starts as a Giant. When the Giants signed the 42-year-old Verlander this offseason, it was definitely reminiscent of when the the Giants signed the, at the time, 45-year-old Johnson for what ended up being his final MLB season in 2009.

1 week ago | aroundthefoghorn.com | Nick San Miguel

Roughly six months into Buster Posey's tenure as president of baseball operations, we have gotten a decent sense of how he operates in contrast to his predecessor Farhan Zaidi. Perhaps the biggest difference thus far is the lack of roster churn. Zaidi's time with the Giants was characterized by a lot of turnover on the roster year after year. He had a penchant for adding players via the waiver wire and quickly plugging them into the lineup.