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Giants In Denver Again To Face Rockies; Few People Care. More At 11.

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"Oh, cool! The Giants are in town again!," said no one. Getting shellacked at home once every couple of months or so by San Francisco sure as hell isn't my idea of a good time, and most others would agree. After all, nobody liked the Giants waltzing in here and accusing the Rockies of cheating, and ruining everybody's lives in the process, in September of 2010. (Editor's note: nevermind the fact that those accusations may have been true, based on the Rockies' play at Coors Field over the last two seasons)

So, is there even a reason to watch this series? Well, let's examine it...


Buster Posey

#28 / Catcher / San Francisco Giants

6-1

220

R

R

Mar 27, 1987


AVG OBP SLG
2012 - Buster Posey .327 .402 .531


I can understand hating the piss out of the San Francisco Giants. I do it all the time. But, if you're a fan of baseball, you have to respect what Buster Posey has done as a terrific young catcher coming off of a gruesome injury. Posey is a super-legitimate MVP candidate, posting the line you see above while hitting 20 homers and possessing a park-adjusted OPS+ of 165. Those are terrific numbers, and they should be considered as even better due to the position he plays. He has also hit six of San Francisco's 22 home runs at AT&T Park this year, which is basically equivalent to, like, 45 home runs.

Now that we've covered Buster Posey as a reason to watch this series (if people can get past their sheer hatred of the Giants), I will give you three more (well, technically only one):

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Hunter Pence has hit two home runs while in a Giants uniform, and one was an anger-inducing three-run shot off of Rafael Betancourt in San Francisco the last time these two teams met. He's also posted a .225/.289/.359 batting line since the trade and maneuvers like some sort of weird science experiment gone wrong, so naturally he'll hit seven home runs during the upcoming three-game series.

The last remaining reason to watch this series is that, if the Rockies decide to play well, they could have at least somewhat of an effect on the playoff race, and I'd love to see a sweep or similar result as a measure of payback for the Giants being dicks in the aforementioned 2010 situation.

For reasons NOT to watch the series, click past the jump, where you'll find the probable pitching matchups. You'll also be able to look at all of the Giants' statistically anomalies, as well as Brian Wilson's stupid name (among others) on the injury list.

Game 1 -- Monday at 6:40 p.m. MT

Ryan Vogelsong (12-7, 3.29 ERA) vs. Alex White (2-8, 5.31 ERA)

Game 2 -- Tuesday at 6:40 p.m. MT

Madison Bumgarner (14-10, 3.15) vs. Jhoulys Chacin (2-5, 4.50)

Game 3 -- Wednesday at 6:40 p.m. MT

Tim Lincecum (HAHA-HAHAHA, L.OL) vs. Jeff Francis (5-4, 5.38)

You know Lincecum is going to throw a shutout now. Why do I do this to myself?


Batting

G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K SB CS AVG OBP SLG
Melky Cabrera 113 459 84 159 25 10 11 60 36 63 13 5 .346 .390 .516
Xavier Nady 5 12 2 4 2 0 0 3 3 3 0 0 .333 .500 .500
Marco Scutaro 41 165 21 54 11 1 2 27 9 11 1 1 .327 .352 .442
Buster Posey 127 456 65 149 33 0 20 87 61 84 1 1 .327 .402 .531
Angel Pagan 133 526 81 151 31 11 8 53 43 86 25 7 .287 .339 .433
Pablo Sandoval 87 324 51 92 21 2 8 50 29 49 0 1 .284 .338 .435
Joaquin Arias 95 275 27 76 12 5 4 31 13 35 4 1 .276 .314 .400
Brandon Belt 125 349 39 94 23 5 5 47 49 93 10 1 .269 .359 .407
Hector Sanchez 62 181 16 48 12 0 2 31 3 44 0 0 .265 .277 .365
Ryan Theriot 93 332 44 88 14 1 0 27 24 44 12 4 .265 .314 .313
Nate Schierholtz 77 175 15 44 4 5 5 16 18 36 3 2 .251 .321 .417
Brandon Crawford 124 388 37 96 23 2 4 41 30 81 1 4 .247 .305 .348
Gregor Blanco 121 348 52 83 13 4 5 31 48 95 21 3 .239 .333 .342
Hunter Pence 37 142 17 32 11 1 2 28 12 39 1 0 .225 .289 .359
Emmanuel Burriss 54 132 15 29 1 0 0 6 10 24 5 2 .220 .278 .227
Brett Pill 45 101 10 22 3 0 4 11 5 19 1 0 .218 .269 .366
Aubrey Huff 38 64 7 10 3 0 1 6 13 10 0 0 .156 .295 .250
Matt Cain 31 66 4 10 2 0 1 5 1 30 0 0 .152 .164 .227
Conor Gillaspie 6 20 2 3 1 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 .150 .150 .200
Charles Culberson 6 22 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 7 0 0 .136 .136 .136
Madison Bumgarner 28 62 3 8 1 0 1 2 1 23 0 0 .129 .143 .194
Justin Christian 26 48 6 6 1 0 0 2 4 3 2 1 .125 .192 .146
Eli Whiteside 6 8 3 1 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 .125 .300 .250
Tim Lincecum 29 40 2 4 0 0 0 3 4 23 0 0 .100 .182 .100
Ryan Vogelsong 26 46 4 4 1 0 0 0 2 27 0 0 .087 .143 .109
Barry Zito 28 44 2 3 0 0 0 2 6 10 0 0 .068 .180 .068
Francisco Peguero 5 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 .000 .000 .000
Eric Hacker 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000
Santiago Casilla 61 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000
Jose Mijares 18 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000
George Kontos 35 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
Steve Edlefsen 14 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
Dan Otero 9 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000
Shane Loux 16 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
Brad Penny 17 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
Clay Hensley 54 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
Jeremy Affeldt 55 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
Tyler Graham 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
Javier Lopez 63 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
Dan Runzler 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
Travis Blackley 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
Brian Wilson 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
Sergio Romo 58 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
Jean Machi 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
Guillermo Mota 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000

Pitching

W-L G GS CG SHO SV BS IP H R ER HR BB K ERA WHIP
Dan Runzler 0-0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 1 0 0 0 1 1 0.00 3.00
Sergio Romo 4-2 58 0 0 0 10 1 46.2 29 9 9 4 10 52 1.74 .84
Javier Lopez 3-0 63 0 0 0 6 2 33.2 35 12 9 1 14 27 2.41 1.46
George Kontos 1-1 35 0 0 0 0 1 37.1 32 13 10 3 9 36 2.41 1.10
Santiago Casilla 7-5 61 0 0 0 24 6 53.0 44 20 16 7 19 50 2.72 1.19
Jeremy Affeldt 1-2 55 0 0 0 3 1 53.2 51 21 17 1 21 46 2.85 1.34
Matt Cain 13-5 31 28 2 2 0 0 194.1 161 69 64 20 40 175 2.96 1.03
Madison Bumgarner 14-10 28 28 2 1 0 0 188.1 158 73 66 20 40 173 3.15 1.05
Ryan Vogelsong 12-7 26 26 0 0 0 0 164.1 148 62 60 15 55 136 3.29 1.24
Jose Mijares 1-0 18 0 0 0 0 0 12.0 10 5 5 0 6 12 3.75 1.33
Barry Zito 11-8 28 28 1 1 0 0 160.0 158 83 77 19 64 95 4.33 1.39
Clay Hensley 4-3 54 0 0 0 3 1 45.1 42 26 22 4 28 38 4.37 1.54
Steve Edlefsen 0-1 14 0 0 0 0 0 15.1 20 8 8 1 6 9 4.70 1.70
Tim Lincecum 8-14 29 29 0 0 0 0 163.2 163 96 93 18 78 169 5.11 1.47
Shane Loux 0-0 16 0 0 0 0 0 22.2 30 15 14 3 7 9 5.56 1.63
Eric Hacker 0-1 4 1 0 0 0 0 9.2 14 6 6 2 2 8 5.59 1.66
Guillermo Mota 0-1 16 0 0 0 0 1 15.0 16 11 10 2 7 14 6.00 1.53
Brad Penny 0-1 17 0 0 0 0 0 23.0 35 18 16 3 6 6 6.26 1.78
Dan Otero 0-0 9 0 0 0 0 0 10.1 15 9 8 0 2 5 6.97 1.65
Travis Blackley 0-0 4 0 0 0 0 0 5.0 7 6 5 0 2 2 9.00 1.80
Brian Wilson 0-0 2 0 0 0 1 0 2.0 4 2 2 0 2 2 9.00 3.00
Jean Machi 0-0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1.2 3 2 2 0 1 1 10.80 2.40


San Francisco Giants Injuries

15-Day

Player Injury Type Injury Date
Dan Runzler other-excused 03/26/2012
Clay Hensley groin 08/27/2012

60 Day DL / Out for the season

Player Injury Type Injury Date
Freddy Sanchez shoulder 03/26/2012
Eric Surkamp elbow 03/26/2012
Brian Wilson elbow 04/13/2012