Q&A with Augusta pitching coach Ross Grimsley on Madison Bumgarner

Q&A with Augusta pitching coach Ross Grimsley on Madison Bumgarner | Extra Baggs

In case you missed it, Madison Bumgarner pitched another eight scoreless innings last night. He allowed three runners when he got bored, and then picked them all off for even greater amusement. The title of this post links to an Andrew Baggarly interview with the Augusta pitching coach.

I can't get enough Bumgarner information. Kevin Goldstein has some nice things to say about Bumgarner in a recent chat. That's not enough, dang it. There has to be more out there. I've noticed that the New York Times has been strangely silent on Bumgarner, at least on the front page. Nothing from Time or The Economist, either. I find their lack of confidence disturbing.

Matt Cain went from South Atlantic League domination to the majors within two seasons. Does Bumgarner move as quickly as Cain, or does he move even faster? Does Bumgarner lead the Giants to seven straight championships, or will they be non-consecutive. Stirring questions, all.

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If you have five dollars and Madison Bumgarner has five dollars, Madison Bumgarner has more money than you.
There is no ‘ctrl’ button on Madison Bumgarner’s computer. Madison Bumgarner is always in control.

I only have a signature because I recognize everyone else by their sigs, not their usernames..

by lmaozedong on Sep 4, 2008 11:56 AM PDT 1 recs

Madison Bumgarner kills two stones with one bird.

Adopted brother of the AnVil / GIANTSPACE™ returns!

by SoFa King Mike on Sep 4, 2008 1:21 PM PDT up 0 recs

Madison Bumgarner is having a much easier time playing through the original Mega Man for the first time in his life than I am.

My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.

by howtheyscored on Sep 4, 2008 1:38 PM PDT up 0 recs

He’s the Game Genie

Adopted brother of the AnVil / GIANTSPACE™ returns!

by SoFa King Mike on Sep 4, 2008 1:57 PM PDT up 0 recs

Infinite lives would significantly reduce my frustration level.

As a Mario Platformer guy, the controls in this game are simply far more unforgiving. I’m getting much better, though. I just can’t figure out why this rock gun I got won’t fire anything. The scissor gun works fine….

My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.

by howtheyscored on Sep 4, 2008 2:02 PM PDT up 0 recs

I spent many days and nights trying to conquer Mega Man I.

Use the scissor gun on Elec Man and you’ll be fine.

Here’s the complete video walkthrough.

Adopted brother of the AnVil / GIANTSPACE™ returns!

by SoFa King Mike on Sep 4, 2008 2:11 PM PDT up 0 recs

I, too, am beginning to doubt

time magazine’s committment to sparkle motion

"ever so cynical yet whimsical giants related signature"

by The Gene Hackman on Sep 4, 2008 11:59 AM PDT 0 recs

My brain just melted.

Michael Ambort: Dude hits TATERS.
Bay City Ball

by xanthan on Sep 4, 2008 12:12 PM PDT up 0 recs

Winner

DD FTW!!!

For WilltheThrill, this is Jon Miller saying goodnight. . . .

by WilltheThrill on Sep 4, 2008 11:43 PM PDT up 0 recs

NY Times, Time and The Eonmist have devoted a lot of their resoures to the presidential onventions. They knew a Mad Bum article would overshadow coverage of Obama, Biden, Palin and McCain and they’d end up looking foolish for devoting so much time to politics.

Zooperstars, they quack me up!

by Goofus on Sep 4, 2008 12:02 PM PDT 0 recs

i’m worried about Goofus’s commitment to the letter “C.”

Billy Hayes: His job is better than yours.

by delorean on Sep 4, 2008 12:12 PM PDT up 0 recs

or rather,

his “omitment.”

Billy Hayes: His job is better than yours.

by delorean on Sep 4, 2008 12:15 PM PDT up 0 recs

Listen you ocksucker, I an do without your snaky omments

Zooperstars, they quack me up!

by Goofus on Sep 4, 2008 12:19 PM PDT up 0 recs

Snacky comments would be delicious.

Trent Kline: Decentish. Also, my website is called ChatterBalks Dot Com. It's not being updated right now. Hope for more at your own risk.

by groug on Sep 4, 2008 12:33 PM PDT up 0 recs

nom nom nom

Billy Hayes: His job is better than yours.

by delorean on Sep 4, 2008 12:33 PM PDT up 0 recs

He’s close to Russia!

Michael Ambort: Dude hits TATERS.
Bay City Ball

by xanthan on Sep 4, 2008 12:15 PM PDT up 0 recs

Every time I think of Madbum, I get visions of someone throwing themselves down a flight of stairs.

Thanks, Dr. B, wherever you may be.

Michael Ambort: Dude hits TATERS.
Bay City Ball

by xanthan on Sep 4, 2008 12:17 PM PDT 0 recs

Probably at the bottom of a flight of stairs.

Farewell, Ray. We'll miss your smile and your sugar. Welcome, Steve Hammond "Eggs". Throw strikes.
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by Natto on Sep 4, 2008 12:55 PM PDT up 0 recs

Also, is anyone else blinded by the orange link text on the dark-ish grey background? It zaps my retinas every time.

Michael Ambort: Dude hits TATERS.
Bay City Ball

by xanthan on Sep 4, 2008 12:19 PM PDT 0 recs

I WAS JUST COMING IN HERE TO POST THIS

it’s eye-boggling.

Billy Hayes: His job is better than yours.

by delorean on Sep 4, 2008 12:20 PM PDT up 0 recs

Who said that, I can’t see.

Michael Ambort: Dude hits TATERS.
Bay City Ball

by xanthan on Sep 4, 2008 12:21 PM PDT up 0 recs

http://www.umpireschool.com/

Billy Hayes: His job is better than yours.

by delorean on Sep 4, 2008 12:22 PM PDT up 0 recs

Strangely, it doesn’t bother me. i think I must see 5 or 6 sites a day at work that have more eye-gouging color schemes, so I must be desensitized.

My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.

by howtheyscored on Sep 4, 2008 1:41 PM PDT up 0 recs

It’s not as bad on my home LCD monitor, it has better color, but my on my work LCD it’s like squirting lemon juice into my eye.

Michael Ambort: Dude hits TATERS.
Bay City Ball

by xanthan on Sep 4, 2008 2:38 PM PDT up 0 recs

By home you mean basement and work is stats lair, right? right? Or do I have that backwards? Damn you Stat Man !

"Ice is made for two things: injuries and my drinks." The Lincecums

by igotnothing on Sep 4, 2008 2:56 PM PDT up 0 recs

And by “basement”, you mean “mom’s basement”, right?

Zooperstars, they quack me up!

by Goofus on Sep 4, 2008 3:34 PM PDT up 0 recs

Madison Bumgarner is such a non-pussy that he doesn’t let font/background colors bother him.

Zooperstars, they quack me up!

by Goofus on Sep 4, 2008 2:58 PM PDT up 0 recs

High-A then AA next year, midseason call-up 2010?

Does Alderson get to the majors first?

Travis Denker can hit a little. That's why I drive his bus.

by oldjacket on Sep 4, 2008 3:45 PM PDT 0 recs

Well, Cain:

Threw 74 innings in the SAL as an 18 year old. (90K 24BB). The following year @ 19 he split between A+ and AA, for a total of 159 innings (161k, 57BB) .

The next year, @ 20 years old, he pitched 145 innings for Fresno (176K, 73BB) before being called up for good.

That is a total of 400 MiL innings.

If we see Bumgarner following the Matt Cain fast track (Which I don’t think is unreasonable), then I would expect to see him make his debut during his age 20 season. That suggests sometime during the 2010 season (probably earlier than September if the team is in contention). That also correlates innings wise assuming he throws somewhere around 150 next season.

On the flip side, Lincecum only threw 70 innings in the minor leagues – but he was a college pitcher (And even more exception than Cain was).

Sanchez only threw 250 – which I find particularity interesting. They really did fuck his development by sticking him the ’pen.

I think that, excepting total domination at A+/AA next year – Bumgarner is on track for 2010.

Total domination may result in a September 09 callup (A~la Kershaw) after only ~200 MiL innings.

Eugeniooooooo!!!!

by FairweatherFan on Sep 4, 2008 5:07 PM PDT 0 recs

quite right.

Adoptive Parent of Francisco Peguero. He can throw, he can run, he can hit(fastballs), and he's Dominican. What else do you need to know?

by haverecords on Sep 5, 2008 12:10 AM PDT up 0 recs

Top Prospect: Bumgarner or Posey? If you could only keep one, who?

I’m honestly torn. I suspect Bumgarner will be higher on most of the prospect lists, but Posey has a damn impressive college resume.

by Dan from NM on Sep 4, 2008 5:45 PM PDT 0 recs

Bumgarner, but it’s close. Our top 5 is going to look nice next season, with MadBum, Posey, Alderson, AnVil and Sandoval (I would imagine.)

Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.

by jponry on Sep 4, 2008 6:14 PM PDT up 0 recs

I’m wondering if Sandoval is going to exhaust his rooking eligibility. He’s more than halfway to 130 at bats. Not that it matters in the long run.

by Dan from NM on Sep 4, 2008 8:56 PM PDT up 0 recs

Posey. I think.

..so allow me to present Tim Lincecum and Matt Cain as two sweet, sweet bottles of warming hooch.

by Cookyman on Sep 5, 2008 2:39 AM PDT up 0 recs

Yeah, only because he represents more of a need to the big team.

Zooperstars, they quack me up!

by Goofus on Sep 5, 2008 10:42 AM PDT up 0 recs

How can you say that Bumgarner will lead us to the seven straight championships?

That baton has been given to Tim if you don’t know that already. This Bumgardner is good, real good, but he will not be the same force as Tim LIncecum.

by HarbirD on Sep 4, 2008 6:20 PM PDT 0 recs

His cieling could be as high though.

proud father of the newly acquired Brandon Crawford..

by Azmanz on Sep 4, 2008 6:36 PM PDT up 0 recs

There’s a higher ceiling than God?

Make me proud again Hen

by AndYourBirdCanSing on Sep 4, 2008 6:42 PM PDT up 0 recs

Yeah, Chuck Norris’s

Tim Lincecum is Baseball's Chuck Norris

by Azantor on Sep 5, 2008 12:14 AM PDT up 0 recs

Lincecum gets us two before Bumgarner comes up.

by Grant on Sep 4, 2008 7:41 PM PDT up 0 recs

Lincewho?

Farewell, Ray. We'll miss your smile and your sugar. Welcome, Steve Hammond "Eggs". Throw strikes.
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by Natto on Sep 4, 2008 7:56 PM PDT up 0 recs

By the time Bumgarner gets here, Lincecum will be a 3rd starter at best.

by mxmob33 on Sep 4, 2008 11:32 PM PDT up 0 recs

Anything to get rid of that crappy Cain guy. Sanchez is so far ahead of him at this point.

Farewell, Ray. We'll miss your smile and your sugar. Welcome, Steve Hammond "Eggs". Throw strikes.
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by Natto on Sep 4, 2008 11:50 PM PDT up 0 recs

Next year...

…all those guys are gonna be ZitOwned.

Like Barry Zito, I'm mildly half-OK.

by EliminateMe on Sep 5, 2008 12:01 AM PDT up 0 recs

Rags told me...

MaqdBum will be in SF by June.

F___ Mike Marshall!!!

by NuschlerFace on Sep 5, 2008 12:43 AM PDT 0 recs

Mad Q. Bum, Esq.

Billy Hayes: His job is better than yours.

by delorean on Sep 5, 2008 7:55 AM PDT up 0 recs

wait… does MadBum throw a curveball? that’s what dude at BP. I thoughts that hes ditcheded thats for thes sliders (trying to sound like blonde guy from Metalocalypes).

Psycho killer, qu'est-ce que c'est?

by shikantaza on Sep 5, 2008 11:23 AM PDT 0 recs