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Wondering how the Giants are doing in the winters leagues? Follow them all at the link... all the strong performances so far are by guys playing 1b (Pablo, Pill, Jesus).

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and they also are playing in the offensively friendly Venezuela League. The Puerto Rican Winter League has been more pitcher friendly so it is nice to see Nate The Great doing well.

by wilriv21 on Dec 5, 2009 11:40 AM PST reply actions

It's too bad Bowker bailed

Would’ve been nice to see him doing well also.

Insanity is just a state of mind.

by KTJ on Dec 5, 2009 11:54 AM PST reply actions

Agree

Wonder how much Bowker’s decision to bail on winter league will have on his evaluation. Was hoping Bowker would have a breakout season in 2010

by wilriv21 on Dec 5, 2009 12:08 PM PST up reply actions

Pretty sure his evaluation will depend far more on his success at spring training.

by fantastical on Dec 5, 2009 12:49 PM PST up reply actions

If he is still around

by wilriv21 on Dec 5, 2009 12:52 PM PST up reply actions

neal

12 sb’s ? didn’ t know he had it in him

by giantdonkey on Dec 5, 2009 12:08 PM PST reply actions

very impressive. Looks like a 5 tool player when healthy

by wilriv21 on Dec 5, 2009 12:11 PM PST up reply actions

That stood out to me as well

He did it in only 74 ab’s too

Adopted father of the prettiest player in the organization, Nestor Rojas.

by stealth snail on Dec 5, 2009 3:47 PM PST up reply actions

I'm loving Nate's OBP.

Hopefully plate discipline is something that can carry over to the bigs.

Desirous of Matt Holliday and Dan Uggla since 2009.

by GiantPain on Dec 5, 2009 11:01 PM PST reply actions

Schierholtz has managed to draw two unintentional walks in 13 games.

by koel on Dec 6, 2009 8:15 AM PST up reply actions

Huh

Yeah, looking back over the numbers, it seems like most of the OBP increase is pretty much based on an increase in BA.

Sigh. Ok, hopefully he can hack better. It’s OK to be a hacker if you’re damn good at it, and his SLG numbers are higher than pablo’s in winterball.

Desirous of Matt Holliday and Dan Uggla since 2009.

by GiantPain on Dec 6, 2009 8:34 AM PST up reply actions

Is he highly regarded at all? He has 5 hr’s in 57 at bats and his numbers in AA last year were pretty solid across the board. I’ve never heard of him though so if anyone can provide some insight that would be appreciated

Fat, drunk and stupid is no way to go through life, son

by lincecuminyourface on Dec 6, 2009 10:57 AM PST reply actions

Short answer, no

Longer answer, he’s at least mildly interesting. His bat is light for 1B, mostly due to his subpar walk rate, but he’s got a great glove. He’s also old for his level, but if he could take another big step forward at AAA, maybe he’d be useful.

Juan Carlos Perez, please start hitting.

by marcello on Dec 6, 2009 1:41 PM PST up reply actions