- Matt Cain has elbow inflammation, and will miss his next scheduled start because of this. I'm somewhat worried, but thankfully there's no structural damage. I expect that this won't be a lingering issue, but we'll see.
- Zachary Chiang examined an interesting phenomenon here that occurred with some of the SF Giants hitters last year.
- Carson Cistulli of Fangraphs looked at the OLIVER Top Ten prospects and Thomas Neal came in at #10. I love how optimistic OLIVER projection system is when it comes to Neal, and it's one of the reasons I had Neal ranked higher than most others on my Top Ten Prospects list.
- Matt Garrioch of MLB Bonus Baby runs an incredible blog on minor league prospects, and Obsessive Giants Compulsive broke down the Giants rankings.
- 24 Days of Magic conducted an interview with Giants prospect Brandon Crawford (who came in at #7 on my Giants prospects list).
- Crazy Crabbers did a podcast with Andrew Hanauer of 24 Days of Magic.
- In Extra Baggs' most recent post, he mentioned something quite interesting: "The Giants should consider themselves fortunate that the Mariners ultimately pulled out of a trade for right-hander David Aardsma at the July 31 deadline last year. The Giants didn’t end up needing Aardsma because Ramon Ramirez was so good. And now Aardsma is just getting rid of his crutches after hip surgery in January. I’m told the deal would’ve sent Adrianza to the Mariners, along with either Jason Stoffel, Eric Surkamp or both." Needless to say, I am relieved this trade never happened.
- Kevin Goldstein penned haikus about each organization's farm system. I loved his haiku for the Giants...believe it or not, it's actually kind of positive.
- Happy birthday to Giants prospect Justin Fitzgerald!
