Questions and Answers

Whew! We finally finished running down DrB's Giants Top 50 prospects + honorable mentions + the Dominican Dandies. As we await the first exhibition game of Spring Training, we'll open it up for a Q and A thread. The new reply feature will allow response to each individual question. Any baseball related topic is fair game, draft, prospects, Giants, MLB, Fantasy, College.

Fangraphs did a 3 part feature on TV broadcast team. I was a bit surprised that Kruk and Kuip ranked #3! Personally I don't put them in the ranks of great broadcasters like Russ and Lon, Al Michaels and Jon Miller. I think Dave Flemming has the potential to be great. Kruk and Kuip are more like chicken soup for the Giants fans souls. They have a whimsical sense of humor. They have almost become one with Pac Bell/ AT&T park and seem to revel in the atmosphere of the place. Kruk is a hopeless homer while Kuip can be a curmudgeon at times. They are both hilarious when it sounds like they've had 1 or 2 too many by the end of the game. Krukow puts on a college level course in pitching theory every single game. Nice to see them get some recognition on a site that is not always kind to the Giants.

A few thoughts on the intrasquad game:

I'm thinking Emmanuel Burriss is on a mission to win the starting 2B job on the chance that Franchez is not ready to start the season. I could see him putting up an OBP in the low .300's with 40+ SB's with excellent D. I don't know how much that helps the Giants, but the guys in my fantasy league would be all over him.

Still getting some mixed signals with Buster and his ankle. One day it's fine and he's had no pain, next day he's saying it's sore after trying new things. Just a nagging worry at this point.

I hope Brandon Crawford doesn't go all Randy Elliott in the exhibition games then tank again in the regular season. He certainly seems to be raking it right now. I'll take the attitude that's better than not raking it.

Gary Brown looked great but Joe Panik struck out and apparently didn't look too good in the process. Just one AB though.

I recall a lot of people wanting the Giants to sign Grady Sizemore to to the tune of $9-10 M this offseason. Well, spring training had no more than started when Grady "strained" his back. It seemed a bit strange that early estimates had him starting the season on the DL. Now comes word that he underwent a surgical procedure and will definitely start the season on the DL. There are some players who seem to just have bad protoplasm and can't stay healthy. Grady Sizemore seems to be one of those.

HS RHP Lucas Giolito reportedly hit triple digits in a recent game. John Klima is absolutely in love with the guy. I see him passing Mark Appel as the frontrunner to be the #1 overall pick in the June draft. If you are the 'Stros GM, do you take Giolito with the inherent injury risk to hard throwing HS pitchers or the more highly developed Appel or go with the 5 tool stud in Byron Buxton?

I have a new favorite draft sleeper: Jamodrick Magruder, IF/OF, Texas Tech. 5'7", 170 lbs, B-L, T-R. .375/.595/.542, 12 BB, 3 K's, 8 SB, 2 CS in 24 AB. 2011: .293/.470/.391, 28 SB, 6 CS. That's all I know about him and all I need to know.

Bring on the questions!