As the San Francisco Giants look to rebuild their team and try to get back to .500 if not contention, they’ve perhaps been taking a page out of the book of the class of the division.
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As the Giants manager since 2007, he’s guided San Francisco through some very good times (three World Series in five years between 2010 and 2014) and some tough spells (a current streak of three straight losing seasons).
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Interesting fact: Clark homered in his MLB debut in his first ever at-bat (off Nolan Ryan, no less), and also went yard in the final game of his career.
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Romo missed a good chunk of the season with an elbow injury, so he was babied even more than usual by the Giants this year, and is now a free agent, expected to sign elsewhere (possibly with the Yankees).
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We missed this item about a month ago, but it’s nice to see former big leaguer Phil Nevin moving up in the coaching ranks. After spending the last three years managing the Arizona Diamondbacks’ Triple-A squad in Reno to a 227-205 mark, he was hired as the new third base coach by the San Francisco Giants. It’s great to witness the former college punter/placekicker (yes, that’s right) getting closer to taking a run at a big league managerial position with this move.
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Syndergaard vacillated between untouchable and pretty damn amazing this season, never recording a monthly ERA higher than 3.86 (his only month above 2.84, actually). Overall, he took a major step forward in his sophomore season, proving generally healthy (there were some scares) while trimming his ERA substantially despite a higher WHIP. Still, in looking at his FIP (2.29), there’s no doubt Syndergaard’s bottom line results are the real deal.
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Originally an 18th round pick by the Pirates in 1993, this southpaw was too hittable in his three minor league seasons, mostly in relief. After topping out at High-A, Isom took his game to various Indy leagues, pitching another five years and getting more of a chance to be a starter.
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