The Hot Stove League is a time during baseball when everyone and their little brother can create terrible, awful, truly terrible (did I say terrible?) rumors involving the San Francisco Giants professional baseball club team. It’s actually really easy to get the wheels of trade speculation moving. The Giants need a third basemen? Hank Blalock could be available. A package… Read more →
The Giants have signed 1B Josh Phelps to a minor league deal with an invitation to Spring Training. From SFGiants.com: Adding potential depth Monday, the Giants signed first baseman Josh Phelps to a Minor League contract with an invitation to big league Spring Training. Phelps, 30, owns a .273 batting average with 64 home runs and 244 RBIs in 465… Read more →
Earlier last week I wrote about a few things that I thought the Giants should be doing for next year’s team. Among them were fixing the bullpen and finding free — or very cheap — talent to plug in to the team. Over the weekend the Giants made an early signing that could satisfy both of those requirements. The Giants… Read more →