Who were you hoping for, Jimmy Rollins ?

<<<<<Claps for Curtis!!!! How can you look at a career numbers when Theriot put up decent numbers during his prime--now much past--in one of the BEST hitters parks in baseball Just like Kepp was Freddie Sanchez; Theriot is Miguel Tejada--this guy does NOTHING well--NOTHING!!! At least nothing that matters to winning games. The best story here is Theriot is join at the hip of Mike Fontenot--Lourd, I have a headache!! I got one thing to say: Jeb Lowrie was fully available this offseason--GEEZUS Sabs, DO YOUR JOB!! I need a FanFest Buzz!!!

Theriot's career line is a moot point. That's like giving us Miguel Tejada's career line before signing him last year. His career line and the player he is now have nothing to do with each other. The guy slugged .312 in Wrigley Field in his last full season in 2010. Let's not forget that. He muscled up slightly last year and slugged a heaping .342, but that's only because he finally started getting benched against righties - otherwise it would have been in the same range as 2010 most likely. As bad as Burriss is, I'd rather have him out there. At least there is the slight chance he could hit one in the gap and get a triple. Or the very slight chance he could steal a base after beating out an infield hit. And at least Burriss and Crawford MIGHT improve. Theriot is only gonna get worse. Theriot's OPS the last two seasons were .633 and .662 in very favorable hitter parks. I cringe to see what it's gonna be in AT & T.

I can see this coming....WANTED Shortstops...Only if you have a glove [and don't have to use it]...Call Sabean a.s.a.p. YOU TOO CAN MAKE BIG BUCKS IN THE MAJOR LEAGUES

I posted over at McC. The Riot, in a purely platoon situation vs. LHP is likely to produce about 1 win of value, if his horrible defense and baserunning from 2011 are included. That's a good deal for 1 win. Especially since 2011 Crawford produced 0 WAR vs. LHP. Crawford is likely to produce 1.5-2 wins vs. RHP across 440 PA. That's a good platoon there, folks.

Is Theriot great? No. Will he be above average this season? Probably not. Does he improve the ball club? Yes (unfortunately). Is the price OK? Yes. It's not sexy, but I like it.

Chris! The Riot! Morbid curiosity pays off! In my irrational exuberance that The Riot has a shot instead of Handy Manny, I admit to calling him a lefty masher. All things relative here, we've got low standards at the moment. He's a nice cheap insurance policy against Freddy/Crawford with the right platoon splits to dovetail with the other options. Just don't show me that shortstop chart again, it was pretty ugly.

at $1.25 up to $2 mil, not a bad pickup. With Theriot, Fontenot, Crawford, and +1 in the middle infield, spring training will hopefully be productive in separating the tares and the crappy wheat for 1st string, and much better than the $6 mil for Tejada. A signing improvement, yes?

As long as Theriot is a replacement for Manny Burriss, that's fine with me. Give Crawford a shot at the starting gig, and if he keeps flailing at lefties like Rip Taylor, give that 1/3 of his at bats to Theriot. Not the worst idea ever.

Get your .GIF maker ready, Giants found there replacement for O-Cab. Another terrible fielding SS! How many times can we relearn this lesson?

I don't want to see Crawford platooned, especially for a hitter as limiter as Theriot. If he isn't going to be getting PAs every day in San Francisco, then he should be getting PAs every day in Fresno.

Can hit ball over the heads of the infielders = vastly superior to Burriss

"It’s just that the Giants need the most offense they can get from any spot." Too bad Brandon Belt won't be providing any of that offense.