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Moolah, Cash, Dough, Cabbage!

I’m talkin’ about money. I noticed a cool feature this morning on the Chronicle. They have a link where you can look up the salaries for all the players on each team in the majors.
Here’s how the Giants break down in terms of salary.
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Itchin’ for Inge?

Seems like the Giants are still taking a look at Brandon Inge to play 3B. From the Chronicle this morning, emphasis mine:
The Giants reportedly are scouting Detroit’s Brandon Inge, the third baseman who wants to be traded because he’s playing behind Miguel Cabrera. The Tigers would need to pick up some of the $19.1 million [...]

Hennessey Gets Paid

The Giants avoided arbitration with Brad Hennessey by offering the reliever-slash-closer a 1-year deal worth $1.6M, a nice pay-bump from his 2007 salary of $400K. Hennessey had his best year yet in ‘07 when he took over the closers role for most of the year after Armando Benitez was traded. He saved 19 games while [...]

Walker Re-Signs and Bullpen Stuff

The 2008 bullpen takes form a little more with the 1-year deal to bring back Tyler Walker. Walker, who served as the Giants closer in 2005 after Armando Benitez went down with an injury, is back for ‘08 on a 1-year $750K deal. Walker was traded to the Devil Rays in 2006 but he went [...]