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By Chris Quick on January 29, 2010
When left-hander, Madison Bumgarner, made his MLB debut last year, the top pitching prospect in the Giants organization showed up with less velocity than advertised. After working in the low-to-mid 90′s in the minor leagues, Giants fans were shocked to see Madison posting 88′s on the stadium radar gun. Velocity concerns aside, Bumgarner has a [...]
Posted in Giants | Tagged 5th starter, free agents, madison bumgarner, pitching, pitching rotation
By Chris Quick on January 14, 2010
So, your favorite team just signed Aubrey Huff for 1-year, $3M to play first base. What happens next? #diamondbacks deal with adam laroche will pay him between $4 mil and $5 mil, sources tell si.com. good job by dejan getting scoop on AZ. Oh, right. A division rival will sign a much better player to [...]
Posted in Giants | Tagged adam laroche, aubrey huff, first base, free agents
By Chris Quick on December 30, 2009
Jon Heyman tweets (I can’t tell you how much I dislike Twitter): juan uribe has agreed to deal to go back to #sfgiants, pending physical. If it’s one thing this team needs, it’s more versatility! Honestly though, bringing back Uribe on the (rumored) 1-year deal with an option isn’t a bad move. He was a [...]
Posted in Giants | Tagged 2010 team, free agents, juan uribe, sign
By Chris Quick on December 30, 2009
A little late getting to this news. Curse you home ownership! He’s versatile! He’s gamery! He’s Mark DeRosa! It’s been a quiet offseason to this point for the Giants, but the recent addition of Mark DeRosa to a 2-year deal worth $12M breaks up some of the monotony. I’m not sure it’s great news, but [...]
Posted in Giants | Tagged 2010 team, free agents, Mark DeRosa
By Chris Quick on December 18, 2009
Nick Johnson, a favorite FA target, has reportedly inked a deal with the Yankees for 1-year, $5.5M. The Yankees were on the verge of bringing Nick Johnson back to the Bronx Thursday night on a one-year contract worth about $5.5 million, a move that could mean the end of Johnny Damon’s time in pinstripes This [...]
Posted in Giants | Tagged first base, fred lewis, free agents, LF, nick johnson
By Chris Quick on November 23, 2009
There’s been some discussion on the Giants and Dan Uggla. The Giants, who drastically need to upgrade their offense, have been rumored as a suitor for Uggla despite claims that nothing is imminent. With Freddy Sanchez’s ability to play third base — he’s logged over 1,300 career innings at the position — the Giants could [...]
Posted in Giants | Tagged dan uggla, free agents, infield configuration
By Chris Quick on November 13, 2009
There’s a good chance the Giants could use the FA market this offseason to upgrade at first base. The good news for the Giants is that the 1B market is cram-packed with options. You can’t swing a dead cat without hitting a first baseman looking for work. The market is full of guys like: Carlos [...]
Posted in Giants, Plots | Tagged 2009 offseason, free agents, nick johnson
By Chris Quick on October 12, 2009
The Giants were terrible on offense this past season. There are a few free agents who are pretty good hitters. Therefore: Every bipedal human being that can pick up a baseball bat and swing it a few times will be linked to the Giants this upcoming offseason. Nameless Yahoo MLB rumor-monger says: The San Francisco [...]
Posted in Giants | Tagged free agents, jason bay, Outfield, outfield defense
By Chris Quick on December 16, 2008
This past week the Houston Astros decided to non-tender Ty Wigginton rather than extend a contract to him and increase his salary through arbitration. The Chron article that I just linked to suggests that after arbitration, Wigginton would have been looking at a salary around $6M. He made $4.35M last year. Because the Astros did [...]
Posted in General Baseball, Giants | Tagged defense, free agents, Third Base, ty wigginton
By Chris Quick on December 2, 2008
Yesterday was the deadline for clubs to offer arbitration to their free agent players. This is interesting for a couple of reasons but the most important reason is that it might help us narrow the scope of free agents that the Giants intend to pursue. Brian Sabean said earlier in the offseason that the compensation [...]
Posted in General Baseball, Giants | Tagged adam dunn, arbitration, bullpen, free agents
