By Chris Quick on November 4, 2008
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 [...]
Posted in Giants | Tagged first base, josh phelps, non-roster invites
By Chris Quick on November 3, 2008
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 [...]
Posted in Giants | Tagged bullen, justin miller, non-roster invites
By Chris Quick on January 15, 2008
The Giants have announced 15 players who got the invite for spring training. Non-roster invites are usually a mix of long-shot players who’ve either played in the minors forever or have had injuries that have delayed their careers and younger rookies hoping to break camp with the big club. Let’s take a look at the [...]
Posted in Giants, Trades | Tagged chris shelton, first base, non-roster invites, platoon!
