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Week In Review: 8/10 - 8/16

Taking a look back at this week's happenings here on MLBTR...


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CORRECTION:

The White Sox signed Gordon Beckham. Not Tim.

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I'd like to think bringing in Adam Dunn was a bigger move then Paul Byrd when it comes to major things happening last week, but thats just me. :)

I think Linaecum saying he wants to go year-to-year when approached about being the Giants' franchise player, which being approached to extend longterm this early in his career really is, is a bad sign for Giants fans. Right now I gotta say they may be forced to trade him at a high in a few years. It's a risk on both sides to go this route today. One injury or fluky ineffective year a la Verlander will damage Linaecum's leverage and the Giants' ability to get a return on a trade. Linaecum is obviously counting on himself and believing in his ability to be great by the time he hits Free Agency, which isn't a crazy thought considering how he's done so far.

That being said, between now and Linaecum's Free Agency year, maybe there is a number Linaecum will extend for? Perhaps he just thinks his value today is at too low a point to commit? Though that's pretty hard to believe since I consider it to be extremely high already. An extremely young player who has 3 consecutive years of ML service at top tier level is worth a major jump in salary though so I can understand him holding out to see where things go.

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