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jfretless
Good read, well written. Thanks!
55saveslives
Eleventy billion dollars and rename the park Posey Park and make everyone be able to pass level 2 of Buster Bash!
darwin tse
it took me FOREVER to pass level 2. but i did it.
rainyperez
I’m on it right now I can’t get a good swing going ;/
1st level I just swipe and arc to do well but the 2nd one I can’t get over the fence consistently. Any pointers?
Lunchbox45
Well then.. he’s kinda good isn’t he
rainyperez
One way or another if he keeps producing like this or close to this rate he will be awarded the largest contract for a catcher in the history of the MLB.
Dude has more power than Mauer and conceivably could’ve knocked in more HRs if that horrific injury in 2011 didn’t happen.
And don’t get me wrong Mauer is a beast but Posey is picking up the mantle of great catchers coming out of the NL Bench, Y. Molina, Piazza, Mccann, and Torre.
straightuphonestguy
I knew Posey was having a good year, but wow.
williemaysfield
Solid article Mark. The Giant have time with Posey, but after the Timmy arb/contract situation they’ll want to sign Posey sooner rather than later.
The Pence trade to me signals Melky won’t be back. Pence is scheduled to make 13-15M next year. Pagan is a free agent also. No way they sign all three.
Wilson I thinks gets non-tendered and offered a 5m base with insentives.
Martin Cardenas
I think they can sign all 3, but if they don’t, pagan is the odd one out. If anything, the giants can backload the Melky contract for when Zito/Lincecum come off the books. Rowand’s 13 mill are off the books, some other guys that probably won’t be resigned, F sanchez (6 mill), probably affeldt (4.5mill) especially since they got another lefty reliever from KC who is under team control.
rainyperez
It’s about 30 million or so. Rowand, Huff, Sanchez, and Affeldt plus a little bump in payroll if the FO is true to their word. Hopefully Zito doesn’t reach his innings for next year or his option activates otherwise its Zito’s last season.
I believe they’ll sign Cabrera to a 5 year, Pence to a 3 year, and Pagan is the question mark?
If they don’t sign Pagan they could go after value options retain Blanco or Sabean go into the scrap heap again to find something.
HummBaby
Actually the Giants have close to $50 million coming off the books this offseason. Rowand=$12m, Fontenot=$250k in back payments, Huff=$8m (after factoring in $2m buyout for 2013), Wilson=$8.5m, Sanchez=$6m, Affeldt=$5m, Pagan=$4.85m, Casilla=$2.2m, Romo=$1.575m, Theriot=$1.25m, Mota=$1m. I left off all the misc. under $1m amounts which would add up to a couple million in itself. If they resign Romo, Affeldt and Casilla that should eat up $10m leaving them 40 million or so to play with.
rainyperez
Giants owe Wilson, Romo, Pence, Posey, and Casilla arbitration.
Posey gets a hefty raise regardless.
Romo should get a raise to about $2-3 million based on his performance the past couple of seasons.
Casilla should be around or a little lower than Romo.
Pence is due for about $13-14 million give or take.
Giants should non-tender Wilson and sign him to a value based contract.
go_jays_go
If you non-tender a player, they become a free agent. In the open
market, I would expect Wilson to still receive around $8.5m so I don’t
think it’s worth the risk.
rainyperez
The point that non-tender is not to pay the arbitration that is owed and gives payroll flexibility.
He will not get the 8.5 if he hits the market after his 2nd TJ surgery. I think Wilson can recover because of his work ethic but the chances of recovering from 2 TJ surgeries are pretty low.
If he does accept go to another team after being non-tendered so be it. I rather the Giants not pay what they’re going to owe him in arbitration in hoping he’ll regain form.
Jon Muniz
They could sign all three. But they shouldn’t. Pagan was good but Blanco is a better player, and he’s cheaper too. Scuturo and Theriot are cheap fillers until Panik is major league ready and really Blanco is the same thing for Brown
williemaysfield
Timmy I think goes home to Seattle after next year.