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m0m0
How many teams left for Jackson to set the record for most teams?
davidcoonce74
Just three more. Octavio Dotel played for 13, Jackson has played for 11. Jackson is still only 33 so he probably sets the record.
gomerhodge71
And the Orioles will probably be one of them
slider32
The Nats, and Giants are looking for a big time bat, I would rather go with players like Fowler and Desmond. Why put all your eggs in one basket; The team that makes the best upgrades at catcher, outfield, and closer should win the winter. Many of the contending teams need good players in these areas.
chesteraarthur
Fun fact, Dexter Fowler and Ian Desmond were both more valuable than Cespedes in 2016.
MrMet19
If that’s by WAR, Ces missed practically 2 months with a quad injury. Also, if he plays left the whole season his overall defense is better.
chesteraarthur
But he was hurt, and he didn’t play left….
NVSportsCards
Every year, these sites peg the Giants as an interested party in the top free agent hitter sweepstakes. But, for some reason, all these bloggers and analysts can’t figure out that this isn’t the way the Giants build winning teams. The biggest, non-pitching, free agent that SF has signed in the last 10 years has been Aaron Rowand, to the tune of 4 years, $60 million.
There is a 0% chance they sign Cespedes.
They have filled this spot with Pat Burrell, Mike Morse, Kyle Blanks, Brandon Belt and Gregor Blanco in recent years and I see no reason why they’d make a big splash now.
If I had to bet money, I’d say they wind up, on the low end, with Michael Saunders, or on the high end, with Colby Rasmus.
BoldyMinnesota
Was pence not a free agent? Or was he traded there and then signed an extension?
NVSportsCards
traded to SF from PHIL for Tommy Joseph in 2011.
Signed extension Sept 2013.
Scott Sp.
You are correct, Cespedes is unlikely to sign with the Giants as it isn’t their way. Most likely they will look internally for a LF with Parker and Williamson as the likely options. The Giants favor pitching over offense in the FA market. The only way I see the Giants as a serious contender for Cespedes is if the Giants strikeout on getting an impact closer.
NVSportsCards
FWIW, I think they’re out on Cespedes, all together. They’ll keep their name out there in the hopes that the Mets or the Nats bid against themselves, but that’s as far as their interest goes.
Reading the FA list, Michael Saunders name jumps off the page to me. Low cost, coming off career highs in most categories, while still being largely under the radar. This is a move that has the Giants written all over it.
reflect
Cueto?
NVSportsCards
Johnny Cueto is a pitcher. Which is exactly my point.
The Giants biggest free agent signings of the last 10 years are Barry Zito, Johnny Cueto and Jeff Samardzija.
All of the other contracts, anywhere in the neighborhood of $100 million, have been contract extensions for existing players, Matt Cain, Buster Posey, and Hunter Pence. To a lesser degree, Brandon Belt and Brandon Crawford are also signed long term, for 6 years, roughly $75 million, each.
Meanwhile, each (free agent) position player they sign, almost never exceeds $35 million or a 4 yr contract, whichever is higher (Denard Span, Melky Cabrera, Miguel Tejada, Edgar Renteria, etc). All of their largest position player acquisitions have been via trade (Pence, Beltran, Freddy Sanchez, Orlando Cabrera, etc)
Cardinals17
The majority of Cardinals fans aren’t Mathaney hater’s. But are very frustrated with the questionable pitching moves, pitching relievers into the dirt, mismatched batting orders, playing his friends who are in elongated slumps until the GM has to trade them. At the beginning, this was fine because he was getting in the job training as a manager. Now, he’s making the same mistakes and hasn’t learned anything from the mistakes he’s made in the past. That’s what’s fans are upset with. They’ll give him a chance to redeem himself. As long as it looks like he’s trying. If he goes back to making the same mistakes that he made as a rookie manager in 2017 that will be unacceptable and the boo birds will be heard more and more.
sd19
Rosales is the best HR jogger of all time. That dude just speeds out the bases like it’s the usual; it isn’t the usual, but it is kick ass.