Brian Sabean Rumors

Flexible Payroll For Giants?

New Giants managing partner Bill Neukom explained yesterday that his team is using an $80MM payroll as a placeholder, and GM Brian Sabean has been instructed to present him with several plans to field a competitive team in 2009. He would not rule out large contracts for players such as C.C. Sabathia or Mark Teixeira. Neukom added that he will decide whether to keep Sabean and manager Bruce Bochy around after next season. Andrew Baggarly has the full transcript of Neukom's comments here.   Continue Reading

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Rosenthal's Latest: Mariners GM, Burnett

Check out Ken Rosenthal's Full Count video from last weekend. Some highlights: The Mariners are looking for fresh blood in their GM search. A few names in the mix: Kim Ng, Jerry DiPoto, and Tony LaCava. If the Mariners opt for experience they could try to lure Brian Cashman or even Brian Sabean. Rosenthal notes that an offer of essentially four years, $54MM from the Jays won't cut it for A.J. Burnett. Instead of $13.5MM a year, he'll receive $15-20MM per according to Rosenthal. Ken sees the Yankees, Red Sox, and Mets in the mix if C.C. Sabathia winds up...   Continue Reading

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Giants Leaning Toward Sabean For '09

According to Henry Schulman of the San Francisco Chronicle, the Giants' new managing general partner Bill Neukom is expected to retain GM Brian Sabean for 2009. The decision hasn't been finalized though. Andrew Baggarly expects Neukom to take his time to assess Sabean. Craig Calcaterra weighs in on Schulman's article over at AOL Fanhouse. Click here to download a spreadsheet of Sabean's trade history.   Continue Reading

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Several Teams Could Have New GMs In '09

A few articles today take a look at some GM positions in '09 that will have new faces... Michael Radano takes a look at who might fill the GM post for the Phillies in '09. Based on the Phillies current success, Radano wonders if they should just promote from within. That would mean one of the team's assistant GMs, Mike Arbuckle and Ruben Amaro Jr. Both Arbuckle and Amaro have interviewed with other teams for open GM positions in the past. Rick Freeman takes a look at the names most likely to end up as the GM in Seattle (John...   Continue Reading

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GM Trade History: Brian Sabean

MLBTR contributor Brendan Bianowicz has finished compiling Brian Sabean's trade history. Click to download in Excel form. Let us know in the comments if you see any errors or omissions. Previous GMs in the series: Brian Cashman Theo Epstein Billy Beane   Continue Reading

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Baseball Blogs Weigh In: Braun, Holliday, Kouzmanoff, Greene, Sabean

Let's take a look at what is being said about some recent rumors, trades and signings in the Blogosphere... Right Field Bleachers sees the signing of Ryan Braun and Corey Hart to long-term deals as a "must" for the Brewers. Brewers Nation sees the Braun deal as evidence that Prince Fielder will not sign an extension even if the two situations are very different. Oleanders and Morning Glories thinks that if Nats' management was hoping to sign Ryan Zimmerman to a Troy Tulowitzki-type deal, Braun's deal may have raised the bar. Squawking Baseball sees the recent trend in giving long-term...   Continue Reading

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Odds and Ends

Here are some various trade rumors that didn't quite have enough behind them for individual posts. There's a gossip section in the Boston Herald called Inside Track, written by Gayle Fee, Laura Raposa, and Erin Hayes. They heard that Coco Crisp told fans at the recent Division Champs celebration that he expects to be dealt this winter to make room for Jacoby Ellsbury. By most accounts Crisp has developed into a fine defensive center fielder, and he's under contract for $4.75MM in '08, $5.75MM in '09, and an $8MM club option in '10. Perhaps Crisp could be used to acquire..   Continue Reading

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Brian Sabean Trade Profile

I liked the results of the Kevin Towers Trade Profile, so I sat down and compiled Brian Sabean's trades since 2001 in a spreadsheet. Download san_francisco_giants_sabean.xls here. One thing's for sure: Sabean is due to make some deals. He's yet to make a single trade in 2006. He waited til May last year, but ended up making eight trades in 2005. Sabean typically makes about five trades per calendar year. Of his 26 trades since 2001, Sabean has dealt with 18 different GMs. He's not one to just stick to his buddies. As far as popular trading partners, Doug Melvin..   Continue Reading

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