Giants Maintain Interest In Joe Crede

Andrew Baggarly of the San Jose Mercury News reports that the Giants are still keeping an eye on free agent third baseman Joe Crede.

Special assistant Ron Schueler, who attended Crede’s workout last week, said the free-agent third baseman looked pretty agile while taking ground balls and his back appeared to hold up fine in the cage, writes Baggarly. Schueler noted that Crede appeared stronger in the upper body.

The Twins also remain interested in Crede, but talks haven’t progressed too far with that club either.  At last check, the 30-year-old Scott Boras client was still seeking $7MM guaranteed, plus around $4MM in incentives.  That kind of asking price obviously isn’t going to entice too many teams.