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Brixton
wasnt his final contract with the Giants anyways?
Rally Weimaraner
Yes it was but now he will get MLB healthcare coverage and the Giants were going to pay him for the rest of 2015 either way.
Steve Adams
Yes, but they released him from it. This way his career technically ends at the end of his contract, and he gets benefits, medical care, etc. from the team while on their 60-day DL.
obsessivegiantscompulsive
Before today, technically, while he has continued to rehab at the Giants facilities, he was not a Giants player, and had he retired, he would have retired as a free agent, because he was DFAed during the off-season to open up a 40-man roster spot.
Now that he has signed back with the team, and placed on the 60-day DL (there might also be language in the CBA regarding the number of days on his days on the 40-man roster tied to how much pension benefits that he gets in the future, as well), when he retires at the end of the season, it will be as a Giants player, which apparently was his wish.
And why not, his greatest success, winning the championship, and being a huge contributor to winning that trophy, was with the Giants. It’s symbolic, but as the article notes, he accomplished a lot in his 30’s, and he felt it would be an honor to retire as a Giants player. Seems like it is not that huge a deal to give a player who did so much for a franchise, even if in such a short timeframe, such a favor.
Rally Weimaraner
The Giants should have know guarantying him $6,666,666.66 in 2015 was a bad idea.
obsessivegiantscompulsive
It was worth the risk. As the article noted, even in a short season, he produced more than 2 WAR in 2013 (2.2 bWAR), so if he had any health at all in 2014-15, he should have easily reached the 3 or so WAR necessary to justify the contract, he only needed roughly 0.75 more WAR.
It looks like Holliday’s dirty slide took its toll on his back and made him susceptible to further injury, which ended his season in 2013, and ultimately, his career. It was the Card’s offer of $16-18M over 2 years that pushed to Giants to offer $20M over 3 years.
It would have been karma to stick them with that, but I like that the Giants reward players who contributed greatly to their success, and Scutaro almost did pay off the whole contract in his first season. I’m happy he retires a Giants, he was a huge part of the 2012 Championship team, and he got rewarded for that, I have no issue with that.
Or if you want to view it another way, he produced 4.0 bWAR for the Giants and got paid $22M by the Giants for that (assuming the Giants covered $2M in 2012), for an average of $5.5M/WAR, which is about average.
mpzz
Why? He played superbly for them, even after he was wiped out by Holiday in the ’12 playoffs. Despite this, he was the Giants’ best hitter in 2013. No one could have anticipated his condition would worsen rather than improve.
Dock_Elvis
Marco Scutaro. The absolute BEST name over a stadium PA system.
dishnet34
Congrats, Marco Scutaro, or as my favorite baseball video game of all time, MLB Power Pros, pronounces it, Marco Scoot-ah-ro.
TheFreak2011
My team is a class organization. Scutaro was a big part of the 2012 championship run. Thanks, Marco.