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Wish the Giants were a serious suitor for Frazier. Oh well, there’s always the possibility of mid-season interest.
Why? Nunez is nearly as good as Frazier. Why give up something for such a minor upgrade.
Not in the power department, he isn’t. I do think Nunez is plenty serviceable though.
It would be able to move Nunez into a super-sub role where he can see time around the infield and even in LF. Being in the NL, he can get at-bats in every game, really.
You need to realise those 40 HRs would crash to around 25-27 when Frazier would move to AT
It looks like he’s doing a John Cena “You can’t see me” in the above photo.
I thought the same thing haha
He’s going from one giants team to another.
Yes, and if he’s less than good in San Francisco this season perhaps he can try his luck in Japan and sign with the Yomiuri Giants next year.
And he can keep all the same gear lol
How is he with the glove?
Good glove at third, passable at 2B and SS.
I was hoping the braves would roll the dice on this guy. Shucks
J.B. ??
Shoot, I figured with numbers like that in Korea, this guy would get a major league deal.
This could be a steal for the Giants. Low risk move, cheap too.
Will be interesting to see if this guy can hit in the Show.
Agreed. $1.5m is nothing if he can stick on the MLB roster, let alone contribute at least part-time at 3B.
Have KBO numbers ever translated to success in the MLB? Maybe teams are starting to realize that these guys can’t just transition and be as close to good as they are in that bandbox league.
Jung Ho Kang is a future All Star and signed to a steal of a contract. More teams are willing to take a chance on cheap, Korean players nowadays, because why not?
Then maybe teams need to invest in more Korean pitchers like Seung-hwan Oh.
Difficult to say anything negative about this deal. Limited risk, high possible upside. Passable defender on the left side of the diamond. Potential for decent power on a team that desperately needs it. Well done.
really hoping this works out – it could open a ton of possibilities for moving guys around and creating instant depth.
Seems like waste- Giants already have super utility man in Kelby Tomlinson – who has shown the ability to handle the bat at the major league level, as well as play average to above average at 3b, SS, and 2nd.
Teams can’t get much anymore for 1.5 MM. If he busts? Better than Matt Cain’s contract. If not, he is a steal and Nunez becomes super utility.
I’m a big fan of Tomlinson, but how is this a waste ? Panik is always injured. Nunez ended the season injured and there are rumors that it’s significant and lingering. There is nobody of merit in left. Having an extra body that can play the left side of the infield well, and potentially add some desperately needed power as either a starter or off the bench seems like a no brainer. He may completely fail, but his upside is way to high to pass on.
I think that SF isn’t that enamored with Nunez or he’s more injured from last season than they are letting on. Seems to me that they are always looking for another option at 3B.
Well this takes the Giants out of Todd Frazier sweepstakes, at least for a while. It’s looking more and more like the White Sox will not be making any significant deals prior to spring training. They may have to wait until the summer trade deadline before selling off their veterans, particularly impending free agents like Frazier, Melky Cabrera and Brett Lawrie.
The White Sox might as well try and sign a couple of vets to one-year “pillow” contracts, perhaps C Matt Wieters and OF Brandon Moss, to be somewhat competitive by opening day. Even if they start off poorly, it would give them a couple more “flip” candidates by midsummer. I’d even give Justin Morneau a call to see if he might have interest in returning as a platoon DH and backup at 1B provided he is healthy.
Not sure how real the Giants interest, or willingness, was to trade for Frazier anyways. With a relatively bare cupboard in the minors and the strong potential to make a mid-season addition in left, giving up what little prospect value you have at a position that’s relatively deep (quantity wise, not necessarily quality) seems foolish.
Unlike Jose Abreu and Jose Quintana who are still in their prime years with 3 and 4 more years of relatively cheap control, the shorter term pending White Sox free agents like Frazier, Cabrera and Lawrie won’t command the same level of prospects in a trade as the summer deadline approaches. Each will be 2-3 month rentals by that time.
Hope this guy can swing the bat as well as he can flip it:
link to youtube.com
Bumgarner will be giving him a talking to.
Evvvverybody have fun tonight…
Everybody Hwang Chung tonight?
No? Ok…
“The Giants don’t have a clear-cut need at third base — Eduardo Nunez and Conor Gillaspie are both on hand as options …”
Seriously, that is the absolute definition of “a clear-cut need at third base.”