tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7389427040394111033.post219580744804203544..comments2024-03-27T21:44:24.119-07:00Comments on When the Giants Come to Town...: Hot Stove Update: Giants Sign 3 To Minor League ContractsDrBGiantsfanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05574563470247927739noreply@blogger.comBlogger49125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7389427040394111033.post-67397054685239675302014-12-08T12:51:53.105-08:002014-12-08T12:51:53.105-08:00LOLLOLRainBallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00725941337502884436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7389427040394111033.post-83862792171767262922014-12-07T15:02:29.116-08:002014-12-07T15:02:29.116-08:00No problem, carmot. I appreciate your enthusiasm ...No problem, carmot. I appreciate your enthusiasm and intensity.DrBGiantsfanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10699322384438591979noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7389427040394111033.post-33762574639628794292014-12-07T13:20:15.642-08:002014-12-07T13:20:15.642-08:00Sorry, DrB. You're right. I'm sorry to ...Sorry, DrB. You're right. I'm sorry to make you feel this way. In no way did I mean to hijack your blog or anything. It IS your blog. Feel free to axe my comments if you wish. I hope you don't take my words as an affront to your good works. You've invested a lot into your site, you shouldn't have to feel your blog has "degenerated" into something you didn't "want it to become." My deepest apologies. Cheers.carmotnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7389427040394111033.post-31569459942198107322014-12-07T12:40:07.934-08:002014-12-07T12:40:07.934-08:00I'm all for signing Lester if the Giants think...I'm all for signing Lester if the Giants think they can afford it. I think they would actually get more value with a Headley/Hammel signing, but to each his own. I would not be unhappy with a Lester signing.DrBGiantsfanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10699322384438591979noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7389427040394111033.post-91417433382242694502014-12-07T12:38:51.575-08:002014-12-07T12:38:51.575-08:00Both Donaldson and several sportswriters expected ...Both Donaldson and several sportswriters expected him to be traded this offseason. Fister was projected to be traded. The surprise was how little Detroit got in return. The Dodgers trades were crazy at the time and I think you have to say in retrospect they did not work out.DrBGiantsfanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10699322384438591979noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7389427040394111033.post-89731423149853746072014-12-07T12:36:00.285-08:002014-12-07T12:36:00.285-08:00I just think people are punishing Headley for unre...I just think people are punishing Headley for unrealistic expectations. He put up a fWAR of 7.2 in 2012 which was never likely to be sustainable. He was 3.6 and 4.4 the last two years. Steamer projects him at 3.9 in 2015. Headley's peak was higher than Pablo's and his baseline is also higher. Any contract that comes in under Pablo's is a bargain.DrBGiantsfanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10699322384438591979noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7389427040394111033.post-58149598188553878832014-12-07T11:21:56.785-08:002014-12-07T11:21:56.785-08:00Love the Passion!! How about this one, sign Leste...Love the Passion!! How about this one, sign Lester to make a big splash and help the team now and over the next 6 years and also Sign Moncada to help in a year or 2. If in 2-3 years we are a mess and have to rebuild at least we can trade Lester. As for filling all of the holes this team has right now, I have total confidence that Sabes will find cheap alternatives at every spot.Patonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7389427040394111033.post-23281093194143563112014-12-07T11:16:00.358-08:002014-12-07T11:16:00.358-08:00I've actually never heard of anyone on one of ...I've actually never heard of anyone on one of these blogs predict a trade especially not any of the head scratchers we have seen even in the last few years! Who would have predicted the Donaldson trade just now or Lester or the trades the Dodgers pulled off for Agon, Craw, and Becket for nothing or Hanley Ramirez for Peanuts! Doug Fister was traded for a pastrami sandwich and a six pack of bud lite and his name was mentioned in trades end of season. Anything can happen but one question I have to ask is why are you so in love with Matt Moore? Injuries and inconsistencies is all he has to offer!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7389427040394111033.post-67280150520879368112014-12-07T11:06:11.297-08:002014-12-07T11:06:11.297-08:00I like Carmot's passion and although we all ha...I like Carmot's passion and although we all have our own ideas, at least he is coming up with some new ones and contributing which should be encouraged. The more I think about it the more I am against Headley but in favor of Lester. Lester will have trade value and actual value in 3-4 years where as Headley has all the potential to be Kevin Kouzmanoff or Rowand or Feliz or Alfonso or anyone else around his age who really hasn't proven anything other than one year. His trajectory is not good and at least with Panda there was a feel that he could hit 3 homeruns in a world series game or bat .500 at any time. <br /><br />Pablo also had all the intangibles that don't show up on the stat sheet where as Headley is pretty ordinary when it comes to intangibles. I and others have suggested Chisenhall as an option and maybe it is just because I suggested it recently but compare the years those two had last season and try to tell me that it wouldn't be worth trading say Crick or Adrianza or Blachburn to get a guy who is very similar to Headley yet younger, cheaper, and way more upside??? <br /><br />Lester makes the most sense out of all "big" free agents out there. As I said before, all free agents are getting overpaid so we just need to make sure we are overpaying for one that is going to be worth it. Look what Headley was traded for to the Yankees this year and look at what Lester was traded for and that should give you a good idea of what the rest of the league thinks about these 2 in particular. If they sign Headley it will have a much higher chance of turning out like a Rowand deal (dollars, years, and potential to suck really do match up here) than Lester turning out like Zito!!Patonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7389427040394111033.post-7704010352851633202014-12-07T07:52:56.006-08:002014-12-07T07:52:56.006-08:00Axe it Doc. I pleaded the 5th and didn't want ...Axe it Doc. I pleaded the 5th and didn't want to get in between carmot and camp going back and forth. LolRogernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7389427040394111033.post-63702492368081823032014-12-07T07:35:11.282-08:002014-12-07T07:35:11.282-08:00Carmot,
I agree that there are many more question...Carmot,<br /><br />I agree that there are many more question marks surrounding this team than most people realize. There are holes to patch, and I doubt that all of them are by April. Honestly, I wouldn't hate a Headley signing. The guy is a decent all-around player. But I just get an Aaron Rowand feeling when I think about a 4-5 year deal for Headley. Should they really spend $50M+ for a .265, sub 15 HR hitter? I'd rather spend the money on Melky, who I believe gives the team more versatility and production. Like you, I wouldn't have even considered him an option, but the Giants are the ones on record saying the interest is there to bring him back!<br /><br />Despite the risks that come with long-term contracts, I would still gladly take Lester. I think he gives this team a chance to have one of the better rotations in the league for the next few years. And I personally believe the Giants can absorb just about any contract they want at this point. If they're going to continually raise ticket prices year after year (making it much tougher for the "average" income-earning Joe like me to see a game), I expect the organization to bring in some impact talent to fill Pablo's shoes. That's Lester for me at this point.<br /><br />I know DrB has thrown the idea of a Boston trade around here a couple times this offseason, and I really feel like they could be a good match for us. Nava, Holt, Cecchini, Middlebrooks, Bradley Jr. Any one of those guys could be a useful player for this team, and you likely wouldn't have to break the bank to snag one (maybe two?) of them. I really like Cecchini, but that might make for one too many left-handed hitters in the lineup.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7389427040394111033.post-23029854377091950522014-12-07T07:24:50.915-08:002014-12-07T07:24:50.915-08:00Projections are projections. There is a reason wh...Projections are projections. There is a reason why they play the games.DrBGiantsfanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10699322384438591979noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7389427040394111033.post-62053878798085571112014-12-07T07:23:09.225-08:002014-12-07T07:23:09.225-08:00OMG! This has really degenerated into what I don&#...OMG! This has really degenerated into what I don't want this blog to become! I am very tempted to just ax the entire discussion, but will instead try to address a few of the issues that have been raised(actually, mostly bogus issues, IMO):<br /><br />1. I am not beating the drum for blowing past the luxury tax threshold. If the Giants have the money to do it, that's great. I'm not at all counting on it.<br /><br />2. In my prior Armchair GM post, I did present a viable way of building a team that can compete for another championship and still stay below the luxury tax with moves that do not rely on pie-in-the-sky trades that will never happen.<br /><br />3. This is a "defining" offseason? I agree that the Giants are at a place where they are nearing the end of a cycle and will have to start replacing some of the core of the last 5 years, but defining? I think the Giants as an organization are already pretty well defined. If they make some adjustments in how they approach team building, that is probably a good thing, but they have already defined themselves!<br /><br />4. I will be posting some reviews of the farm system soon. The Giants are in good shape for the future. They have present young assets at the MLB level, they have more prospects who may well help in 2015 and they have a whole bunch with high ceilings who could break out at any time. The Giants continue to be as well positioned for the future as any team in baseball!<br /><br />So, I hope everybody can just calm down a bit.DrBGiantsfanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10699322384438591979noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7389427040394111033.post-15266781787977041212014-12-07T02:26:56.288-08:002014-12-07T02:26:56.288-08:00Lester, Headley, and WAR. Lester has been better ...Lester, Headley, and WAR. Lester has been better than 3 fWAR every year so far, consistently. Headley has been better than 2 fWAR consistently. He hits about as well as Sandoval, so if we were to get him he could be expected to replace PS's production. Will they? No one knows if Lester will get hit by a thrown ball and suffer a concussion, while Headley slices off a pinky trying to make a ham sandwich. But if one counts on players to do a lot, and to have a good bit of veteran savvy, they're likely to be expensive, which makes the area of contingency costly. To complement an expensive vet hiring, one needs to have younger, cheaper players. I offered a group of names from among whom I suggested that there's a reasonable hope of success for enough players to replace Affeldt and to fill an OF position. You, Carmot, think this is over optimistic, and maybe it is. But if the Giants' farm is so bereft that we can't come up with one good reliever and an outfielder, or players we can trade for a good reliever and an outfielder, we sure are in trouble.<br /><br />My suggestion of Aoki doesn't mean I think he's better than Blanco. I don't think we are likely to find someone better than Blanco, or if we do, find someone better than Blanco who doesn't imperil us financially. What Aoki offers, and others may too, is someone who produces more WAR than Morse, who can field, play more than one OF position so that he can spell Blanco or Pagan, has a high contact rate and good OBP, and can lead off when Pagan is inevitably on his sick bed. I doubt that we need more than that, given that we should add more offensive production from Belt and Panik than we got in 2014. As to the FO's saying that Lincecum will start this year, and I dare say he will until he goes decisively bust, and therefore that we do not need Hammel AND Masterson, please read Hammel OR Masterson.campanarinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7389427040394111033.post-35812902306504170082014-12-07T02:02:07.659-08:002014-12-07T02:02:07.659-08:00For me, it's the monumental nature of what thi...For me, it's the monumental nature of what this off-season *means*. Massive implications, IMO. I tend to not believe the 'double-speak' of Sabean. History has shown he tries to "ply" the fans into a belief of "groupthink." I don't buy it. The kicking tires, going hard after a guy and conveniently having the 2nd highest bid (Abreu, Tomas, Sandoval, etc... Even Wilson, Uribe, Beltran, and others). Playing Uggla because, "there was no one else." All the talk of "expanding international scouting" and "we're in on all these guys." Oddly, we haven't heard mention of the Rainy Day Fund since 2011? Huh. Dear Sabean: It is YOUR JOB to create a good trade. I'm not at all interested in him saying it's too hard... "The asks were too high." WTH?<br /><br />Heck, at last year's Winter Meetings, Sabean said "the window is closed." He said the same thing directly after 2012. Oh yeah, last year Sabean said the biggest thing he learned from the miserable 2013 season was "we didn't have enough depth. We need to build more depth." Uh-huh, sure. At the 2014 trade deadline he said, "there are too many holes, there is no magic bullet" and "God bless 'em, they're not ready." In on Sandoval, Tomas, Lester, Markakis, Melky, Santana, Liriano, Miller, Moncada, Castillo, Abreu, yada yada yada... Yeah, and in 2013 we claimed Ted Lilly off waivers, tried to sign Mark Mulder last winter, and thank goodness didn't go get Rafael Furcal or Alex Rios this past trade deadline. Phew!<br /><br />I believe this off-season *defines* this Giants team more than any recent off-season.<br />The decisions, the strategies. Because we (currently) don't have a Bumgarner or Posey or Wheeler in our system. Because we are now facing the CBT (Luxury Tax threshold). Because we have become accustomed to winning. Because we have so many needs to fill. Because we have a very, very good core intact to build from. 3-in-5 does build a lot of goodwill... And fans. And mucho dinero. Verdad.<br /><br />We've a heap of "fringe" guys. Do we use their value in trades? Or will they wither away like Cavan, Bond, Gillaspie, Harris, Otero, Fitzgerald, Westcott, and others? Will we make a big move? Maybe sign Lester. Maybe trade for a guy like Jay Bruce? Plouffe or Valbuena? Are we waiting to sign Jason Heyward? lol. If Sabean & Co. choose wisely, we can be set up for several years. If we choose wrongly, we could very soon end up old and with immoveable contracts- like the Phillies.<br /><br />I'm glad we didn't sign Sandoval to a 100M+ contract. I'd be relieved if we don't sign Lester or Headley. Time to get more creative, find better solutions. I believe they're out there. The truth will set you free. (cue X-Files music). lol.carmotnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7389427040394111033.post-75909159381755460802014-12-07T00:53:46.083-08:002014-12-07T00:53:46.083-08:00I came on to share some of my views. Dang. I'...I came on to share some of my views. Dang. I'm not ever trying to 'convince' others that my views are 'right' or 'more right' than somebody else's. They're simply my opinions, assumptions, conclusions, or whatever. I feel WAR is an oversimplified stat. *Maybe* Lester can be worth 3-5 WAR each of the next two seasons, sure. But his recent past (three seasons) don't show that kind of consistency. Headley being worth much more than 2 WAR each season? I'm more dubious on that one.<br /><br />Here's the way I see it... To maximize the value of Lester we need our other components to be working as well. We've lost Sandoval and likely will not have Morse back. That is a big chunk of our offense. The same one that won the World Series. That also went through a historic slump during the summer. And we don't figure to have Hicks, who helped us gain an early edge in our season record. Romo is likely leaving, too. Should we 'expect' Kontos or Strickland or another to be nearly as good in our 2015 bullpen? Vogey was mostly solid, can we "expect" that from Lincecum as our #5 again? That's a lot of question marks.<br /><br />Lessened offense and bullpen. Not maximizing what Lester can do to help us win games. Low run support, like Vogey and Huddy got. Unless we sign a solid 3B AND LF. That means spending BEYOND Lester + Headley, which... I don't see the Giants doing... So, that's the early 2 years of Lester's 6 or 7 year contract. Later, I'd expect some performance decline from him. Each year we need to replace more players, it becomes cumulative. The window of optimizing Lester's (and Headley's) value never seems truly open, as I see things. Not enough balance, not enough depth. A couple key injuries and we could look a lot like the Rangers did in 2014.<br /><br />You feel there is "a reasonable hope" on virtually every one of our prospects. You may, or may not, know much about me. I just recently started posting here. I follow the prospect scene fairly closely. I feel it would be highly optimistic to think each of these "works out." I like Mac more than guys like Peguero, Neal, Kieschnick, and other outfielders we saw crush A+ San Jose before. We've seen our recent haul of drafted arms struggle to make The Show. Otherwise, why have we played guys like Moscoso, Penny, Mota, Vogey, Huddy, Petit, Machi, Strickland, etc? You just earlier mentioned the "gamble" of other players, yet you feel "a reasonable hope" that all our guys will succeed? Okay, that's solid optimism, I guess.<br /><br />Headley would bat, what, sixth? After Pence? Then Crawford, then Blanco? Uhhhh. Paying a premium price on two guys I don't feel are all that exceptional isn't a wise plan for our future- as I see it. I understand Melky is unlikely to be back in orange & black. But the Giants put this idea out there, not me. He could bat anywhere from 1-6, a key thing if Pagan goes down or Panik struggles or anybody gets injured, yeah? Headley can't offer that. Blanco could remain our Pagan Insurance Policy. If Blanco is starting in LF, what is our back-up plan? Perez or Ishikawa starting games? Morse in LF? Rios? Javier Herrera, Gary Brown, or Jarrett Parker?<br /><br />Hammel, Masterson, and Aoki is what you find plausible? Having both Petit and Timmy in the bullpen? The front office already said Timmy will start. Aoki is worse than Blanco. That's our 2015 Giants? While also "waiting" on 3B? Well, I don't find that prudent. It's unclear to me how much Giants fans have actually thought through what signing Lester and/or Headley will actually mean. YMMV.carmotnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7389427040394111033.post-38295499450444360992014-12-07T00:26:42.736-08:002014-12-07T00:26:42.736-08:00We do share that goal, carmot. And I wrote a late...We do share that goal, carmot. And I wrote a later response to you, which appears earlier in the sequence in the blog, which indicates why I am suspicious of planning for longer than a year or two, and offers an alternative that doesn't involve long-term on Lester. But I will stick with feeling that getting Melky and giving up a draft pick exposes us to a diminishing returns hazard just as getting Headley would. Melky's not a one year buy. I will stick with feeling that a pitcher coming back from TJ and a Cuban IF of 19 who has never faced an MLB pitcher are gambles, whereas Belt with his three year's record can be thought of as having his "promise" on a very different level of confidence. "Selective" is perhaps a tendentious adjective when there's a rational basis for thinking of these gambles and promises.campanarinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7389427040394111033.post-77434859832783080862014-12-07T00:12:22.436-08:002014-12-07T00:12:22.436-08:00Watching carmot's roster gymnastics reawakens ...Watching carmot's roster gymnastics reawakens in me the sense that this offseason has so far been moving with an unusual rhythm for Giants fans. What I remember from the past was Sabean's making a couple of quick moves, signing a Hudson or Renteria or Pagan & Scutaro, making a trade or two perhaps, and then remaining pretty still. I don't recall all the raising of hopes--Sandoval yes/no, Tomas yes/no, Lester yes/no--and proclamations of various levels of interest (Lester, Headley, Santana, Cabrera) that we have been hit with this year. Most, if not all the hopes will be squelched, making the Giants look like losers or pikers or lucky bullet-dodgers or sturdy-minded businessmen, depending on what one's hopes were. But none of the public plays fits in with what I think of as the team's projected image as a group that studies its cards close to the vest and deeply shielded by those gray beards that Shankbone likes to evoke.<br /><br />Is this just my perception or misperception? If others share it, what has changed this year to change the team's offseason image? Compensation for the sailing off of Sandoval?campanarinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7389427040394111033.post-59584562121782631252014-12-06T23:49:14.399-08:002014-12-06T23:49:14.399-08:00That's cool. I understand that most, if not a...That's cool. I understand that most, if not all here, will tend to disagree (or dismiss) my ideas. It's all good. Just thought I'd chime in. And I doubt many are familiar enough with future payroll to truly understand what is most likely to happen if we sign Lester and/or Headley.<br /><br />I see lots of ideas on Giants blogs or boards- that I think are outrageous. Move Panik or Crawford to 3B. Move Posey to 3B, 1B, or LF. Move Belt to LF. Start Adrianza or Duffy at SS. Susac needs to be our catcher. Let Timmy be our closer. Trade for Matt Kemp. Trade for Fister, Zimmerman, Zobrist, Longoria, Beltre, or D Wright. Or the generic standby, "get a #2 pitcher." LOL.<br /><br />Fact is, we continue on 'cycles' where we fill long-term needs with short-term solutions. IMO, that is far from ideal in so many ways. And it catches up to us. Because we traded guys like Wheeler, Escobar, and Hembree. Guys like Crick and Brown haven't produced well enough. Sure we've won 3-in-5 and I'm as ecstatic as the next G's fan about all this. But moving forward?<br /><br />Who thinks we're soon going to carry a $210 million payroll? And what kind of flexibility will we have remaining if/when a key player(s) goes down for TJS or injury? When Blanco is replacing Pagan in CF AND a pitcher is ineffective? We aren't the Yankees. I don't expect us to spend our way out of it. So, we could really, really, truly be "stuck." Still, I understand the consensus is "fans want Lester."<br /><br />Every player we sign is a "gamble." And I'd take prime years pretty much every time. The track record on 6+ year megadeals is horrible, even worse when signed as a free agent after age-29. I certainly wouldn't wish to "gamble" on Lester after one INCREDIBLE season. And if that fails? There are NO RESOURCES left to work from. Moore at $3M in 2015 would mean we could still spend. Valbuena (or other) could pretty much just be released without major consequence.<br /><br />I understand your selective bias, campanari. "The promise" of Belt, but "the gamble" of other teams' players. The "what we must give up" "hazard" and "surrender" stuff. It's part of why I receive dismissive responses. I truly get it, I do. Campanari, we'll just agree to disagree on what we wish for. But I believe we still share a common goal of wanting the Giants to be great. Cheers. carmotnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7389427040394111033.post-25387168427637503032014-12-06T23:33:15.805-08:002014-12-06T23:33:15.805-08:00Why Lester, 3-6 fWAR, and Headley, 3-4 WAR, don...Why Lester, 3-6 fWAR, and Headley, 3-4 WAR, don't help is compete in 2015 and 2016, I don't understand. By 2016 we have a reasonable hope of adding young SP in Beede and Blackburn, say, or Blach and Crick, say. Slot in other names, as you like. We have a reasonable hope of having Okert or Law take Affeldt's place. We have a decent hope of Williamson's or Carbonell's entering our outfield. So one doesn't to my mind have to start making plans about competing year after year with so many unknowns as to player development, injuries, trade opportunities, and market vagaries as to render all these astute finaglings vain. One s dealing with so many contingencies that planning for 2015 with an eye to 2016 is all that makes sense. And for 2015 and 2016, I say Bring on Headley! Bring on Lester! Or come up with a plausible, prudent alternative, such as get Hammel and Masterson, find an outfielder who can field and hit (I suggested Aoki), and wait on 3B until sometime in the spring. Another plausible, prudent alternative? OK. But your overhaul looks to me neither plausible, as you yourself agree, nor prudent.campanarinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7389427040394111033.post-46587484008168431212014-12-06T23:17:44.909-08:002014-12-06T23:17:44.909-08:00DocB, Belt's got a lot to prove to "hit h...DocB, Belt's got a lot to prove to "hit his numbers". First, he has to stay on the field (note keep Scoots off the field). Second, he has to become consistent, not a streaky TTO hitter. Third, he has to show he can make adjustments as pitchers adjust to him. I believe in Belt's potential, 2015 is his year to prove it out. Monterey Sharkhttp://www.eollinger.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7389427040394111033.post-17366046665476442202014-12-06T22:35:16.716-08:002014-12-06T22:35:16.716-08:00Hey thanks, stranger. I think we're all "...Hey thanks, stranger. I think we're all "amateurs" at this stuff, here. DrB: yeah, I know. Chance of trading for Valbuena is less than 10%. Less chance we ever sign Melky back. Even slimmer chance we trade Belt at all. Almost none chance that we get *exactly* Matt Moore in return for Belt. And prolly slimmest of all is us spending 50M+ on Moncada. That about it? lol.<br /><br />But I can't follow any of this 'logic' that we're in on guys like Lester & Headley. We're gonna bust the CBT for these two? Seriously? That's insane. Push a $185M payroll this year AND next year? Both times, IMO, we still won't have a complete team. Are we seriously going to spend $215M+ in 2016 (to add Cueto and Heyward)? NOT.<br /><br />So, I'm trying to look for a way to spend reasonably and actually assemble a team that I think can continually compete. I don't think Lester helps us at that. Nor does Headley. YMMV. "Everyone" claims we have $42.5M coming off the books after 2015. TRUE. But they might fail to recognize we'll again have 3B, LF, two SP slots and Affeldt to replace. With many salaries escalating, we'll figure to be at a 155M starting point. Much like this winter.<br /><br />$30M to spend. Lots of needs. Sorry, it doesn't add up in my brain. Cheers.carmotnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7389427040394111033.post-60745945565928404522014-12-06T22:16:01.335-08:002014-12-06T22:16:01.335-08:00I'll take it!!!
NWGiantsFan
DtF!!!I'll take it!!!<br /><br />NWGiantsFan<br />DtF!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7389427040394111033.post-87713667923783068372014-12-06T21:29:57.173-08:002014-12-06T21:29:57.173-08:00If you project Belt's numbers from last year t...If you project Belt's numbers from last year to 600 PA, he would have hit 30 dingers. Steamer is projecting 20 dingers in 595 PA for 2015. How about we split the difference and say he hit's 25 with about a .270 BA?DrBGiantsfanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10699322384438591979noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7389427040394111033.post-24975092241016126842014-12-06T21:24:47.577-08:002014-12-06T21:24:47.577-08:00Yup, agree with this.Yup, agree with this.DrBGiantsfanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10699322384438591979noreply@blogger.com