We spent most of Day 3 of the Winter Meetings hearing reports the Giants are "still in discussions" with Madison Bumgarner and his team while holding our breaths at reports the Dodgers are in on him. Meanwhile the Angels agreed to terms with Anthony Rendon for 7 years/$245 M AKA as The Strasburg. The Angels now have a nice threesome of Mike Trout, Shohei Ohtani and Rendon in the middle of their lineup. They still desperately need better pitching.
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With multiple teams now rumored to be pivoting to Josh Donaldson in the wake of the Rendon signing, you wonder if Farhan might be able to gin up a market for Even Longoria? Rumors that Nolan Arenado might be available could complicate a Longo trade scenario, but an Arenado trade seems quite unlikely.
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Lower level pitchers flew off the Free Agent shelves yesterday as teams went bargain shopping in the wake of Gerrit Cole coming off the market. There's too many here to go into details, but Michael Wacha and Rick Porcello go to the Mets, Tanner Roark to the BJ's and Josh Lindblom signs with the BrewCrew. I had thought Lindblom and/or Porcello might be Farhan targets. I do think Kevin Gausman has a higher ceiling than any of these 4 though.
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So, we'll keep chewing our nails on Bummy. I think Bum has gas left in his tank and the Giants can easily afford him, now and in the future, so why not? Add in that he's team icon and it would absolutely rip the hearts out of most Giants fans to see him in a Dodgers uniform, I say sign him up!
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Signing Bumgarner would be in the short term interest both for the team AND the fans.
ReplyDeleteIt would have little effect on the Payroll other than providing an out-of-pocket cost to the the OWNERS while providing a sop to US.
OTOH, although long-term contracts for pitchers rarely work out for the teams, Bummy is probably good for 3 years, give him an option out, then suffer through his declining years, as he and Posey (and Cain and Lincecum) remain as Icons of the Era though all were limping through the end of their contracts.
So, what's new -- do we want to see him in Dodger Blue?
Vote YES on signing Madison and who cares how much it costs!
OR - take on David Price for all of his 3 years $96M plus Benintendi - sweeten it all up with Yaz if they'll add in Triston Casas 1B/3B prospect (Boston's #1) - would FZ rather have 5 years of Bumgarner for $120M or 3 years of Price for $96M plus young talent coming over PLUS the compensatory draft pick when Bumgarner signs with the Twins, Dodgers etc.
ReplyDelete$4.9 estimated arb for Benintendi and SF only gets him for 3 years before FA.
DeleteAnother LHB?
As posed as an either/or: no, neither, do something else.
Price + Casas for Yaz + salary relief?
DeleteHow about Belt for Price straight up?
DeleteSox get 1Bman and salary relief
Giants get a starter for 3 years @ about $20M per year ($96M-$34M)/3