The comedy stylings of your San Francisco Giants...
by Hawerchuk on May 24, 2010 6:47 PM EDT
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"the Giants have had internal discussions about some significant changes as a way to ensure they keep their best bats in the lineup as they try to escape their horrific offensive slump. They have not scored in 20 innings...until left fielder Mark DeRosa returns: Freddy Sanchez would move to third base, allowing Juan Uribe to play second now that shortstop Edgar Renteria is back...Pablo Sandoval would shift from third base to first base, and Aubrey Huff would move to left field. Andres Torres will play right, leaving John Bowker and Nate Schierholtz on the bench."
For those of you keeping score at home:
LF Aubrey Huff hasn't played the outfield in four seasons
3B Freddy Sanchez hasn't played third base in four seasons
Playing your 30+ fielders out-of-position is not the way to start scoring more runs - but it is a good way to allow more runs. You know, you can make jokes about shuffling the deck chairs on the Titanic, but it's not often that somebody indulges you by actually shuffling the deck chairs. It's not surprising that it was the Giants who shuffled them.
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The decision is probably finance-related. The trend in recent years appears to be delaying the recall of excellent prospects until the early summer to delay by 1 year that player’s arbitration-eligibility. Normally, a player is eligible for salary arbitration after 3 years of major league service but so-called “Super 2s”, those who are in the top 17% of MLB service time who have not yet reached 3 years, are also arbitration eligible.
I wonder if SF has this in mind by not recalling Posey just like Washington, not bringing up pitcher Stephen Strasburg, or last year, Atlanta, calling up Tommy Hanson in early June.
"Lord Stanley, scratch their names on your fabled Cup!" - Mike Lange
Don’t forget Mark DeRosa, with tendons flopping around in his wrist. And those contracts to Rowand and Renteria definitely aren’t helping things financially. Or Zito, but at least he’s a pitcher and not expected to contribute offense.
This team would score so much more if they stopped giving bushels of money to gamer veterans and started playing the young guys they’ve developed. Because not only those young guys would be cheaper, they wouldn’t have tendons flopping around or bone chips floating in their elbows, and so then the Giants wouldn’t have to pay for a replacement. And then they could use the money they save on a big hitter or two. And then what do you know – one run deficits are no longer insurmountable.
"I think I realized after the second or third punch, I should have taken his helmet off sooner." - Ryane Clowe
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Imagine if the Sharks had five losing seasons over the next six. Do you think Doug Wilson would still have his job? It’s amazing how the Giants tolerate Sabean’s failures.
I think it’s safe to go ahead and discredit Sabean’s “Old, Crappy Player” market inefficiencies that he has been “exploiting” for way, way too many years. It is reminiscient to me of the KC Chiefts love of old, near dead legends like Moon, Montana, Allen, etc – except those guys still managed to win games and be somewhat entertaining. (sorry for a football analogy, it just seems so apt with Sabean).
At what point can the Giants continue to justify wasting so much $$$ and talent of pitching and run prevention without increasing the payroll for real, legitimate offensive talents? Why not splash out another $15-20 million to make that playoff run which would help offset any additional payroll?
Aaagghh….I am convinced Sabean has blackmail on the Giants owners or at least he is able to point at Timmy L and say “See?”
Also, I want to give a thumbs up to occasional Giants/baseball posts….I love the hockey stuff but there are other things outside the rink too.
- KDR
by kdringg on May 25, 2010 1:37 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Hell, there were rumblings about Wilson getting fired if the Sharks failed to get out of the first round again. I still have no idea why both Sabean and Bochy are still employed. Heck, their contracts were even renewed after last season!
I mean, Sabean has lucked into having arguably the best hitter of all-time, and then one of the best young pitchers of all-time. Outside of that one championship run, he’s pretty much done squat with them.
"I think I realized after the second or third punch, I should have taken his helmet off sooner." - Ryane Clowe
Proud member of the "Re-Sign Marleau" Club
Fools and Sages
you should make a SF Giants partridge-in-a-pear-tree using things like “eight tendons flopping” and “11 bone chips floating”.
by Passive Voice on May 25, 2010 2:52 PM EDT up reply actions
The decision to sign shitty players like Huff and Sanchez is finance-related?
What I meant was the non-call up of Posey (or other young players that could not do worse at the MLB level than current more expensive veterans) is finance-related.
Ironically, saving money by delaying Posey’s arbitration-eligibility date obviously costs the Giants more money overall in the longer term if they continue to pay higher wages for more expensive veterans who would do no better than Posey.
"Lord Stanley, scratch their names on your fabled Cup!" - Mike Lange
What kills me is it seems the Giants want to avoid the Super-2 with Buster like the O’s did last year with Wieters but the situations are not the same…the O’s are in a rebuilding decade and the Giants are arguably one or two good bats away from the playoffs….
Not sure when the CBA is renewed but you gotta figure the owners want to get rid of the Super-2 arbitration clause although you know the players like it….you just figure there should be a way to compromise so the fans don’t need to watch players like Posey and Strasburg in AAA when they should be The Show.
The O’s are also stuck in the AL East, so the bar to make the playoffs is higher than it is in the NL West. Getting past the Sox, Yankees and now the Rays is no small feat.
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by Knee high to a duck on May 25, 2010 6:53 PM EDT up reply actions
Giants are negotiating with Pat Burrell
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/giants/detail?blogid=22&entry_id=64549
Wow…can this be a more Sabean player? Well I guess he’s “only” 32, so he’s a young up-and-comer in Sabs book….at least he won’t cost too much.
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