If nothing else, Brian Sabean is a man of his word.
But talk is cheap. Apparently, so are the San Francisco Giants.
Now that the team has non-tendered Jeff Keppinger, ostensibly decided to replace Carlos Beltran with Angel Pagan and announced their preference for Brandon Crawford as the team’s shortstop, it looks as though the Giants will not compete for a high-priced free agent.
It seems they will instead bank on the “odds” that the team of outcasts and misfits (with a few new misfits) will return to 2010 form.
To me, this sounds an awful lot like that guy at the casino who wins a fluke spin at the roulette wheel and decides to wager half his winnings on another spin with the same number. You know that guy. And you know where he lives—an alleyway dumpster somewhere on Market Street.
Regardless, this is not an article lamenting the fact that the Giants did not offer contracts to Albert Pujols, Jose Reyes, Prince Fielder, C.J. Wilson and Jimmy Rollins. Arguments abound, in fact, that none of the aforementioned players are either necessary or “good buys.”
This is an article projecting signings to come.
These projections are underwhelming and unrealistic.
But you know what? If I would have told you last season that Ryan Vogelsong would walk in and put up (by several metrics) the best numbers on the pitching staff, what would you have thought?
Yet look what happened.
Curtis Granderson Nick Johnson Javier Lopez Alex Hinshaw Ramon Ramirez Sergio Romo
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