The official SF Giants off-season thread

[Unknownn]

is posey with the grizzlies?

 

[MrGoGetter]

is posey with the grizzlies?

I read in the paper he is gonna start out in San Jose

 

[Tha Mack]

giants thread assholes

 

[Unknownn]

giants thread assholes

you're an idiot

 

[Chree]

lol wtf

 

[ReKz]

Cactus League opener is tomorrow at 12 PM (It's on MLB Network).

Giants Lineup:

RF Winn
SS Renteria
3B Sandoval
C Molina
1B Ishikawa
CF Rowand
LF Schierholtz
2B Burriss
DH Uribe
P Lincecum

 

[Unknownn]

schierholtz sav

 

[ReKz]

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — The Giants believe they'll be worth watching this summer, but their nearest affiliate might be a hotter ticket in April.

Club officials are planning to send all five of the Giants' top-rated prospects, and six of the top seven, to begin the season at Class A San Jose. The list includes pitchers Madison Bumgarner and Tim Alderson, catcher Buster Posey, first baseman Angel Villalona and second baseman Nick Noonan. Other members of last year's strong draft class are expected to join Posey in San Jose, including third baseman Conor Gillaspie, right fielder Roger Kieschnick and shortstop Brandon Crawford.

There will be a legitimate prospect at every position. Outfielders Darren Ford and Thomas Neal are likely to round out the lineup.

They won't be together for long, though. Alderson, who won the ERA title in the California League last year, is returning because Giants officials want to shield their elite prospects from the cold at Double-A Connecticut.

Once the weather warms up in New England, Alderson will be on his way. And others could join him.

"Years ago it was standard that a kid had to master his level, and most of the time, spend the whole year at one spot," Giants General Manager Brian Sabean said. "Now, if you think he's ahead of schedule, it's really incumbent to move him. With the Yankees, we had Bernie Williams (stalled for years) at Double-A. That's not going to happen anymore."

The little Giants are gonna have an insanely deep team for at least the first few months of the season....

Possible Lineup:

1. Darren Ford CF
2. Nick Noonan 2B
3. Buster Posey C
4. Angel Villalona 1B/DH
5. Roger Kieschnick RF
6. Michael Ambort DH/1B/C
7. Conor Gillaspie 3B
8. Thomas Neal LF
9. Brandon Crawford SS

Possible Rotation:

1. Madison Bumgarner
2. Tim Alderson
3. Scott Barnes
4. Henry Sosa/Clayton Tanner
5. Waldis Joaquin/Daryl Maday

 

[MrGoGetter]

Giants Fans should check out this spring training blog

http://www.giantsjottings.blogspot.com/

 

[DubbC415]

i know that dude Brandon Crawford

 

[CHAPO GUZMAN]

Cactus League opener is tomorrow at 12 PM (It's on MLB Network).

Giants Lineup:

fuck ill only be able to catch a little before i head off to school.. oh well

 

[andrizzaayy]

my teacher cancelled class tomorrow. he'll be in arizona for spring training. so i get to catch this.

 

[CHAPO GUZMAN]

lucky.. my teacher wouldnt give us a no class for shit, theres so much shit to learn that one day off could put us all behind.

 

[andrizzaayy]

haha. he cancelled class during the all star break a couple weeks ago to since he went to that. (its a sports sociology class)

 

[caff]

how did this happen? he wins the cy young award and only gets a one year $650,000 deal? i dont get it, wat was he and his agent thinking?


This is another embarrassing move in a long string of embarrassing moves by Giants management. Lincecum will be gone after 2009 because the Giants did not lock this kid up.

 

[ReKz]

how did this happen? he wins the cy young award and only gets a one year $650,000 deal? i dont get it, wat was he and his agent thinking?


This is another embarrassing move in a long string of embarrassing moves by Giants management. Lincecum will be gone after 2009 because the Giants did not lock this kid up.

Lincecum is under team control for a long time...

 

[Cut-Throat]

^^^not too familiar with minor league contracts are you??

 

[2-0-NINE]

how did this happen? he wins the cy young award and only gets a one year $650,000 deal? i dont get it, wat was he and his agent thinking?


This is another embarrassing move in a long string of embarrassing moves by Giants management. Lincecum will be gone after 2009 because the Giants did not lock this kid up.

It's to give him a taste of what upping his pitching level can do. A 65 percent raise, Should Lincecum perform at the same, near or above the level he did last year, he will definitely get a strong consideration for a long term deal. Since he's young and all, look after this season for the Giants to do a deal like 5/55 Million or something to that extent.

 

[DubbC415]

how did this happen? he wins the cy young award and only gets a one year $650,000 deal? i dont get it, wat was he and his agent thinking?


This is another embarrassing move in a long string of embarrassing moves by Giants management. Lincecum will be gone after 2009 because the Giants did not lock this kid up.

stick to watching those ugly purple & yellow jerseys, its much easier. This is how baseball contracts work, Miguel Cabrera, Barry Zito, this is not uncommon.

 

[T-Rip]

I like the Giants and really dont understand why Lincecum would take such little money. Now if you switch Zito and his contracts then id agree