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calsnowskier
Sarcastic F-wad
Great timing, as I was thinking about this earlier today, then someone asked about it in the GDT (officially the low point of GDTs since our migration here, btw)...
The Giants have 8 players eligible for Free Agency...
Carlos Beltran (no Arb)
Miguel Tejada
Cody Ross
Mark DeRosa
Javier Lopez
Pat Burrell
Orlando Cabrera
Guillermo Mota
And 12 players eligible for team controlled arbitration...
Tim Lincecum (14M)
Jonathan Sanchez (4.8M)
Jeff Keppinger (2.3M)
Ramon Ramirez (1.65M)
Santiago Casilla (1.3M)
Mike Fontenot (1M)
Ryan Vogelsong (.5M)
Andres Torres (2.2M)
Pablo Sandoval (.5M)
Sergio Romo (.45M)
Nate schierholz (.43M)
Eli Whiteside (.43M)
Of our free Agents, I think the G's make a SERIOUS push to keep Lopez, and offer Mota the same deal he has had the last 2 years (minor league contract with invite). They may talk to Boras about Beltran, but I do not see him in the Giants plans. The other 5, I think are let go with little attempt to retain (Ross is welcome, but at a pay cut). I am not sure who is what kind of FA (compensation-wise). Anyone have a link for that info?
For our Arb-eligible players, I think the G's let Whiteside, Torres and Fontenot walk, and they most likely offer arb to Ramirez. Everyone else is a lock to come back.
So, by my count, the Giants will have a decent amout of over-haul this upcoming off-season...
Ross
Beltran
Cabrera
DeRosa
Tejada
Burrell
Whiteside
Fontenot
Torres
That's more than 1/3 of the roster (kinda, when you take into account DL, it ends up being a bit less than 1/3).
Throw in the possible departures of RoRo and Zito, and this will be a near blow-up of the entire roster for next season.
However, this past off-season only saw 2 players leave the org, so this season is really just 2 off-season condensed into one.
The Giants have 8 players eligible for Free Agency...
Carlos Beltran (no Arb)
Miguel Tejada
Cody Ross
Mark DeRosa
Javier Lopez
Pat Burrell
Orlando Cabrera
Guillermo Mota
And 12 players eligible for team controlled arbitration...
Tim Lincecum (14M)
Jonathan Sanchez (4.8M)
Jeff Keppinger (2.3M)
Ramon Ramirez (1.65M)
Santiago Casilla (1.3M)
Mike Fontenot (1M)
Ryan Vogelsong (.5M)
Andres Torres (2.2M)
Pablo Sandoval (.5M)
Sergio Romo (.45M)
Nate schierholz (.43M)
Eli Whiteside (.43M)
Of our free Agents, I think the G's make a SERIOUS push to keep Lopez, and offer Mota the same deal he has had the last 2 years (minor league contract with invite). They may talk to Boras about Beltran, but I do not see him in the Giants plans. The other 5, I think are let go with little attempt to retain (Ross is welcome, but at a pay cut). I am not sure who is what kind of FA (compensation-wise). Anyone have a link for that info?
For our Arb-eligible players, I think the G's let Whiteside, Torres and Fontenot walk, and they most likely offer arb to Ramirez. Everyone else is a lock to come back.
So, by my count, the Giants will have a decent amout of over-haul this upcoming off-season...
Ross
Beltran
Cabrera
DeRosa
Tejada
Burrell
Whiteside
Fontenot
Torres
That's more than 1/3 of the roster (kinda, when you take into account DL, it ends up being a bit less than 1/3).
Throw in the possible departures of RoRo and Zito, and this will be a near blow-up of the entire roster for next season.
However, this past off-season only saw 2 players leave the org, so this season is really just 2 off-season condensed into one.