MarcoPolo
Huge member
I am really starting to think that the 2019 season will be used to position the Giants for the future. Not necessarily "strip them all out, total rebuild", but definitely a pause to evaluate new blood (and maybe dump contracts). If MM can recover even some of his luster, the Giants will be praying some team loses a setup guy or closer so that he can be traded. If Belt puts in a career year, he'll be on the block in a millisecond. This is MadBum's last year in SF, and if the Giants find a taker, then he's gone (not to lose the contract, which is incredibly cheap, but if there's a juicy package of prospects - especially position players).
FZ is going to remake the team, and personally, if 2019 isn't going to be a very good year, I would *rather* that they throw the spaghetti against the wall and see who sticks (find a couple young players who are decent, and hopefully one that is pretty darn good). I mean, I'd rather NOT watch proven borderline, aged players all year. I'd rather watch UNproven, YOUNG players who may actually not be borderline after all. Then trades during this year and next off-season to free up salary (when possible) and bring in more young players, and we start again in 2020 or 2021. I see the Garcia/Vogt thing as *both* getting a chance to strut their stuff during the first 3 months of the season (at different times, unless Garcia shines) and then if a catcher goes down on another team, one of them is traded (for an outfielder). Two or three young IFs, and 2 or 4 young OFs to watch for a few months? I have no problem with that. I do NOT want to see Pablo lumbering around at 3B for another season. And I am PRAYING that Longoria will have another career year so that HE can be shipped to a contender. Time to clean house, get another *Giants* team together (not made up mostly of other team's left-over vets - just enough to leaven the loaf, so to speak.)
I think that next year's team will be VERY different than this year's team. Bochy will be gone, MadBum will be gone, Melancon will be gone (if he sucks, released; if he's good, then he's traded). If Belt can stay healthy this year (for once), and they can get a nice package for him - he's gone. (And no matter what Posey says, if Belt is gone then he's spending half his games at 1B - IF either Vogt or Garcia is a decent catcher.)
FZ is going to remake the team, and personally, if 2019 isn't going to be a very good year, I would *rather* that they throw the spaghetti against the wall and see who sticks (find a couple young players who are decent, and hopefully one that is pretty darn good). I mean, I'd rather NOT watch proven borderline, aged players all year. I'd rather watch UNproven, YOUNG players who may actually not be borderline after all. Then trades during this year and next off-season to free up salary (when possible) and bring in more young players, and we start again in 2020 or 2021. I see the Garcia/Vogt thing as *both* getting a chance to strut their stuff during the first 3 months of the season (at different times, unless Garcia shines) and then if a catcher goes down on another team, one of them is traded (for an outfielder). Two or three young IFs, and 2 or 4 young OFs to watch for a few months? I have no problem with that. I do NOT want to see Pablo lumbering around at 3B for another season. And I am PRAYING that Longoria will have another career year so that HE can be shipped to a contender. Time to clean house, get another *Giants* team together (not made up mostly of other team's left-over vets - just enough to leaven the loaf, so to speak.)
I think that next year's team will be VERY different than this year's team. Bochy will be gone, MadBum will be gone, Melancon will be gone (if he sucks, released; if he's good, then he's traded). If Belt can stay healthy this year (for once), and they can get a nice package for him - he's gone. (And no matter what Posey says, if Belt is gone then he's spending half his games at 1B - IF either Vogt or Garcia is a decent catcher.)