[Mick]

Some new news:

1) Reds now the frontrunner have a four year deal with for Nicholas Castellano.

2) Bobby Evans interviewing for the Astros' job.

3) Giants get picks #68 and #69 in the draft, thanks to the losses of Bumgarner and Will Smith.  Giants now have five of the first 87 selections in the 2020 MLB draft including #13, #49, #68, #69 and #87.  And since the topic has come up, here's the percentage of selections that make the majors:

1st round: 75%, approx.  Makes you appreciate the trade for Will Wilson.  The Giants eat $12 mms. worth of bad contract to get a 21 year old with a 75% chance of making the bigs.  Seems like a good idea to me.
2nd round: 50%, approx.
3rd round, 39%, approx.

4) Doesn't sound like the Giants are able to trade their big $/no results contracts:
https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/san-francisco-giants

So that gives the Giants a good chance of getting 2.5 MLB level players in the next few years. . . .

From this year's group, yes.  And if we get just 2.0 MLB level players for each of the next four years, we'll have most of the starters we need.

[Mick]

Some new news:

1) Reds now the frontrunner have a four year deal with for Nicholas Castellano.

2) Bobby Evans interviewing for the Astros' job.

3) Giants get picks #68 and #69 in the draft, thanks to the losses of Bumgarner and Will Smith.  Giants now have five of the first 87 selections in the 2020 MLB draft including #13, #49, #68, #69 and #87.  And since the topic has come up, here's the percentage of selections that make the majors:

1st round: 75%, approx.  Makes you appreciate the trade for Will Wilson.  The Giants eat $12 mms. worth of bad contract to get a 21 year old with a 75% chance of making the bigs.  Seems like a good idea to me.
2nd round: 50%, approx.
3rd round, 39%, approx.

4) Doesn't sound like the Giants are able to trade their big $/no results contracts:
https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/san-francisco-giants

So that gives the Giants a good chance of getting 2.5 MLB level players in the next few years. . . .

From this year's group, yes.  And if we get just 2.0 MLB level players for each of the next four years, we'll have most of the starters we need.