[Mick]

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The Giants have roughly $70 million of 2024 salary space to spend.

Here is the shopping list (per MLBtraderumors)…

Ohtani $44MM/12 years - total $528MM 
Bellinger $22MM/12 years - total $264MM
Yamamoto $25MM/9 years - total $225MM
Chapman $25MM/6 years - total $150MM

I would take Bellinger, Yamamoto and Chapman over Ohtani plus one of the other three.  

Note: this exercise assumes the salaries are spread evenly over the life of the contract.

Those 2 year one with a player option contracts are biting them in the butt.  That’s 30 million they could have.

I don’t see the Giants  signing both Yamamoto and Bellinger. I also am hopeful they sign two starting pitchers. Which would mean perhaps Yamamoto and maybe sonny gray. Switch in Lee for Belanger. There’s some savings there.

As for a bat - I think they are going to  have to try to get that through a trade.

Sonny Gray to the Cardinals for 3 years, $75 million

The Cardinals need to overhaul their rotation. That's a pretty good start.

Tigers signed 36 year old Kenta Maeda for two years, $24 million and the Phillies re-signed Aaron Nola 7 years/$172 mms. Pretty good for a 4.46 regular season ERA/4.03 FIP, 31 year old pitcher.

[Mick]

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The Giants have roughly $70 million of 2024 salary space to spend.

Here is the shopping list (per MLBtraderumors)…

Ohtani $44MM/12 years - total $528MM 
Bellinger $22MM/12 years - total $264MM
Yamamoto $25MM/9 years - total $225MM
Chapman $25MM/6 years - total $150MM

I would take Bellinger, Yamamoto and Chapman over Ohtani plus one of the other three.  

Note: this exercise assumes the salaries are spread evenly over the life of the contract.

Those 2 year one with a player option contracts are biting them in the butt.  That’s 30 million they could have.

I don’t see the Giants  signing both Yamamoto and Bellinger. I also am hopeful they sign two starting pitchers. Which would mean perhaps Yamamoto and maybe sonny gray. Switch in Lee for Belanger. There’s some savings there.

As for a bat - I think they are going to  have to try to get that through a trade.

Sonny Gray to the Cardinals for 3 years, $75 million

The Cardinals need to overhaul their rotation. That's a pretty good start.

Tigers signed 36 year old Kenta Maeda for two years, $24 million and the Phillies re-signed Aaron Nola 7 years/$172 mms. Pretty good for a 4.46 regular season ERA/4.03 FIP, 31 year old pitcher.