[Mick]

Chapman (6 yrs $151 million) decides to stay in San Francisco.

Farhan throwing money around to keep his job. Good news for the Giants, tough news for Schmidt and Villar. . ..

Much like Bart, I think SF should give Schmitt an opportunity to play regularly by trading him.  Villar?  That ship sailed sometime ago.  He is a classic AAAA player.

I'm not even sure that Villar is an AAA player. His stat line, in a hitter's league (the PCL) is .253 .355 .435 .790. He actually has a higher BA at the major league level (.257).

Nice to keep Chapman. Now we just need to hope that Lee, Bailey, Ramos, Fitzpatrick, Wade sustain an equally high level all season long with no injuries, and that McCray, Lee and Yaz can step it up a notch. And hopefully Encarnacion, Luciano, Schmitt, Wisely and Matos mature.

Assuming the Giants lose Snell, Estrada, Canha and Conforto but keep Ray and Yaz (still arbitration-eligible), and no one picks up Taylor Rogers or Flores, their active payroll commitments are $130,333,333, not including 15 pitchers who will probably make $15 mms. to $20 mms. collectively and 12 position players who will probably make $30 mms. I assume $25k for Chapman and $18 mms. on Ha-Seong Kim at 2B, the Giants payroll for next year tops out around $198 mms. Tax threshold is $241 mms. I think we (C. Brown) should go after Soto (Lucy) so the football can be pulled away one more time. But maybe not.

[Mick]

Chapman (6 yrs $151 million) decides to stay in San Francisco.

Farhan throwing money around to keep his job. Good news for the Giants, tough news for Schmidt and Villar. . ..

Much like Bart, I think SF should give Schmitt an opportunity to play regularly by trading him.  Villar?  That ship sailed sometime ago.  He is a classic AAAA player.

I'm not even sure that Villar is an AAA player. His stat line, in a hitter's league (the PCL) is .253 .355 .435 .790. He actually has a higher BA at the major league level (.257).

Nice to keep Chapman. Now we just need to hope that Lee, Bailey, Ramos, Fitzpatrick, Wade sustain an equally high level all season long with no injuries, and that McCray, Lee and Yaz can step it up a notch. And hopefully Encarnacion, Luciano, Schmitt, Wisely and Matos mature.

Assuming the Giants lose Snell, Estrada, Canha and Conforto but keep Ray and Yaz (still arbitration-eligible), and no one picks up Taylor Rogers or Flores, their active payroll commitments are $130,333,333, not including 15 pitchers who will probably make $15 mms. to $20 mms. collectively and 12 position players who will probably make $30 mms. I assume $25k for Chapman and $18 mms. on Ha-Seong Kim at 2B, the Giants payroll for next year tops out around $198 mms. Tax threshold is $241 mms. I think we (C. Brown) should go after Soto (Lucy) so the football can be pulled away one more time. But maybe not.