[Mick]

Joc Pederson of Palo Alto HS. :)

Excuse me, Paly. One of those rich kid high schools...

As opposed to St. Francis?!?

Not "as opposed to", I meant "including." I get confused on the mid-peninsula rich kid high schools...

With Burnes off the board, the Giants might consider Jack Flaherty. Aside from Snell, Flaherty had the best strikeout rate and the best strikeout to walk ratio. 3.17 ERA, 1.068 WHIP. And he's only 29. NYT projects 4 years, $92 mms. Lots cheaper than Burnes.

Then a long, long drop down to the next best, maybe Nick Pivetta. Great strikeout/walk ratio, but gave up 28 HRs in 145 innings at Fenway. Baseball Savant shows not much better at Oracle. Only major interesting split point is that he is terrible pitching at Oracle, it's his second-worst park after Coors Field. Not a good sign. Andrew Heaney could probably be had for cheap. Neither Pivetta nor Heaney represent an upgrade over the Giants' current pitching staff.

Maybe Jose Quintana as a one year stopgap. Slow starter, ERA of 5.50 in mid-May, but was 3.21 ERA over his last 23 starts. One year, $9 million.

Hope we get Sasaki.

[Mick]

Joc Pederson of Palo Alto HS. :)

Excuse me, Paly. One of those rich kid high schools...

As opposed to St. Francis?!?

Not "as opposed to", I meant "including." I get confused on the mid-peninsula rich kid high schools...

With Burnes off the board, the Giants might consider Jack Flaherty. Aside from Snell, Flaherty had the best strikeout rate and the best strikeout to walk ratio. 3.17 ERA, 1.068 WHIP. And he's only 29. NYT projects 4 years, $92 mms. Lots cheaper than Burnes.

Then a long, long drop down to the next best, maybe Nick Pivetta. Great strikeout/walk ratio, but gave up 28 HRs in 145 innings at Fenway. Baseball Savant shows not much better at Oracle. Only major interesting split point is that he is terrible pitching at Oracle, it's his second-worst park after Coors Field. Not a good sign. Andrew Heaney could probably be had for cheap. Neither Pivetta nor Heaney represent an upgrade over the Giants' current pitching staff.

Maybe Jose Quintana as a one year stopgap. Slow starter, ERA of 5.50 in mid-May, but was 3.21 ERA over his last 23 starts. One year, $9 million.

Hope we get Sasaki.