[Giants]

Would you take Pete Alonso in a short-term deal with opt-outs? Alonso's market appears to be shrinking as the Mets back away. Is he ready for a Chapman-style one year with options deal? He turned down a $21.05 mms. qualifying offer, so the Giants would have to give up draft picks.

San Francisco Giants Have Golden Opportunity To Land All-Star Free Agent Slugger

According to Statcast, 208 of Alonso's 226 HRs would have been home runs at Oracle.

And Santander joined the Blue Jays for a comparative pittance, $92 mms./5 years.

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Nope.  SF has already given up a couple draft picks for Adames.  Giving up another two for a guy who is basically nothing more than an expensive placeholder for Eldridge makes no sense. I’d perfect holding the draft picks and keeping the cash (and staying well below the CBT limit with an eye towards making some moves at the mid-season trade deadline).

Sounds good to me. How do you think Wade will do until Eldridge is ready? I'm assuming that Flores won't return to the pre-2024 form, given that he's 34 and coming off of knee surgery. Maybe they should sign Brandon Belt...

In 2023, Belt's line was .254/.369/.490/.858 with a 135 OPS+. Couldn't get a contract. He'd be 36 this year.

I think the Wade/Flores platoon will be adequate (statistically at or near the NL average) until either Eldridge is ready or the trade deadline arrives and SF acquires a 1B rental* who can finish the year.  

Yes, this is putting a lot of pressure on their farm system to produce but the Giants have little choice given their lack of success in the free agent market.

* Just for fun, let’s assume Eldridge shows he may be the long term solution at 1B but doesn’t tear up the league as a rookie, would you give up a bunch of premium young talent, including Eldridge, to acquire Vlad Guerrero Jr. at the deadline? He is a free agent at the end of the ‘25 season. Perhaps getting him in a Giants uniform before the end of the season might influence him to consider staying in SF for the next decade.

I say yes. Posey needs to take some bold risks to get the Giants off the mediocrity train. A move like this would tell the fanbase that he isn’t opposed to rolling the dice.

[Giants]

Would you take Pete Alonso in a short-term deal with opt-outs? Alonso's market appears to be shrinking as the Mets back away. Is he ready for a Chapman-style one year with options deal? He turned down a $21.05 mms. qualifying offer, so the Giants would have to give up draft picks.

San Francisco Giants Have Golden Opportunity To Land All-Star Free Agent Slugger

According to Statcast, 208 of Alonso's 226 HRs would have been home runs at Oracle.

And Santander joined the Blue Jays for a comparative pittance, $92 mms./5 years.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/other/a...99a2&ei=18

Nope.  SF has already given up a couple draft picks for Adames.  Giving up another two for a guy who is basically nothing more than an expensive placeholder for Eldridge makes no sense. I’d perfect holding the draft picks and keeping the cash (and staying well below the CBT limit with an eye towards making some moves at the mid-season trade deadline).

Sounds good to me. How do you think Wade will do until Eldridge is ready? I'm assuming that Flores won't return to the pre-2024 form, given that he's 34 and coming off of knee surgery. Maybe they should sign Brandon Belt...

In 2023, Belt's line was .254/.369/.490/.858 with a 135 OPS+. Couldn't get a contract. He'd be 36 this year.

I think the Wade/Flores platoon will be adequate (statistically at or near the NL average) until either Eldridge is ready or the trade deadline arrives and SF acquires a 1B rental* who can finish the year.  

Yes, this is putting a lot of pressure on their farm system to produce but the Giants have little choice given their lack of success in the free agent market.

* Just for fun, let’s assume Eldridge shows he may be the long term solution at 1B but doesn’t tear up the league as a rookie, would you give up a bunch of premium young talent, including Eldridge, to acquire Vlad Guerrero Jr. at the deadline? He is a free agent at the end of the ‘25 season. Perhaps getting him in a Giants uniform before the end of the season might influence him to consider staying in SF for the next decade.

I say yes. Posey needs to take some bold risks to get the Giants off the mediocrity train. A move like this would tell the fanbase that he isn’t opposed to rolling the dice.