Samardzija to Giants 5 years 90 million.

[Second Base]

He isn't that bad of a pitcher. I'm curious to see if the Angels could fit a pitcher like Chen in their budget if he costs roughly the same or less.

[tdawg87]

Would not have given him that much. But he'll probably do well in the NL West, pitching in that park.

[JAHV76]

The Doyers are going to overpay for Cueto would be my guess who they sign

Edited December 5, 2015 by JAHV76

[bloodbrother]

Move back to the NL and especially AT&T Park should benefit him. Cueto should be signing with the Dodgers any minute now. Pitching market is drying up quickly

[gotbeer]

Pitchers are going quick now.  Playing right into Boras' hands.

[tdawg87]

Season over.

[CanadianHalo]

Dammit.

I was really hoping we'd sign him, I really don't think we can afford to trade any pitching unless we sign one. This is a fair deal for both parties involved imo.

We're going to have to sign a few position players now if we aren't signing any pitchers. Just one outfielder isn't going to solve this teams offensive problems. Trading away Aybar for a crappy hitting SS didn't help things either

[totdprods]

Man, I would love Chen. Gives a good dependable rotation piece for the next couple years. Also enables us to deal Santiago who is our probably best and most realistically available trade piece.

[bloodbrother]

I'm more hoping for somebody like Leake, Chen, maybe Iwakuma. Trade CJ Wilson afterwards

[Brent Maguire]

Fair deal, maybe a slight overpay but not by much. Moving to SF and in the NL should benefit him quite a bit. Good #3 type guy moving forward with some upside for more. 

[Second Base]

Might as well hold onto as much pitching as we can, since the going rate for a 30-something mid/backend starter these days is at least 70 million.

I mean can you imagine Santiago in free agency? 5 years 75 million. Shoemaker 4 years 48 million. Wilson 3 years 40 million. Weaver - retired.

[totdprods]

Might as well hold onto as much pitching as we can, since the going rate for a 30-something mid/backend starter these days is at least 70 million.

I mean can you imagine Santiago in free agency? 5 years 75 million. Shoemaker 4 years 48 million. Wilson 3 years 40 million. Weaver - retired.

Starting to think the Angels should just draft SPers. Way cheaper to develop those instead of signing, and then sign of trade from SP prospect depth for hitters.

[totdprods]

Might as well hold onto as much pitching as we can, since the going rate for a 30-something mid/backend starter these days is at least 70 million.

I mean can you imagine Santiago in free agency? 5 years 75 million. Shoemaker 4 years 48 million. Wilson 3 years 40 million. Weaver - retired.

Starting to think the Angels should just draft SPers. Way cheaper to develop those instead of signing, and then sign of trade from SP prospect depth for hitters.

[Erstad Grit]

I'm thinking cj is going to have to come through on his walk year.

[eligrba]

Starting to think the Angels should just draft SPers. Way cheaper to develop those instead of signing, and then sign of trade from SP prospect depth for hitters.

 

I think Eppler just did that for a ss but many people did not like the deal. 

[Reveille1984]

We do draft pitchers, then trade them away for Simmons 

[totdprods]

May need to keep it up if they're all going to cost $500k-$1m a start.

[Troll Daddy]

We also traded a pitcher to the Braves for Kubitza.

 

I know most of you are anticipating the FO to trade CJ Wilson. I don't see that happening anytime soon ... at least not until ST gets under way.

[Guest]

The Doyyers are screwed. Wow.

[yvangelfan]

I was hoping we'd get smardjczxia (sp).

 

Now my short list is Iwakuma.

[seenoevil]

Giants 1 Dodgers -1

[gotbeer]

Giants 1 Dodgers -1

 

And both might be trumped by the Dbacks.  

[Rico]

I don't like signing guys I have to look up how to spell their name every time I want to say something about them.

[Inside Pitch]

Would not have given him that much. But he'll probably do well in the NL West, pitching in that park.

 

I think that deal ends up being a pretty good value after you consider the park and the relative low mileage on his arm.  Getting out of the AL will do him wonders.

[disarcina]

Samardjzia (spelling ? always - I agree - I'm not looking it up -- just guessing) an OK signing for SF Giants -- he will certainly help them and pitching at AT&T will help his stats.

 

I think the SF Giants over-paid for him but I probably think that of virtually every off-season F/A deal I see.

 

As for the Dodgers and Giants get 'trumped' by the D-Backs for that $270 million (or whatever it is, the numbers get too large, I lose track) long term deal for Grienke -- don't think so -- I think both teams -- and especially the Dodgers --- sort of dodged a bullet..........I think Grienke is going to send at least half, if not more, of his new contract time on the DL.   He had a very good season in 2015 in a pitcher's park -- I think he's a fragile commodity and the D-Backs better insure his contract now --- if they can -- his record of lost time is not good.

 

from that standpoint, Giants won by signing Samardjzia instead of the incredibly more expensive Grienke.

 

Today's LA TIMES has a 'sky is falling' article because the Dodgers let the D-Backs vastly over-pay/ spend for Grienke.

 

Interestingly the article lists other somewhat good quality F/A options including -- Scott Kazmir !!!

 

Been there, done -- why do I get this feeling that Grienke is going to pull a Kazmir  (the kind he did with the Halos -- not his 'comeback' with the A's) on the D-Backs.?