Originally posted by reno9er:
Originally posted by Ninerjohn:
Ken Rosenthal article.......
GREINKE'S NEXT TEAM: THEGIANTS?
If any team is the favorite to awardZack Greinke his next contract, it's the Dodgers. Greinke in fact, might only opt out of his deal at the end of the season to negotiate a higher guarantee with management, which currently owes him $71 million over the next three years.
Then again, Greinke turns 32 on Oct. 21 — and even though he is precisely the type of pitcher who should age well, the data-driven Dodgers might be reluctant to splurge on him.
In which case, why not the Giants?
Nearly $50 million is coming off the Giants' payroll at the end of the season, if you combine the salaries of Tim Lincecum, Tim Hudson, Marco Scutaro,Jeremy Affeldt, Ryan Vogelsong and Casey McGehee.
The Giants might want to retain one or two of those players, but they should have plenty of flexibility, even with other salaries rising. Greinke surely will want to remain with a competitive team. With the Giants, as with the Dodgers, he could operate in the shadow of an ace, though Madison Bumgarner is notClayton Kershaw.
One other thing: Greinke recently told USA Today that he admired the Giants players and couldn't decide whether to root for San Francisco or his original team, Kansas City, in last year's World Series.
The ultimate sucker move. Some team is going to lay out $25 million + per year for this guy for about 6 years until he's 38.
Remember Jason Schmidt? He helped drive the Dodgers into bankruptcy, another pitcher who would supposedly "age well". That would be their ultimate revenge on the Giants to have them bite on Greinke.
Don't see it happening.
Disagree. If the Giants get 3 great years from him (which is not out of the question) and he helps them win 1-2 more titles within the span of the deal (even if he's a lesser pitcher towards the end), it would be worth it. This team is in great financial shape (unlike the Dodgers after Schmidt's contract expired) and is in a position to win multiple titles in the next few years IF they can get more top-shelf starting pitching.
So to me, the time to sign a guy like Greinke (or Zimmerman or Price) is now.