2024 San Francisco Giants Season Thread

Originally posted by Hopper:

Originally posted by pd24:

"Something I think is noteworthy, something that unfortunately keeps popping up from players and even the players' wives is there's a bit of an uneasiness with the city itself, as far as the state of the city, with crime, with drugs," Posey explained to Baggarly. "Whether that's all completely fair or not, perception is reality. It's a frustrating cycle, I think, and not just with baseball. Baseball is secondary to life and the important things in life. But as far as a free-agent pursuit goes, I have seen that it does affect things."

The City is part of the problem according to Posey.

LA has all those problems too with even worse gang violence.

True. Posey said it not me.

sf is bad i agree.. but cmon posey.. it's a horrible excuse

Shiiiit I went to San Diego for the first time back in August for a Giants game. The entire walk to the ball park was nothing but tents on the sidewalk, and homeless people chillin all over. And definitely saw some human poop on the ground. Went a different way back to the hotel after the game, and it was a little better. But just driving around the city in that area made it look like a dump.

Same goes for LA. Was there for a Giants game at dodger stadium in 2022 and it was a sh*thole. Areas where all you could see was tents bunched up all over each other, and just trash covering the ground all over.

I haven't been to SF in 10 years, but is it really that much worse then what I saw in SD and LA?

Originally posted by bayarealuv:
sf is bad i agree.. but cmon posey.. it's a horrible excuse

It hasnt affected the 49ers and Warriors btw.

Originally posted by VaBeachNiner:

Originally posted by bayarealuv:
sf is bad i agree.. but cmon posey.. it's a horrible excuse

It hasnt affected the 49ers and Warriors btw.

49ers play in a nice part of the bay like an hour away from SF. I think the Warriors will see it soon.

Originally posted by SFGiant49ers:

Originally posted by 49erFaithful6:
A lot of the calculations I see get it wrong, cuz they assume $2m annual payouts, that's not what is happening, they have to put $44m each year into escrow, and $2m salary. Big dif between paying out $2m annual vs $46m.

Not according to SWH

I said there's not really a difference between $70M and $80M, which there isnt. There is a huge difference between $2M and $46M. Lets not make things up, ok?

Originally posted by Rubberneck36:
I get that but they also agreed to sign a guy for over a 100 mil who is only 25 and there was like 2 posts about it lol

Most expensive contract for a position player in franchise history.

Originally posted by bayarealuv:
sf is bad i agree.. but cmon posey.. it's a horrible excuse

How is it a horrible excuse? It's reality. Quality of life in SF is arguably the worst its been in multiple decades.

Originally posted by SteveWallacesHelmet:

Originally posted by SFGiant49ers:

Originally posted by 49erFaithful6:
A lot of the calculations I see get it wrong, cuz they assume $2m annual payouts, that's not what is happening, they have to put $44m each year into escrow, and $2m salary. Big dif between paying out $2m annual vs $46m.

Not according to SWH

I said there's not really a difference between $70M and $80M, which there isnt. There is a huge difference between $2M and $46M. Lets not make things up, ok?

I'm just playing, but you said not much difference between $70M and $80M in the context of a 10 year contract though. That's a difference of $100M which is a pretty big difference.

Originally posted by SFGiant49ers:
I'm just playing, but you said not much difference between $70M and $80M in the context of a 10 year contract though. That's a difference of $100M which is a pretty big difference.

Not the best idea to chat with SWH about money and contracts, he has a..... interesting grasp for those things

Originally posted by SFGiant49ers:

Originally posted by SteveWallacesHelmet:

Originally posted by SFGiant49ers:

Originally posted by 49erFaithful6:
A lot of the calculations I see get it wrong, cuz they assume $2m annual payouts, that's not what is happening, they have to put $44m each year into escrow, and $2m salary. Big dif between paying out $2m annual vs $46m.

Not according to SWH

I said there's not really a difference between $70M and $80M, which there isnt. There is a huge difference between $2M and $46M. Lets not make things up, ok?

I'm just playing, but you said not much difference between $70M and $80M in the context of a 10 year contract though. That's a difference of $100M which is a pretty big difference.

The point is, $10M a season is not a big enough difference that it would hinder us from signing free agents. Plus, if in say years 7-10, it's a horrible contract (which it very well could be) is $240M reallt much different than $210M? I say not in the slightest.

Originally posted by Garce:

Originally posted by bayarealuv:
sf is bad i agree.. but cmon posey.. it's a horrible excuse

How is it a horrible excuse? It's reality. Quality of life in SF is arguably the worst its been in multiple decades.

Because there are plenty of nice places to reside outside the city.

Glasnow and Arozorena to the dodgers…..rumor may be Margot and sans Arozarena

Originally posted by SteveWallacesHelmet:
The point is, $10M a season is not a big enough difference that it would hinder us from signing free agents. Plus, if in say years 7-10, it's a horrible contract (which it very well could be) is $240M reallt much different than $210M? I say not in the slightest.

In context of percentages, yes.
7%, you are using up roughly 7% more of the payroll. On average 1 player takes up just shy of 4% of the payroll.

from MLB website officiale:

One name to watch is Chapman, who "certainly is in the Giants' sights," according to Susan Slusser of the San Francisco Chronicle (subscription required).

MLB Network insider Jon Paul Morosi identified Chapman as a possibility for the Giants during Wednesday's episode of MLB Central due in part to the 30-year-old's familiarity with Bob Melvin; the Giants' new skipper managed Chapman for the first five seasons of his career with the A's, from 2017-21. It's also worth noting that Lee and Chapman are both represented by Scott Boras.

"This is a very solid next step for the San Francisco Giants," Morosi said of Chapman.