2024 San Francisco Giants Season Thread

Originally posted by Ninerjohn:

Originally posted by SteveWallacesHelmet:

Originally posted by Garce:

Originally posted by SteveWallacesHelmet:

Originally posted by Garce:
Yazstremski gotta be in a platoon next year. I think resigning Bryant is a no brainer. Belt is the real question for me.

I think there is a fair to good chance Yaz will be on a different team next season.

You think we trade him? He's under team arbitration right?

Yes he is under team control for a few more years, all of which are arbitration years. I think we will try to move him. He was one of the few players on this 2021 Giants team that was a huge disappointment. We will see.

Will there be much demand for a guy who hit .224 and struck out almost 30% of the time?

Originally posted by Ninerjohn:

Originally posted by Niners99:

Originally posted by SteveWallacesHelmet:

Originally posted by Niners99:

Originally posted by Rubberneck36:

Originally posted by SteveWallacesHelmet:
To be clear, none of us think he shouldnt get a pass. He is Buster freakin Posey, and he has given us so many great moments over his career. He has earned the right to make a mistake, and not be crucified for it.

But there is a difference between giving him a pass for his mistake, and refusing to acknowledge that a mistake was made.

Agree. Not sure how anyone wouldn't think throwing 6 straight sliders to a s**tty hitter is a good idea when you have a 104 mph fastball. A fastball you came in and got a key 3rd out with one pitch in the last inning.

You know how you beat giving up one run in the 9th when you threw six straight sliders? Try scoring more than one run a game. lol

My point is that Posey is no fool. If a bunch of guys on a forum can all agree that it was a bad sequence, its not like he wasn't aware of that too. He was calling it the way he felt it needed to be for that particular situation, and it was based off a plan. For all anyone knows they went into the inning with the strategy of throwing Bellinger all sliders low. Theres no possible way to know if Posey was just being careless, or if Kapler told them to
do that, or if Doval was feeling a certain way about one pitch over another that night. If Bellinger grounds into a DP nobody has anything to say about it.

Even if the plan is to try to get Bellinger to hit a ground ball and the best way to accomplish this is by attacking him with sliders low, that doesnt mean that you need to throw every pitch there. Use one pitch to set up the next. Pitch calling 101.

Right, but there's no way to know if that was Posey's idea or not.

You dont really think that anyone other than Buster was calling those pitches do you? Doval certainly wasnt shaking him off and I doubt that Kapler would be telling Posey what pitch to call.

Originally posted by Garce:

Originally posted by Ninerjohn:
Will there be much demand for a guy who hit .224 and struck out almost 30% of the time?

I don't think so.

I think it makes more sense to keep him in a platoon role and hope he has a bounce back year. Maybe you can trade him at the deadline if we aren't in contention.

Losing him, and Belt and Bryant is a lot of offense to replace.

Originally posted by Niners99:

Originally posted by Garce:

Originally posted by Ninerjohn:
Will there be much demand for a guy who hit .224 and struck out almost 30% of the time?

I don't think so.

I think it makes more sense to keep him in a platoon role and hope he has a bounce back year. Maybe you can trade him at the deadline if we aren't in contention.

Losing him, and Belt and Bryant is a lot of offense to replace.

Bryant is LONG gone. There is about a 1% chance or less that hes back in SF. Hes not going to go for anywhere near what Farhan will have him valued at.

Originally posted by SteveWallacesHelmet:
I think Belt is back too. Hopefully for a similar contract that Crawford got. He has earned the right to be our first baseman for a few more years.

Originally posted by Rubberneck36:
I'd pass on Bryant for the price he will get

Originally posted by TheXFactor:

Originally posted by Rubberneck36:
I'd pass on Bryant for the price he will get

I think he surprises folks and gives us a discount.

Originally posted by ads_2006:

Originally posted by TheXFactor:

Originally posted by Rubberneck36:
I'd pass on Bryant for the price he will get

I think he surprises folks and gives us a discount.

Only if his wife's forces him lol

Originally posted by TheSixthRing:
That's a shame because he's one of the few bats to show up when it mattered most.

Originally posted by TheSixthRing:

Originally posted by Niners99:

Originally posted by Garce:

Originally posted by Ninerjohn:
Will there be much demand for a guy who hit .224 and struck out almost 30% of the time?

I don't think so.

I think it makes more sense to keep him in a platoon role and hope he has a bounce back year. Maybe you can trade him at the deadline if we aren't in contention.

Losing him, and Belt and Bryant is a lot of offense to replace.

Bryant is LONG gone. There is about a 1% chance or less that hes back in SF. Hes not going to go for anywhere near what Farhan will have him valued at.

That's a shame because he's one of the few bats to show up when it mattered most.

Originally posted by Niners99:

Originally posted by TheSixthRing:

Originally posted by Niners99:

Originally posted by Garce:

Originally posted by Ninerjohn:
Will there be much demand for a guy who hit .224 and struck out almost 30% of the time?

I don't think so.

I think it makes more sense to keep him in a platoon role and hope he has a bounce back year. Maybe you can trade him at the deadline if we aren't in contention.

Losing him, and Belt and Bryant is a lot of offense to replace.

Bryant is LONG gone. There is about a 1% chance or less that hes back in SF. Hes not going to go for anywhere near what Farhan will have him valued at.

That's a shame because he's one of the few bats to show up when it mattered most.

Bryant is a 3.0 WAR player now, which is about what Darin Ruf gave us this year. Someone is going to give him 30+ mil a year to be "pretty good".

Originally posted by Rubberneck36:

Originally posted by Niners99:

Originally posted by TheSixthRing:

Originally posted by Niners99:

Originally posted by Garce:

Originally posted by Ninerjohn:
Will there be much demand for a guy who hit .224 and struck out almost 30% of the time?

I don't think so.

I think it makes more sense to keep him in a platoon role and hope he has a bounce back year. Maybe you can trade him at the deadline if we aren't in contention.

Losing him, and Belt and Bryant is a lot of offense to replace.

Bryant is LONG gone. There is about a 1% chance or less that hes back in SF. Hes not going to go for anywhere near what Farhan will have him valued at.

That's a shame because he's one of the few bats to show up when it mattered most.

Bryant is a 3.0 WAR player now, which is about what Darin Ruf gave us this year. Someone is going to give him 30+ mil a year to be "pretty good".

some people think they should pay him whatever he wants

Originally posted by SteveWallacesHelmet:

Originally posted by Rubberneck36:

Originally posted by Niners99:

Originally posted by TheSixthRing:

Originally posted by Niners99:

Originally posted by Garce:

Originally posted by Ninerjohn:
Will there be much demand for a guy who hit .224 and struck out almost 30% of the time?

I don't think so.

I think it makes more sense to keep him in a platoon role and hope he has a bounce back year. Maybe you can trade him at the deadline if we aren't in contention.

Losing him, and Belt and Bryant is a lot of offense to replace.

Bryant is LONG gone. There is about a 1% chance or less that hes back in SF. Hes not going to go for anywhere near what Farhan will have him valued at.

That's a shame because he's one of the few bats to show up when it mattered most.

Bryant is a 3.0 WAR player now, which is about what Darin Ruf gave us this year. Someone is going to give him 30+ mil a year to be "pretty good".

some people think they should pay him whatever he wants

The contract I would offer him if I was Farhan would insult him to the point where he would cut off negotiations.

Originally posted by Leathaface:

Originally posted by SteveWallacesHelmet:

Originally posted by Rubberneck36:

Originally posted by Niners99:

Originally posted by TheSixthRing:

Originally posted by Niners99:

Originally posted by Garce:

Originally posted by Ninerjohn:
Will there be much demand for a guy who hit .224 and struck out almost 30% of the time?

I don't think so.

I think it makes more sense to keep him in a platoon role and hope he has a bounce back year. Maybe you can trade him at the deadline if we aren't in contention.

Losing him, and Belt and Bryant is a lot of offense to replace.

Bryant is LONG gone. There is about a 1% chance or less that hes back in SF. Hes not going to go for anywhere near what Farhan will have him valued at.

That's a shame because he's one of the few bats to show up when it mattered most.

Bryant is a 3.0 WAR player now, which is about what Darin Ruf gave us this year. Someone is going to give him 30+ mil a year to be "pretty good".

some people think they should pay him whatever he wants

The contract I would offer him if I was Farhan would insult him to the point where he would cut off negotiations.

There is absolutely no way we bring him back at the numbers he is going to command. It makes no sense financially or on the field given Farhan can use that kind of money to upgrade many other more pressing areas like the SP. He was decent at the plate but also below average defensively.