Post by sharksrog on Dec 14, 2012 13:36:16 GMT -5
Yesterday's signing of Andres Torres would seem to indicate the Giants couldn't afford more to fill in their outfield. That might not be the case.
Torres was apparently signed after the Giants passed on Cody Ross, Scott Hairston and Reed Johnson because each wanted starters money or was defensively deficient. Note that each was a right-handed hitting outfielder.
But the Giants were also said as recently as Wednesday to have offered Ichiro Suzuki a 2/$15 contract. Ichiro bats left-handed, and the money suggests he would have been signed as a starter.
This would suggest that if the Giants could find a player they considered to be a starting corner outfielder for them, they still have more money to spend.
I have mixed feelings about Ichiro -- always have, for a player who will be going to the Hall of Fame without having to buy a ticket -- but he would certainly have fit the Giants' outfield mode of speed and defense.
Torres was apparently signed after the Giants passed on Cody Ross, Scott Hairston and Reed Johnson because each wanted starters money or was defensively deficient. Note that each was a right-handed hitting outfielder.
But the Giants were also said as recently as Wednesday to have offered Ichiro Suzuki a 2/$15 contract. Ichiro bats left-handed, and the money suggests he would have been signed as a starter.
This would suggest that if the Giants could find a player they considered to be a starting corner outfielder for them, they still have more money to spend.
I have mixed feelings about Ichiro -- always have, for a player who will be going to the Hall of Fame without having to buy a ticket -- but he would certainly have fit the Giants' outfield mode of speed and defense.