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[Jellzoiey18]

Hi Guys 

[rog]

Hi. What are your thoughts on the Giants? Are you as confused as we are? Unless the Giants are willing to if not break, then at least chisel away at the bank, I don't see any easy answers.

[rog]

One positive among all the possible frustration out there is the Giants are nowhere close to truly being a 98-loss team. Not unless the players lost it rather than simply having down years.

[rog]

From MLB Trade Rumors, who report that Stanton was present himself at the meetings with both the Giants and the Cardinals:

In a detailed piece, Heyman references a number of different anonymous sources in expressing skepticism that Stanton would approve a trade to St. Louis. Five different people close to Stanton apparently told Heyman that they believe he’d choose the Giants over the Cardinals if given a choice, and with a full no-trade clause on his side, Stanton has a big say in the matter. One of Heyman’s sources states that the West Coast would be the outfielder’s first choice, the East Coast would be his second choice, and the Midwest would be his last choice. Of course, as Heyman also notes, it’s worth mentioning that talks with St. Louis have progressed to a point at which their front office reps were invited to meet with Stanton’s camp; it seems unlikely that would happen if a trade to the Cardinals was a firm “no” from the reigning home run champ. According to another one of Heyman’s sources, the Marlins believe a trade agreement can be reached with the Giants. However, the Dodgers (who are reportedly Stanton’s first choice) are “not disinterested”. If that’s indeed the case, he could simply choose to wait out the trade process and hope L.A. and Miami can work out an agreement.
Buster Olney of ESPN reports via Twitter that the Marlins are more focused on moving as much of Stanton’s salary as possible than they are on maximizing their prospect return. As Derrick Gould of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch and Tim Healey of the Sun Sentinel both point out in their own tweets, this news is considerably in the Giants’ favor. The Cardinals have far more to offer in terms of prospects, but they don’t have a history of doling out enormous contracts to free agents. The Giants, on the other hand, are payroll juggernauts, and although they have nearly $190MM in payroll guarantees for 2018 already, that number could drop considerably next year with the potential departures of Hunter Pence and Denard Span. This doesn’t mean a deal with the Giants is imminent, but it does seem to make them a better trade partner for the Marlins.
Giants manager Bruce Bochy was apparently not present at the meeting between the San Francisco brass and Stanton’s representatives on Thursday, according to a tweet from Henry Schulman of the San Francisco Chronicle. It’s a fairly minor detail, but it does seem to decrease the likelihood that a trade is truly on the brink of taking place.


Heyman concluded his own article with :

Stanton could also make this easier on the Marlins by merely accepting the Giants or the Cardinals – though if he accepts one, people who know him would be surprised if it’s not San Francisco.

[rxmeister]

Giants fans were excited (or was it just a tease?) because Giancarlo liked a picture of Willie Mays on Instagram last night and added the hashtag #Giants. While this is certainly not to be taken that he’ll be a Giant for sure, it’s definitely better news than if he liked a picture of Stan Musial!

[rog]

It's if the picture were of Julian Javier that I would be worried!

[klaiggeb]

Or even worse, Rog! Julio Gotay!

boly

[rog]

You're right, Boly. At least Julian had a link to the Giants -- his son.