Giants Sign Freddy Sanchez for two years

by confusitron on Oct 30, 2009 3:20 PM PDT

ChronLiveCSN RT @CSNBAYAREA: *******BREAKING Freddy Sanchez inks two-year deal with Giants http://tinyurl.com/yzl2r2t

The word is two more years but I can't see what the financial terms are. Good move? Your Thoughts? WHat would you like to see next? Dan Uggla at third? Jason Bay or Matt Holliday in left?

I think this is good news for the Giants. Provided he can stay healthy this solidifies the the 2 spot in the lineup so that we can go after more elsewhere.

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Are you Meh on this or Gah on this????

Meh

65 votes

Gah

31 votes

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As long as it’s not a ludicrous contract, meh.

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by walkoff baltimore chop on Oct 30, 2009 3:22 PM PDT reply actions

Well, my first reaction was “GAAAH!” It echoed down the hallway.

It all depends, I guess … terms, his health. I mean, what little I saw of him impressed me. But we saw solittle of him.

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by shanghaijim on Oct 30, 2009 3:22 PM PDT reply actions

Also, LOL Frandsen

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by shanghaijim on Oct 30, 2009 3:23 PM PDT reply actions

+1

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by groug on Oct 30, 2009 3:24 PM PDT up reply actions

HA!

Like he would have gotten a chance to begin with!

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by Natto on Oct 30, 2009 3:26 PM PDT up reply actions

Who?

I'm thinking but nothing's happening.

by JRPhillips on Oct 30, 2009 3:31 PM PDT up reply actions

Typo

It’s spelled Ortmeier.

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by EliminateMe on Oct 30, 2009 3:34 PM PDT up reply actions

meh

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by jponry on Oct 30, 2009 3:24 PM PDT reply actions

If he stays healthy and that is a big if after last season, then I don’t mind this deal.

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by 49er16 on Oct 30, 2009 3:24 PM PDT reply actions

According to Henry Schulman, it’s a two year, $12mil deal. Six mil a year? I’m not excited.

I'm thinking but nothing's happening.

by JRPhillips on Oct 30, 2009 3:27 PM PDT reply actions

MEH

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by jponry on Oct 30, 2009 3:27 PM PDT up reply actions

GAH!

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by Kitspool on Oct 30, 2009 3:27 PM PDT up reply actions

For once, I kind of disagree with jponry! I’m more in the GAH camp than the MEH camp.

Not really the savings I’d have preferred to see.

I'm thinking but nothing's happening.

by JRPhillips on Oct 30, 2009 3:29 PM PDT up reply actions

I’m more meh than gah.

by Grant Brisbee on Oct 30, 2009 3:30 PM PDT up reply actions

“I’m more meh than gah.”

Don’t deny it, Grant. You’re flamboyantly gah.

by Wonderful Terrific Monds on Oct 30, 2009 4:28 PM PDT up reply actions

Bottom line: it’s a ridiculous waste of money. Lots of money for a declining veteran gritty gamer. Resources again wasted (see: Renteria) when they could’ve been used so much more wisely elsewhere.

Why isn't Sabean held accountable for leading the Giants into many years of mediocrity???

by oldrips on Oct 30, 2009 3:48 PM PDT up reply actions

Well, at least we're consistent.

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by victor frankenstein on Nov 1, 2009 10:26 PM PST up reply actions

My “meh” has been moved up to “oof”.

by chilibean_3 on Oct 30, 2009 3:28 PM PDT up reply actions

BLERGH

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by walkoff baltimore chop on Oct 30, 2009 3:29 PM PDT up reply actions

This is the camp I belong to.

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by cornball on Oct 30, 2009 3:37 PM PDT up reply actions

Oh, in case anyone isn’t familiar with Schulman, here’s the link.

I'm thinking but nothing's happening.

by JRPhillips on Oct 30, 2009 3:30 PM PDT up reply actions

Kawakami says.....

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SF Chron says 2 years, $12M for FSanchez. Definitely on high side but next to Renteria/Rowand/Zito deals, it’s not an obvious Sabes fail.

by confusitron on Oct 30, 2009 3:27 PM PDT reply actions

yay not obvious fail

ah, faint praise

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by shanghaijim on Oct 30, 2009 3:30 PM PDT up reply actions

WRONG

It is an obvious FAIL.

Why isn't Sabean held accountable for leading the Giants into many years of mediocrity???

by oldrips on Oct 30, 2009 3:48 PM PDT up reply actions

I guess they must have done better than what it would have taken to pick up his option, because that deal sure got done fast.

Context, people. More context is good. Less context is bad. If you're willing to be reductive, then you're willing to be wrong.

by howtheyscored on Oct 30, 2009 3:28 PM PDT reply actions

this is Sabes's way of saying

SUCK IT JPONRY

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by jponry on Oct 30, 2009 3:29 PM PDT reply actions

If only you were Russel Martin.

by Wonderful Terrific Monds on Oct 30, 2009 4:29 PM PDT up reply actions

not exactly shocking news here. It’s hard to say good or bad though until you see how much he’s being paid. My prediction though is if they got it done this fast, they gave him more than they should have.

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by rxmeister on Oct 30, 2009 3:29 PM PDT via mobile reply actions

I believe you are correct, good sir.

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by JRPhillips on Oct 30, 2009 3:31 PM PDT up reply actions

yeah. I guess it’s pretty much what was expected though. It could have been better (2 yrs 10 million) or worse. (3 yrs 18 mill) I’ve come not to expect much negotiating skill out of our GM.

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by rxmeister on Oct 30, 2009 3:34 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions

Exactly

Remember last off-season, jumping on Renteria in December when they could have gotten Cabrera for half as much?

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by Kitspool on Oct 30, 2009 3:33 PM PDT up reply actions

he jumped on Edgar so fast that it almost cost us a draft pick. Fortunately the Tigers believed our denials (after all who would want Edgar anyway?) and didn’t offer him arbitration.

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by rxmeister on Oct 30, 2009 4:03 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions

They are saying $6M a year.

We're all basically Pedro Feliz.

by SF Pete on Oct 30, 2009 3:35 PM PDT up reply actions

I think I switched to meh.

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by shanghaijim on Oct 30, 2009 3:38 PM PDT up reply actions

This is essentially where I’m at. The fact that Sabean is dealing before the WS is even over makes me think that he overpaid and he didn’t look at other options. Hell, we don’t even know if guys like Iwamura will be available. Why did he think that this had to get done so fast? Why is my reaction to this “Edgar Renteria for less money”?

by quincy0191 on Oct 30, 2009 5:30 PM PDT up reply actions

COMMON-SENSE KERSPLOSION!

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by cornball on Oct 30, 2009 3:38 PM PDT reply actions

Ok

Now that Sanchez is signed to play 2b for the next two seasons @ $6M a season why not bat him third in the batting order after getting a couple of table setters Then Sandoval could cleanup.

by wilriv21 on Oct 30, 2009 3:41 PM PDT reply actions

It’s tough to contruct a lineup around a sometimes singles hitter that has a poor OBP and can’t stay on the field. Other than that………go for it.

Why isn't Sabean held accountable for leading the Giants into many years of mediocrity???

by oldrips on Oct 30, 2009 3:50 PM PDT up reply actions

Maybe a little too much

But I really liked the guy when he wasnt hurt last year, so Im happy about this.

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by GrahamCrakalaka on Oct 30, 2009 3:52 PM PDT reply actions

GAH.

GAH!

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by tk on Oct 30, 2009 3:52 PM PDT reply actions

So it’s like we’re getting the same deal we were expecting at the trade deadline plus an 1 yr. extension at 4 mill. Obviously the money’s allocated a bit differently but I’m not hating this deal.

by Wonderful Terrific Monds on Oct 30, 2009 4:31 PM PDT reply actions

He's having an AWESOME week!

by KrazyKrabMeat on Oct 30, 2009 5:26 PM PDT reply actions

Why the big rush to sign this guy? It’s a bad deal, but graded on the Sabean curve, pretty “meh”.

by koel on Oct 30, 2009 5:30 PM PDT via mobile reply actions

i like how you didn't

include YAY! option

by sfoakbay on Oct 30, 2009 7:10 PM PDT reply actions

wow

the giants actually made a good signing financially?

by Tim LinCyYoung on Oct 30, 2009 7:39 PM PDT reply actions

Good? Not exactly.

The poll has got it right. Meh is more like it.

You wish you were named Frederick Deshaun...

by dregarx on Oct 30, 2009 9:32 PM PDT up reply actions

Nope. The Poll Just Failed To Have The Correct Option And Expressed The Author's Bias Instead.

by giantsrainman on Oct 30, 2009 9:43 PM PDT reply actions

Reply Fail - Ment This To Be In Reply To dregarx Above.

by giantsrainman on Oct 30, 2009 9:44 PM PDT up reply actions

Like all polls do.

You wish you were named Frederick Deshaun...

by dregarx on Oct 30, 2009 9:58 PM PDT up reply actions

About expressing the author’s bias, that is.

Doesn’t mean that the options are not applicable. After all, the overall sequence of events regarding Sanchez was bad financially for the Giants. The Giants, in trading him, took on the $8 million option and $0.5 million buyout making any restructured contract higher than a corresponding one in free agency.

Not to mention: ALDERSON

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by dregarx on Oct 30, 2009 10:01 PM PDT up reply actions

I would have preferred Kelly Johnson at 2B, but...

…considering Sabean traded Alderson for Sanchez, it was a no-brainer to resign him. Sabean didn’t want to have to address the media about why he traded a top prospect for a two-month (less than that, considering injuries) rental.

The 2B solution would have been a lot easier if we hadn’t traded Alderson. I was not enthralled with the trade at the time, and I am less enthralled now.

I guess my thinking is, if Sabean and Co. liked Uggla so much, why not wait until the offseason, when acquiring him would have been more realistic? Part of being a good GM is planning properly. GMs who make hasty decisions (See the Mets trade of Kazmir for Zambrano) almost always hurt chances to better improve their team at a more appropriate time.

by Squire_Boone on Oct 31, 2009 8:23 AM PDT reply actions