Quick Thoughts

by jv52yankees on Nov 15, 2009 1:53 PM PST Comment 67 comments

Would it not make sense to just add 2 pieces to our lineup that would make us an above average offense? Well, I know those two pieces. Those two pieces are Chone Figgins and Matt Holliday. Both of them could be easily placed into the lineup and the lineup would look like this:

3B-Chone Figgins

2B- Freddy Sanchez

1B-Pablo Sandoval

LF-Matt Holliday

C-Bengie Molina

SS-Juan Uribe

RF-Nate Schierholtz/Andres Torres/Eugenio Velez

CF-Aaron Rowand

P Tim Lincecum/Matt Cain/Barry Zito/Randy Johnson/Brad Penny

Set-Up- Jeremy Affeldt and Sergio Romo

Closer-Brian Wilson

Now that is a playoff roster maybe even a championship one and I have not mentioned names like the likes of Jonathan Sanchez, Buster Posey and Madison Bumgarner. They could potentially be trade bait for other bats. And forget Edgar Renteria,please.

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Chone Figgins + Matt Holliday could cost about $30 million a year. The Giants don’t have that kind of money. jesus christ.

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by jponry on Nov 15, 2009 1:56 PM PST reply actions 0 recs

And we’re somehow going to be able to afford Penny and Uribe too? How?

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by jponry on Nov 15, 2009 1:57 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

And Randy Johnson apparently! And Bengie Molina! lmao

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by jponry on Nov 15, 2009 1:57 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

This post is just full of face-palm.

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by cornball on Nov 15, 2009 2:33 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

and we give up 4 draft picks to get them! the earliest we pick is in the fifth round if we decided to do that.

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by Ramah71 on Nov 15, 2009 3:25 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

this ain’t the yankees, bro. please steinbrenner, buy the giants for christmas!

by Ramah71 on Nov 15, 2009 3:26 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Brilliant!

Trade Posey and re-sign Bengie!

WHY IS BOCOCK?!

by Lars The Wanderer on Nov 15, 2009 2:01 PM PST reply actions 0 recs

What happened to:

Jonathan Sanchez
Buster Posey
John Bowker
Fred Lewis
Travis Ishikawa
Ryan Garko
Edgar Renteria (I can’t forget his $10M, sorry)
All of Bill Neukom’s money

This is like the ultimate WIN NOW and FAIL posts combined. Just awful.

by quincy0191 on Nov 15, 2009 2:06 PM PST reply actions 0 recs

we’re trading sanchez, posey, bowker, lewis, ishikawa, and garko for a big bat, geez, read the whole post before commenting

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by jponry on Nov 15, 2009 2:09 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Oh

Right. Okay. Sounds good.

Anyone in mind? Or do we just leave those guys by the side of the street with a “For Trade” sign and see who shows up?

by quincy0191 on Nov 15, 2009 2:15 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

the second one

by sfoakbay on Nov 15, 2009 2:43 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Pujols. Quantity for quality. I don’t see why the Cards wouldn’t do it.

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by JRPhillips on Nov 16, 2009 12:58 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Eureka!

The only things wrong here are that Bengie needs to be leading off, Randy Winn needs to be re-signed to play shortstop, and the poster who signs himself “Mike Fox” needs to be platooning with Sandoval at first. We would take the WS in four straight, maybe five.

by campanari on Nov 15, 2009 2:08 PM PST reply actions 0 recs

Haha Fuck you

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by Mike Fox on Nov 16, 2009 9:04 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

you guys are all very funny

those guys are BENCH guys who dont really have that much of an impact. I would not mind replacing bengie with posey and penny with bumgarner. i do love uribe at shortstop though. but if you want renteria, fine. I agree, holiday is a bit of a stretch, but figgins is very possible.

by jv52yankees on Nov 15, 2009 2:15 PM PST reply actions 0 recs

I know you’re a Yankees fan, but most teams don’t actually have that kind of money to throw around and the Giants definitely don’t.

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by jponry on Nov 15, 2009 2:16 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Yes we do

You see, jponry, the Giants just don’t want to win as much as the Yankees do. If we did, we would make Neukom sell the team to his former boss, Bill Gates, who would then pour money down the throat of every free agent and we would win the World Series a lot.

But money doesn’t win the World Series anyway, because the Rays made it in 2008 with a $49M payroll. They lost to a team with a $113M payroll, but still. Also, buying the best talent (and therefore preventing your opponents from getting it) does not guarantee that it will actually perform well. So there.

by quincy0191 on Nov 15, 2009 2:29 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

good luck having Uribe repeat his 2009 numbers

A hearty thank you to Rich Aurilia for all the good memories, and to the Niners for finally getting the uni's (mostly) right.

by wjackalope on Nov 16, 2009 3:00 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

by Merope on Nov 15, 2009 2:15 PM PST reply actions 2 recs

I get it now.

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by cain1rstballothof on Nov 15, 2009 2:57 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Rec’d

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by groug on Nov 15, 2009 3:39 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

We were right!

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by jponry on Nov 15, 2009 3:45 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

I would have been okay with getting it wrong if the answer was 0.

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by groug on Nov 15, 2009 3:58 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Good grief.

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by Natto on Nov 15, 2009 2:21 PM PST reply actions 0 recs

Your catch-all post did not work

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by thehavenot on Nov 15, 2009 9:11 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

I’m going to make a new one tomorrow.

by Natto on Nov 15, 2009 9:21 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

I predict it won’t work either. Just a guess.

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by Lyle on Nov 16, 2009 6:50 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

pulled out of your ass, correct?

by sfoakbay on Nov 16, 2009 6:20 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Well, I was standing next to jcb9 at the time…..

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by Lyle on Nov 18, 2009 1:20 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

If I give somebody my e-mail address could they please let me know when all of these posts have stopped and it is safe to return to McCovey Chronicles?

by FluLikeSymptoms on Nov 15, 2009 2:27 PM PST reply actions 0 recs

To be safe, just return April 5, 2010.

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by SFGuy on Nov 15, 2009 4:48 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

More like April 75, 2109.

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by bgunn on Nov 16, 2009 7:47 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

someone explain to me EXACLTY how much cap room you have

I would not mind replacing bengie with posey and penny with bumgarner. i do love uribe at shortstop though. but if you want renteria, fine. I agree, holiday is a bit of a stretch, but figgins is very possible.

by jv52yankees on Nov 15, 2009 2:28 PM PST reply actions 0 recs

There is no way the Giants pay-roll goes over $100mil and will probably be around $90mil. They have to pay Tim at least ten million in aribitration and have other arb-eligible players to pay, as well. In all likelihood, the team has about $15mil to spend.

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by cornball on Nov 15, 2009 2:32 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

We don't know

We’ve got arb raises to Lincecum, Wilson, and Sanchez among others, which could total anywhere between $15-20M. Probably around $10-15M.

Also, you shouldn’t copy and paste what you said in your last comment. It’s right there. We can read it.

by quincy0191 on Nov 15, 2009 2:34 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Take a look at this and then think about what you’ve done.

Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
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by jponry on Nov 15, 2009 3:30 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Seriously

Look at it.

Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"AT LAST I AM A PARENTS." - Buster

by jponry on Nov 15, 2009 3:30 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

cap room?

None, Bochy’s head fills even the biggest caps.

ps what is this, football?

A hearty thank you to Rich Aurilia for all the good memories, and to the Niners for finally getting the uni's (mostly) right.

by wjackalope on Nov 16, 2009 3:02 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

/facepalm

/sigh
oh, wait, its a yankees fan! that explains A LOT

by sfoakbay on Nov 15, 2009 2:45 PM PST reply actions 0 recs

hi

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by groug on Nov 15, 2009 2:46 PM PST reply actions 0 recs

Mike Fox..

is that you?

Matt Cain: throwing complete game shutouts since 06'. No big deal.

by cain1rstballothof on Nov 15, 2009 2:58 PM PST reply actions 0 recs

Just playin’ kid. Actually Mike could teach this guy a thing or two.

Matt Cain: throwing complete game shutouts since 06'. No big deal.

by cain1rstballothof on Nov 15, 2009 3:01 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

HEY GUYS

why don’t we get BOTH Holliday and Bay!

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/ignites

by Tim LinCyYoung on Nov 15, 2009 3:04 PM PST reply actions 0 recs

AND Lackey AND Figgins AND Cameron

Aaron King is still my homeboy... iffy mechanics and all

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by baetown415 on Nov 15, 2009 3:39 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Repost, but it's the best idea ever

I have a better idea:

1. Figgins 2B
2. Ramirez SS (Lincecum+Bowker+Garko for Ramirez)
3. Mauer C (Posey+Bumgarner+Neal+Schierholtz for Mauer)
4. Holliday RF
5. Sandoval 3B
6. Bradley CF (Rowand+cash for Bradley)
7. Fielder 1B (Cain for Fielder)
8. Bay LF
9. P

Rotation:

Lackey
Bedard
Wolf
Duchscherer
Zito

Opening Day payroll: $200M.

by quincy0191 on Nov 15, 2009 4:43 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

LOL Zito

or more like Zito :-(

Aaron King is still my homeboy... iffy mechanics and all

McFAQ for all you newcomers out there.

GET THAT VORP AND WHIP SH!T OUTTA HERE!!!

by baetown415 on Nov 15, 2009 6:12 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

$20M 5th starter!

by quincy0191 on Nov 15, 2009 8:13 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

LOL

At least we hung on to our Panda.

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by esseffgeez on Nov 15, 2009 8:14 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

f it im going to pinstripealley where money is at a surplus

by jv52yankees on Nov 15, 2009 3:43 PM PST reply actions 0 recs

ok

by sfoakbay on Nov 15, 2009 3:43 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

oh snap you showed us

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by jponry on Nov 15, 2009 3:45 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Thanks for stopping by!

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by groug on Nov 15, 2009 3:45 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

So good.

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by cain1rstballothof on Nov 15, 2009 3:48 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

These budget cuts are hard on McCovey Chronicles. We have to smoke weed and eat Choco Tacos and rosterbate for entertainment.

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by GrahamCrakalaka on Nov 15, 2009 4:11 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

mo money mo problems dawg

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/ignites

by Tim LinCyYoung on Nov 15, 2009 4:59 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Only if you’re stupid or easily pushed around.

by quincy0191 on Nov 15, 2009 8:15 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Say hi to New Jersey on your way through.

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by bgunn on Nov 16, 2009 7:49 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Where the TEAM has a surplus of money… Your surplus will still be at the mercy of your mom.

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by JRPhillips on Nov 16, 2009 1:04 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

That was weird

Nice of the Yankees to send a consultant over though

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by GrahamCrakalaka on Nov 15, 2009 4:10 PM PST reply actions 0 recs

One improvement on your great idea

Leave Pablo at 3B and trade for Pujols to play 1B.

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by marcello on Nov 15, 2009 7:47 PM PST reply actions 0 recs

lol Molina hitting fifth on this possible "championship" roster

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by thehavenot on Nov 15, 2009 9:13 PM PST reply actions 0 recs

I lol’d.

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by Zetsuboushita on Nov 16, 2009 9:36 AM PST reply actions 0 recs

I have been asked politely to forget Edgar Renteria. I sure would like to, but he will be on the Giants for another year. I do not have the ability to change this fact. I apologize for any inconvenience this might cause. I do however have the authority to deal Buster Posey and Madison Bumgarner and have traded them both to the Yankees for Jose Molina and Phil Coke and a kick in myh ballz.

by Every6thDay on Nov 16, 2009 9:38 AM PST reply actions 0 recs