I would rather have Bay too. For this Giants team. He’ll be way cheaper in yrs, and a bit cheaper in $, and is more of a true power hitter. And I would not let his Defense scare me off either, I mean, if not Bay then Velez?
I’m really hoping they go after Bay.

I really don’t see the Giants being serious players for either one. they might make some noise as they did with Manny last year (not ruling out options, etc) but they won’t be in on the bidding. Both just cost too much and the Giants won’t increase their payroll enough to get Bay or Holliday.

Holliday is basically the only big market guy I want this offseason. If we don’t get him, then I hope we focus on a ton of small upgrades.

Holliday, hands down. He’d certainly be expensive, but I’d better at least hear that the Giants make an offer, even if they later get outbid by another team offering stupid money. There’s absolutely no reason not to at least try and get the best offensive player available, which is exactly what the Giants need.

But I don’t think the Giants can afford him. And I’d love to have Bay.

When the game was within two runs, Bay hit .300 with 25 homers and 85 RBIs. With a margin of three runs or greater, Bay hit .207 with 11 homers and 34 RBIs. Holliday hit .303 when the margin was within two runs, but .332 otherwise. In other words, in close situations, Bay was arguably the better player last season.

this is just so much fail. according to this, to be clutch you have to suck when the game isn’t close. if you’re good all the time, you can’t be clutch.

also they mention that bay walks more than holliday but kind of ignore the fact that bay strikes out quite a bit more than holliday and that holliday has a better overall OBP. the article also completely ignores defense where holliday has a pretty huge advantage.

cliffs: article sucks, holliday>>>>>>>>>>>>bay, either sign holliday or don’t sign either, do not want bay, etc

Holliday will likely come closer to being worth his contract, but I’d rather have Cameron+Johnson+Kendall (or other similar FA catcher)+Penny (or other similar starter) for about the same price. I hope in a couple years that statement doesnt sound like “If we had signed Vlad we couldnt have gotten Michael Tucker, Dustin Hermanson,…….”

I really don’t understand preferring Bay to Holliday.

Just out of curiosity, does anyone know if Uggla has ever played LF?

I’m getting pretty tired of hearing what the Giants can and can’t afford. We’re in a bigger media market than Boston and we’re not even approaching a $100 million in payroll.
If we’re paying among the highest in tickets, concessions, and parking why shouldn’t we be spending among the most in payroll?
I’m not saying just throw money at players that won’t help the team but is it really our jobs as fans to decide who’s too pricey for our team to go after?