Eric Hacker flies the coop?

Eh, I don’t know why Tanner doesn’t deserve to be there (anymore than say Pucetas didn’t or Hacker for that matter). He doesn’t have the stuff to be a major leaguer, but he was successful in his own fashion in the EL. I don’t see that his performance there necessitated sending him back, anyway. He can go be mediocre in the PCL just as easy as he can go back to being mediocre in the EL.

maybe Fitzgerald could skip AA and go straight to Fresno like Pucetas did.

it looks worse here. I don’t disagree with what you’re saying but “geez” and “c’mon” is unnecessary.

IMO. YMMV.

You misrepresented my point. I didn’’t write that Sabes and his minions should have been handing out contract offers immediatlely after the season ended to every FA. I wrote that they should have been ready with a plan on what they were going to do as soon as the season ended. What exactly were they doing during all the free time that they had during the playoffs? The World Series took 6 calendar days, what was BS doing during that time that didn’t allow him to meet with his employees and hammer out a plan that took in all contigencies? It’s not as if he had to be working the phone lines to work out a trade for a player that he could plug into The WS roster. The Giants knew way back in September that the deadlines for FA and arb had been changed, yet BS was not ready for it.

And I’m not just speculating that BS was not up to speed. Here’s excerpts of 2 posts from after the WS clincher by Baggs where BS confirms that he’s behind in his planning:

FROM NOV 3rd (2 days after the WS ended):

In most years, the Giants would be further along in negotiations with their own free agents before their window of exclusivity closed. But they didn’t sit back and watch the World Series on television this year, and under new rules, players now become free agents five days after the final out – reduced from the customary 15 days.
Vice president Bobby Evans said the front office held meetings Tuesday, but they did not expect to announce any deals before 9:01 p.m. Sunday, when free agents are free to sign with any club.
But the Giants might not have all those answers ready for us tomorrow. For obvious reasons, club officials are waaaaay behind where they usually are at this time. They’ve barely held any kind of organizational meetings, and Sabean alluded to that during his TV appearance.
"In the next couple days we’ll have a series of conference calls what we should do internally, what we want to do with our own people free-agent wise before looking to the outside world," Sabean said.

FROM NOV 4th (3 days after the WS ended):

But the Giants might not have all those answers ready for us tomorrow. For obvious reasons, club officials are waaaaay behind where they usually are at this time. They’ve barely held any kind of organizational meetings, and Sabean alluded to that during his TV appearance.
"In the next couple days we’ll have a series of conference calls what we should do internally, what we want to do with our own people free-agent wise before looking to the outside world," Sabean said.

What was keeping BS and his minions from having those meetings and conference calls in the past few weeks?

As for Hacker, I HGIHLY suspect there wasn’t much of a market for him.

I agree with this.

I think the true answer to GT’s question is: a) because this is the kind of transaction teams do in November – February to increase their inventory going into ST, not the kind of transaction teams do in July – September; and b), because Hacker is the kind of guy you might spend a little money on, but not the kind of guy you spend talent on.