Sunday BP: Giants appear arbitration bound with Donovan Solano

Hello and happy Sunday.

Over the weekend, the San Francisco Giants agreed to a deal with right-handed reliever Reyes Moronta. That left just one of the Giants tendered players without a contract: second baseman Donovan Solano. And it appears that the Giants and Solano will head to arbitration, as they filed at prices roughly $650,000 apart, and were unable to find a spot to compromise on, per MLB.com’s Mark Feinsand.

Of all the players the Giants tendered, Solano seemed the most likely to head to arbitration, given that he was sensational in 2020, but prior to 2019 — his age 31 season — he had basically no history of being a good MLB player. We’ll see what happens.

Old, random MCC article for you to read

An important question about Giants nesting dolls (Aug. 22, 2013 — Grant Brisbee)

Giants links

• Roger Munter on what the current international signing class tells us about the Giants tendencies (There R Giants)
• Dan Szymborski on how the Giants have quietly rebuilt their rotation (Fangraphs)
• Kerry Crowley on why signing Alex Wood was an obvious move that leads to obvious questions (Mercury News)
• Brittany Ghiroli and Melissa Lockard on the winners from the first day of the international signing period (The Athletic, subscription required)
• Alex Pavlovic on the Giants best international signing being shortstop Diego Velasquez (NBC Sports Bay Area)
• Kerry Crowley on the Giants international signing class (Mercury News)
• Alex Pavlovic on Luis Matos and Kyle Harrison ranking highly in Baseball America’s newest rankings (NBC Sports Bay Area)
• Andrew Baggarly on Charles Johnson responding to criticisms of his political donations (The Athletic, subscription required)
• Jessica Kleinschmidt on why Mauricio Dubón prefers centerfield (NBC Sports Bay Area)
• Jim Bowden hands out offseason grades (The Athletic, subscription required)

How many days until Opening Day?

There are 74 days until Opening Day.

Have a swell Sunday.