tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23735245.post4719189038745734235..comments2024-02-23T20:49:09.057-08:00Comments on obsessivegiantscompulsive: Your 2018 Giants: The Options and the Opt-Inobsessivegiantscompulsivehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11362706004246875823noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23735245.post-8785004372026512882023-10-15T00:42:35.983-07:002023-10-15T00:42:35.983-07:00Hello nice bloggHello nice bloggHey Ho Cloudyhttps://heyhocloudy.tumblr.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23735245.post-18554140461808643142017-11-10T22:00:15.069-08:002017-11-10T22:00:15.069-08:00Thanks for your comment (and to campanari, should ...Thanks for your comment (and to campanari, should have mentioned above too).<br /><br />As I'll dig into in my post mortem, I think the team can improve a lot just by being healthy and producing what they had done before. Then with a few reasonable moves, help to raise the floor of what they can produce.<br /><br />It would pay to spend a bit, but I don't want the team to just go crazy and make things harder in the future, which large long-term contracts could do if they become albatrosses. I would understand paying a lot to get a Stanton. I would not understand doing that to get a Lorenzo Cain, who got a QO, is already 32 YO for next season, and probably gets a contract covering years 32-35.obsessivegiantscompulsivehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11362706004246875823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23735245.post-38408055349155523542017-11-09T22:33:36.243-08:002017-11-09T22:33:36.243-08:00It would pay to spend a bit, as opposed to start h...It would pay to spend a bit, as opposed to start having the seats sales start to dwindle and all the goodies that get sold at the games will decline also. It pays to contend. I don't think the giants were as bad as their recond, and should improve a lot by making a few reasonable moves. nomisnalahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08297640472949764321noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23735245.post-54588426637248909882017-11-09T11:07:41.359-08:002017-11-09T11:07:41.359-08:00As we have all seen with the Giants, when there is...As we have all seen with the Giants, when there is a need, and not a lot of money to be spent, the team compromises. But yeah, age, strikeouts and low BA is not something they actively look for. However, they accept negative factors like this when the overall package is positive.<br /><br />Yes, low BA and lots of strikeouts. But also lots of walks, for a great OBP of .344 and OPS of .772 in 2017, and .781 OPS since becoming a starter.<br /><br />And that's becoming more analytically driven, as BA has been shown to not be the best indicator (though I would still argue, a good indicator still, which many/most sabers denigrate loudly against), that OBP is a better indicator of his abilities as a hitter. Sure, lots of strikeouts is bad, but when he's hitting about 30 homers per season, most teams overlook the strikeouts. He would be perfect for the #5 batting spot.<br /><br />Sprinkle the good defense on top, that's a profile the Giants will like for the team. <br /><br />Age is always a problem, but that's true of any free agent you sign, almost. The good news is that his walk rate is rising, while his strikeout rate is relatively static, so there is no signs in his peripherals that he'll be bad in the next year or two. except that his XBH% has fallen over the past couple of seasons. And steadily.<br /><br />I'll admit, though, that I didn't dig this deeply when I suggested him, I based it on the description of him in the article I read about him. <br /><br />But he adds about 1 WAR in defense each season, plus is a good power hittter, that would fit the Giants needs for offense and defense.<br /><br />However, as I'm writing up my post on the season ending press conference, the team actually don't have that much money before reaching the CBT penalty threshold, maybe $7-8M, which they are hoping to stay under to reset penalties. <br /><br />Is Frazier worth going over for? The Giants might have to try to trade someone to get under, in order to get a Frazier level (that is, $10M-ish contract) signing done. <br /><br />They could probably save $6M by trading Span with enough money to get his salary that low for another team to accept, for example. Not much else tradeable, to save that much money.<br /><br />I only see the Giants going past the penalty in order to pick up someone huge, like a Stanton level type of trade, if they ever can figure out how to work that (doubtful, I'll believe it when I see it, rumors or not that they have been very interested and active). obsessivegiantscompulsivehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11362706004246875823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23735245.post-41590449538770274992017-11-08T23:17:13.382-08:002017-11-08T23:17:13.382-08:00Todd Frazier will be 32 when the new season starts...Todd Frazier will be 32 when the new season starts, with a poor BA the last couple of years and lots of strikeouts. Isn’t he an example of the wrong direction for the team to be going? campanarinoreply@blogger.com