Your 2025 Giants: Justin Time - Verlander Signs for One Year, $15M

As reported by various sources, future Hall of Famer Justin Verlander signed with the Giants for one year, $15M.  There are a couple of good analyses on why he might be a good signing:

• Fangraphs
• The Athletic

Your 2025 Giants: Losing Draft Picks Is Not So Bad

The Giants has been contemplating signing QO players like Adames and Burnes this offseason, which would cost draft picks, and with the signing of Adames, they have now lost their second and fifth round picks.

Signing Burnes as well as Adames would tthen cost the team its second, third, fifth and sixth selections, part of the price the Giants paid for exceeding the luxury-tax threshold while finishing 80-82.

I thought I would write on the odds of these draft picks ever amounting to a good player, given how much fans worry about losing draft picks.  Like I wrote almost 20 years ago when I analyzed the Michael Tucker punted pick, you are losing a lottery ticket with steep odds of winning, while gaining a MLB caliber player.

Your 2025 Giants: Willy Adames Signed for 7 year, $182M

As reported, the Giants signed SS Willy Adames to a 7 year, $182M contract, which beats out Posey's contract for the largest in Giants history.

Here are some good articles on the signing:

• In Adames, Giants got top target with 'sterling, sparkling' reputation
• Posey reveals why Adames became Giants' top free agency choice
• Brewers manager gushes over ‘special' Giants addition Adames