With the period opening to sign international free agents, the name the Giants were most associated with was OF Wagner Mateo. Unfortunately, according to reports from ESPN.com's Jorge Arangure (as reported by MLBTradeRumors.com), it looks like the Cardinals will beat out the Giants to Wagner Mateo. They reportedly will sign him to a $3.1M bonus; the Giants apparently nearly offered him $3.5M but backed off at the last minute. (Why they couldn't offer $3.2M, I'm not sure).
With Mateo off the plate, the name I'm hearing the Giants pursuing is catcher Jacob Beltre. Jorge, in his Twitter account, noted that BA speculated this and that this makes sense since he is the biggest hitter left, aside from Miguel Angel Sano.
Of course, last year the Giants signed Rafael Rodriguez and before that signed Angel Villalona.
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