DeRosa Press Conference

Andy Baggarly has a report on the conference call announcing the signing of DeRosa:

• No set position or place in the lineup yet for DeRosa. He don't mind as long as he's in the lineup everyday.
• Sandoval is still floating as well, either 1B or 3B, depending on where the Giants can add another bat.
• Still looking for another hitter. Will focus on 5th starter and catcher later. In previous talks, already said he would be happy starting the season with Bumgarner as the last starting pitcher and Posey the starting catcher, though he would prefer to start Posey in the minors.
• Giants have an offer to Uribe still. Could win the starting position at 3B.
• The Giants are LaRoche were miles apart during the winter meetings; unlikely to do anything.
• Holliday's contract demands price him above where the Giants are willing to go.
• Adrian Beltre appears to not be on the Giants pursuit list.
• Giants trainers were "pleasantly suprised at the condition of [DeRosa's] wrist when he had his physical. Expects to be 100% by spring training.
• Other teams viewed him as a contingency plan in case they didn't land a better one, and he didn't like being Plan B. Plus, he wanted to be able to choose where he goes versus being forced to go somewhere.
• Bochy likes DeRosa batting 5th. I think that's a good spot too, because his OBP is relatively high for the team, plus his SLG is generally high because of his HR power.
• He likes playing infield as that is where he came up as, but he's willing to do whatever the team wants, whatever is best for the team. He is fine with giving Bochy a lot of options, he realizes that is what got him to this point in his career.