The Giants signed veteran righty starter Adrian Houser for two years and $22M. He's a ground ball pitcher and had a strong showing last year after a poor season just before that. He's not the flashy ace-type we all covet but he'll add some experience. The Giants also signed righty reliever Jason Foley who is recovering from shoulder surgery. He'll be ready, it seems, by mid-season. Foley was a late inning type in Detroit and even had 28 saves in 2024.
Not very exciting stuff but I'm still going with "In Buster We Trust(er)" as my motto for 2026.
--M.C.
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Maybe it will work out and the giants will get lucky, but not really very exciting moves. Almost seems like a waste of roster space, especially getting another injured guy that will miss half a season, and probably will need half a season to get back to form. Kind of like a Zahdi move. Would really like the giants to make a move which will allow them to compete a little better with the bums.
Yeah I get the feeling that Ownership has tightened the purse strings. Not sure why! If you want to buy top talent, you have to SPEND. And the Giants have lots of money.
The other way to get top talent is to trade top prospects. I don't think they are ready to part with Bryce Eldridge yet.
Likely to become a left handed Dave Kingman. But could become the next Aaron Judge!
Giants have signed lefty Nick Margevicius to minor league deal with an invite to spring training.
Still working the margins of the roster, it seems. The Giants can afford to buy a starting pitcher but ownership doesn't seem to have the collective will to do that. Hell, they can afford Kyle Tucker if they want, too. The luxury tax is barrier, I suppose. We've spent the last decade reading about all the Giants investments in China Basin and how rich they're gonna get but nothing about how to spend it on making the team more interesting and exciting. That is, BETTER.
Perhaps they've given Buster his fancy toys (Adames and Devers) and now he has to play with the ones already in the box. That means one of the young arms has to step up. And one of the young position players has to step up.
This is all moot if the Giants suddenly go out and buy the guy(s) they need. But the team has holes that need filling. Ideally the system would produce those solutions but sometime you have to go the free agency route to beef up the roster. It frustrates me that the Giants could act like a rich club if they wanted to but they are still too buttoned-down to take on too many risks. Hell the Johnson family is fucking Franklin Templeton, you can't get much more Wall Street buttoned-down than that.
Anyway I was gonna do a post about my thoughts but this little rant will do for now!
Factoids from David Laurila at FanGraphs:
Los Angeles Dodgers batters have combined to draw 5,702 walks over the past 10 seasons, the most in the majors. Kansas City Royals batters have combined to draw 3,983 walks over the past 10 seasons, the fewest in the majors.
Mike Mussina went 270-153. He allowed 3,460 hits and 1,559 runs.
Andy Pettitte went 256-153. He allowed 3,448 hits and 1,572 runs.
I cannot understand why they had to announce they weren't interested in Imai, especially after he said that he would like to be the guy to take down the Dodgers. They could have not said anything. Unless, of course, that was a feint.
I guess they could be waiting, hoping that the best free agent starting pitchers aren't going to command the prices they are hoping for. That seems possible, given a probable work stoppage, or lockout. But maybe they miss the opportunity while twiddling their thumbs, too.
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