The chickens are coming home to roost. I actually raise chickens –well, my wife does– and I have no idea what the connection is between this old saying and the concept of something you were worried about coming to pass.
Anywho….
Here’s what I wrote on August 15th:
…. So, baseball fans, San Francisco Giants fans; we are stuck. If we win, this inept front office will be rewarded with new contract extensions, and we will almost certainly see more of the same. We’ll see Sabean give soon to be 34-years old Pat Burrell a four-year, $25 million dollar contract for three months of hot baseball. Career journeyman Andres Torres will celebrate his 33rd birthday with a three year deal worth something like $15 million. And Aubrey Huff will get a Christmas/34th birthday combo deal of something like 4 years, $30 million.
…. Of course, the team could collapse. They could go on a ten game losing streak at any time. Burrell could pull a hamstring. He is, you know, old. So is pretty much every player on the field, save Posey and Sandoval.
Which would you rather see? Giants winning, and staying with Sabean for another three or four years? Or the kind of total collapse that gets heads rolling?
Well, they didn’t just win, they won it all, which certainly means Sabean and his “winning ways” and his “veterans” will be around for at least another four years, I’d guess. And now, Aubrey Huff will be here for what will almost certainly be the rest of his career:
…. Huff agreed to a two-year, $22 million contract with the World Series champions Tuesday. The Giants matched a similarly structured offer from another club, knowing Huff wanted to stay. Huff receives $10 million in each of the next two seasons, and the Giants have a $10 million club option for 2013 with a $2 million buyout.
“He was obviously underpaid for what he did for us last year,” General Manager Brian Sabean said during a conference call. “He certainly did his part and received a just reward for it.”
If he stays for that third year, it’d be a three-year deal, but he would still reach the $30 million I predicted. It seems likely, however, that Sabean has reached a sense of understanding that he has been out of his mind with some of these contracts the last four or five years, as Pat Burrell and Cody Ross don’t seem to be in line for the kind of contracts I was worried about. At least not yet.
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john,
the huff deal is not that bad
huff can play both first and of and it seems that his offensive drop off in 09 was more due to his situation than a drop in skills
and lets say that belt is the phenom everyone thinks he is…then the contract is not so absurd as to prevent a trade (no no-trade clause this time)
burrell most likely wont be back, as derosa is burrell with better wheels
while unlike the post 02 season, where sabean was ordered to cut payroll, the giants will allow what seems to be a payroll of up to 110 mil….and while we are stuck with bochy and his love for the vets (unless a kid is a superstar) the new fo braintrust seem to be very interested in developing from within….cuz lets face it, if they dont, they are gonna end up losing both timmy and cain when it comes fa time and they cant pony up the caishe to keep em
i can live with a sabean who dishes out 2 year and option contracts
hell of alot better than the guy who gives a rowand type a totally absurd contract
I have mixed feelings on the Huff deal. On teh one han d if you take into account the amazing value we got this year then another two years at $22m isn’t too bad and Huff should be capable of producing ata level that justifies the money.
My only problem is the potential blocking of Brandon Belt. It seems Belt is the Giants future 1B and from the reports I’ve read he looks pretty good (most scouts seem to have him as 2nd best 1B prospect in the minors behind KC’s Eric Hosmer). I think Huff has to be looking at being our everyday LF if Belt gets the callup, which makes sense especially if Mark DeRosa is capable of contributing as a super utility guy
belt will not be blocked
watch for the org to work him into lf during the spring
if the kid bats out of his mind and shows avg to above avg skills there…he makes the club out of camp
if not, he can spend a couple of months in fresno working on his skills
remember, the season is long….kid can still make a splash coming up at the end of may
giants big issue is ss and utility
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IMHO Jeter is one of the last true professionals in baseball – a guy you could tell stories to your kid about at the game. He quietly leads by example and his often understated heroics are not only legendary IMHO, but deserving of high recognition across ALL sports. ALL OF THEM.
Knowing Jeter, he will manage his identity as he always does and come out okay. It’s a shame that all this negative hoopla could be the last headlines for him for a while…