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His spot on prospect lists of a system that isn't highly regarded doesn't mean a lot. His OPS the last two season are .682 and .688 which isn't great for a third baseman. He is around the average age for those leagues so he isn't exactly young. Not that errors are a great judge of defense, but he had 23 in 117 games last season. If he wasn't a high draft pick, very few people would be talking about him. Chase Anderson had a down year last year. He didn't pitch in the playoffs for us over such studs as Wade Miley and traded for little to nothing Gio Gonzalez. I agree that he should bounce back this season, if you are the Giants, why trade your "Ace" for a bounce back possibility. You would highly prefer someone such as Woodruff or even Brown which are inexpensive and offer long-term upside.

You think the Brewers are going to start Opening Day with a Payroll of around 130 million?

Just for fun, I'll try. Brewers get Greinke Goldschmidt $ so we are responsible for $15M/year and none of the deferrals Diamondsbacks get Aguilar Brown Stokes Supak Broxton Who says no? The Diamondbacks say no pretty easily, that package isn't worth 100 million dollars.

They get a nice 3B prospect and a Chase is a player that I believe will thrive in their park who they can flip for more prospects at the deadline or next offseason. Erceg isn't that great of a prospect as a recent publication said he might be more of a pitcher. in the future Why would the Giants want to pay an expensive player in the hopes of getting prospects when they could just trade him for actual prospects?

If the Giants are moving towards rebuilding, why would they want Chase Anderson?

I obviously agree with you on Grandal but think that the Dodgers are not in the market for a catcher from your list at the bottom.

I don't know what to expect from him to be honest. I would rather be safe than sorry and not expect anything from him until he is on the mound facing professional hitters. It would be a huge boost to have him in the fold and performing well.

Yasmani Grandal- 3 years, 45 million. I know MLBTR has him at 4 years, 64 million but I think the market will be soft for him after his less than impressive playoff performance. With Grandal, that will allow Manny to be an elite backup catcher and both players should be fresh. This will also give Nottingham another year to get ready for a possible backup role in 2020. Derek Dietrich- 1 year, 3.5 million with a club option of 5 million. I am concerned about Dietrich's defense at second base but I think Arcia and the shifts can help with that. He can be platooned with Hernan Perez. Dietrich has a career .816 OPS in away games and obviously Miller Park should help his home run totals. Justin Wilson- 1 year, 3.5 million. I like the idea of having another lefty in the bullpen. Wilson is not a LOOGY but can provide solid production and add to the depth of the bullpen. Trade Thames to the Yankees for Sonny Gray- This trade probably makes too much sense that it won't happen. Dietrich will be an insurance policy if Aguilar regresses. With these moves, payroll would move up to around 120 million which wouldn't leave a tremendous amount of room to add during the season. It is possible that Grandal may opt to defer some money which could align with when Braun is off the books. 1. Cain 2. Yelich 3. Aguliar 4. Shaw 5. Braun 6. Grandal 7. Dietrich 8. Arica 9. Pitcher Bench: Pina, Perez, Broxton, Dubon, Santana SP: Chacin, Anderson, Gray, Peralta, Burnes Pen: Hader, Knebel, Jeffress, Albers, Houser, Wilson, Guerra This will leave Woodruff, Davies, Barnes, and Taylor Williams in the minors for depth. I like the lineup for being mostly balanced (minus Arcia) with formidable hitters.

Anyone else wonder if we could have traded Arcia and Thames in a similar deal?

The Mariners are not screwing around with this rebuild, wow.

[sarcasm]Check in with your scout and get back to us on this one.[/sarcasm] Well played,

I think they will look to pickup a LOOGY later in the season if they feel they need one. I think this is an ok move because those guys did not have options.

You're right Brewb4U, I would rather he just said no comment just to not offend anyone ever.

Stearns rarely says much in interviews that include a whole lot of information/controversy at all. One of the rare times he does (and it was honestly not that bad when you actually READ the article) and he is getting grief for it? Ridiculous.

Looking at our current payroll, we really only have the room (likely) to add one decent money free agent. I would rather spend the money at catcher and sign someone like Dietrich for less.

It's funny how such "poorly run" organizations like the Giants and Marlins have multiple championships. I wish the Brewers were so lucky.

People think Maker is an NBA player still? He needs to go.

Mark would have to really bump up payroll to make that deal happen. At first, I laughed it off but it COULD happen I guess assuming Cano would want to come here?

Davidson charges? The last one was questionable. Yes. I have watched a lot of basketball and I have never seen a player take more than 3 charges, much less a guard. It is often a questionable call that refs will give some as a charge and others as a block.

I am just happy that we have this HighHigh level of insider information now!

NC State got screwed by the refs and probably deserved this game.

This is insurance if there are no better options brought in or if Nottingham is determined to not be ready.

I am surprised at the lack of conversation about his 12 million dollar salary. Taking on that money would limit other areas of need.

1. Hiura 2. Z.Brown 3. Turang 4. Ray 5. Lutz 6. Supak 7. Stokes 8. Erceg 9. Dubon 10. Nottingham 11. Ashby 12. Henry 13. Webb 14. Houser 15. QTC 16. McClanahan 17. Gray 18. Feliciano 19. Bello 20. Jankins 21. Derby 22. Ponce 23. Ward 24. Rodriguez 25. Ernesto I wish I was more excited about this group past the top 3. Hopefully there will be some big years in 2019.

This was my first thought as well.