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Posted December 21, 2006 at 8:53 amYesterday, the San Diego Padres inked Marcus Giles to a one-year deal for $3.25m, with a $4m option for 2008 ($500k buyout). Giles was non-tendered by the Braves partly because of his down year in 2006, partly because of the general penny-pinching in the run-up to the long-awaited sale of the team to Liberty Media. [...]
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Posted December 10, 2006 at 9:35 pmMatt Cain goes into 2007 as the putative centrepiece of the San Francisco rotation. In fact, he goes into 2007 burdened by all the hopes and dream of Giants fans everywhere. If the Giants are going to do anything in 2007 (or indeed 2008 and 2009) it’s going to be based on the development of [...]
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Posted December 4, 2006 at 6:04 pmPedro Feliz has returned to the Giants for a one year deal, that will pay him about $5m. As Bochy said that he expects Aurilia to play mostly at first base, that means the Giants infield is set for 2007. Aurilia, Durham, Feliz, Vizquel, with Frandsen and Sweeney on the bench. I predict .255/.290/.450 for [...]
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Posted December 1, 2006 at 7:08 pmI’ve returned from my trip, and yes, Boston was lovely. Apologies if I’ve neglected the blog a little but so much changed while I was away, it took me a little while to get my thoughts in order.
I was going to set out the case to sign J.D. Drew, but it now seems a little [...]