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Yeah agreed. I understand a lot of fans disliking Johnson, but sometimes it just comes down to the agent being unwilling to bend at all.

@@EYDShow I don't like Johnson, but I understand where he is coming from because everyone knows about Boras' chicken bleep moves and trying to bleed a team dry.

@@EYDShowwe should of signed Patrick Sandoval or just took the Red Sox approach to saturating pitching like going to get bueler or get garret in a trade

oh no. How dare a channel that covers the Giants speak about rumors pertaining to the Giants during the offseason! 😱 every beat writer and sports journalist should quit their jobs because sonofnergal4794 doesn’t like it !

1) we aren’t reporters following the team that’s here to report news we heard from the club or only talk about things that happened 2) the off-season is slow so we do like to give our opinions on different players that are connected via rumors to the Giants, as lots of people ask our opinions on these players 3) we are here to give OUR takes, all of which have logic behind them and we’ve dug into the different ramification, both financial or player cost etc 4) I don’t make videos on topics specifically for clicks, most are just reactions to what’s out there or me putting out a player I’d like to see them target (Steer) 5) if you don’t like it, don’t let the door hit you on your way out 👍

Maybe instead of talking smack, you provide constructive criticism instead. The new regime so far has not leaked any kind of info on potential free agent signings and/or trade targets. So I ask you, what exactly would you like Cody to discuss other than Corbin Burnes every day for three weeks straight? Cody brings his own thoughts/ideas to the table where a lot of other RUclipsrs don’t. Please give recommendations and I’m sure he’d love to touch on those topics for you.

@@rclark415 its almost as if you’re saying thats all he’s got to talk about, given its the offseason. If you guys wanna spend day in and day out talking and hearing about nothing. Fine by me. Maybe i’ll have to wait till the season starts for the more tangible stuff. Sorry for the disarray. With the influx of all these “sport channels” on youtube, its hard to distinguish who’s doing what for what

@@icedo-dan i mean yeah its kind of frustrating when people that actually know what they’re talking about knowing better to than to think Fried would go to SF. For these hams to discuss him longer than 20 seconds. All i know is, compared to many other channels, this one is never on to anything. And if you ask around, a lot of people dont like beat writers and certain journalists for what im complaining about here, and since they aren’t any of those things, that would make for a pretty easy conclusion

Man I’m hoping! I’d be super excited given what he’d bring and the opportunities it could present later on. He’s really an underrated player IMO.

I mean look around at all the major market teams that can actually afford Burnes and tell me who you see going after him now. Basically every single one has addressed their starting pitching through significant signings or trades at this point. Only remaining team I could see joining the fray is the Cubs, but the Rickett’s are arguably more cheap than the Johnson’s and I have significant doubts they’ll jump in. Kinda crazy but if that’s all that remains in the hunt for Burnes I can see why Buster refuses to bid against himself.

Giants are definitely not as buried as the Blue Jays. We’re not saying they are playing in an easier division, we are saying they are closer to SD and AZ than the Jays are to any of the 3 teams ahead of them. Jays are about to be the worst team in that division in a year when Vladdy and Bo walk. Giants at least have hope if you add Burnes + Adames, with some young players on the roster that should continue improving.

@EYDShow Just checked and it's apples and oranges as Toronto finished in 5th, not 4th. But the Giants' division was tougher last year as the Dodgers, Padres and Dbacks are definitely better teams than the Yankees, Orioles and Red Sox. Also the Rockies supposedly have one of the best farm systems in baseball, so if the Giants don't keep improving they could get passed by the Rockies.

@ the point is that one team has young talent on the roster and has the potential to be way better than the other. The other plays in a nearly equally tougher division on a team that will be a bottom feeder even with him the second Bo and Vladdy walk. And the Rockies aren’t passing anybody anytime soon until they actually develop any pitchers.

Do you think the Giants are gun-shy about Burnes because of how the Snell deal worked out this past season?

@ which makes even less sense and proves more so their idiots like I initially said. If you have previously had dealings with this agent and somehow was burned in the past, why take a second roll of the dice? “Oh no it’ll be different this time….” Stupidity. You don’t have to be an executive to know they really don’t want to sign with your team. Just like Snell didn’t either last season lol. Everyone hated farhan yet this is EXACTLY what farhan was hated for and their repeating the process. They’re gonna have their one “big” free agent victory and I use the word “big” very lightly here and that’s it. I’ve said this before on this same channel. They wasted too much time on this dude. Now moving on will net them mediocre free agents to fill holes and gaps. It shouldn’t be THIS hard. Seriously.

Honestly he seems to be doing what he does every offseason so I don’t think that’s the case, but never know for sure.

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I think it definitely varies by the player/position. But most seem to try to hang on as long as possible in baseball.

@@morcatna4767 Can't see Sasaki coming. I'd be shocked.

@ he will come :) I have 100% faith

@morcatna4767 100%??? I think your judgement is way off.

@@morcatna4767 Why would he come to the Giants when he could go to the Dodgers and other teams that are so much better than the Giants??

@@davelandsman4768 good chance I am 100% off but I’ve seen him play. He’s very competitive. He wants to be the best. To be the best you need to compete against the best. He also wants a more mellow media market and good defense. SF got both of those and a really good pitchers park.

Do you see Alonso as an option for the Giants?

@@cityhawk I did and I'd love it. I can't imagine PA signing here with the metrics of Oracle. I can always hope, though!

@@lynnbyrd9819 It may be a dog pile for the Mets and Giants. I don’t see the Cards jumping in even though they lost Goldschmidt to the Yankees. Alonso, in my opinion, misjudged the market. Did he think he would be in higher demand? Maybe. Did he think more teams would meet his price tag? Maybe. But now that he overplayed his hand, he’s left scrambling for a place to go to.

@@cityhawk Highly unlikely...unless they overpay...by a mile!

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You might be surprised. The Yankees have considered Wade because of his good on base percentage and the fact that it's 296' down the right field line. Lamont could hit 25-30 there...but not here at Oracle. That was according to an article from a NYY affiliated website.

They’ve known what they’re getting for years, and that a 79-81 win team. He’s a good player to have on a team set up to win 90+ because of his reliability, but that’s not the Giants. They need to raise the potential out of his spot. He’s 35 years old with zero future with SF beyond 2025, it does more for the club to actually figure out what they have in the kids before they run out of options and you move them for absolutely nothing like Bart.

I wouldn’t lose sleep either for the right player, but I don’t see him or birdsong as necessary to land Steer. I’d like to give him more time to see if he can 1) build up some more lower body strength so his endurance and velocity improve some 2) sharpen the break on his slider so it’s not that slurve that doesn’t tunnel off of anything and hitters pick up easily and 3) tightens up the command some so he doesn’t throw so many uncompetitive pitches that are easy takes. What I’d say with the fastball velo is his average fastball was actually within about a half a mph of what he averaged in 2023 for much of the year, he just cruised around 93 and rarely reached back for 97-98 like he flashed before. And even when he threw 91-92 his fastball is so live that he can get it by people. If he can get that closer to 94-95 with a sharper slider I think it can be a nasty combo. Once he injured his ankle though the velocity plummeted as he lost his lower body. He then overcompensated and it caused the shoulder injury that ended his season. So I do want to see him healthy again and see how he looks. Lot of words to say: I’m not sold, but he’s only 23 with tons of potential so I want to see more.

@ well said. Hopeful for a bounce back campaign and yes I’d like to see him develop a bonafide number 2 pitch. I don’t know the exact rate but I swear when I watch his starts it seems like he’s throwing the fastball almost 70-80% of the total pitches

The Giants have about 9 young pitchers between Sac and SF that have varying levels of upside. They aren’t going to be able to give every guy a shot and capitalizing on value from a position of strength to upgrade a position of need is an excellent way to improve your roster. Especially when you can get a young cost controlled player back. Also, you’re hyper focusing on batting average when he still hit 20 HR, still had 58 XBH, still knocked in 92 runs, still stole 25 bags (would have led the team) and had an above league average OBP. There are tons of reasons to feel like he’ll be closer to the guy he was in 2023 going forward as well, as he continues to adjust to major league pitching. He is a completely different style player to Yaz, so to just lump them together is pretty lazy IMO.

@@EYDShow I am hyper focused on BA, I do not want another .225 guy WE TRIED THAT WITH ZAIDI FOR YEARS AND WHAT DID IT GET US. 5 years of sub .500 ball. Christ the Cult of Zaidi has taken over baseball, we watch it fail for years and we're still all in...

@ I care about BA, but 1 season of hitting .225 doesn’t mean he’s a .225 hitter. I personally like his approach and swing path and feel he can be an easy .260+ guy that hits 55+ XBH and 20+ SB per year. Plus he’s money w/ RISP. Guy could really help this team in multiple ways.

@ also, trying to place me in “the cult of Zaidi” is one of the most laughably off base things I’ve ever read.

@@EYDShow For it to be worth taking a chance on this guy the price would have to be low... not a starter prospect, or at the very least your least promising starter prospect, preferably ANYTHING ELSE (other than Eldridge obviously) Now, if he has 2 straight years of .275 hitting then I am much more amenable to trading something or real value...

They do need one, I just don’t see many out there that are available. Steer makes you better and you can still add a LH bat later on. Beautiful thing is he’s pretty inexpensive. So you can still chase a LH bat next offseason.

@@EYDShow I think Steer is good, don't get me wrong, but I think it depends on who you get rid of to acquire him. All that said, what is the likelihood the Reds get rid of him considering they're building for the future and he's one of their 2-3 best hitters?

Not sure, but reports went out last night that they had made him available. They have a ton of talented young position players that I could see them being open to moving some for more pitching.

@@EYDShow That's fair. As a Giants fan who actually lives in Cincinnati and has many friends who are Reds fans, that would be hilarious if we could pull it off. I'd give them Wade, Black/Winn, and maybe one of Encarnacion/McCray

@ I’d imagine you’re going to have to at least give up someone of Whisenhunt’s caliber. Steer is good enough and established enough that they’re going to have to give up at least one valuable piece. Maybe then they can flip another young arm like Winn or Beck that’s actually in the majors as the other piece. Yaz/Wade could do well there, just unsure of how willing they are to take on money.

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Yeah I saw it, not personally a fan, but I get some of the thought process behind it. While I love Wade’s on base ability, he is an absolute clog on the base paths and I really don’t like that in the lead off spot. Lee is an ideal #2 hitter for me, but the problem is they don’t really have an ideal lead off guy so I’d probably lean with having Lee lead off.

Who knows how much of a factor that actually is. My concern about the innings is just that you can’t jump him up immediately to 160+, not that he can’t build up to it. It’s hard because he only has a 3 year track record in the NPB and hasn’t done it yet, but he is only 23 years old. Lots of reasons to believe he can build up to it. I just don’t have any clue the level of importance a 6 man rotation is to him. Not sure anyone but him and his agent know that.

I would either play him at 1B and shift Wade to a bench role or in LF, moving Ramos to RF and bump Yaz to either 4th OF/trade him. I don’t really view him similarly to Yaz/Wade just because they all have different strengths. Yaz is better defensively than the other 2 but also has more swing and miss. Wade shows the best ability to get on base but his power numbers fell off a cliff and he offers almost nothing by way of speed. Steer offers the most playable speed and power of the 3, also lowest need to be platooned. Think he helps the Giants have the ability to beat teams in more ways. This is why I’m not a huge fan of the WAR stat. It doesn’t measure things like the value of having balance in your lineup.

@@EYDShow Yes, I can see what you are saying. Although probably perceived as mediocre by fans, Steer definately has upside, and showing an upgrade over some of the players we have now. I think Steer at 1B would work (or even 2B) while Eldridge is still working up then try to sign or trade for an RF as an upgrade there and make Yaz a 4th OF (he'd be a great defensive replacement).

Sometimes it really is that simple!

Nice idea, but now is not the time to pick up a utility player...we need starting pitching..we have Webb and question marks in the rotation

@@marcdoherty6039 I think calling Steer a utility player is not accurate. Makes it sound like he’s a bench piece that moves around. He can be this team’s everyday 1B or LF (shifting Ramos to RF). And they have multiple needs. They need SP but they also need another bat, more power/speed/contact ability in the lineup. Steer helps with that. And also, this is why I said if they can sign either Burnes or Sasaki it makes this trade a lot easier to do, because then you’re less reliant on the young pitching.

Agreed he’d help them be able to beat teams a few different ways and would be a nice pickup. Not a massive name, but someone that would probably add a couple wins.