The Cardinals signed Carlos Beltran today to a two-year $25MM deal. It’s an extremely reasonable contract, and one that has the potential to be a bargain if Beltran manages to stay healthy. But even if he doesn’t (which is obviously the more likely scenario), even if he misses 100+ games over the next two years, it’s a pretty solid contract. The Giants had talks with Beltran but they didn’t pursue him very hard, which is naturally frustrating — considering that the Giants had a historically weak offense in 2011, and that they have the resources to facilitate such a signing: It’s Aubrey Huff money, not Prince Fielder money. The organization gave up its top pitching prospect for Beltran, still fell eight games short of winning the division, then made no kind of serious effort to re-sign him.
As it stands now, this offseason looks like somewhat of a mess; Wendy Thurm discussed this at length in a recent Fangraphs article. The Giants entered the offse...
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SF Giants Nirvana:
PLAYERS:
Carlos Beltran,
Aubrey Huff,
Prince Fielder,
Angel Pagan,
Melky Cabrera,
Jeremy Affeldt,
Javier Lopez,
Matt Cain,
Tim Lincecum,
Aaron Rowand,
Buster Posey,
Brandon Belt,
Pablo Sandoval,
Gary Brown
TEAMS: New York Mets, San Francisco Giants, Milwaukee Brewers, Miami Marlins
TEAMS: New York Mets, San Francisco Giants, Milwaukee Brewers, Miami Marlins
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