Exercised 1B-L Jason Giambi's $1 million option for 2012. [10/29]
Declined RHP Aaron Cook's $11 million option for 2012. [10/30]
In only 152 plate appearances last season, Giambi amassed 1.2 WARP, equaling his total from the previous two seasons combined. Few former MVPs adjust to life on the bench as well as Giambi has, though he did almost all of his damage in his sporadic starts. As a starting first baseman or DH during interleague play, Giambi hit .290/.388/.700 with 12 of his 13 home runs. As a pinch-hitter, he hit just .133/.229/.233 with one homer in 35 plate appearances. Talk about your pinch-hit penalties.
During his MVP campaign in 2000, Giambi went yard every 15.4 trips to the plate. Last year, he homered every 11.7 plate appearances, and over half of his bombs came away from Colorado. He even held his own against lefties, though he rarely had to face them. He did spend some time on the DL with a quad strain, and as a creaky, over-40 bench bat in the NL, he&r...
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