San Francisco Giants’ Key Positions: Time for a Change?
Will the San Francisco Giants make a bold move with Mike Yastremski’s future hanging in the balance? As Buster Posey steps into his new role as president of baseball operations, his first major decision could reshape the SF Giants’ roster and strategy.
Explore the Giants’ potential outfield upgrades with names like Juan Soto, Teoscar Hernandez, and Anthony Santander in the mix. The episode also examines key positions needing reevaluation, such as shortstop and first base, with Willy Adames as a potential target. Delve into the Giants’ hitting coach situation and how Posey’s recent playing experience might influence his approach.
Join us for an engaging discussion on the San Francisco Giants’ strategic decisions and the potential impact of Buster Posey’s leadership. Don’t miss out on these insights and more—tune in for a comprehensive analysis of the Giants’ path forward.
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11 comments
2B is more of a priority than RF imo
How do most of you guys still making profit? Even with the downturn of economy and ever increasing life standards
Ben, it’s been a week: Stop spassing out on Buster’s new responsibility.
Yaz is the best defensive outfielder the Giants have! His bat has been lacking for the past 2 years, but I'm noticing a trend in MLB. There are a lot of outfielders who can't go back on a ball hit deep. Ramos and especially Matos, are so so outfielders. In fact, Matos is a disaster in the outfield. As for attracting big names, it seems nobody under 30 wants to play in SF, so that leaves the usual, sign players late in their careers who want 3-4 yr deals. No easy answers.
Catcher needs upgrading, Bailey is a decent catcher but hitting is suspect.
Keep Yaz and Flores. Let Conforto walk.
It's pretty clear you don't believe in Luciano's future. What will you do with him? Trade him or let him play out his options?
Yaz does not hit well enough to be a starter. I wouldn’t mind having him around as a fourth or fifth outfielder. Lee, Ramos, ?, Yaz, and McCray as our OF. If we can’t fill that hole from FA, then we will have to go with Ramos, Lee, and Yaz as the starters with McCray fourth. I wonder if Casey Schmitt can play OF. He has range and a cannon of an arm and was hitting well at the end of the season. He might be an interesting option in our OF. He needs a position now that Chapman is signed.
Ben, can Casey Schmitt play in RF? He has range, a strong arm, and was hitting well at the end of the season.
Adames has some crazy reverse splits, like .230 better OPS against righties. I can't figure him out. He has these wild swings year to year in defense and offense. A HSK deal is probably more value for the money you're paying, but they've got enough money to spend so idk if we should even be worried about that. (Especially now, controlling the entire bay area market :/ )
Also the Giants have had a team wOBP in the 15-20s spot for the past 3 years. If they're able to find a new hitting coach or new staff to get them even to like 12-13, let alone top 10, the pitching and defense would give us a real shot at the wild card.
We can talk about upgrading positions because there are marginally better players here and there for sure, but imagine a hitting coach who adds like .035 OPS to everyone. Chapman's OPS was like .04-.05 better here than Toronto and he had a resurgent year. Since a coach can theoretically do that for the whole roaster and because the Giants have underperformed in situations with RISP, which is a strategic problem rather than a skill problem (i.e. hitting coach's fault), finding a Donnie Ecker-type coach might be the secret key to a great season.
Walker did not have an amazing season as a closer. He had a good month as a closer