They have been playing like shit lately. The offense has been horrible and inconsistent. I hate our bullpen too besides maybe Wilson and someone else. Giants don't deserve to be in the playoffs. Plus the Rockies never lose.
We are a shitty team. Great pitching but they've been falling off as a staff lately. Our bullpen is pretty money though. Wilson is solid as a closer and we have two "bullpen aces" if you will in Affeldt and Romo who can come in and shut it down for an inning or two. Medders and Miller have been alright as long relievers. Both have been lit up a few times but are mostly solid and occasionally very good. Howry and Merkin suck ass. This new kid Runzler looks pretty good. I reckon he can replace Merkin next year as a guy who just comes in and throws heat but with more command and hopefully better results. I'm already thinking about the offseason though. We need a big bat very badly.
Merkin belongs on: I'd take a chance on Penny if he would take a two-year deal. He seems to be auditioning for next year though. If we sign him, then he would replace Johnson. As for bats, we need to a few home-grown ones. It seems the Giants keep paying big money for guys who suck and they kill us for years to come. We don't have a big bat coming up just yet, so here's a list of 2010 free agents. I dunno who to get. Most of them seem over-the-hill: 2010 MLB Free Agents By Tim Dierkes [December 18, 2008 at 12:53pm CST] 2010 MLB free agents - MLBTR's up-to-date list is below. These are players who are eligible for free agency after the 2009 season. The player's 2010 age is in parentheses and Scott Boras clients are bolded. Current free agents who have not yet signed are not on this list. If you have any corrections or omissions, please email me at dierkes@gmail.com. Updated 9-9-09 Catchers Brad Ausmus (41) Paul Bako (38) Rod Barajas (34) Josh Bard (32) Michael Barrett (33) - club option Henry Blanco (38) Ramon Castro (34) Sal Fasano (38) Toby Hall (34) Ramon Hernandez (34) - $8.5MM club option with a $1MM buyout Jason Kendall (36) Jason LaRue (36) Victor Martinez (31) - $7.7MM club option with a $250K buyout Bengie Molina (35) Jose Molina (35) Miguel Olivo (31) - $3.25MM mutual option Mike Redmond (39) Ivan Rodriguez (38) Brian Schneider (33) Yorvit Torrealba (31) - $4MM mutual option with a $500K buyout Javier Valentin (34) Jason Varitek (38) - $5MM club/$3MM player option plus incentives Vance Wilson (37) Gregg Zaun (39) - $2MM club option with a $500K buyout First basemen Rich Aurilia (38) Hank Blalock (29) Russell Branyan (34) Miguel Cairo (36) Frank Catalanotto (36) Tony Clark (38) Carlos Delgado (38) Nomar Garciaparra (36) Ross Gload (34) - $2.6MM club option Eric Hinske (32) Nick Johnson (31) Adam LaRoche (30) Doug Mientkiewicz (36) Kevin Millar (38) Chad Tracy (30) - $7MM option with a $1MM buyout Daryle Ward (35) Dmitri Young (36) Second basemen Ronnie Belliard (35) Jamey Carroll (36) Alex Cora (34) Craig Counsell (39) Mark DeRosa (35) Jerry Hairston Jr. (34) Orlando Hudson (32) Akinori Iwamura (31) - $4.25MM club option with a $250K buyout Adam Kennedy (34) Felipe Lopez (30) Mark Loretta (38) Pablo Ozuna (35) Placido Polanco (34) Freddy Sanchez (32) - $8MM club option with a $600K buyout; vests with 600 PAs Juan Uribe (31) Shortstops Orlando Cabrera (35) Alex Cora (34) Craig Counsell (39) Bobby Crosby (30) Adam Everett (33) Chris Gomez (39) Alex Gonzalez (32) - $6MM mutual option with a $500K buyout Khalil Greene (30) Jerry Hairston Jr. (34) John McDonald (35) Marco Scutaro (34) Miguel Tejada (36) Omar Vizquel (43) Jack Wilson (32) - $8.4MM club option with a $600K buyout Third basemen Rich Aurilia (38) Adrian Beltre (31) Geoff Blum (37) Aaron Boone (37) Craig Counsell (39) Joe Crede (32) Pedro Feliz (35) - $5MM club option with a $500K buyout Chone Figgins (32) Nomar Garciaparra (36) Troy Glaus (33) Mike Lamb (34) Melvin Mora (38) - $8MM club option with a $1MM buyout Pablo Ozuna (35) Robb Quinlan (33) Juan Uribe (31) Left fielders Garret Anderson (38) Marlon Anderson (36) Jason Bay (31) Emil Brown (35) Carl Crawford (28) - $10MM club option with a $1.25MM buyout Johnny Damon (36) David Dellucci (36) Cliff Floyd (37) Matt Holliday (30) Jacque Jones (35) Gabe Kapler (34) Greg Norton (37) Wily Mo Pena (28) Manny Ramirez (38) - $20MM player option Dave Roberts (38) Fernando Tatis (35) Center fielders Rick Ankiel (30) Rocco Baldelli (28) Marlon Byrd (32) Mike Cameron (37) Endy Chavez (32) Coco Crisp (30) - $8MM club option with a $500K buyout Darin Erstad (36) Ryan Freel (34) Jerry Hairston Jr. (34) Reed Johnson (33) Andruw Jones (33) Gabe Kapler (34) Mark Kotsay (34) Corey Patterson (30) Scott Podsednik (34) Right fielders Bobby Abreu (36) Jermaine Dye (36) - $12MM mutual option with a $1MM buyout Brian Giles (39) Vladimir Guerrero (34) Eric Hinske (32) Geoff Jenkins (35) - $7.5MM mutual option with a $1.25MM buyout Gabe Kapler (34) Austin Kearns (30) - $10MM club option with a $1MM buyout Jason Michaels (34) Xavier Nady (31) Magglio Ordonez (36) - $18MM club/vesting option with a $3MM buyout Randy Winn (36) Designated hitters Hank Blalock (29) Jason Giambi (39) Ken Griffey Jr. (40) Aubrey Huff (33) Hideki Matsui (36) Gary Sheffield (41) Matt Stairs (42) Mike Sweeney (36) Jim Thome (39) Starting pitchers Brandon Backe (32) Miguel Batista (39) Erik Bedard (31) Kris Benson (34) Daniel Cabrera (29) Chris Capuano (31) Bartolo Colon (37) Jose Contreras (38) Doug Davis (34) Justin Duchscherer (32) Adam Eaton (32) Shawn Estes (37) Josh Fogg (33) Freddy Garcia (34) - $1MM club option, $2MM in incentives Jon Garland (30) - $10MM mutual option with $2.5MM or $1MM buyout Tom Glavine (44) Mike Hampton (37) Rich Harden (28) Mark Hendrickson (36) Livan Hernandez (35) Tim Hudson (34) - $12MM mutual option with a $1MM buyout Jason Jennings (31) Jason Johnson (36) Randy Johnson (46) John Lackey (31) Cliff Lee (31) - $8MM club option with a $1MM buyout Braden Looper (35) - $6.5MM mutual option with possible buyout Rodrigo Lopez (34) Jason Marquis (31) Kevin Millwood (35) - Rangers can decline $12MM salary for '10 unless he reaches 180 innings in '09 Brian Moehler (38) - mutual option Brett Myers (29) Vicente Padilla (32) Chan Ho Park (37) John Parrish (32) Carl Pavano (34) Brad Penny (32) Odalis Perez (33) Andy Pettitte (38) Joel Pineiro (31) Sidney Ponson (33) Mark Prior (28) Horacio Ramirez (30) Jason Schmidt (37) John Smoltz (43) Tim Wakefield (43) - perpetual $4MM club option Jarrod Washburn (35) Brandon Webb (31) - $8.5MM club option with a $2MM buyout Todd Wellemeyer (31) Kip Wells (33) Randy Wolf (33) Closers Mike Gonzalez (32) Kevin Gregg (32) Trevor Hoffman (42) Fernando Rodney (33) Rafael Soriano (30) Jose Valverde (32) Billy Wagner (38) - $8MM club option with a $1MM buyout Right-handed relievers Luis Ayala (32) Danys Baez (32) Joaquin Benoit (32) Rafael Betancourt (35) - $5.4MM club option Chad Bradford (35) Doug Brocail (43) - $2.85MM club option with a $250K buyout Kiko Calero (35) Chad Cordero (28) Elmer Dessens (38) Brendan Donnelly (38) Octavio Dotel (36) Kelvim Escobar (33) Eric Gagne (34) Tom Gordon (42) LaTroy Hawkins (37) Matt Herges (40) Bob Howry (36) Jason Isringhausen (37) Jorge Julio (31) Masahide Kobayashi (36) Brandon Lyon (30) Gary Majewski (30) Guillermo Mota (36) Troy Percival (40) J.J. Putz (33) - $9.15MM club option with a $1MM buyout Juan Rincon (31) Takashi Saito (40) - $5.5MM+ club option, no buyout Duaner Sanchez (30) Rudy Seanez (41) Russ Springer (41) Julian Tavarez (37) Luis Vizcaino (35) David Weathers (40) Jamey Wright (35) Yasuhiko Yabuta (37) - $4MM club option with a $500K buyout Left-handed relievers Joe Beimel (32) Alan Embree (40) - $3MM club option with a $250K buyout Scott Eyre (38) Casey Fossum (32) John Grabow (31) Eddie Guardado (39) Ron Mahay (39) Will Ohman (31) - $2.2MM club option with a $200K buyout Darren Oliver (39) Glendon Rusch (35) Scott Schoeneweis (36) Brian Shouse (41) - club option Ron Villone (40) Jamie Walker (38) Cot's Baseball Contracts and MLB4U were used in the creation of this list. http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2008/12/2010-mlb-free-a.html
