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Originally Posted by Bad-example
Just curious which FA hitter(s) you feel they should have signed instead?
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Good catch - that was kind of a rant.
Nick Johnson is the bleeding obvious one - they gave ~$4.5M to Molina, but can't give $6M to Nick? Otherwise Johnny Damon on a 1 year deal at $8M (throwing a number out there - he's not getting 2 years at this point) definitely makes more sense than Huff + Molina, especially since Posey is a better player than Molina. Alternatively, Adrian Beltre (the deal he signed with Boston) would have been great, because his defense is mind-blowing and he was particularly punished by Safeco. Mike Cameron at 2/15.5 is another guy who's better (heck, put him in RF or move Rowand to LF or Canada) value. Ryan Church just signed for ~$2M and is a better offensive player than anyone the Giants signed.
There's a 100 options, and the Giants consistently opt for mediocrity - I see no evidence that Brian Sabean is learning, but instead getting progressively worse.