16 Jun 2025 18:15:40
Giants got: Rafael Devers

Red Sox got: Kyle Harrison, Jordan Hicks, James Tibbs, someone named Jose Bello.

Absolute highway robbery by Buster Posey.

1.) 22 Jun 2025
22 Jun 2025 02:57:10
The Giants may have been the only team in the league willing to take on that full contract. Devers is a fantastic hitter right now, but that's a ton of money for a DH that isn't in the best shape already at 28 years old.

We'll see about this one for Posey after his first big swing has been a whiff thus far.

2.) 22 Jun 2025
22 Jun 2025 21:50:15
If Devers was a free agent this winter, he'd make a whole lot more than 8 years, $250M, which is just about what the Giants are paying Devers. (The total dollars are less when you factor in Hicks' contract coming off the books) .

The Giants are getting Devers for about 100M less than he'd get in free agency. I also genuinely don't care that they'll be paying him a lot of money in 2030, or something like that. They are in a position to win it all right now. You try to win now.

Also, Posey's first big move was extending Chapman. He had to close the deal since Farhan Zaidi was unable to do so. That's been a pretty great deal. Either way, Willy Adames will be just fine. I'm not even slightly worried about three months' worth of production.

3.) 07 Jul 2025
07 Jul 2025 12:17:35
Willy Adames since he called Adames a "big whiff":

.354, 3 HR, 13 RBI, 1.022 OPS, 187 wRC+

Could you please say something bad about Patrick Bailey? He could use the boost, too.