[Mick]

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Giants have avoided arbitration with Yastrzemski ($7.9 million), Estrada ($4.7 mms.), Stanford's very own Austin Slater ($4 mms.), Wade ($3.5 mms.), and Rogers ($3.2 mms.). The only arbitration-eligible player who didn't get a deal signed by today's 1 p.m. deadline was JD Davis, so his side and the Giants will need to exchange arbitration numbers soon. Davis is an interesting one. He projects out at $6.8 million, but his OPS dropped 150 points in the second half. And he did improve at 3B. Still...the Giants have high hopes for Casey Schmitt. Can Matt Williams turn around Casey, like he himself turned around nearly 40 years ago? It took Williams three years before he figured it out...what will it take Casey?

The pre-arbitration players under club control will sign for the major league minimum.

Current total payroll is $135 mms., projected total player payroll with pre-arb players signed is $149,733,300, per spotrac. Projected total tax allocations, including benefits and minor salaries puts total projected tax allocations at $184,525,000 against a tax threshold of $237 mms., giving the Giants approximately $52.5 mms. before they exceed the luxury cap.

Stick a crowbar in that wallet, Farhan. Let's get a few players...

…but don’t spend money for the sake of spending money.  That happened last year and it resulted in a disastrous free agent haul.

And I think Stroman for two years/$37 million fits nicely into the spending-money-for-the-sake-of-making-money category. And if he pitches 140 innings in 2025, he gets a player option for $18 million in 2026, making it three years, $55 million. He pitched 138 2/3 two years ago and 136 2/3 last year. 25 starts each year.

Blake Snell turned down 5 years, $150 million with the Yankees. Mr. Snell has pitched more than 130 innings twice in the last eight years.

https://clutchpoints.com/mlb-rumors-why-...lion-offer

[Mick]

1705018736[/url]']
Giants have avoided arbitration with Yastrzemski ($7.9 million), Estrada ($4.7 mms.), Stanford's very own Austin Slater ($4 mms.), Wade ($3.5 mms.), and Rogers ($3.2 mms.). The only arbitration-eligible player who didn't get a deal signed by today's 1 p.m. deadline was JD Davis, so his side and the Giants will need to exchange arbitration numbers soon. Davis is an interesting one. He projects out at $6.8 million, but his OPS dropped 150 points in the second half. And he did improve at 3B. Still...the Giants have high hopes for Casey Schmitt. Can Matt Williams turn around Casey, like he himself turned around nearly 40 years ago? It took Williams three years before he figured it out...what will it take Casey?

The pre-arbitration players under club control will sign for the major league minimum.

Current total payroll is $135 mms., projected total player payroll with pre-arb players signed is $149,733,300, per spotrac. Projected total tax allocations, including benefits and minor salaries puts total projected tax allocations at $184,525,000 against a tax threshold of $237 mms., giving the Giants approximately $52.5 mms. before they exceed the luxury cap.

Stick a crowbar in that wallet, Farhan. Let's get a few players...

…but don’t spend money for the sake of spending money.  That happened last year and it resulted in a disastrous free agent haul.

And I think Stroman for two years/$37 million fits nicely into the spending-money-for-the-sake-of-making-money category. And if he pitches 140 innings in 2025, he gets a player option for $18 million in 2026, making it three years, $55 million. He pitched 138 2/3 two years ago and 136 2/3 last year. 25 starts each year.

Blake Snell turned down 5 years, $150 million with the Yankees. Mr. Snell has pitched more than 130 innings twice in the last eight years.

https://clutchpoints.com/mlb-rumors-why-...lion-offer