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Per reports, Harrison Bader agreed to two year contract with the Giants for $20.5M, and incentives could raise that to $21.0M.  Posey reported that Bader will play CF, where he has won a gold glove before.

Posey also noted that Jung Hoo Lee took the news of moving to RF well, and Lee was also told that he would still get starts in CF, which fits what Vitello said in a recent interview, that the starters in the outfield will be fluid. Apparently Lee has played a lot of RF in KBO, and his StatCast physical stats compared well with other MLB RF, so they expect him to be good defensively there. 

To clear space on the 40 man, they traded pitcher Kai-Wei Teng to the Astros, for a catcher, Jameel Vlattoel and international a lot money. 

With the lackluster offseason, many Giants fans are desperate to boost the roster by trading away Bryce Eldridge for a better starting pitcher and improve the rotation, under the rationale that with Rafael Devers, another power hitting left-handed first baseman, the Giants could afford to trade Eldridge for someone like Joe Ryan.  Some also note the poor success rate of top prospects to justify this move.

Here’s a major part of the reason why I do not want to trade Eldridge:  he’s an extremely rare position player.

Merry Christmas to you and yours!  And, perhaps, a Christmas gift from Posey and gang!

A Substack newsletter I subscribe to, MLB Data Warehouse, publishes data analytics to help fantasy baseball team owners find players who can help them win their league championship.  A recent one was about High Efficiency Starting Pitchers.  

Of course, I looked for Giants pitchers. Logan Webb and Robbie Ray were on it.  I also scanned to see if there are any SP without a QO on the list, and, to my pleasant surprise, the only one to pop was Adrian Houser, who recently signed with the Giants this offseason. There are also other pitchers who are free agents or possible trade targets, I will keep an eye out in case.