The San Francisco Giants Sign Jeremy Affeldt and the City is Speechless

San Francisco fans can rejoice. The hometown Giants have solved all their woes by bringing in...drum roll please...Jeremy Affeldt! ***crickets chirping*** In all seriousness, I like the move because it was cheap. Getting a left-handed reliever for two years at an average of $4 million per year isn't too shabby. If Affeldt works out, great. If he doesn't, $4 million ain't gonna break the bank. Additionally, my biggest truck with relievers is that they are so inconsistent. Yet Affeldt has largely bucked that bugaboo for the last two years in the National League. He's turned in an earned run average around 3.50 and sported a stellar strikeout to walk ratio. In my opinion, the most important statistic for a middle reliever is K:BB so there is reason to be optimistic since that's been one of Jeremy's strongest stats his whole career. Most importantly though, the move would indicate that the orange and black will not be going through a major overhaul nor will management be throwing insane and ... (link)