sanfrancisco.giants.mlb.com - 11/21/2008
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SAN FRANCISCO -- The Giants' pursuit of free-agent second baseman Orlando Hudson, previously considered casual, is apparently serious. Two industry sources said on Thursday that the Giants have reaffirmed their interest in Hudson, who is widely regarded as the leading free agent available at ...
mysportsrumors.com - 11/18/2008
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mysportsrumors.com —
The San Francisco Giants have had their name
mentioned in many rumors regarding this years big free...
agents, but it sounds like the Giants are starting to focus on the next tier of players, specifically Rafael Furcal.
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Giants have growing interest in Furcal
mlbtraderumors.com - 11/24/2008
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mlbtraderumors.com —
According to Sweeny Murti of WFAN , the
Giants signed shortstop Edgar Renteria to a two-year, $18MM...
contract. We'll update the post with more details and confirmation as it becomes available. If the report is accurate, the Tigers ...
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Giants Sign Edgar Renteria
sportsagentblog.com - 11/18/2008
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sportsagentblog.com —
In an effort to beef up their bullpen,
the San Francisco Giants signed Jeremy Affeldt to a...
2-year, $8 million deal.
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Giants Scoop Up Affeldt
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Giants Interested In Hudson
MLB Rumors - MLBTradeRumors.com —
... According to Chris Haft of MLB.com, the Giants are seriously interested in signing Orlando Hudson.
The Giants have already signed Jeremy Affeldt and Haft says their big off-season plans could also include C.C. Sabathia, Edgar Renteria, Rafael Furcal and Juan Cruz.
Kevin Frandsen, who's played mostly at second base, could play third if the Giants obtain Hudson.
The Indians, Mets, Yankees and Dodgers all seem interested in ...
2B: Castillo wants to Stay, Hudson on Radar
MetsBlog.com —
In a report for the New York Post, Joel Sherman writes:
“Luis Castillo requested an offseason meeting in which he implored Mets officials not to trade him and also pledged to re-dedicate himself to offseason training to assure he is in top condition next season…Mets officials were pleased that Castillo did not want to flee from the problems. Instead, he stated a desire to play and win as a Met, and change the fans’ booing opinion of him, as well.”
Nevertheless, the Mets, Dodgers, Yankees and Indians are among the teams who have expressed interest in free-agent 2B Orlando Hudson, reports Jon ...
Friday Notes, Part 1
El Lefty Malo —
I’ll add more as the day rolls along, so check back frequently. Lots of tidbits to peruse…
* The Giants added four fresh young fellows to the 40–man roster, all pitchers: Jesse English, Waldis Joaquin, Joseph Martinez, and Henry Sosa. English had a great year with single-A San Jose after years of problems, including two years not pitching at all. Behind Bumgarner and Alderson, Sosa is probably the highest-ranked pitching prospect, but a knee injury early this year set him back. Joaquin had terrible control problems in Hawaii winter ball, but he put up intriguing peripheral stats in two single-A stops this year, including just 1 home run ...
Orlando Hudson and the San Francisco Giants: Meet the old GM, same as the old GM
McCovey Chronicles —
One of the more baffling rumors, courtesy of sfgiants.com:
The Giants' pursuit of free-agent second baseman Orlando Hudson, previously considered casual, is apparently serious.
The organization has invited him to meet its parents and everything. Hudson plays a ...
O-Dog to the Giants? No, Dawg!
Bugs & Cranks —
The free agent bidding period reminds me a lot of shopping for X-Men toys back when I was a little kid. After saving my allowance for a few weeks, I’d have this newfound surplus of cash, and damned if I wasn’t going to spend it on the latest line of Toy Biz X-Men action figures to grace the racks at KayBee. I was ready to take all the money I had earned raking leaves and doing all my homework and blow it on Deadpool or the badass second edition of Apocalypse.
Unfortunately, often times the most awesome and popular figures were under-produced, so they sold out in a flash, leaving me searching the racks furiously for my favorite characters, mostly to no avail. Instead, I ...
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