C.C. to SF?
I just came across this article in the CC Times that says the Giants are expected to make a huge offer to free agent, Bay Area Native, C.C. Sabathia.
I may be one of the only people in the world that thinks this would be a good signing. First of all, Sabathia is a Bay Area native and a life long Giants fan. The mental aspect of playing for the very club that he grew up with would further add to the new clubhouse camaraderie that we've seen in the post Bonds era. Many Giants fans will have to choke back vomit if the Giants sign him but I think it'd be a great signing. Remember the big four in Atlanta of Maddux, Smoltz, Glavine, and Avery? How does Sabathia, Lincecum, Cain, Zito, Lowry sound? How about having Lowry and Zito two starters that would be number two or three guys in any other organization back up your rotation? And don't forget about Madison Bumgardner. He was the minor league's most impressive pitcher for 2008. That's not just in single A Augusta, that's an award that encompasses the entire minor league system.
Now this Sabathia stuff is all speculation and is something that was most likely leaked for a reason. But if the Giants sign Sabathia, that leaves the door open to trade players like, Lowry, Sanchez, Schierholtz, and a mid season deal for Winn when a playoff contender needs a switch hitter with a .300 average. A bat you ask for? How about packaging top talent like Lowry, Sanchez, and Schierholtz?
Building a championship team takes bold signings and I think that the Giants are making steps to create a young offensive team that's being backed up by the most awesome starting five the game has seen since the five man rotation became the norm. Look down the pipe in the Giants organization and you'll see true talent waiting to make it to The Show. Guys like Alderson, Bumgardner, Nicholson, and oh yeah, Golden Spikes Award winner Buster Posey are itching to show the organization what they can do. Does the Golden Spikes award sound familiar? It should, because a guy named Tim Lincecum won it in 2006. What'd he do in 08?
The West is going to be a hard fought division for years to come and I think that the team you see develop in 09 will begin to make headlines in 2010 and beyond. 2008 was the worst that you're going to see this team for a long long while. To lock up Sabathia would be a statement from the Giants saying that they're ready to make that push and they're ready to put game six of 2002 behind them and create a new franchise that will put San Francisco back on the map of the baseball world. The Giants are the most prominent and storied West Coast baseball organization and they've been in the dumps for a quite a while. Get ready to again be excited about Giants baseball. Change is coming and it's coming soon. And with the Padres, Rockies, and D-Backs dumping salary and rebuilding, expect the Giants to make the West interesting next year. The Dodgers will loose two top end guys in their rotation (Lowe and Penny) and when you don't have pitching, you usually don't have a winning team. It happened to the Yankees, Cardinals, Astros, Marlins, and Rockies last year.
The end of the Bonds era came last year. This year a new era will begin. And it starts with the five guys in the rotation. Sign Sabathia and you plant the seeds of success
I just came across this article in the CC Times that says the Giants are expected to make a huge offer to free agent, Bay Area Native, C.C. Sabathia.
I may be one of the only people in the world that thinks this would be a good signing. First of all, Sabathia is a Bay Area native and a life long Giants fan. The mental aspect of playing for the very club that he grew up with would further add to the new clubhouse camaraderie that we've seen in the post Bonds era. Many Giants fans will have to choke back vomit if the Giants sign him but I think it'd be a great signing. Remember the big four in Atlanta of Maddux, Smoltz, Glavine, and Avery? How does Sabathia, Lincecum, Cain, Zito, Lowry sound? How about having Lowry and Zito two starters that would be number two or three guys in any other organization back up your rotation? And don't forget about Madison Bumgardner. He was the minor league's most impressive pitcher for 2008. That's not just in single A Augusta, that's an award that encompasses the entire minor league system.
Now this Sabathia stuff is all speculation and is something that was most likely leaked for a reason. But if the Giants sign Sabathia, that leaves the door open to trade players like, Lowry, Sanchez, Schierholtz, and a mid season deal for Winn when a playoff contender needs a switch hitter with a .300 average. A bat you ask for? How about packaging top talent like Lowry, Sanchez, and Schierholtz?
Building a championship team takes bold signings and I think that the Giants are making steps to create a young offensive team that's being backed up by the most awesome starting five the game has seen since the five man rotation became the norm. Look down the pipe in the Giants organization and you'll see true talent waiting to make it to The Show. Guys like Alderson, Bumgardner, Nicholson, and oh yeah, Golden Spikes Award winner Buster Posey are itching to show the organization what they can do. Does the Golden Spikes award sound familiar? It should, because a guy named Tim Lincecum won it in 2006. What'd he do in 08?
The West is going to be a hard fought division for years to come and I think that the team you see develop in 09 will begin to make headlines in 2010 and beyond. 2008 was the worst that you're going to see this team for a long long while. To lock up Sabathia would be a statement from the Giants saying that they're ready to make that push and they're ready to put game six of 2002 behind them and create a new franchise that will put San Francisco back on the map of the baseball world. The Giants are the most prominent and storied West Coast baseball organization and they've been in the dumps for a quite a while. Get ready to again be excited about Giants baseball. Change is coming and it's coming soon. And with the Padres, Rockies, and D-Backs dumping salary and rebuilding, expect the Giants to make the West interesting next year. The Dodgers will loose two top end guys in their rotation (Lowe and Penny) and when you don't have pitching, you usually don't have a winning team. It happened to the Yankees, Cardinals, Astros, Marlins, and Rockies last year.
The end of the Bonds era came last year. This year a new era will begin. And it starts with the five guys in the rotation. Sign Sabathia and you plant the seeds of success
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