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After a busy finish to the offseason, that included the signing of potential fifth starter Aaron Sanchez, the Giants officially kicked off their spring training schedule with a game against the Angels.  It felt like a special exhibition opener for a couple different reasons. For the first time in nearly a year, the team got to play in front of their fans again, as roughly 1,000 people were able to gather at Scottsdale Stadium to watch Giants baseball live. Also happening for the first time in nearly a year, manager Gabe Kapler got the opportunity to pencil in Buster Posey to the starting lineup. And just like that, we finally have actual on-field baseball to talk about again! First off, getting Posey back in the lineup was a victory in itself. I talked a little bit in the previous post at just how much of an improvement the Giants lineup could be getting if Posey's year off maybe refreshed his bat. Catcher was the team's biggest offensive inconsistency in 2020, and if the Giant...

After a winter littered with quiet, under the radar signings, the Giants are finally set to assemble in Scottsdale this week to kick off the spring.  With the opener slated for April 1st in Seattle, Gabe Kapler and company will have 6 weeks to figure out their best 26 to break camp with, but I'd say we have a pretty good idea as to how the majority of the roster will be constructed. While Farhan Zaidi did mention the team is still actively seeking additional rotation help, the heavy lifting for the offseason is pretty much finished after the Jake McGee signing last week.  A few arms the Giants have been linked to throughout the winter are still sitting on the market, including Cole Hamels, Julio Teheran and Jake Odorizzi, but I'm not expecting anything that big at this stage. If they do grab an arm, I could see someone like Gio Gonzalez or Brett Anderson, who could come in and play the Tyler Anderson role and provide depth to a rotation that doesn't have any. Heck, it could...

Coming off the heels of their biggest positional acquisition of the winter, Tommy La Stella, it was rumored that the Giants had added Joc Pederson to the list of outfielders they were looking into. That list included Eddie Rosario and Jackie Bradley Jr. However, as we kick off February, the month in which Spring Training is "supposed" to start, two of those three outfield options have signed elsewhere. First off, I wanted to talk a little about the Tommy La Stella singing, as I haven't posted since that move was announced last week. It's still unclear what the exact value of the deal is, but we do know it is for 3 years, and I think we have a pretty good idea that the total worth will be in the $18-21 million range. That would fall right in line with the deal Farhan Zaidi gave Wilmer Flores last winter and La Stella compares very well to Flores. He's a left handed bat that can play all over the diamond, granted you probably don't wanna trot him out at shortsto...