First,the Giants made two moves,the team addressed their third base situation with a less than scintillating addition in my opinion as the team traded two minor league pitchers to the Miami Marlins in return for veteran Casey McGehee.
I thought I had seen the last of McGhee after a disappointing half season as a Pirate that frustrated me to no end and that saw me happy to see him leave to the Yankees in mid-2012.
McGhee would spent 2013 in Japan before winning National League Comeback Player of the year last,albeit over a very weak field.
McGehee did hit .287,but hit just four home runs in 160 games and making me wonder if a team thirsty of power has added any at all.
The Giants traded Kendry Flores and Luis Castillo to Miami,so the cost for McGehee wasn't extreme.
Flores had an excellent 2013 in Augusta,but his numbers dipped a bit at High A San Jose last season while Castillo has good stats last season out of the Augusta bullpen.
Neither are top prospects,but I'd be surprised if Casey McGehee was the answer to the Giants third base questions in 2015.
Even if he is,McGehee is a free agent at the end of the season,..
The Giants also re-signed Jake Peavy to keep in their pitching rotation for two years at 24 million.
Peavy pitched well for the Giants after being acquired from Boston in his twelve starts as a Giant (2.12 ERA) and 12 million isn't excessive (which says so much about the state of the game) and even though there are some questions,I'm OK with it since there is such a dearth of middle level pitchers on the free agent market.
There were a lot available at the top and always a lot at the bottom,but few at the middle level,so I'm ok with the contract,although I wouldn't be surprised at all if this does not work out.
Meanwhile,the big surprise came from Pittsburgh as the Pirates were the surprise winner of the posting bid and the right to negotiate with the Korean MVP shortstop Jung-Ho Kang.
Kang hit .359 with 39 homers and those are tremendous numbers,but keep in mind that Korean baseball is lower than Japanese baseball and on the whole is roughly on the AA to maybe low AAA level,so who knows how good Kang really is.
Is he a full time shortstop and battle Jordy Mercer? Or his talents more of a third baseman or even a utilityman?
I couldn't tell you,but the Pirates thinking progressively and trying to sign Kang is the type of risk that I like to see teams like the Pirates attempt to make.
It'll be interesting to see how this plays out in both the board room and the baseball field.....
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