Official 2023 San Francisco Giants Off-Season Thread - Jung Hoo Lee signs with SF 6-years $113 Million

LazyJ10 said:
My boy Belt going to do work this year I feel - unless he catches the bug coming out of the gate again

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Hope he does bro. Ive watched him in Spring Training the past few years and he looks like the second coming of Will Clark. Then I watch him in the regular season like the second coming of Eugenio Velez.

Although I am encouraged by his second half last year. His second hald hot streak lasted far longer than any of his other hot streaks. I think he will have a nice season. Hope so. Could be the key to us being competitive.
 
I disagree with that assessment. Freddy was in no way a leader of any kind. And we got him too late, as there was oppurtunity prior to do so. And he didn't have an a awesome year with us. And he just wasn't/isn't as cool. I could go to cava with scutaro and I know we taking home some beezies (big ones and little ones). Freddy couldn't pull a hamstring.
 
Well, you'll have plenty of time to spend together pulling breezies since his ball career is pretty much ending like Freddy's did.
 
Saw him at Bed, Bath, and Beyond a week ago. Didn't recognize him with his back towards me. His built is more like point guard now than a baseball player. Forgot how tall dude was too. Didn't want to feed his ego though I just gave a nod and walked away. Would say "wsup" to any other athlete though like I did with Curry and Lincecum.
 
Marco Scutaro on back issues: ‘really frustrating’ — SF Giants must consider other second-base options
Posted on Wednesday, March 12 at 3:07pm | By John SheaWith 18 days until Opening Day, it’s time for the Giants to consider other options at second base.

Marco Scutaro took live batting practice for the first time in spring training – swings off a coach on the main field at Scottsdale Stadium – and wasn’t optimistic about opening the season as the Giants’ second baseman.

“It’s hard to target it,” Scutaro said. “I could probably go out and play tomorrow, but what about the next day? I could go play right now with pain and make it through, but the next day’s going to be worse. I want to be able to feel like I can play the next day.”

In the final week of last year’s spring training, Scutaro’s back locked up, and he hasn’t recovered. He played in pain for much of the season (also with a finger injury), appearing in 127 games and hitting .297. He was hoping to enter 2014 healthy. “In the offseason, I worked hard, but it didn’t get any better,” Scutaro said.

He added, “For me, the hardest part is hitting and rotating. When (the back) moves, some muscles aren’t working and other muscles are working extra hard. That’s the reason they start getting mad at me.”

Scutaro assumes he’ll swing again Thursday. Meantime, manager Bruce Bochy has to consider Plan B. The safe replacement is veteran Joaquin Arias, a valuable utility man for the Giants in 2012 and 2013, appearing in more than 100 games each season.

But a wild card could be Ehire Adrianza, who’s out of options and is liked by management and the coaching staff. A switch-hitter, he has homered from each side of the plate.

Tony Abreu started at second in today’s Giants-White Sox exhibition at Scottsdale Stadium.

“It’s really frustrating. It’s driving me crazy,” Scutaro said.

He spoke last season about his finger injury and correcting the issue for life after baseball. When asked about his back in the same light, he said, “Living LIFE is frustrating. Standing up hurts. Sitting hurts. Whatever you do, it’s like, ‘Leave me alone. I want to relax.’ ”

Last year, when Scutaro visited Dr. Robert Watkins, a back specialist in L.A. who advised him to strengthen his core, he noticed several famous people on the doctor’s wall, all of whom underwent back surgery.

“Yeah, nice collection,” Scutaro noted, “but I don’t want to be up there.
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Giants prospect Gary Brown's star has dimmed
By Alex Pavlovic apavlovic@mercurynews.com
POSTED: 03/09/2014 06:14:19 PM PDT | UPDATED: 4 DAYS AGO

GLENDALE, Ariz. -- Gary Brown's locker in the Scottsdale Stadium clubhouse was right near the front door last year. When Brown showed up this season, he was tucked into the opposite corner.

As far as neighbors go, Brown has traded Hunter Pence and Brandon Belt for a refrigerator overflowing with Dasani water bottles.

Once a top-50 prospect, Brown's star has dimmed, and the message sent by the organization wasn't a subtle one. It would be hard for a 25-year-old former first-round pick to be any further under the radar than Brown is this spring.

And he's just fine with that.

"I'm trying to stay under the radar," he said, smiling. "I want to talk with my actions, not my words."

Those actions have sent a mixed message. Brown still has all the tools to develop into a major leaguer: A plus glove in center field, blazing speed and surprising power for a player listed at 6-foot-1, 190 pounds.

In his first full season out of Cal State Fullerton, Brown hit .336 for the San Jose Giants, with a .407 on-base percentage, 14 homers and 53 stolen bases. At the time he looked like the organization's leadoff hitter of the future, but last season at Triple-A Fresno he was missing all the qualities of a top-notch No. 1 hitter. Brown had a .286 on-base percentage for the Grizzlies and was caught stealing on 11 of 28 attempts.

The disappointing year led to some re-evaluation within the organization.

"He profiled as a leadoff-type hitter, but he may not be that as we get to this level," Giants hitting coach Hensley Meulens said. "We need a guy who gets on base and makes contact. We've talked about it within our staff that he might not be that type of guy."

Brown and some of his minor league hitting coaches have not always seen eye to eye when it comes to his swing, and asked about his future as a table-setter, Brown disagreed with the notion that he might be better suited at a different spot. Aside from a brief stint in college as a No. 2 hitter, he has always been atop lineups, from Little League to the minors. In college, coaches tried to get Brown to be more of a slap hitter, bunt more often and take advantage of his speed. The Giants have tried the same thing.

"I'm not that guy," Brown said. "I've got a little bit of power, and I split the gaps. When you expect something from someone and they do something else, you're kind of shocked or you don't really know how to react. I think it's been a learning process of us getting to know each other."

Brown has not lived up to expectations thus far, but he said he hasn't crumbled under the pressure of being a first-round pick.

"Any pressure that was put on me was by myself," he said. "It wasn't anything else -- it was just my expectations. Expectations can be a bad thing."

This season, there are none. The Giants have Angel Pagan signed in center field for three more seasons, and Brown has been passed on the organization's depth chart by Juan Perez and Roger Kieschnick. Still, he's closer to the big leagues than ever, since the Giants had to put him on the 40-man roster in the offseason to hold his rights. The Giants and Brown have had some rocky times, but general manager Brian Sabean insisted the organization hasn't given up on the center fielder.

"He survived last year, and sometimes that's the goal," Sabean said. "When you go through what he did as a No. 1 pick ... I think he's ready now, and relieved he's on the (40-man) roster."

Brown has pleased coaches with his offseason conditioning work and spring work ethic, but he isn't in the mix to win a roster spot, with Perez, Kieschnick and the recently signed Tyler Colvin fighting for a job. Once one of the most exciting outfield prospects in the game, Brown is fine with being away from the spotlight, focusing on getting better and again finding that bright path.

"I'm done doing the guessing game and all that," he said. "I think we're going to have a good group of guys in Fresno, and it's going to be a fun year wherever I am. Whatever happens, happens."
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It's exhibition but I landed tickets to the Giants A's game on the 27th. I'll be sitting right behind home plate for the first time at :smokin

Dbruce to 95.7 the Game 3-7starting in a couple weeks. Knbr :smh:
 
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As a Giants and 49ers fan, it would be easy for me to back the radio home of said teams but I cannot. 95.7 has been better than KNBR since its inception....and is continuing to widen the margin with the swooping of D Bruce,
 
ive been listening to knbr my entire life but knbr just sounds soooo outdated when i listen to it now. not to mention how annoying it is when they do stock reports, weather reports, traffic reports etc. i only want sports !!
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95.7 >>>> knbr by a lot

ED+BT was the best show 95.7 had but they lost em both.
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and they show zero loyalty to anyone lol.
 
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Same with you guys about 95.7. Damon was the only show I'd listen to on KNBR but now that he has switched I'll be only listening to 95.7.

However, their turnover is quite alarming they haven't been able to settle down with a schedule ever since Eric Davis and Brandon Tierney left.
 
D Bruce was the man. I can't stand Murph & Mac, Gary's shtick is getting kinda old, stopped listening to Rod when Bob joined him. Tom and Ray I can deal with... Tom by himself can't do it word to coach Singletary. 95.7 it is.
 
Glad to know that Damon Bruce has a good following amongst the fans. By far, my favorite radio personality.

I'll miss those ethers he brought to the Giants back on his nights on Sportsphone 680, when the Giants were bad.
 
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