Giants have less than a month to find replacements for Posey, Bryant, Gausman; expected to be ‘aggressive.’
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — With the lockout lifted and teams allowed to resume building their rosters that they had to put on pause at the beginning of December, it took a little more than 12 hours for the first official transaction to post. More than 130 players are still unsigned with less than a month until Opening Day. The free agent frenzy is coming.
Here’s a review of where the Giants stood when the lockout began and a look at what moves they still need to make.The biggest offseason development came the first week of November, a month before the owners locked out the players on Dec. 2, when Buster Posey announced his retirement, leaving a gaping hole behind home plate.
The Giants let Kevin Gausman walk on a reported five-year, $110 million agreement with Toronto, and declined the $22 million option they had on Johnny Cueto, who remains on the market . But they re-signed Anthony DeSclafani and Alex Wood and added another veteran arm — 34-year-old right-hander Alex Cobb, on a two-year deal worth a reported $20 million — to ensure they would at least return from the lockout with the ability to field a major league rotation.
Brandon Belt accepted the Giants’ $18.1 million qualifying offer, penciling him in for his 11th Opening Day start at first base, while Wilmer Flores and José Álvarez will also return after the Giants picked up their player options. Two bench pieces unlikely to be back: outfielder Alex Dickerson, who the Giants designated for assignment, and infielder Donovan Solano, who is a free agent after his two-year contract expired.
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