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Jan 17, 2025 | 
sports.yahoo.com | San Francisco Giants
The new era of San Francisco Giants baseball got off to a strong start this offseason when new President of Baseball Operations Buster Posey signed shortstop Willy Adames in free agency. It is a move that will provide game-changing production in the short and long term as Adames turned only 29 years old in September.
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Jan 17, 2025 | 
sports.yahoo.com | San Francisco Giants
The San Francisco Giants have had what many would consider to be a solid offseason to this point. Handing out the largest free agent contract in franchise history to their new shortstop Willy Adames and bringing in a high-upside veteran like Justin Verlander who will look to find another elite campaign in his tank were both good moves.
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Jan 17, 2025 | 
sports.yahoo.com | San Francisco Giants
The San Francisco Giants have made a couple of notable splashes so far this offseason, with the team trying to keep pace in the National League West. It has been a tough few years for the Giants of late. The thought was Posey would be able to lure in some big names and top talent in free agency, and so far, that has worked out pretty well for San Francisco. Furthermore, the Giants were also very interested in Corbin Burnes.
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Jan 16, 2025 | 
sports.yahoo.com | San Francisco Giants
The San Francisco Giants have two former Cy Young winners in their rotation (Justin Verlander and Robbie Ray), but neither one is their best starting pitcher. Not surprisingly, Webb cracked MLB Network's top-10 starting pitcher rankings for 2025, clocking in at No. 9 ahead of Houston Astros ace Framber Valdez.
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Jan 16, 2025 | 
sports.yahoo.com | San Francisco Giants
There is a new regime in charge of the San Francisco Giants. After a largely underwhelming tenure from previous president of baseball operations Farhan Zaidi, the ownership group made a bold decision to hire franchise legend Buster Posey to take over that role despite him having no executive experience.
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Jan 16, 2025 | 
sports.yahoo.com | San Francisco Giants
The San Francisco Giants have made some meaningful upgrades this winter both to the lineup and to the pitching staff, but there's still work to do. Adding former Milwaukee Brewers power-hitting shortstop Willy Adames on the largest contract the Giants have ever given out was a start, but more is needed. Enter Arizona Diamondbacks free agent mashing outfielder Randal Grichuk.
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Jan 15, 2025 | 
sports.yahoo.com | San Francisco Giants
The San Francisco Giants suffered a huge loss this offseason when starting pitcher Blake Snell decided to decline the option on his contract and become a free agent. The intensity of that hurt increased even more when he decided to join their rivals, the Los Angeles Dodgers. World Series champions in July, they poached the talented lefty away from the Giants agreeing to a five-year, $182 million deal.
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Jan 15, 2025 | 
sports.yahoo.com | San Francisco Giants
This offseason has seen many moving parts around Major League Baseball, including Blake Snell leaving the San Francisco Giants for the Los Angeles Dodgers. Snell, one of the top starters in the game when he's healthy and at his best, will only add to a Dodgers staff that many consider elite. On top of the benefits of playing with the Dodgers, there are another 182 million reasons why Snell decided to leave.
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Jan 15, 2025 | 
worldbaseball.com | San Diego Padres |San Francisco Giants |Shohei Ohtani
About 2 minutes reading time. NEW YORK (AP) — Elian Peña, a shortstop from the Dominican Republic who turned 17 in October, agreed to a $5 million bonus with the New York Mets on Wednesday that was the largest amount on the first day of the 2025 international signing period. Peña was rated the No. 3 prospect in the international class for this year by MLB.com behind Japanese pitcher Roki Sasaki, who must agree to a deal by Jan.
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Jan 15, 2025 | 
worldbaseball.com | San Francisco Giants
About 1 minute reading time. BOSTON (AP) — The Boston Red Sox acquired catcher Blake Sabol from the San Francisco Giants on Wednesday for international signing bonus pool allocation. Sabol, 27, batted .313 in 11 games for the Giants while spending most of the 2024 season at Triple-A Sacramento. In 121 career major league games, he is a .243 batter with 13 homers and 44 RBIs.To make room for Sabol on the 40-man roster, Boston designated right-hander Chase Shugart for assignment.
