Barry Zito P – 75 Position: Pitcher Bats: Left, Throws: Left Height: 6’4″, Weight: 215 lbs. Born: May 13, 1978 Place: Las Vegas, NV High School: University of San Diego High School College: UC Santa Barbara then transferred to USC Drafted By: Oakland Athletics (1st round, 9th pick) 1999 amateur draft. Signed: June 12, [...]
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SF Giants Rumors: Freddy Sanchez Says Shoulder Is Coming Along Great
Posted by Steven Robles on December 22nd, 2011
Happy Birthday Freddy Sanchez! The San Francisco Giants second baseman is confident he’ll be ready for Opening Day, according to John Shea of the San Francisco Chronicle. “I’m doing great. I’m throwing. I’m out to 60 feet now, and the shoulder’s coming along great,” said Sanchez. When Buster Posey went down the Giants were [...]
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Tags: Contact Us, Freddy Sanchez, Opening Day, San Francisco Chronicle, SF Giants Rumors, SF Giants Rumors Facebook, Technorati Tags Buster Posey 
Comments OffSF Giants Rumors: Ross Lowers Demands, Beltran Still Available
Posted by Steven Robles on December 21st, 2011
It’s been reported that Cody Ross has lowered his contract demands. David O’Brien (tweets) of the Atlanta Journal Constitution said Ross wanted a 3-year deal to stay in San Francisco, and it’s pitcher friendly ballpark. O’Brien is hearing a 2-year offer is now what Ross is looking for. Nate Stuhlbarg of CSNBayArea.com speculates that [...]
Posted in Blogs, SF Giants Rumors Tags: Carlos Beltran, Cody Ross, Contact Us, Giants Trade Rumors, Melky Cabrera, Nate Stuhlbarg, San Francisco, San Francisco Giants, SF Giants Rumors, Technorati Tags Angel Pagan Comments OffSF Giants Rumors: Whiteside Signed, Vizquel Would Sign With The Giants
Posted by Steven Robles on December 19th, 2011
John Shea of the San Francisco Chronicle says (via twitter) the San Francisco Giants have signed catcher Eli Whiteside to a major league deal. Whiteside will make $600K if he’s on the major league roster and $175K if he’s in the minors. It’s unknown where Whiteside will start the season with Buster Posey back, [...]
Posted in Blogs, SF Giants Rumors Tags: Chris Stewart, Contact Us, Eli Whiteside, Ex Giant, Hector Sanchez, Omar Vizquel, San Francisco Chronicle, San Francisco Giants, SF Giants Rumors, Technorati Tags Buster Posey Comments OffSF Giants Rumors: Barry Bonds Sentenced, Fred Lewis Message, Whiteside and Joaquin
Posted by Steven Robles on December 16th, 2011
The sentence that everyone has been waiting for went down today. Barry Bonds was sentenced to 30 days of house arrest, two years of probation and 250 hours of community service. Ex-Giant Fred Lewis posted on his Facebook the following status message. “I DON’T CARE… I still love my teammate, my brother, and my [...]
Posted in Blogs, SF Giants Rumors Tags: Barry Bonds, Baseball Prospectus, Contact Us, Eli Whiteside, Ex Giant Fred Lewis, Fred Lewis, Joaquin Arias, Kevin Goldstein, San Fran, SF Giants Rumors Comments OffSF Giants Rumors: Nakajima, Darvish, Mota, Whiteside and Joaquin
Posted by Steven Robles on December 15th, 2011
Ken Rosenthal of Fox Sports says if Japanese infielder Hiroyuki Nakajima doesn’t want to play for the Yankees. It’s possible the Yankees could do a sign-and-trade. The Yankees won the exclusive negotiating rights to Nakajima with a $2.5 million bid. Rosenthal’s sources say the San Francisco Giants and Cubs are among the teams that [...]
Posted in Blogs, SF Giants Rumors Tags: Bullpen Arm Jon Heyman, Catching Option John Shea, Ex Giant Signs Bill Ladson, Guillermo Mota, Hiroyuki Nakajima, mlb, San Francisco Giants, SF Giants Rumors, Waldis Joaquin, Yu Darvish Comments OffSF Giants Rumors: Villalona Will Work His Way To San Jose
Posted by Steven Robles on December 14th, 2011
John Shea of the San Francisco Chronicle says Giants prospect Angel Villalona will likely open next season in extended spring training to work his way back to the San Jose Giants. The San Francisco Giants are crowded at first base, but you never know what the future holds for any of these players. Villalona [...]
SF Giants Rumors: Fontenot vs. Keppinger, Whiteside Non-Tendered, Ex-Giants Sign
Posted by Steven Robles on December 13th, 2011
The verdict is out! The San Francisco Giants have decided to sign Mike Fontenot (1-year), and non-tender Jeff Keppinger. From the comments left on SF Giants Rumors Facebook it sounds like a lot of fans wanted to see Keppinger back in a Giants uniform. Keppinger came over to the Giants (July) from the Astros (traded [...]
Posted in Blogs, SF Giants Rumors Tags: Buster Posey, Chris Stewart, Eli Whiteside, Hector Sanchez, Henry Sosa, Jeff Keppinger, Mike Fontenot, SF Giants Rumors, SF Giants Rumors Facebook, Travis Ishikawa Comments OffSF Giants Rumors: Matt Cain Contract, Strong Defense
Posted by Steven Robles on December 10th, 2011
GM Brian Sabean said the San Francisco Giants top priority this offseason is to keep their pitching intact. Matt Cain is in the final year of his contract, and the Giants are hoping to lock him up. Andrew Baggarly of the San Jose Mercury News says the six-year, $99 million offer C.J. Wilson left [...]
Posted in Blogs, SF Giants Rumors Tags: Andrew Baggarly, Brandon Crawford, Contact Us, Matt Cain, Melky Cabrera, Nate Schierholtz, Ryan Vogelsong, San Francisco Giants, SF Giants Rumors, Technorati Tags Angel Pagan Comments OffSF Giants Rumors: Your 2012 Shortstop Brandon Crawford
Posted by Steven Robles on December 9th, 2011
With the 2012 payroll pretty much already maxed out. That’s really good news for Brandon Crawford and his fans. Crawford will be the San Francisco Giants 2012 shortstop, and not have to worry about some over the hill veteran breathing down his neck and taking AB’s away from him. For those of you that [...]
Posted in Blogs, SF Giants Rumors Tags: AB, Brandon Crawford, Contact Us, Giants Hot Stove, Giants Trade Rumors, King of Cali, San Francisco Giants, SF Giants Rumors, SF Giants Rumors Facebook Comments OffSF Giants Rumors: No Beltran Or Ross, Keppinger And Fontenot On The Bubble
Posted by Steven Robles on December 9th, 2011
I’m sure you have already heard that the San Francisco Giants budget is tapped out for the 2012 season. Andrew Baggarly of the San Jose Mercury News says GM Brian Sabean has eliminated any possibility of re-signing Carlos Beltran or Cody Ross. “Being brutally honest, we pretty much got to the top of the [...]
Posted in Blogs, SF Giants Rumors Tags: Andrew Baggarly, Beltran Ross, Carlos Beltran, Cody Ross, Freddy Sanchez, Jeff Keppinger, Mike Fontenot, San Francisco Giants, SF Giants Rumors, top Comments OffSF Giants Rumors: Brian Wilson The Human Taxi
Posted by Steven Robles on December 8th, 2011
The TMZ.com team sent me a couple pictures of San Francisco Giants closer Brian Wilson during his routine jog. This time it wasn’t so routine though. Wilson had a human backpack on. He’s jogging with an unidentified female cargo on his back. At least we know he’s keeping himself in good shape during the offseason. Let’s [...]
Posted in Blogs, SF Giants Rumors Tags: Brian Wilson, Contact Us, Giants Hot Stove, Giants Trade Rumors, King of Cali, NL West, San Francisco Giants, SF Giants Rumors, SF Giants Rumors Facebook, Technorati Tags Brian Wilson Comments OffSF Giants Rumors: Hanley Ramirez, Guillermo Mota and Darren Ford’s Message
Posted by Steven Robles on December 7th, 2011
Now that the Marlins have inked shortstop Jose Reyes. The San Francisco Giants might want to consider trying to put a package deal together, and make a run at trying to trade for Marlins shortstop Hanley Ramirez. I don’t think the Giants have the chips in place to even make that kind of a trade, [...]
Posted in Blogs, SF Giants Rumors Tags: Chris Haft, Contact Us, God, Guillermo Mota, hanley ramirez, Jose Reyes, San Francisco Chronicle, San Francisco Giants, SF Giants Rumors, Technorati Tags Darren Ford Comments OffSF Giants Rumors: Torres and Ramirez to New York for Pagan, Your Thoughts?
Posted by Steven Robles on December 7th, 2011
Just in case you missed it last night, cause your internet was down, and your cable was shut off. The San Francisco Giants have traded outfielder Andres Torres, and relief pitcher Ramon Ramirez to the Mets for outfielder Angel Pagan. If the Giants were bringing Torres back it would have been to come off [...]
Posted in Blogs, SF Giants Rumors Tags: Andres Torres, angel pagan, Contact Us, Giants Hot Stove, Melky Cabrera, New York, NL West, Ramon Ramirez, SF Giants Rumors, Technorati Tags Andres Torres Comments OffSF Giants Rumors: Lincecum, Cuddyer, Keppinger, Torres, Ramirez, Affeldt, Sabean
Posted by Steven Robles on December 6th, 2011
Tim Lincecum, Spring Training The San Francisco Giants offered Tim Lincecum a 4-year deal, but Lincecum wants a 8-year deal. He’s also okay with just signing a 1 or 2-year deal, according to Jon Heyman (via twitter). Heyman also says (via twitter) the Giants have since talked to Lincecum’s agent, but still not [...]
Posted in Blogs, SF Giants Rumors Tags: Contact Us, Danny Knobler, Fox Sports, Jeff Keppinger, Jeremy Affeldt, Jon Heyman, Jon Paul Morosi, Michael Cuddyer, Ramon Ramirez, SF Giants Rumors Comments OffSF Giants Rumors: Ludwick, Crisp, Willingham, Cuddyer, Ross, Hairston Jr.
Posted by Steven Robles on December 5th, 2011
Chris Haft of MLB.com says you can add Ryan Ludwick to the list of free agent outfielders who might intrigue the San Francisco Giants. He also says the Giants are believed to have scheduled a meeting today with Ludwick’s agent. The outfield lists for the Giants right now besides Ludwick is Coco Crisp and [...]
Posted in Blogs, SF Giants Rumors Tags: Cody Ross, Contact Us, Jerry Hairston Jr, Jon Heyman, Josh Willingham, Michael Cuddyer, RBI, Ryan Ludwick, San Francisco Giants, SF Giants Rumors Comments OffSF Giants Rumors: Shortstop Hiroyuki Nakajima
Posted by Steven Robles on December 5th, 2011
Jon Paul Morosi of Fox Sports says (via twitter) sources tell him and Ken Rosenthal that the San Francisco Giants appear to have submitted a bid on shortstop Hiroyuki Nakajima. John Shea of the San Francisco Chronicle sent out a followup tweet saying the report that the Giants apparently submitted a bid on shortstop [...]
Posted in Blogs, SF Giants Rumors Tags: Brandon Crawford, Contact Us, Fox Sports, Giants Hot Stove, Hiroyuki Nakajima, NL West, San Francisco Chronicle, San Francisco Giants, SF Giants Rumors, Technorati Tags Brandon Crawford Comments OffSF Giants Rumors: Mark DeRosa, Darren Ford and Wily Mo Pena
Posted by Steven Robles on December 5th, 2011
It’s time to get everyone caught up on what happened over the weekend, or since the last post on Friday. Ken Rosenthal of Fox Sports says the San Francisco Giants have expressed interest in bringing Mark DeRosa back. DeRosa is great clubhouse guy, and a healthy DeRosa would be a nice utility player. [...]
Posted in Blogs, SF Giants Rumors Tags: Darren Ford, Fukuoka Softbank Hawks, Mark DeRosa, Pat Burrell, San Francisco Giants, San Francisco Jon Heyman, SF Giants Rumors, SF Giants Rumors Facebook, Technorati Tags Darren Ford, Wily Mo Pena Comments OffSF Giants Rumors: Brandon Crawford Insights On Offseason and Shortstop Rumors
Posted by Steven Robles on December 3rd, 2011
With the 2012 shortstop position still available. Rumors continue to swirl and now Alex Gonzalez is linked to the San Francisco Giants. I was able to get Brandon Crawford‘s insights on the offseason and shortstop rumors. Crawford tells SF Giants Rumors that he’s had a crazy offseason so far. He finished playing in the Arizona [...]
Posted in Blogs, SF Giants Rumors Tags: AB, AFL, Alex Gonzalez, Brandon Crawford, Contact Us, San Francisco Giants, SF Giants Rumors, SF Giants Rumors Facebook, Technorati Tags Alex Gonzalez, tv Comments OffSF Giants Rumors: Sandoval Is Open To Multi-Year Deal, Side Notes
Posted by Steven Robles on December 2nd, 2011
Andrew Baggarly of the San Jose Mercury News says he spoke with Pablo Sandoval‘s agent Ryan Morgan. Morgan tells Baggarly that he has had very broad discussions with Giants VP Bobby Evans about a contract. Sandoval’s camp is open to a multi-year contract. Sandoval is arbitration eligible and is not eligible to hit the free [...]
Posted in Blogs, SF Giants Rumors Tags: Alex Hinshaw, Contact Us, Giants Hot Stove, Pablo Sandoval, Ryan Morgan, SF Giants Rumors, SF Giants Rumors Facebook, Side Notes, Side Notes Travis Ishikawa, Technorati Tags Alex Hinshaw Comments Off
