Leave Adam LaRoche out of it. (chuckle)

Seriously though. I know we all bristle when players say they’re insulted by contract offers that look a lot like what we might pray to make in our entire lifetime. But, in all fairness, we have to remember what a billion dollar industry sport is, and should only then look at fair value for a player.

Wilson got an offer (2 years, 8 million) that I think is much more in line with a player who has an A glove and at best a B- bat than the option that was about to vest.. To his credit, he was very much about accepting that offer, but apparently he wanted to remain Freddy’s teammate more than he wanted to remain a Pirate, otherwise he wouldn’t have predicated his signing on Freddy’s doing so.

Sanchez is the one who should catch flak, if anyone. The money these two got in their last signings (including next year’s options) may have been slightly high, but were certainly indicative of the market at the time. The same thing is true of the current offers. Yes, they were noticeably lower than their previous contracts, but the overall economy and baseball’s market have both changed since then (we commenters here at BD have cited Orlando Hudson’s contract as an example, and Freddy is not quite Orlando Hudson with the glove or bat).

Two years and 10 million was a perfectly reasonable offer to Sanchez given the current market for his position along with his age and injury history. The fact that it was rejected and then countered with an absurd last-minute volley (three years and almost 7 million per) makes me wonder more about Freddy’s agent than Freddy himself.

wilson’s option wasn’t about to vest, but you know what i meant.

There was some speculation prior to Freddy’s departure about the ramifications of preventing him from achieving his option based on 600 at bats. Just curious for I’ve embraced all the trades, but what happens if the Giants decide to play him less? Is there some type of a provision in the contract dictating the option automatically vests if traded?

Why would the Giants be obligated to fulfill a contract entered into by another team in terms of playing time? I’m not trying to be argumentative. But isn’t the onus of fielding the best possible team on management and not the player?