It looks as if the "it's just business" angle can work both ways. The Giants wave bye-bye to Renteria. And now it looks as if Juan Uribe will join the Dodgers for 3 years - $21M.
( Note: Uribe was a Type B free agent and was offered arbitration, so the Giants should receive a supplemental draft pick if Uribe signs with the Dodgers )
Not to be out-done, the Giants reportedly picked up the phone and dialed the agent of Yankees free-agent SS Derek Jeter, who turned his nose up at the Yankees offer of 3 years - $45M. I'd rather have Uribe's next three years, for the money discussed.
So minus Renteria and soon to be minus Uribe, who is going to play SS for the Giants next year. Manny Burriss? Ehire Adrianza? Brandon Crawford? Charlie Culberson? Probably too soon for either of these prospects, so it's off to Free Agent land we go.
Japanese SS Tsuyoshi Nishioka will apparently be heading to Minnesota. The Giants were reportedly in the running there.
Jason Bartlett and Marco Scutaro seem to be the best fits and front runners so far.
The ex-NY contingent of Jeter and Jose Reyes will be too costly in terms of contract (for Jeter) and / or prospects for Reyes. Neither one is a really good fit IMO.
Stephen Drew would be ideal, but also costly to get and pay for. Plus the D-Backs would have to be fundamentally opposed to trading him within the division.
Padres Miguel Tejeda would seem to be the next best alternative, but do the Giants really want a link to the PED past after last years cleansing of the franchise's image? Not a good PR fit.
I say go hard after Bartlett or Scutaro and see what happens. The Rays have a replacement waiting in the wings for Bartlett in Reid Brignac, so the price to get him should not be too high.
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