Why San Francisco is holding out hope for second base addition | Giants Talk | NBCS Bay Area

“Giants Talk” hosts Cole Kuiper and Alex Pavlovic break down San Francisco’s reported trade offer for C.J. Abrams and why the Giants still are in the hunt for Brendan Donovan.

NOTE: This episode was recorded prior to the Giants signing OF Harrison Bader to a 2-year, $20.5M deal. This will be discussed in the coming episodes.

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25 comments
  1. I’m glad they didn’t get CJ Abrams… they named too many prospects I would never trade for such a mid infielder. I guess Posey & co. had some internal folks who saw much more potential in him, but it’s hard to see him as having that much upside over Schmitt.

  2. I love CJ Abrams, but I am glad that fell through! Why on God‘s green earth are we trying to get rid of a prospect? Who just made Baseball America’s top 100 and is definitely a better baseball player than Bryce Eldridge? What in the hell are we doing?

    And dedicated fans who show up and droves is the reason the Giants will continue to make minuscule moves and call them progress. Imagine a San Francisco Giants team with the fan base actually held these owners accountable that would be awesome.

  3. For all you that are saying that CJ is mediocre. 19HR 31 stolen bases and can play defense. I guess you’ll be happy with Schmitt at second base🤦🏻‍♂️

  4. 26:38 that's why I'm not totally down on this offseason because they are making strides on the intl front. As long as they're building up some part of the org that will help out long term and consistently Ill be cool with that.

    Also Alex 28:47 I know some parents who signed their kids up for chess lessons and some for music lessons that early, it's never too early LOL

  5. Kyle Tucker would have attracted bigger crowds. Giants players haven’t been going to many of the events. The only two players on long term contracts that showed up this year are Jung Hoo Lee and Logan Webb. If Devers had shown up too it probably would have led to significant rise in attendance. Also parking is limited and the parking spots were already maxed out so the amount of people able to attend fan fests at these smaller venues is more limited.

  6. People show up for free stuff. There are a lot of casual fans that attend these events that bring their families and of course most people aren’t going to complain to Cole in short conversation at a packed event. For the more informed fans you’ll get a more honest assessment in private conversations and online. A lot of the fanbase assumes the team will have another .500 season. At Tony Vitellos chalk their lineup needs weren’t even brought up until the end of the event. Ownership and the front office have said they won’t spend big so the fanbase has accepted another mediocre season

  7. Fan demographics also crushed the A’s. Gen X who grew up in the city and peninsula got priced out and moved to east bay. Now we all have kids who are Giants fans. A’s fans just got squeezed out

  8. So are the Giants off Nico and rather have Donovan? The Gaints rotation is awful besides Webby and Ray all of them have 4. Eras. They have to get a better arm, obviously Framber is the best arm left but they need to exhaust every option to get one more arm. I also expect birdsong to do way better this year and hope he takes the 5th spot.

  9. It's too bad the local media won't hold Posey accountable because he is Hall of Famer. My problem with Posey in particular is that he is ownership and that's gross. Definite conflict of interest right there.

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