Friday, December 5, 2008

Giants Sign Renteria, People React

Yesterday, the Giants signed Edgar Renteria to a two-year deal worth $18.5MM. As expected, everyone's got an opinion.

The New York Post's Hardball blog says, "I cannot find another executive in the industry who thought Renteria deserved a contract for more than one year to re-prove himself at a fraction of the $9.25 million he will now earn annually."

ESPN's Keith Law says it was, "a wise decision."

Dave Cameron at Fan Graphs says, "For San Francisco, this isn’t a bad deal - they get a guy who should rebound and re-establish some value without any long term risk, and they fill a hole with an average player while waiting for the kids to develop."

Ray Ratto says there will be pressure on Sabean - but we could have guessed that.

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It has been difficult to be a Giants fan these last several years - losing records, injuries, and bad contracts. We may be critical - but we stand by our team through good times and bad. The Giants remain one of the most storied franchises in the history of baseball and have a crop of new stars ready to add new pages to the Giants history books. Lincecum, Cain, Sanchez, Wilson and Sandoval are giving us reasons to be excited. Times may not always be stellar, but the Giants always give us something to talk about.