Quoting the interwwebs today, “If Trent Williams is on the roster on September 1, 2027 and does not hold out or miss any offseason time he will earn an $11.5 million roster bonus in 2028 that will be fully guaranteed if earned.” Plus, his deal gives the 49ers a lot of wiggle room down the line. As of now, the 49ers have the most cap space at $71 million and change.
If they had thought of this about 6 years ago, they would have avoided a shit-ton of hold-outs, hold-ins, and crap seasons by a bunch of players. Oh well. Better late than never. Still think this team needs more O line help. Hopefully some guys fall off teams via salary cap problems. We will see.
As for the Giants, yeah, one good game followed by 5 shit ones. Webbie is apparently dealing with a knee problem, so the Giants crack medical team is following the 49ers mantra of “play ’em till they break.” It would seem like a good idea to give Web a rest, but likely not. Hey, they could win the SD series today, but alas, they got Dookie Houser going, so we likely lose 8-2. I mean, it’s not like a guy they JUST sent down is any better (T Mickey D).
Come the actual fuck on guys.
Forty Niners Forever 
I’m waiting to see how long it is before Kruk and / or Kuip state the obvious and say this season is basically over with respect to post-season chances. They do not fess up on the radio and rip the hitting/scoring, which is the elephant in the room. Every oppo pitcher is Tom Seaver or Steve Carlton…
I laugh when the announcers say the Giants need to have “a stopper” pitch the next game to stop the bleeding. huh? The Giants pitchers need to fire a shutout or 1-run game basically every game in order to win.
“Come the actual fuck on guys”
yeah, that says it all. Damn, this team stinks .. Whatta freakin stench! .. Reeks to High/Heaven!
they need to fire someone, immediately; not that it will change anything. But let’s do it! “Come the actual fuck on guys” we can start with the low hangin’ fruit .. how about that 3rd bass coach?
“low hangin’ fruit”
That’s all of them BB . . .
”Like berries on the vine, it gets sweeter all the time”
I Love the Giants, but my current hatred of this year’s iteration is unsurpassed. I thought we couldn’t sink any lower than last year … sheesh! Was I ever wrong about that!
The team is stuck in an uncomfortable place right now. It’s been said the owners aren’t willing to spend enough (current starting rotation an example of that), but they *have* spent probably more than they wanted to on Chapman and Adames, and taking on Rafi’s salary, and they look at the numbers those 3 are not putting up and they say, screw it, not spending more if that’s how it’s going to go. One way out of the current mess is a couple of big ballsy trades, which Buster has shown he can do, but that would probably require eating much of those high salaries for Chappie and Adames, which, if the owners don’t want to spend, they’re certainly not going to want to eat. I really don’t know what they should do, but I’m voting for some ballsy trades. Really shake it up, man…
Agree they have to shake it up somehow. If the owners are hesitant to put up more cash because of some weak prior deals then they probably shouldn’t be in this business. My worry is our minor leagues, I think they really have to shake up the scouting and player development department before they do much else.
Teams like the A’s, Cleveland, Kansas City, etc, always come up with productive players. Even Pittsburg has found success.
Chapman is 0-24, and his costly error got things started in wrong direction yesterday. He’d be most easily moved of the Big 3 that are dragging down offense. He does have NTC but I imagine he’d waive it go to any near contending team and get the F outta here.
Ray as well; wonder if Posey would wait til deadline to move him.
Agree with this premise . . . Not certain whom it will be, but yeah, I see this happening with 1-2 of our big contracts.
I am hoping (but obviously not counting on) it will be something like what the Red Sox did in 2012, where they shed 4 high priced player contracts (Adrian Gonzalez, Josh Beckett, Carl Crawford, and Nick Punto). Of course, that trade was with the Bums, whom we NEVER trade with. Crawford and Gonzalez were the ones with massive long-term deals, while Beckett was a highly paid veteran, and Punto was thrown in the package.
Result? The trade immediately cleared hundreds of millions in salary, allowing the Red Sox to restructure their roster, leading to a World Series championship in 2013.
Nope . . . Not expecting a championship to happen a la Red Sox. Remember, we’re talking about the Gmen. Ha.
Just heard this amazing stat.
Giants have the lowest combined HR and walks total at this point in the season of any MLB team since the 1930 White Sox…
That stat intrigued me.
So, I looked up the 1930 Pale Hose. They ended the season in 7th place in an 8-team AL. 62-92 record. Hopefully this Giants team can get into at least the 70s in the Win column…
It’s a nice quiet off day at China Basin. The front office poombahs and geeks are hunkered down, running numbers and matchups and probabilities, looking for the perfect elixir that will turn things around. Giants Fandom eagerly awaits the results of said hunkering. Big trades and releases coming! Soon! ………. Right…..
Pirates are improved over last couple years. They’ve won 21 games already and scored 181 runs, 5th best NL. giants will miss Skenes who pitched Wednesday, but seem capable of turning anyone into next ace. Hopefully Arraez back to full strength.
Yeah Willied the Pirates are no longer the whipping boys anymore unlike the Giants.Matter of fact the whole National League Central teams are all over .500 the strongest division in baseball,how quickly things can change in baseball from year to year..
Why is it we all hear about the Pale Hose but never the Ruby Hose?
And if you’re on either of these teams do you identify yourself as a White Sock or a Red Sock or is it still Sox?
Reminds me of the whack sock Flav used to talk about.
First Rehab game for Daniel Susac 3-4 2 HR’s 3 RBI’s were carrying 3 Catchers right now and he’s not one of them? It’s a crazy situation, we all know Bailey can’t even hit a tee ball but is a GG catcher and doubt they would send him down.Rodriguez has shown he can hit for sure kinda same with veteran Haase but he will be the Wally Pipp dude and get shipped out since you don’t need freaking 4 catchers up here and only 3 legit outfielders (Ramos,Lee,Gilbert) until Fader Bader and his buck 20 average returns..
Rodriguez can play multiple positions, but based on his OF play, not very well.
If they want to shake this team up, trade Chappie, Bailey, and Devers NOW for prospects since we don’t seem to be drafting any. Play Schmitt at 3rd, Eldridge at 1st, and Susac at C. Rodrigues and Koss are the backups.
I know it won’t happen but hey, they can’t just flail around like this all year.
Umm, yeah they can flail around like this all year. Been doing it for about a decade.
All teams GM’s are laughing at the Giants thinking they would deal for Devers,Chapman,Gatorade Clown with those astronomical contracts But fortunately their is one owner Cohen who’s stupid enough and pissed about his team ( same record as Giants) and losing Alonso their getting nothing at 1B.Giants would have to eat a huge portion of contract but they should demand the young Lincecum clone Jonah “Ground control to Major Tong” in return ..
Bailey has team option to got to Sac I’m definitely sending him down his confidence is shot right now.Until Susac returns it’s Haase &Rodriguez, then Haase joins Bailey to form the best experience AAA catchers ever sadly..
Watched end of Boston-Tampa game last night and Caminero homered again at Trop, absolute rocket to dead CF. He homered off Webb a week ago in game Rays won 3-0. should be Ray’s turn tonight I thought but mlb.com lists Giants SP as “tbd.” Huh?
There’s talk of Ray going to the Cubbies.
mm makes sense, even if little early in season to whack rotation.
Devers crushed that Homer Dead Center Blast 💥 1-1 on matching HR’s
I see Joey Bart’s catching for the Buccos.
Devers getting into a groove would help an awful lot, and that is generally his MO over the years. No team will trade for him, but he will start hitting. Adames, Chapman, and Bailey can all go away via trade but only if G’s eat most of their salaries, which they should do but hard to see ownership agreeing. “Yeah, they suck, but we’re going to keep playing them because we’re paying them”…. I do think a big move is coming.
If the team could start hitting all they would have to do is get a starter and fix the pen. They really shouldn’t be hitting this bad.
Yeh, agreed. Their lack of offense has already reached historic levels and their hitting is approaching records. I don’t get it. How can this lineup be this poor? I just don’t get it.
I don’t get it either. They don’t look half bad on paper. Yeah I know…