Willy Adames is a Giant!

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00:00Start my five minute clock, go ahead.

00:03Start the five minute clock.

00:04I really actually have one main thing that I want to say

00:07about the San Francisco Giants giving the largest contract

00:11in the history of their organization to Willie Adamas.

00:15There's a few things to say, but there's a headliner.

00:18And I wonder if you agree with me.

00:21We damn well know that the next order of business

00:25is a Blake Snell replacement.

00:27The Giants are after a frontline starter.

00:30We have seen them tied to Corbin Burns.

00:32That's been reported in multiple places.

00:34I have seen them tied to Max Freed.

00:37I have seen them tied to Roki Sasaki,

00:40who was just posted earlier today or yesterday.

00:43So that'll go into January, but that process is underway.

00:48Because of the Adamas signing

00:51and because Buster Posey is now at the wheel,

00:54what's your confidence level that they are going to land

00:59a frontline starter to go along with Willie Adamas?

01:04Strangely, after everything we've been through

01:07the last five years, my confidence is through the roof.

01:12Like I absolutely 100% expect

01:17that one of those three pitchers will be a Giant.

01:20Corbin Burns, Max Freed, or Sasaki after being posted.

01:26That's, the Adamas signing is great for who he is

01:30and what he is, and 29 years old

01:33and now holding down the shortstop position.

01:35That's wonderful.

01:37The best part about it for me is it throws,

01:41as a Giants fan, throws my confidence through the roof

01:44that they're gonna get the next order of business

01:46done correctly as well.

01:48That's good, that was two minutes, impressive.

01:53Well, like the five minutes was supposed to include you too.

01:55Well, normally it's, you know.

01:56Were you gonna go to the bathroom or something like that?

01:58No, I've got lots to say,

01:59but normally in a five minute construct,

02:01you would do 415 or 430 of it,

02:04and then I'd come in with, hey, you know, good one.

02:06Yeah.

02:07Couple of those.

02:08We could do that.

02:09I do also think that who Willie Adamas is as a person

02:12is a significant maneuver culturally,

02:15because you mentioned Blake Snell,

02:17and I soured on Blake Snell when he skipped his last start,

02:21and I have a feeling that the organization did as well.

02:24When Buster Posey, you know, saw that,

02:26a guy, Buster, who was always a gamer,

02:29and Snell took a pass on the last start,

02:32yeah, I'm good, this game means nothing,

02:35so I don't wanna go out there and pitch.

02:36That, to me, sent a bad sign to the organization.

02:40Willie Adamas is a very beloved player

02:42in Major League Baseball.

02:44He's a good shortstop, and a guy with a big bat,

02:47and, you know, every player that you talk to

02:49or you hear about who's played with Willie

02:51has nothing but great things to say about Willie Adamas,

02:55and then there's the other more basic part of it.

02:58His name's Willie, and Willies have done pretty well here,

03:01and I'm thinking about McCovey, Mays, McGee,

03:05such Willies who, as Giants.

03:07Did you really just do that?

03:09Will McGee.

03:10Mays, McCovey, McGee.

03:11He's a Bay Area guy.

03:12He deserves to be Willied in there.

03:15He's a very good player.

03:16He's a very good player.

03:17He does not have a cull over a statue,

03:18but, anyway, go ahead.

03:19He probably should.

03:20No, he shouldn't.

03:21Mays, McCovey, McGee, Adamas, the Willies.

03:25They're giving me the Willies, Mark.

03:26Yeah.

03:28I think you're right.

03:29And I think you're right about the confidence feeling

03:32because Buster did this right.

03:35He didn't flirt with the idea of Soto,

03:37we're gonna be in on Juan Soto.

03:40Not that Farhan ever, you know, made those promises

03:43that fans thought he did,

03:44but the very idea of trying to swim in those waters,

03:48I think that Buster was thinking about it

03:51in a different way.

03:52Like, go out and chase Juan Soto, everyone.

03:55I'm gonna be working on Adamas.

03:56He also, I think, this is what I've heard.

04:00This is an organizational deal now.

04:05Me?

04:06Stop talking about what we're gonna do.

04:07Right.

04:08No more.

04:09That was right off the top.

04:11Even all the way down to Bomell.

04:13Remember when Bomell was like,

04:14it's exciting that we're gonna be shopping

04:15at the top of the market.

04:17You didn't hear that this time.

04:18Yeah.

04:19But boom.

04:21Winter meetings start, we've got our shortstop.

04:24Yeah.

04:25I just, I think it is truly a brand new day.

04:28And I think that the Giants, like Corbin Burns,

04:31who is from California, I love their chances to get him.

04:35I love their chances to get him.

04:36He'd be perfect.

04:37He'd be fantastic.

04:38And these are clubhouse guys, to your point.

04:41You are not gonna see any more,

04:43let's go ahead and put a name on it.

04:45We're not gonna see Jock Peterson in this building anymore.

04:48You're not gonna see Blake Snells in here anymore.

04:51People who beg out of games, play cards,

04:53don't come in at the right weight,

04:56don't come in in shape, get hurt,

04:58and then think only about themselves

05:00instead of get back on the field.

05:01All of that stuff.

05:02Yeah.

05:04No more of that.

05:05You are not welcome here.

05:06And the Matt Chapmans of the world,

05:09you're gonna get extended.

05:11Because you are awesome.

05:12You are awesome as a role model,

05:14you're awesome as a leader,

05:15and you're awesome as a player.

05:17That's it.

05:18We value you.

05:19The left side of the infield for the Giants

05:20is now set up for years to come.

05:24By two total pros.

05:26Yeah.

05:27That's awesome.

05:28Pretty exciting.

05:28It's awesome.

05:29Now you can get one, if not two, starting pitchers

05:32and maybe address first base,

05:34or there's some things you can do with some trades,

05:37because it feels like you have maybe too many outfielders.

05:41I don't know, too many outfielders?

05:44Depends.

05:45I mean, depends on if you get Luciano to come up

05:48and actually be a player.

05:49Nah, I don't think Luciano

05:51is even one of the key pieces anymore.

05:53You got Jung-Hoo Lee, you got Elliott Ramos,

05:57you do have some young guys.

05:58Grant McCready.

05:59You got Matos and Yaz.

06:00You have Matos and Yaz.

06:02I think there could be more pieces out there,

06:04but I don't think they'll spend a lot of money on it.

06:06And you think you don't address first base

06:08thinking that Bryce Eldridge could be?

06:10This year?

06:11No, but I think you do short-term.

06:13Like, you could go find,

06:14I don't think it's gonna be Pete Alonzo.

06:16Pete Alonzo's a little bit of an odd dude

06:18and not a great defensive player.

06:20I love the bat, but I don't think that feels

06:22like a buster kind of a guy.

06:24But, I don't know, man, is there a Goldschmidt

06:27or a Christian Walker on a short-term deal

06:30to come in, bop some homers,

06:32and get ready for the Bryce Eldridge era?

06:34Maybe, that's kind of what I could see happening.

06:37And I could see Lamont Wade being involved in a deal.

06:40It was interesting today that Buster Posey,

06:41without being asked, said,

06:44I am not looking to trade Camilo Duval.

06:46Without being asked, he brought that up.

06:49Which means one of two things.

06:50Either he is not trading Camilo Duval,

06:53or it means he is flatly trying to trade Camilo Duval

06:57by letting everybody know,

06:59you ain't gonna half-step in here and get Camilo Duval.

07:01You're gonna have to bring a real offer

07:03if you want to do this.

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