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San Francisco Giants 2019 Plan 2: Quick re-tool

By Benjamin Chase

SAN FRANCISCO, CA - APRIL 08: San Francisco Giants mascot Lou Seal tosses Cracker Jacks to fans during a regular season game between the Los Angeles Dodgers and San Francisco Giants on April 8, 2018, at AT&T Park in San Francisco, CA. (Photo by Stephen Hopson/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)
SAN FRANCISCO, CA - APRIL 08: San Francisco Giants mascot Lou Seal tosses Cracker Jacks to fans during a regular season game between the Los Angeles Dodgers and San Francisco Giants on April 8, 2018, at AT&T Park in San Francisco, CA. (Photo by Stephen Hopson/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images) /
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SAN FRANCISCO, CA – JUNE 09: General manager Brian Sabbean and manager Bruce Bocchy stand on the field before a ceremony for Edgar Renteria #16 of the Cincinnati Reds to give him his World Series Championship ring before the Reds played the Giants at AT&T Park on June 9, 2011 in San Francisco, California. (Photo by Ezra Shaw/Getty Images) /

Current Roster

Before deciding which players to target, we need to address the players that are currently on the roster and whether they’ll remain on the roster in 2019.

Impending Free Agents
Hunter Pence, OF
Nick Hundley, C
Derek Holland, P
Gregor Blanco, OF
Peter Bourjos, OF
Pablo Sandoval, IF

Options – $12 million total
Madison Bumgarner, P, $12 million, $1.5 million buyout

This will be one of the easiest decisions of the offseason. Regardless of the club’s plans with Bumgarner after 2019, this is a great salary for a top-notch pitcher. The new GM will have the easiest decision of his or her first week on the job by picking up MadBum’s option.

Long-term contracts – $128.38 million total
Buster Posey, C, $22.18 million
Evan Longoria, 3B, $14.67 million
Johnny Cueto, P, $21.83 million
Jeff Samardzija, P, $19.8 million
Brandon Crawford, SS, $15.2 million
Brandon Belt, 1B, $17.2 million
Mark Melancon, P, $14 million
Tony Watson, P, $3.5 million

Some very ugly deals here for sure, especially when you look at the length beyond just 2019 of all of these deals.

Arbitration-eligible players
Sam Dyson, P, $5.4 million projection
Joe Panik, 2B, $4.2 million projection
Will Smith, P, $4.1 million projection
Hunter Strickland, P, $2.5 million projection
Gorkys Hernandez, OF, $1.6 million projection

All five arbitration players are certainly worthy of their contracts, and it would be a wise investment on the part of the Giants to sign all five.

Pre-arbitration players
Ty Blach, P
Chris Stratton, P
Andrew Suarez, P
Dereck Rodriguez, P
Reyes Moronta, P
Ray Black, P
Josh Osich, P,
Steven Duggar, OF
Mac Williamson, OF
Alen Hanson, IF/OF
Aramis Garcia, C
Chris Shaw, 1B/OF
Tyler Beede, P
Roberto Gomez, P
Pierce Johnson, P
Derek Law, P
Steven Okert, P
Austin Slater, OF
Ryder Jones, 1B/3B

Rodriguez and Hanson were both huge surprises for the San Francisco Giants in 2018, and both will have significant roles on the team in 2019.

With all of these players currently listed, the estimated payroll is ~$154 million. That gives us an idea of where to go from here.

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