Dumpster Diving For Show Dogs
Seems like every day I see that the Giants have picked up some scrap heap special or FORMER major leaguer, possibly dominant arm, or random 5th starter that you might remember from some long hot mid-summer road Giants road trip last year. I feel like we have been through this before…..
It seems that the Giants love to grab a “big” (if you can call Tejada big) free agent early in the offseason and then wait until the very end and pick up all the scraps that are left for lunch money and a promise to not be cut first in spring training. Sometimes we get lucky with our scrap heap grabs, and sometimes we eat lots of shit doing it. By casting a wide net the Giants do give themselves the best chances at getting lucky.
Let’s go through some of this nasty lot. Maybe we can cast some bets as to who will make the club, and who will be back in Florida wiping Cherrios off their kids face, half way through spring training.
• Edgar Gonzalez aka Stephen Baldwin. I guess that we are hoping that playing somewhere OUT of his brother’s shadow will help him. Also we needed to fill our Edgar Quota….. chances of making team… 1 in 5
• Elmer Dessens or… Answer to the trivia question…. Who started the 3rd most amount of games for the Reds in the 2000s? …. chances of making team……. 1 in 20
• Jeff Suppan, we have already been over this. …. chances of making team ….. 1 in 2
• Justin Christian …… chances of making team……. 1 in 30
• Simon Mercedes … literally no pictures of this guy….. 1 in 100
19 year old flame thrower from the Dominican Republic who apparently is so fast that he can avoid cameras so far.
• Josh Banks anyone remember this game… I do… vividly. …… 1 in 10
• Marc Kroon or answer to the trivia question…. who is the only current Giant to have his own iPhone App? ….. chances of making the team ……. 1 in 30
