Six weeks before pitchers and catchers report and what we're hearing about free-agents who our San Francisco Giants might be signing is  – crickets. Call me a nut, but the prospect of Mookie Betts and Freddie Freeman batting in front and maybe behind Ohtani, could mean he won't be walked 200 times.

The MLB offseason has calmed down a bit with the big superstars off the board. The San Francisco Giants have made a few signings, including South Korean outfielder Jung Hoo Lee, but they might not be done. Giants president of baseball operations Farhan Zaidi joined Tim Kawakami on the Audacy podcast “The TK Show” and revealed what San Francisco's next moves might be this offseason. “I think all organizations are kind of taking a breath, trying to evaluate what they have internally, trying to evaluate their younger options versus what might be available in free agency,” Zaidi said (4:20 in player above).

With six weeks until pitchers and catchers report, more than half of MLB Trade Rumors' Top 50 free agents are still available. Only six teams have spent $100 million or more so far this winter, the Giants among them, allocating $121.25 million to Jung Hoo Lee and Tom Murphy. Although the front office struck out on its two top targets in the worst possible way — with Shohei Ohtani and Yoshinobu Yamamoto teaming up on the archrival Dodgers — the offseason hasn't been a total dud for Farhan Zaidi and his crew.

Farhan Zaidi accepts responsibility for the Giants' inability to recruit top free agents.

There's no question that the San Francisco Giants are willing to splash the cash to improve the team to try and compete with the likes of the Los Angeles Dodgers and Atlanta Braves for National League supremacy. The Giants were reportedly willing to match the contract that Shohei Ohtani eventually signed with the Dodgers — that's how willing they were to break the bank.

Korean pitcher Go Woo-suk has signed with the San Diego Padres on a two-year deal, the club announced Wednesday. Go, 25, will reportedly earn $4.5 million, according to an X post from New York Post columnist Joel Sherman. The Padres have not confirmed the figure, but did confirm that there is a mutual option to extend the deal for the 2026 season. Go was the KBO-winning LG Twins' final pitcher on the mound during Game 5 of last year's historic Korean Series.

New San Diego Padres manager Mike Shildt won't have a traditional bench coach on his staff but will utilize the input of several coaches during games.

New San Diego Padres manager Mike Shildt won't have a traditional bench coach on his staff but will utilize the input of several coaches during games. The Padres unveiled the full staff Wednesday, including new hitting coach Victor Rodriguez, who spent the previous six seasons as assistant hitting coach for the Cleveland Guardians.

The new year is chugging along and so are we, as we continue with the 2024 Willie McCovey Memorial Community Prospect List, our annual endeavor to rank the top 44 prospects in the San Francisco Giants organization. Voting in the latest chapter was close, but the end result allowed me to use one of the happiest genres of sports photography: someone celebrating getting drafted. That's because the community has selected shortstop Walker Martin as the No. 7 prospect in the farm system. Martin was selected in the second round of July's MLB Draft , though it feels a little disingenuous to describe him as such. He was viewed by most evaluators as a first-round talent, and the Giants gave him a signing

Padres News: NL West Rival 'Ideal' Landing Spot for Blake Snell Could Blake Snell be a perfect fit with this division rival? Author: Thomas Murray Publish date: Jan 3, 2024 4:00 PM EST With many highly touted names still available in free agency, it appears reigning National League Cy Young award winner Blake Snell would be a perfect fit with the Padres' divisional rival, the San Francisco Giants. According to Joel Reuter of Bleacher Report , Snell could end up signing with the Giants on a six-year $168 million deal. The Giants have been linked to Snell all offseason , as they missed out on both Shohei Ohtani and Yoshinobu Yamamoto. Both players signed with the Los Angeles Dodgers. "The

The San Francisco Giants always manage to be in the mix for big names. Then recently, the ball club was a serious contender to get Shohei Ohtani and/or Yoshinobu Yamamoto. Unfortunately, the Los Angeles Dodgers swooped in and stole both.

Happy Wednesday, San Francisco Giants fans. It's been nearly two weeks since Yoshinobu Yamamoto broke your heart by not only rejecting the Giants, but then signing with the one team you really, really didn't want to see him sign with. And in the days since then, the Giants have ... well ... done nothing. Nothing at all. So we're just sitting around here waiting. Waiting and waiting and waiting. And waiting. The bad news is the thing I just mentioned: they ain't done [bleep!]. The good news is that no one else has done much of anything, either. Which means nearly all the moves that were available when Yamamoto signed are still available. Blake Snell is still a free agent. Matt Chapman is still

It was a big year for Ryan Walker. Among my favorite notes about his season is that he opened enough games (13) to throw off FanGraphs' starter/reliever measure, a situation that befell John Brebbia in 2022 when we all agreed that he was the next-best reliever in the pen after Camilo Doval.

Contrary to popular belief, the Giants do not need to spend the massive pile of money they allocated for Shohei Ohtani and Yoshinobu Yamamoto. In fact, the Giants would be foolish to sign a big-money free agent now that those two players are Dodgers. No, San Francisco needs to stay nimble. With big money comes long terms — the Giants might be able to afford the pay, but they can't afford four-plus years of a second-tier free agent.