Giants Updates From The Winter Meetings
Not much news to report for the Giants today at the close of the first day of the Winter Meetings in Orlando, Florida. No trades were made but we did hear a few updates on our Giants.
According to an article by Andrew Baggarly:
- Buster Posey wants to catch more this season and will focus on lower body strength in the off-season
- Dave Groeschner will take a break from the Winter Meetings tomorrow to visit Marco Scutaro and check on his mallet finger
- Tim Lincecum is working out five days a week
- Tim Hudson will start throwing off a mound this week and running in January
- Pablo Sandoval is now under 250 pounds
- Jeremy Affeldt is 100% after having groin surgery
Here are the other Twitter updates from the Giants’ beat writers.
I'm told #SFGiants called 3 times on Norichika Aoki. Sabean & Melvin are tight, too. But Brewers got P they wanted from KC and went for it.
— Andrew Baggarly (@extrabaggs) December 10, 2013
#SFGiants have interest in Mike Morse and Corey Hart but expect dollars/years to go beyond their appetite, I'm told.
— Andrew Baggarly (@extrabaggs) December 10, 2013
SF trainer Groeschner going to see Scutaro in Miami tomorrow. Recovering well. Affeldt should start throwing soon too.
— Andrew Baggarly (@extrabaggs) December 10, 2013
Sabean on Affeldt, who lives in Spokane: "Fortunately it's already too cold up there to barbecue."
— Andrew Baggarly (@extrabaggs) December 10, 2013
#sfgiants seem hesitant to bring back Chad Gaudin. Seems unlikely he'll return.
— John Shea (@JohnSheaHey) December 10, 2013
Don't expect Gardner or Ichiro. Gardner asking price expected through roof. #sfgiants like Blanco over Ichiro in LF right now. #yankees
— John Shea (@JohnSheaHey) December 10, 2013
Buster Posey told Bruce Bochy recently that he plans to strengthen legs, perhaps leading to more time behind plate. #sfgiants
— John Shea (@JohnSheaHey) December 10, 2013
No team calling #sfgiants has asked about their five SPs, but have asked about young pitching.
— John Shea (@JohnSheaHey) December 10, 2013
Sabean said not feeling pressure to find left fielder. But not ruling out something happening at meetings.
— John Shea (@JohnSheaHey) December 10, 2013
#brewers, who are casting a wide net for first basemen, have asked about Brett Pill. Not sure what MIL could offer back. #sfgiants
— Henry Schulman (@hankschulman) December 9, 2013
Posey working on lower body strength, will continue with similar catching workload. Bochy said he views Belt as 150+ game/year starter at 1B
— Alex Pavlovic (@PavlovicNBCS) December 10, 2013
Sabean said LF options at this point "not coming to fruition or not out there." They'll be patient; Bochy was pleased with Perez development
— Alex Pavlovic (@PavlovicNBCS) December 10, 2013