just in Giants made a huge signing of Willy Adames to a seven-year, contract that worth $182 million
The San Francisco Giants made a huge move on Saturday when they signed shortstop Willy Adames to a seven-year, $182 million contract. New President of Baseball Operations Buster Posey has proven his desire to win and stuck to his commitment with a blockbuster signing.
However, he may not be done making big moves just yet. The Giants have been linked to other high-profile free agents.
R.J. Anderson of CBS Sports predicts that San Francisco will strike again and sign right-hander Corbin Burnes.
“Burnes has been tied to all the high rollers, suggesting this could end any number of ways. We’re giving the edge here to the Giants on speculative grounds. We think that new top executive Buster Posey might have a different appetite for risk than most modern general managers– see the Willy Adames signing,” Anderson wrote.
“That, in turn, might make him more willing than his peers to invest heavily in a front-of-the-rotation starter.”
Burnes won 15 games in his 32 starts with the Baltimore Orioles this season. He also had a 2.92 ERA, a 1.10 WHIP and punched out 181 batters while only walking 48 batters and posting a 3.4 Wins Above Replacement.
For all the talk of the Giants wanting to reduce payroll, they made a big move by signing Adames, and it’s not out of the question to assume that they could make another big move by signing Burnes.
This would be the perfect way for them to respond to the Dodgers after they took Blake Snell on a five-year, $182 million contract, and it might give the Giants a better chance to at least compete for a Wild Card spot in 2025.
It will be interesting to see how the rest of the offseason plays out for San Francisco and what they might do at the Winter Meetings this week.
