Giants sign 11 international prospects

[John Walsh]

Giants sign 11 international prospects
https://www.mlb.com/giants/news/giants-2022-international-prospects?t=mlb-pipeline-coverage

[poldy]

Post by John Walsh
Giants sign 11 international prospects
https://www.mlb.com/giants/news/giants-2022-international-prospects?t=mlb-pipeline-coverage

Hope they're still going to try to sign Suzuki.

Success of Ohtani is drawing a lot of interest in Japanese players,
especially young ones.

Post by John Walsh

During his conversation with Baggarly, Suzuki also downplayed the

possibility he’d return to Japan for another year because of concerns
about the lockout. Whenever Major League Baseball and the MLB Players
Association do reach an accord on the next collective bargaining
agreement, Suzuki will have twenty days to hammer out a deal with an MLB
team under the terms of his unique cross-lockout posting experience.

One could argue Suzuki’s landing spot is tougher to peg than any other
free agent’s. For one, different teams might have disparate evaluations
on his projection. The broad consensus MLBTR received when speaking with
various team personnel at the outset of the winter was that Suzuki
projected as a well-rounded, productive everyday right fielder. Yet
there’s likely more team-to-team variance on Suzuki’s outlook than there
would be on those of players like Kyle Schwarber or Nick Castellanos,
both of whom have lengthy MLB track records to evaluate.

Suzuki is also uncommonly young for a free agent. Having turned 27 years
old in August, he should have a few seasons of peak performance ahead of
him. That could open an opportunity for an immediate non-contender to
jump into the bidding. Even if the club isn’t planning to compete next
season, adding Suzuki could be a way for a team currently amidst a
rebuild or reboot to proactively land a hopeful first-division regular
for a season or two down the line.

Perhaps Suzuki’s asking price could help narrow down the field. There’s
not been any indication what he and his representatives are targeting
from a financial perspective. MLBTR forecasted a five-year, $55MM
contract entering the offseason. That kind of deal could prove too
costly for the most payroll-conscious clubs. Yet Baggarly indicated the
low-payroll Rays are expected to be involved in Suzuki’s market, so team
spending habits alone may not narrow down the field much.<<

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[JohnW]

Post by poldy

Post by John Walsh
Giants sign 11 international prospects
https://www.mlb.com/giants/news/giants-2022-international-prospects?t=mlb-pipeline-coverage

Hope they're still going to try to sign Suzuki.
Success of Ohtani is drawing a lot of interest in Japanese players,
especially young ones.

Post by John Walsh

During his conversation with Baggarly, Suzuki also downplayed the

possibility he’d return to Japan for another year because of concerns
about the lockout. Whenever Major League Baseball and the MLB Players
Association do reach an accord on the next collective bargaining
agreement, Suzuki will have twenty days to hammer out a deal with an MLB
team under the terms of his unique cross-lockout posting experience.
One could argue Suzuki’s landing spot is tougher to peg than any other
free agent’s. For one, different teams might have disparate evaluations
on his projection. The broad consensus MLBTR received when speaking with
various team personnel at the outset of the winter was that Suzuki
projected as a well-rounded, productive everyday right fielder. Yet
there’s likely more team-to-team variance on Suzuki’s outlook than there
would be on those of players like Kyle Schwarber or Nick Castellanos,
both of whom have lengthy MLB track records to evaluate.
Suzuki is also uncommonly young for a free agent. Having turned 27 years
old in August, he should have a few seasons of peak performance ahead of
him. That could open an opportunity for an immediate non-contender to
jump into the bidding. Even if the club isn’t planning to compete next
season, adding Suzuki could be a way for a team currently amidst a
rebuild or reboot to proactively land a hopeful first-division regular
for a season or two down the line.
Perhaps Suzuki’s asking price could help narrow down the field. There’s
not been any indication what he and his representatives are targeting
from a financial perspective. MLBTR forecasted a five-year, $55MM
contract entering the offseason. That kind of deal could prove too
costly for the most payroll-conscious clubs. Yet Baggarly indicated the
low-payroll Rays are expected to be involved in Suzuki’s market, so team
spending habits alone may not narrow down the field much.<<

It looks like like MLB is doing their level best to make sure US players and foreign
Suzuki don't get signed. Suzuki is young, but that's a bonus if he signs with
a US team. Japanese players are well condition and don't seem to suffer the
injury problems that plague US players.

It's about time the Giants jumped into the pool and sign him. Like Will Clark, I've
had enough of the statistical players that had some good stats, but generally
are not great players. They need a player with all the "tools," not just some
of them.

[poldy]

Post by JohnW

Post by poldy

Post by John Walsh
Giants sign 11 international prospects
https://www.mlb.com/giants/news/giants-2022-international-prospects?t=mlb-pipeline-coverage

Hope they're still going to try to sign Suzuki.
Success of Ohtani is drawing a lot of interest in Japanese players,
especially young ones.

Post by John Walsh

During his conversation with Baggarly, Suzuki also downplayed the

possibility he’d return to Japan for another year because of concerns
about the lockout. Whenever Major League Baseball and the MLB Players
Association do reach an accord on the next collective bargaining
agreement, Suzuki will have twenty days to hammer out a deal with an MLB
team under the terms of his unique cross-lockout posting experience.
One could argue Suzuki’s landing spot is tougher to peg than any other
free agent’s. For one, different teams might have disparate evaluations
on his projection. The broad consensus MLBTR received when speaking with
various team personnel at the outset of the winter was that Suzuki
projected as a well-rounded, productive everyday right fielder. Yet
there’s likely more team-to-team variance on Suzuki’s outlook than there
would be on those of players like Kyle Schwarber or Nick Castellanos,
both of whom have lengthy MLB track records to evaluate.
Suzuki is also uncommonly young for a free agent. Having turned 27 years
old in August, he should have a few seasons of peak performance ahead of
him. That could open an opportunity for an immediate non-contender to
jump into the bidding. Even if the club isn’t planning to compete next
season, adding Suzuki could be a way for a team currently amidst a
rebuild or reboot to proactively land a hopeful first-division regular
for a season or two down the line.
Perhaps Suzuki’s asking price could help narrow down the field. There’s
not been any indication what he and his representatives are targeting
from a financial perspective. MLBTR forecasted a five-year, $55MM
contract entering the offseason. That kind of deal could prove too
costly for the most payroll-conscious clubs. Yet Baggarly indicated the
low-payroll Rays are expected to be involved in Suzuki’s market, so team
spending habits alone may not narrow down the field much.<<

It looks like like MLB is doing their level best to make sure US players and foreign
Suzuki don't get signed. Suzuki is young, but that's a bonus if he signs with
a US team. Japanese players are well condition and don't seem to suffer the
injury problems that plague US players.
It's about time the Giants jumped into the pool and sign him. Like Will Clark, I've
had enough of the statistical players that had some good stats, but generally
are not great players. They need a player with all the "tools," not just some
of them.

I don't know if it will be a bidding war or a situation like Ohtani
where teams basically courted him with their stars to recruit him.

Actually Ohtani wasn't eligible for a big contract because of his age or
something but obviously has been a bargain for the Angels, though they
didn't win much. But he brought them so much attention.


I think Suzuki may have to be bid up. May be risky to pay an unproven
player around $15-20 million a year.

Hopefully he rules out teams not on the West Coast, because they are too
far from Japan and also probably don't have a big Japanese-American
community.