The Giants and 2012 NL Most Valuable Player Buster Posey have agreed on a long-term contract extension that will keep the catcher in San Francisco through 2021. The deal includes a one-year option. Dollar figures were not immediately available. The Giants and Posey reached a one-year, $8 million for 2013 during spring training.
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If I’m reading the tea leaves properly, the Giants and 2012 NL Most Valuable Player Buster Posey are closing in on a long-term contract extension that almost surely would set a record for a Giants deal. An announcement today is not out of the question. More details as I get them.
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Ron Kroichick reporting from AT&T Park: The Giants trotted out their everyday lineup tonight against the A’s, with one notable exception: Joaquin Arias, not Pablo Sandoval, at third base. Sandoval, whose elbow injury leaves his status for Opening Day in doubt, took batting practice before the game. He also fielded ground balls, as the Giants [...]
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Ron Kroichick reporting from AT&T Park: If one World Series title brought cautious congratulations, two World Series titles brought long-term stability for Giants general manager Brian Sabean and manager Bruce Bochy. Sabean and Bochy landed contract extensions today, taking them through the 2016 season. The Giants added two years to each man’s previous deal; the [...]
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The Giants within the hour will announce extensions of manager Bruce Bochy and general manager Brian Sabean through the 2016 season, The Chronicle’s Henry Schulman has learned. Sabean will have been general manager 20 years by the end of the extension. He is already the longest-tenured GM in baseball.
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Baseball is back in the Bay tonight as the Giants host the A’s in a 7:15 pm exhibition game. As we say goodbye to winter and hello to spring, take another look at this video created by the Chronicle’s Mike Kepka and Luanne Dietz as the Giants clinched another World Series victory. The Giants’ defense [...]
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Pablo Sandoval played catch from 75 feet, took batting practice from both sides and fielded grounders today, his first real bout of baseball activity since he was diagnosed with an inflamed nerve in his right elbow. Sandoval has expressed a desire to return by Monday’s opener in Los Angeles. Whether that happens depends on how [...]
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Things get a little goofy at the end of spring training. I think it’s Desert Fever. In the fifth inning of Tuesday’s 4-2 victory over the Padres, Scutaro drew a walk. When he got to first base he noticed shortstop Gregorio Petit and second baseman Alexi Amarista away from the bag and not paying attention, [...]
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In a decision that surprised nobody, the Giants informed reliever Chad Gaudin that he has made the team as the long reliever. He was the favorite going into camp because of his experience and ability to start and relieve, and he did nothing during the Cactus League to diminish his chances. The Giants had to [...]
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As longtime readers know, I’ve been around the block. I’ve seen a couple of generations of players in the Giants’ clubhouse, and I’ve seen a lot of their children romping through the room. Shawon Dunston Jr. — “Little Shawon” — was easy to remember. His size lived up to is nickname and he was cute [...]
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