A little late with my request this week — but you guys certainly got plenty of posts for me during the break. Drop your questions for next week’s Mailbag in the comments section below!
Do you think the recent emphasis on two-way players by the giants is motivated more by the potential big league roster flexibility it could provide (even if hypothetically it were an average reliever combined with a situational bat) or are they attracted to those players because of the athleticism necessary to be a two way player and thus if/when they have to focus on one side they'll be well positioned to develop?
This is a little inside baseball. How did San Francisco snag Walker Martin at pick No. 52? He was viewed by many as a first-rounder and perhaps in consideration for the Giants at No. 16. I believe you said San Francisco is expected to give him a first-round-type signing bonus. From varied reporting, I gather that the Giants had at least some role in limiting other teams’ desire to draft Martin and their creativity helped ‘float’ him to their second pick. I’m interested in how that worked. Do you gather that no other team would meet Martin’s signing bonus ask? Do you expect he and his agent signaled he wouldn’t sign elsewhere? Care to guess what his bonus will be?
Do you think the recent emphasis on two-way players by the giants is motivated more by the potential big league roster flexibility it could provide (even if hypothetically it were an average reliever combined with a situational bat) or are they attracted to those players because of the athleticism necessary to be a two way player and thus if/when they have to focus on one side they'll be well positioned to develop?
This is a little inside baseball. How did San Francisco snag Walker Martin at pick No. 52? He was viewed by many as a first-rounder and perhaps in consideration for the Giants at No. 16. I believe you said San Francisco is expected to give him a first-round-type signing bonus. From varied reporting, I gather that the Giants had at least some role in limiting other teams’ desire to draft Martin and their creativity helped ‘float’ him to their second pick. I’m interested in how that worked. Do you gather that no other team would meet Martin’s signing bonus ask? Do you expect he and his agent signaled he wouldn’t sign elsewhere? Care to guess what his bonus will be?