Wild Rule 5 Action Wraps Up Disappointing Winter Meetings

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KNBR @KNBR

Images that preceded catastrophic events in Bay Area sports history

Yup. That’s about the size of it. As my brother and I were saying in the middle of Wednesday afternoon’s nonsense: we get a report that DeGrom is signing with a team, and that’s that. Turner? Same. Verlander? Same! Why don’t the normal rules apply for our beloved Giants? Why is it always torture?

Ah well, it’s a hard thing to convince a Legacy Yankee to walk away from a club that a) has the greatest financial resources in the industry; b) plays in front of the foremost True Baseball Town in the country; and c) hasn’t had a losing season in 30 years. That was always going to be a Tough Ask.

In the meantime, there’s the news you hope for, and there’s the news you get:

SFGiants @SFGiants

Here comes Haniger ✍️ The #SFGiants have agreed to terms with OF Mitch Haniger

Haniger’s good! He’s fine, actually! When healthy, he hits dingers in boatloads — maybe he’ll literally hit a dinger into a boat for the Giants! He’s a local kid, and we’ll all come to love him soon, probably. For this week, he gets the “He isn’t you” award sadly. Sorry about that Mitch! Just bad timing!

But you folks don’t come here to hear my thoughts on Judge Watch™, you’re here to check out the prospect action, and suddenly, shockingly, in the waning minutes of the Rule 5 draft, it came rushing out in an unending succession of surprises!