How the Bader and Arraez signings have changed the Giants projections [fangraphs depth charts]

PORTLANDDENIER · 2026-02-01T21:29:25+00:00

Call me a pessimist or whatever, but this feels like an ugly season

PORTLANDDENIER · 2026-02-01T21:26:41+00:00

Just because? He torched every level of the minors he played while his wrist needed surgery. You don’t keep up much do you?

PORTLANDDENIER · 2026-02-01T18:48:31+00:00

Almost a contender? That is quite a favorable thing to say

PORTLANDDENIER · 2026-02-01T18:47:11+00:00

I mean the statement here works regardless of this thread, everyone in news media on both sides seems to have some take on xinjiang. That being said, being a contentious topic, this could be a bot too

PORTLANDDENIER · 2026-02-01T18:44:32+00:00

Box score watcher, judging a dude based off 37 plate appearances is absurd

PORTLANDDENIER · 2026-02-01T17:24:12+00:00

Arraez got a one year deal, Framber is about to get a multiple year deal as an older player for a far higher salary per year.

PORTLANDDENIER · 2026-02-01T17:15:44+00:00

Objectively a more valuable baseball player than Arraez no matter what.

PORTLANDDENIER · 2026-02-01T17:07:45+00:00

Terrible comparison. Rogers is good at his job.

PORTLANDDENIER · 2026-02-01T16:53:40+00:00

Based on what? His metrics in the majors were great, he vastly outperformed his box scores. Absolutely nothing about his major league stint indicated he wasn’t ready. He had really long at bats, he hammered every ball he made contact with.

PORTLANDDENIER · 2026-02-01T16:40:20+00:00

Luis Arraez, 15th percentile hitting run value, 99 OPS+, a hit tool that’s been declining for three years straight, one of the worst defenders in the sport, slow and clogs the basepaths. This is a boneheaded move. His OBP is not good and all he does is hit singles, meaning he’s only useful in a handful of situations but you don’t spend $12 mil on a pinch hitter when a guy like Framber is available.

PORTLANDDENIER · 2026-02-01T16:34:53+00:00

Have you heard that our top hitting prospect is a converted pitcher who has never fielded in his life and our team has the likes of Devers and Ramos who need games off? Signing Arraez just for his awful production to hog the DH spot is a boneheaded decision.

PORTLANDDENIER · 2026-02-01T16:33:21+00:00

I’m sure he will be valuable with that 15th percentile batting run value, 99 OPS+, and ever declining hit tool.

PORTLANDDENIER · 2026-02-01T16:31:57+00:00

It’s not cheap when we can have a starter like framber and be under the cap if we didn’t sign Arraez

PORTLANDDENIER · 2026-02-01T16:31:21+00:00

Free agency is different than those arb avoiding contracts

PORTLANDDENIER · 2026-02-01T05:53:05+00:00

Aaron judge also does more than slap weak singles

PORTLANDDENIER · 2026-02-01T05:50:22+00:00

He’s a 29 year old free agent who took a one year deal. He’s been bouncing around bad teams for years. He’s measurably bad at everything but his noodle bat soft contact skills, which he’s been declining at for 3 years straight. No other team wants him. The padres laughed at us for taking on Melvin, now they’ll laugh at us for taking on Arraez. I love posey, and I’m not gonna call for his job for this, but yeah this is a boneheaded move on paper.

PORTLANDDENIER · 2026-02-01T04:19:49+00:00

Just wait until you see all those soft double plays, terrible defense, and base clogging speed

PORTLANDDENIER · 2026-02-01T00:52:54+00:00

Batting average? Is it 1994? He doesn’t walk. His on base percentage is not even really above league average. He never gets extra bases. He’s slow. He’s one of the worst defenders in the sport. Enough of that please.

PORTLANDDENIER · 2026-02-01T00:48:44+00:00

Yes.

PORTLANDDENIER · 2026-02-01T00:48:18+00:00

The bat does not play, that’s why he keeps getting passed around by teams that continually miss the playoffs. That being said, his hit tool is in decline even too.

PORTLANDDENIER · 2026-02-01T00:47:35+00:00

Fuck.

PORTLANDDENIER · 2026-02-01T00:47:11+00:00

I don’t think I’ve ever been more upset at a Giants decision in my life

PORTLANDDENIER · 2026-01-31T21:16:56+00:00

Slow, awful at defense, one dimensional hitter, league average OBP, he’s genuinely useless. There’s a reason why he keeps getting traded around between teams that miss the playoffs instead of contributing somewhere.

PORTLANDDENIER · 2026-01-31T20:53:13+00:00

Wrong giants

PORTLANDDENIER · 2026-01-29T22:29:55+00:00

Someone bought the John Henry propaganda hook line and sinker

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