Bleacher140 wrote:
Plus if they wanted a quality pitcher, they should have put a bid into the Iwakuma posting. He was super impressive at the last WBC. Plus Hiroki Kuroda is also available and he's been the Dodger's hard luck pitcher, in that his numbers are great but his won-loss record is lousy. Basically, he's their Matt Cain...

Re: the Iwakuma posting. Too much money.

Kuroda : while I'd like to have him, there's no way the Giants should give him $15M (or $10M) - they don't have the money.

Why no love for Hisanori Takahashi from anybody? Is he a #2 starter? No. He'd be a great #4 or #5, though. For cheap. While the Giants spend their money on bats.

Edit: I should clarify my intent. I think that the Giants already have their pitching nailed down for the next 2 year (if not 4), and spending gobs of money on pitching would not be the smart thing to do. Signing a decent pitcher for cheap, for depth, would be great. They have key pitchers under control for the next 2 years or more (Matty and J Sanchez thru 2012, Tim, Zito and Wilson thru 2013, Romo thru 2014, MadBum thru 2016) - now is not the time to spend on FA pitching. I tossed out the name of Takahashi because (if signed for one year with an option, or for 2 years) he would make Sanchez expendable and Jon could be traded for a decent handful of bat(s) and position prospect(s) - exactly what the Giants need.

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