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Budget Cuts, Spring Training Stats, Active Roster
San Francisco Chronicle
3-31-2009
Major budget cuts around here. I was unable to cover the Giants though Spring Training, and have been asked to cover the Giants regular season, without discussing notes from around the league. Hopefully this trend will change but for now, I'm limited in what I can report. This also means no GM or player interviews for a while. That said, here it is, the end of March and it is time for baseball. Interestingly the schedule is the same as in 2008 as the MLB office refused to hire someone to make a new one. The Giants first game is in a week in LA.
I have attached the active roster accompanied with the spring training stats. I attached it instead of imbedding it because it was the only way I could figure out how to do it. Any help would be appreciated. I have been told that Aurilia and Ishikawa will platoon at first, and Burriss won the job at second, primarily because of this defense, but Frandsen has more pop and will get plenty of playing time. The bullpen and Zito looked terrible this Spring. Hopefully they can turn it around.
The Giants made no additional trades, had no injuries that will impact the regular season, and offered minor league contracts to Mark Prior and Dillon Gee. Gee has signed elsewhere. Prior sounded insulted, but is yet to sign elsewhere so is still a possibility.
Let's play ball!
Dick Fieldman
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