Who are the big free agents this year?

[PlayingWithFire]

Brian Giles would be stupid to stay in San Diego.

The contract he gets this offseason may be his last anyway, so his destination doesn't really matter.

But yeah, he'd be stupid to stay in San Diego: his hometown and the most beautiful city hosting a baseball team.

me think it would be stupid for the Pads to let him go though

[RynMan]

Brian Giles would be stupid to stay in San Diego.

The contract he gets this offseason may be his last anyway, so his destination doesn't really matter.

But yeah, he'd be stupid to stay in San Diego: his hometown and the most beautiful city hosting a baseball team.

me think it would be stupid for the Pads to let him go though

Well of course they would want him to stay....unfortunately he will probably wanna get paid.

[PlayingWithFire]

Brian Giles would be stupid to stay in San Diego.

The contract he gets this offseason may be his last anyway, so his destination doesn't really matter.

But yeah, he'd be stupid to stay in San Diego: his hometown and the most beautiful city hosting a baseball team.

me think it would be stupid for the Pads to let him go though

Well of course they would want him to stay....unfortunately he will probably wanna get paid.

They paid Klesko

[RynMan]

They paid Klesko

And that may be the reason that they don't pay Giles.

[PlayingWithFire]

They paid Klesko

And that may be the reason that they don't pay Giles.

I would expect them(management) to be better than the Pirates

[davidmarver]

When you have 20+ million "dead" dollars in Klesko and Chan Ho, resigning players is far more difficult than it should be.

[Music2004Man]

I could see the Pads dropping Hoffman's contract this offseason and letting him sign elsewhere. I think he's getting to old for them to be reupping for 8-10 a year. With the money that they save on Hoffman I would think that they would be able to re up Giles contract for another 2 or 3 years. While it would be nice from a fantasy standpoint to have Giles in another ballpark I believe I read that he was from the west coast and wanted to stay there. He is a good fit in the middle of that lineup (though he could use some help).

[Pogotheostrich]

I could see the Pads dropping Hoffman's contract this offseason and letting him sign elsewhere. I think he's getting to old for them to be reupping for 8-10 a year. With the money that they save on Hoffman I would think that they would be able to re up Giles contract for another 2 or 3 years. While it would be nice from a fantasy standpoint to have Giles in another ballpark I believe I read that he was from the west coast and wanted to stay there. He is a good fit in the middle of that lineup (though he could use some help).

I agree they would be better off keeping Giles over Hoffman if it came down to it but letting Hoffman go would probably be a PR nightmare.

[blankman]

dm, do you still think Hoffman's going to get paid more than Rivera?

[davidmarver]

dm, do you still think Hoffman's going to get paid more than Rivera?

Well, he did post a better save % than Rivera this last season, again.

Oh, I forgot, that's not the purpose of a closer.

I like how you have the "bet" in your sig as if you're actually going to start posting in the other forums.

Pogo was pretty much right on: losing Hoffman would be a PR nightmare and would significantly hurt the Padres best area: the bullpen.

Outfielders like Giles come and go. There is only one best closer ever and it'd be foolish for the Padres to not re-sign him.