Brett Pill was held out of the Mexican League this year due to being diagnosed with a stress fracture in his hip.
Pill doesn’t have elite tools and lacks power for a first baseman, but should have an outside chance of making the Giants’ 25-man roster this season. He’ll look to compete for a bench job in spring training.
Source: mercurynews.com
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The Giants have discussed the possibility of moving Buster Posey to first base ”at least once a week,” according to the Mercury News.
Posey is ”uncertain” how his surgically repaired left ankle will respond to baseball activities and the Giants don’t anticipate having a gauge on his durability until the end of the spring. Barring any setbacks, the 24-year-old is expected be 100 percent by the start of Opening Day.
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Pablo Sandoval said Friday that he might undergo LASIK surgery on his right eye.
Sandoval underwent LASIK surgery on his left eye during the offseason and is seeing the ball well so far, though the real test will come during game action. Assuming he’s satisfied with the results, he’ll likely get the procedure on his left eye next winter.
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Giants manager Bruce Bochy said Friday that he’s going to look at Melky Cabrera in the leadoff spot.
Angel Pagan figures to be his primary competition. While Cabrera is coming off the better year, both players have a .333 career on-base percentage and Pagan has stolen at least 32 bases in each of the past two seasons. Bochy is also toying with the idea of using Cabrera in the third spot and sliding Pablo Sandoval down to fifth, but we hope it doesn’t come to that. As of now, Nate Schierholtz figures to start in one of the corner outfield spots while Aubrey Huff and Brandon Belt will compete for at-bats at first base.
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Pablo Sandoval gained 25 pounds during the offseason.
Sandoval claims that it’s all muscle, but it doesn’t sound like Giants manager Bruce Bochy is buying it. “He knows he’s got a few pounds to lose,” said Bochy.” We had a good talk.” Sandoval is coming off a resurgent 2011 campaign, so it’s only natural to have some concerns that he’s headed in the wrong direction again, but keep in mind that there’s still a long way to go before the start of the season.
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Tim Lincecum lost 21 pounds over the offseason.
The two-time NL Cy Young winner got up to 196 pounds last year in an effort to improve his durability, but he decided that he preferred to be lighter. The difference in weight doesn’t appear to have affected him either way, as he registered a sparkling 2.74 ERA and 220/86 K/BB ratio in 217 innings last year. Lincecum agreed to a two-year, $40.5 million contract last month and remains hopeful of signing a longer deal with the team at some point.
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Brian Wilson said he’s lost 15 pounds over the offseason in an effort to gain more flexibility.
At the Giants’ urging, Wilson focused his workouts more on cardio than weight training. He thinks the new routine will help keep him healthier in 2012. It surely won’t do anything to help the elbow issue he dealt with, but it could aid him in ridding himself of the back issues that cropped up on occasion. As for his beard, Wilson said it’s not going away anytime soon. “It’s part of me,” he said.
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Tim Dierkes of MLB Trade Rumors has confirmed that outfielder Pat Burrell is retiring from baseball.
Burrell, bothered by a chronic right foot injury since 2010, hinted that he was planning to call it quits back in November. And he’s now ready to make it official. The 35-year-old outfielder will finish with a .253/.361/.472 career batting line, 292 career home runs and 976 career RBI. He played for the Phillies, Rays and Giants.
Source: mlbtraderumors.com
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According to FOX Sports’ Ken Rosenthal, the Yankees are in “serious talks” with Bill Hall.
Hall posted a hideous .211/.261/.314 batting line in 199 plate appearances between the Astros and Giants last year. He’s claiming to be in improved shape, however, and he hit 18 home runs in 120 games just one season ago. Rosenthal’s sources say the Yankees are viewing him as a potential big league utilityman.
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Giants and RHP Tim Lincecum avoided arbitration by agreeing to a two-year, $40.5 million contract.
The two sides agreed to the new contract earlier this week, but it didn’t become official until Lincecum passed a physical. The new deal will cover his final two years of arbitration and take him into free agency following the 2013 season. Lincecum, 27, has a 2.98 ERA and two National League Cy Young awards over his first five seasons in the big leagues.
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