SF Giants Rumors – Giants Increase Offer to Nick Johnson
Posted on December 17th, 2009 by admin in SF Giants Rumors
Ken Rosenthal of FOXSports.com says the Giants have increased their offer to Nick Johnson. The offer was $5.5 million and now is at the $6 million range. The Yankees and Mariners are also looking to sign Johnson.
King of Cali thoughts: This isn’t a sexy signing to me, but I’m sure Johnson can help if he stays healthy. He will take a walk and does get on base a lot. He’s not a power bat, but would sure be an upgrade at first. If the Giants sign Johnson or Mark DeRosa I won’t be happy unless they sign at least two players. Just one of them will not cut it. They can’t boost this offense by themselves. They need multiple bats since they are probably not going to sign that one big bat.
Buster Olney of ESPN.com tweets, and says “NYY on the verge of signing Nick Johnson. Contract details to be worked out — it’s not final — plus the physical. At the 1 1/2 yard line.”
King of Cali thoughts: Time to start trying harder to sign Beltre, or hope you can work out a trade for Dan Uggla to get some pop before it’s to late.
~King of cali
The Giants are now leverage for every free agent to get the contract they want somewhere else.