The Giants started their spring today in case you missed it. It isn't a spring for fanfare, that's for sure. Expectations for the club are low and off-season activity has involved, mostly, the fringes of the 40-man. Gerardo Parra signed a minor-league deal, for example. He's got a shot to make the team as a corner OF. No disrespect to Mr. Parra, but that's the state of things.
The big fellows like Bum and Buster and the Brandons, as well as the free agents, haven't produced to expectations in the last few seasons.They are still here. Either management believes they'll bounce back or they are too financially constrained to do anything about it.