Instead of looking towards a rebuild last year and into the offseason, the San Francisco Giants decided to just spend and hope.
At this point in the season, that strategy has yet to pan out. There is still plenty of time for this team to get healthy and go on a run. But you can’t help but start thinking about the future of this team.
Assuming the $12 team option on Madison Bumgarner is picked up (and that’s a pretty safe assumption), the Giants already have $166.38 million committed in 2019.
That number includes my best guess at the arbitration-eligible players.