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Introducing your host, San Francisco Giants Insider, Alex Pavlovich.

All right, we are back.

I let Ahmed come back for a second week.

This one's a little bit different.

We're going to have a guest.

Chris Stratton, I talked to me at the end of the year.

A really good year for Chris and somebody who I know Ahmed liked because of the advanced metrics.

A lot of professor stuff with him. So that one's coming up in a little bit, and then we'll talk about him, but did want to get to some of the news this week. As we said last week, we're going to do more reaction to what's happening. And kind of a not a surprising stretch for the Giants, but a somewhat busy stretch, Johnny Quato on Saturday night officially opted. Well, he didn't have to opt in. He just didn't opt out. So four more years, 84 million left for Johnny, which takes them right up against the tax again. But look, they're happy to have him back. And then Monday, they officially announced Madison Bumgarner, 12 million, which was a no-brainer. Matt Moore, nine million option, which we knew about. More of a brainer, but we knew about that. A little more of an interesting discussion with more. And then Pablo Sandival, 500,000, the league minimum. That's the one I think people kind of locked onto on Monday after that was announced. But I mean, that's kind of, you know, it's a free player. It's a guy in the 40-man roster. They'll bring him in. It doesn't sound like they want

them to be the starting third baseman. And if it doesn't work, you let him go in spring training.

Well, that was the news that I got from you, basically, is that they're looking for third base,

center field, bullpen, and bringing back Pablo changes none of that. It's not like they're fooling themselves into thinking that he can carry the load, and I think Brian Sabian even said they're looking for more. Also, Jean-Cardleau-Stanton does not play center field third base or the bullpen, neither does J.D. Martinez. I thought that, too, and what did I have at 20% 20% I was at 7?

Yeah, I'm dropping to a 6th. I'm dropping my 20% way down. Yeah, because you're right and they, the home run thing, they're not going to get trapped into saying that they have to get a home run guy too. so that's they'd like to but they don't but but yeah but I think of all the of all the

you know one-year options Matt Moore was the one that guy too. So that's, they'd like to, but they don't. But, but yeah, but I think of all the, of all the,

you know, one year options, Matt Moore was the one that I think took the most thought, but we knew

that at the end of the year when Bobby Evans basically said a couple times that we're going to pick up

that option. Yeah, I mean, no-brainers, Madison Bumgarnerarner i think you tweeted 2014 he that option was picked

you know it's so funny about that i tweeted that option picked up in october of 2014 i actually got

a text from somebody who works at a pretty big media company who wanted to check and make sure

that that that actually wasn't picked up in 20...

No, it was a joke.

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