The Giants and shortstop Willy Adames are in settlement on a seven-year $182MM contract in response to a report from ESPN’s Jeff Passan. Susan Slusser of the San Francisco Chronicle first reported that talks between the perimeters have been “choosing up steam.” Passan provides that the CAA Sports activities shopper will obtain a $22MM signing bonus as a part of the contract, which is the most important in Giants historical past.
Adames, 29, was the highest shortstop accessible in the marketplace this winter and goes to a staff that has been candid about its need to improve on the place this winter. They’ve now carried out so by bringing in one of many league’s steadiest gamers on each side of the ball to deal with the place. Adames has been value no less than 3.1 fWAR and three.0 bWAR in every of his 5 full, 162-game seasons within the majors because of that consistency. A profession 109 wRC+ hitter who slashed a robust .251/.331/.462 (119 wRC+) with Milwaukee in 2024, the addition of Adames as a middle-of-the-order bat ought to assist enhance a Giants offense that managed only a 98 wRC+ final 12 months. Whereas San Francisco’s 112 wRC+ at shortstop final 12 months a robust determine, a lot of that manufacturing was because of multi-positional bat Tyler Fitzgerald, who took over the place down the stretch however was a lackluster defender with a -4 in Outs Above Common final 12 months. Adames was solely value a +1 determine by OAA final 12 months however posted wonderful +16 and +10 figures within the metric in 2022 and ’23 and needs to be a significant improve to the membership’s protection who types a dynamic tandem with third baseman Matt Chapman on the left facet of the infield.
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