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MLB Insider Hints San Francisco Giants Not Able To Afford Star Free Agent
The San Francisco Giants are expected to have a smaller payroll in 2025, a questionable decision. However, when Buster Posey took the job, he should’ve 100% understood that. Posey, now the president of baseball operations, was likely in the mix in those conversations.
That doesn’t diminish the fact that the Giants need to spend money to compete, but from an organizational standpoint, it isn’t the craziest idea to want Posey to have a full offseason before the owners with big pockets up the payroll.
However, that might take San Francisco out of the mix for some of the top players on the market. With a clear need to improve this winter, that’s disheartening.
According to Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic, the Giants reduced payroll might hurt their chances of signing Willy Adames. He added that Ha-Seong Kim might be the better fit due to the payroll issue. He did acknowledge that Adames is the better fit long-term for the Giants, who are hoping to sign a shortstop to add some reinforcements to that side of the infleld.
“Perhaps Ha-Seong Kim would be a more suitable fit, coming at a lower price as he recovers from shoulder surgery and without the additional cost of a draft pick (both Adames and Bregman received qualifying offers),” Rosenthal wrote.
Adames is a better player than Kim, but if they end up with the South Korean native, he wouldn’t be a bad consolation prize.
When Adames is at his best, it’s intriguing to think about what San Francisco’s offense could look like. His numbers would likely be much different at Oracle due to the dimensions, but he’d add a different dynamic to this lineup, something the club is dying for.
Kim is more of an all-around guy. His lack of power and other issues at the plate doesn’t make him a five-tool guy, but it’s important not to let the numbers get in the way of who he truly is. Kim is a very good player and would be an excellent addition to the Giants. He is also a Gold Glove-caliber fielder.
Still, that doesn’t take away from not having money to spend. There are many elite players on the market this winter, and if San Francisco found a way to sign a few of them, things could be much different.
Instead, it sounds like that won’t happen until the 2025-26 offseason, at the earliest.
A run of late-summer performances brings Lettuce to SFJAZZ, where the Boston-born sextet continues touring its latest album Cook inside Miner Auditorium. Known for expanding from Berklee students into a tightly synchronized funk collective, the band threads together psychedelic grooves, brass-led arrangements, and extended improvisational passages that often stretch their sets into long-form explorations rather than fixed song cycles. Each performance draws on decades of collaboration and individual side work across jazz, pop, and hip-hop, giving the music a layered, studio-to-stage fluidity that rarely settles into repetition. The SFJAZZ setting frames that approach with concert-hall clarity, allowing rhythm sections and horn interplay to unfold with precision even at peak intensity. Across the run, the focus stays on sustained groove and ensemble chemistry, where variation emerges gradually through solos and shifting textures rather than abrupt changes in direction.
A man was being sought as the suspect in a double shooting in Bay Point that left one person dead and another injured early Friday morning.
The Contra Costa County Sheriff’s Office said deputies were dispatched at about 1:30 a.m. to an unknown problem on Olivia Lane, just east of Alves Lane and south of Delta de Anza Regional Trail, which later was reported to be “shots fired.”
While arriving at the scene, deputies were flagged down by several people who were injured at the location, the Sheriff’s Office said. Deputies found one person who was unresponsive and he was taken to a hospital. The victim was later pronounced dead at the hospital, the office said.
A second person was taken to the hospital; the victim’s condition was not disclosed. The victim who died has not yet been identified.
Sheriff’s detectives identified the suspect as 35-year-old Avery Alexander Gibbs, described by the Sheriff’s Office as a transient. Gibbs was still at large as of Friday afternoon
The Sheriff’s Office said Gibbs should not be approached, and anyone seeing him should call 9-1-1. People with information on the shooting were asked to contact Sheriff’s Office investigators at (925) 313-2600 dispatcher at (925) 646-2441.
Golden Gate Bridge fireworks will be a rare patriotic event
This year on July 4th, for the third time in history, an organized fireworks display will be held at San Francisco’s iconic Golden Gate Bridge. This only happned in twice before in 1987 and 2012 for the bridge’s 50th and 75th annivesary. Expect crowds to be massive and public transportation, ride shares and simply walking is highly recommended.
SAN FRANCISCO – San Francisco is preparing for its major July 4th fireworks display on Saturday night, an event expected to draw massive crowds as pyrotechnics are launched directly from the Golden Gate Bridge for only the third time in history.
Will crowds flood Marina?
What we don’t know:
To pull off the event, the Golden Gate Bridge, major roadways, and key parking lots at Marina Green and Crissy Field will be shut down.
Several neighborhood streets will also be blocked off, creating significant traffic hurdles. Officials are strongly advising spectators to utilize public transit due to severely limited parking.
Local residents in the Marina District have expressed concern over the impending chaos as crowds flood the neighborhood.
“I’m a little worried, yeah,” said nearby resident Michael Zoboski. “I think it’s gonna be definitely hectic. I don’t know where people are going to park, it seems like it’s taking up a large amount of the streets up here. I think it’s going to be a little crazy.”
To manage the influx, access to many surrounding neighborhoods will be strictly limited to local residents.
Checking IDs
What we know:
Law enforcement officers will be checking IDs and questioning drivers to verify residency. According to the district supervisor, there will be 10 police officers deployed per block in the Marina.
Road closures will stretch from Baker Street to Van Ness Avenue between 8 p.m. and 11 p.m.
Portions of Fisherman’s Wharf are scheduled to shut down even earlier, starting at 1 p.m. Saturday afternoon, with much of that neighborhood also restricted to local access. The Golden Gate Bridge itself will close to traffic starting at 9 p.m.
Additionally, roads will be closed in the Presidio and Richmond District. To encourage the use of public transportation, Muni is providing special shuttles to help transport spectators to the viewing areas.
The Source: Marina neighbors, Muni, San Francisco city website
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