Examining the projected contracts for Giants free agent targets

Photo by Michael Zagaris/Oakland Athletics/Getty ImagesI don’t say the following to disparage San Francisco Giants fans, baseball fans as a whole, or sports fans in general. Because one of the time-honored traditions and privileges of being a fan is that you get to be irrational and nonsensical, and I encourage everyone to use this hobby perk frequently and ferociously. But here goes nothing.

Fans are hilariously contradictory with contracts sometimes.

An example: had I tweeted in the summer of 2022 that Carlos Correa would sign in the winter for 13 years and $350 million, it would have been met with an overwhelming amount of “LOL good luck to whatever GM is dumb enough to do that” responses.…