Happy Monday, San Francisco Giants fans.
We’re a full week into the offseason now, and while we’re probably three or four weeks away from the big free agency moves happening, this figures to be a fairly busy week. Among other things, Rule 5 protections must be in place on Tuesday, while Friday is the deadline for tendering or non-tendering a contract to arbitration-eligible players (though I wouldn’t expect any surprises from the team’s six such players, Austin Slater, Mike Yastrzemski, J.D. Davis, Tyler Rogers, Thairo Estrada, and LaMonte Wade Jr.).
But while that stuff is all fun and important, we’re really waiting for the first big shoe to drop in free agency.