SF Giants president of baseball operations Buster Posey made no bones about the fact that the team wanted to sign a shortstop in the offseason. He did just that by signing Willy Adames and avoided disaster by not pursuing an oft-rumored target.
There were countless rumors connecting the Giants to shortstop Ha-Seong Kim in the offseason. Much was made of his friendship with Jung Hoo Lee and his familiarity with manager Bob Melvin dating back to their time together with the San Diego Padres.
SF Giants dodged major bullet by not signing Ha-Seong Kim
However, the one major complication was that Kim injured his shoulder last season with San Diego and it required surgery.