San Francisco Giants Positional Break Down: Shortstop

"If Brandon Crawford can hit .240 the Giants will be fine."

I actually heard this quote a few weeks back and shuddered at the truth behind it. The Giants haven't had a good shortstop since Rich Aurilia. Not Vizquel, not Aurilia part dues, not Uribe, and no, not Renteria. So a long term shortstop is way overdue.

What NOT to do: Sign Jose Reyes.

Six/100 million for a shortstop that on average plays 130 games. Did I look that number up? Nope. I Don't need to. The book on Reyes is so well know it seems almost preposterous that someone would even consider paying him his desired asking price.

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