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Omar Vizquel is the Giants' new shortstop, according to an unnamed source of The Associated Press. David Pinto reviews the transaction at Baseball Musings and gives it a thumbs down, mainly because San Francisco committed three years and more than $12 million to a 38-year-old who isn't likely to be significantly better than Deivi Cruz.
I tend to agree. Vizquel may help the Giants marginally in 2005 - which perhaps is all that matters as the Barry Bonds retirement clock ticks - but that money might be better spent on pitching.
Update: The Fourth Outfielder Baseball Blog examines the signing in great detail, concluding that we may be underestimating Vizquel's remaning value, both offensively and defensively - and yet even so, "neither is this the kind of signing which indicates a team is playoff-bound."
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