S.F.Giantsの高齢化

Free Agent Wrap-Up: The Fourth Wave

Bonds is only going to be superhuman for so long, so Sabean has pieced together an extraordinarily "veteran" group of players this offseason without any sort of eye towards the future, signing guys like Alou, Omar Vizquel, and Mike Matheny. Just take a look at the likely Opening Day lineup for the Giants and their "baseball ages" in 2005:
C Mike Matheny (34)
1B J.T. Snow (37)
2B Ray Durham (33)
SS Omar Vizquel (38)
3B Edgardo Alfonzo (31)
LF Barry Bonds (40)
CF Marquis Grissom (38)
RF Moises Alou (38)
That lineup is almost laughably old. Plus, the team's two main bench players, Michael Tucker and Feliz, will be 34 and 30 respectively in 2005. The pitching staff has a couple young guys on it, but starters Jason Schmidt, Brett Tomko, and Kirk Rueter, and relievers Matt Herges, Jim Brower, Scott Eyre, Jason Christiansen, and Armando Benitez are all on the wrong side of 30. San Francisco's roster is about as sturdy as a house of cards and things are going to come crashing down as soon as Bonds stops hitting like Babe Ruth's big brother. With that said, they should have an interesting, competitive team for 2005 (albeit one that will keep the Giants' training staff busy).