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Podcast: Locked On Giants – Daily Podcast On The San Francisco Giants
Episode: URGENT REPORT: Giants OUT on Tatsuya Imai | Josuar Gonzalez MAY be on the table to IMPROVE Pitching
Description: The Giants are backing away from Tatsuya Imai — and the reasons stretch far beyond baseball. Today we break down the latest reporting from Andrew Baggarly that San Francisco is not inclined to spend at the level required to sign Imai or any of the top free-agent arms, despite meeting with Scott Boras and doing full medical homework. We go through why financial realities like Blake Snell’s deferred payments, managerial payouts, private-equity optics, and declining RSN revenue are pushing the Giants toward short-term, lower-cost pitching options instead of real frontline upgrades. We also dig into the long-running Posey–Boras tensio...