The Giants kept the band together by re-signing Marco Scutaro to a three-year, $20 million deal.
A huge three-month hot streak has netted Marco Scutaro the largest contract of his career.
The 37-year-old infielder came over to the Giants on July 27 from the Colorado Rockies and had arguably the best three months of his career, batting .362 over the final 61 regular season games.
Combine that with 21 postseason hits, the World Series-winning base hit, an NLCS MVP and a thin infield free agent market and we find Marco Scutaro asking teams for the world.
All that led to the Giants giving the journeyman a three-year deal worth $20 million.
Source: Scutaro in agreement with #SFGiants, $20 million for three years.
— Ken Rosenthal (@Ken_Rosenthal) December 5, 2012
From Giants: "3 year deal offered and accepted for Scutaro. Deal pending a physical."
— Andrew Baggarly (@extrabaggs) December 5, 2012
Rumblings of a potential deal started early on Tuesday when ESPN’s Buster Olney reported that Scutaro’s bounty was getting pretty high. CSNBayArea’s Andrew Baggarly confirmed the report.
Bidding on Marco Scutaro said to have reached something in the range of 3 years, $24 million; SF viewed as frontrunner by source involved.
— Buster Olney (@Buster_ESPN) December 4, 2012
Confirming #SFGiants have three-year proposal on table for Marco Scutaro. @Buster_ESPN hearing $24 million range.
— Andrew Baggarly (@extrabaggs) December 4, 2012
Later in the evening, Giants manager Bruce Bochy appeared on ESPN and said the team hoped to end the negotiations soon.
Bruce Bochy says on Baseball Tonight that Giants are hoping that Marco Scutaro accepts SF offer tonight. SF met with his reps today.
— Buster Olney (@Buster_ESPN) December 4, 2012
Bochy proved to prophetic, as the news broke just before 8:30 p.m. Pacific time.
The move keeps the band together. The Giants should return their entire starting lineup from the World Series, assuming they don’t sign anyone to replace Gregor Blanco in left field.
Giants set out this offseason with priority of re-signing Affeldt, Pagan and Scutaro. Check, check and check.
— Henry Schulman BLUE CHECK MARK (@hankschulman) December 5, 2012
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