Brian Sabean

While appearing on Tolbert & Lund on Thursday afternoon, Brian Sabean gave his best explanation for the Giants’ offensive struggles.

Giants executive Brian Sabean thinks Duggar is the real deal, however, and told Murph & Mac on Thursday morning that Duggar is not only a possible five tool player, but that he is a major league caliber centerfielder right now.

Since getting promoted from general manager to Executive VP of Baseball Operations, Brian Sabean hasn’t been involved in the day-to-day operations of the major league club since 2015. That’s going to change this season according to a report from Andrew Baggarly of the The Athletic, who writes that Sabean will reassume a more hands on role with the club, after the team’s atrocious 98-loss season in 2017.

Speaking with reporters on a conference call Tuesday, Giants executive Brian Sabean said that Jackson is probably not going to be San Francisco’s everyday centerfielder in 2018.

While Lorzeno Cain isn’t entirely out of the question for the Giants, Brian Sabean told Tolbert & Lund on Friday afternoon that the team is hesitant to take on the increased cost of signing a qualifying-free agent.

The Giants made their first big move of the offseason on Wednesday morning, acquiring three-time All-Star 3B Evan Longoria in a trade that send both Christian Arroyo and Denard Span to Tampa Bay. Though Longoria wasn’t exactly a world beater at the plate in 2016, he is at the very worst an above average third baseman, and now gives the Giants solid players at every infield position.

After 10 years in the Major Leagues, Longoria is the rare star who would be willing to admit he had jitters when thinking about playing at AT&T Park, and it’s not because of how far the fences are set.

The signature moves made by the Giants so far this offseason are whiffing on Giancarlo Stanton, missing out on Shohei Ohtani, and unloading Matt Moore for a pair of relatively unheralded prospects. Not exactly reason to believe the Giants are ready to contend.

San Francisco Giants’ vice president of baseball operations Brian Sabean has been as honest as any member of the franchise about the team’s recent downfall and the challenges that lie ahead for the club to compete in 2018.

San Francisco won three World Series titles with a small-ball approach, and new hitting coach Alonzo Powell was brought in to maintain that philosophy.