Give me a break with that, you know the context matters here. Though, I was a bit wrong throwing that all on him. It wasn’t from Farhan directly, it was from sources saying “The Giants will not be outbid”
Oh, just having fun in an otherwise frustrating time for Giants fans.
Frankly, though, $701 million would not have landed Ohtani, and I’m not sure any Giants offer wouldn’t have just been taken to the Dodgers to match. It’s clear he wasn’t just motivated by money.
I agree somewhat with those who have argued that the Giants didn’t miss out on Ohtani presently, they missed out on him by virtue of the mistakes of the last several years. Where I disagree with those making that argument is that they are doing so mostly to defend the current regime, who we all know has been at the helm for several years now. Do the Giants have a stronger sales pitch for Ohtani if they have Gausman, much less Harper? Absolutely. Ownership, too, deserves plenty of blame for letting things get so bad as well, both in terms of the current situation and for the hole that Farhan and company have had to dig out of, with mixed results.