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The Mercury News
The Mercury News
Contrary to popular belief, the Giants do not need to spend the massive pile of money they allocated for Shohei Ohtani and Yoshinobu Yamamoto. In fact, the Giants would be foolish to sign a big-money free agent now that those two players are Dodgers. No, San Francisco needs to stay nimble. With big money comes long terms — the Giants might be able to afford the pay, but they can’t afford four-plus years of a second-tier free agent. (If those guys were sure things, they’d be signed by now.) After going for the big play and failing — again — the Giants need to stay true to their systems (it did …