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Aubrey Huff did not resign but instead, re-signed for the San Francisco Giants. The Giants completed 1 of their major goals this MLB off-season, re-signing their significant first baseman/outfielder Aubrey Huff to a 2-year contract worth a guaranteed $22M. The deal comes with a club option for 2013.

Huff hit .290/.385/.506 with 26 home runs and 86 RBI, all of which led San Francisco. He also became the 1st player from the team to score 100 runs in a season since Barry Bonds in 2004. Huff was 5th in NL with 28 go-ahead RBI, and 7th with 14 game-winning RBI. Based on the full results, he got 70 points and ended up 7th National League Most Valuable Player for the previous season voting, the highest finish by a San Francisco Giants baseball player, in results that were announced earlier this week.

“We’re extremely excited to be able to re-sign Aubrey,” General Manager Brian Sabean stated in a news release. “He was an integral part in the team’s success last season, not only with his outstanding play in the field, but also providing a great clubhouse presence.”

GM Sabean talked with Huff’s representatives only hours after the victory parade for winning the World Series. He gets a substantial raise from the $3M he made the past MLB season, when San Francisco signed him out of the unwanted bin after Adam LaRoche turned down a much larger offer.

The 33 year old Huff wished to come back and San Francisco truly could not afford to let him leave. The giants are seeking to be more left-handed this winter, and it would have been a bad beginning if they did not bring back their leading left-handed hitter.

The deal is not without risk for San Francisco. Huff has not put together consecutive powerful seasons for a certain period, and he will turn 34 in a month. The team probably would have given pause to getting him back if he were limited to first base, since top hitting prospect Brandon Belt is rocketing through the system. However, Huff proved great versatility by moving to left field when Buster Posey broke in at first base starting the month of May, and he even showed serviceable in AT&T Park’s tough right field when Pat Burrell joined the club and became the daily guy in left.

As mentioned earlier, the Baseball Writers Association of America will declare this week the NL Most Valuable Player Award winner for this year. There were three great MLB players that were mentioned who will most likely be the MVP for the previous season – Albert Pujols of the St. Louis Cardinals, Colorado Rockies’ Carlos Gonzalez and Joey Votto of Cincinatti Reds. Among the three candinates, Reds’ first baseman – Pujols is the favorite and was expected by many to be the possible winner. However, it came out to be that Joey Votto is this year’s National League Most Valuable Player. Yes, the 27 year old Votto topped the two players and is recognized as the 10th Red to win the NL MVP Award which was announced last earlier this week.

Votto is the 1st awardee for the Cincinatti’s since Barry Larkin won in 1995. He won over the reigning 2-time MVP Albert Pujols and Carlos Gonzales, obtaining 31 out of 321st place votes for the award.

Votto, 27, hit .324 with 37 home runs and 113 RBI. Pujols led the National League in home runs (42) and RBI (118). However, this year’s winner led the league in on-base percentage (.424) and slugging percentage (.600). He ended 2nd in NL in batting average to Colorado’s Carlos Gonzalez (.336) and third in home runs to Pujols and Nationals’ Adam Dunn (38) and 3rd RBI to Pujols and Gonzalez (117).

Votto was in just his 3rd full year in the major leagues. He was the Cincinatti’s 2nd round draft pick in 2002, out of Toronto. He ended up as 2nd the 2008 Rookie of the Year voting.

Votto hit .322 with 25 home runs and 84 RBI in 2009. However, he missed a total of 31 games and had to leave to others with issues of stemming from depression and anxiety. He was able to keep away from any such conditions this season.

Votto is driven, never satisfied.

“When I was in high school, I was never the best player,” Votto said earlier this year. “When I was in the minor leagues, I was never the best player. Even when I was called up, I didn’t get a lot of attention. Nothing was given to me. I’ve always earned it. I’ve always worked hard since I was very young.

“I learned that from my parents. I learned that from trial and error. I tried to get by before, and that didn’t work well for me. I’m driven. I want to be the best. I want to reach my potential. The times when I feel myself giving in, getting sluggish or lazy, that’s when I know I’m not doing the right thing.”

Job well done, Joey! Congratulations and we hope you join Cincinatti Reds legends – Johnny Bench and Joe Morgan as a 2-time winner next year!

A 36 year old baseball player debuted his career with the New York Yankees, served as the team’s shortstop and currently a free agent now. Jeter will go in history as 1 of the all time best Yankees to ever have stepped on the Bronx baseball field. Even though the former team captain just ended his worst year in his sixteen year profession with New York – hitting .270 with a .340 on-base percentage and .370 slugging percentage – some were saying that he will get a 3 year offer worth $45 million from the former team to remain on-board.

Last year was Jeter’s final season in his 10 year, $189 million contract with his first and last team, the New York Yankees.

I have this feeling that we might be seeing Jeter plays again as a short stop for the next 3 years.

Do you feel the same way?

The National League Manager of the Year Award for this year is expected to be declared this week. And it is a race without clear frontrunner, as Bobby Cox of Altanta Braves, Charlie Manuel of Philadelphia Phillies, Dusty Baker of Cincinatti Reds, and Bud Black of San Diego Padres all have pretty real arguments.

On his last season, Cox led Atlanta to a 91-71 record and the NL Wild Card, sending the Braves to the playoffs for the 1st time from 2005. Throughout the seasons, he had experienced some injuries, roster turnover, and unproven young players, but his team did finished strong.

Manuel guided Philadelphia towards the best record in MLB and the Phillies 4th consecutive 1st place finish in the National League East. Inspite of injuries to Jimmy Rollins, Chase Utley, Ryan Howard, and Placido Polanco, the team kept going on and tore away in the 2nd half following the acquisition of Roy Oswalt.

Baker’s team, the Cincinatti Reds amazed many by getting rid of St. Louis and completing 1st in the National League Central by 5 games. Reds’ manager took over an unproven team and brought it to a powerful finish, fighting back from a potentially devastating sweep on the hands of the Cardinals during early August to pull ahead.

And Bud Black was able to get San Diego’s playoff chances down to the final day of the season. Working against Black is the fact that his team gave away a large division lead in the final 6 weeks and missed out on the postseason, but 1 should not lose sight of the fact that the San Diego Padres were not anticipated to be there in the first place. They were possibly the surprise of the season.

Anybody of those 4 managers could get the title and it would not come like a big surprise. Bruce Bochy may also get a few consideration for the job he did with San Francisco, although the voting for this award is done prior to the start of the playoffs.

If Dusty Baker gets the win, it would be his 4tth and for Cox, it would be his 5th. Bochy has one title. Neither Manuel nor Black has ever won.

2009 season’s winner was Jim Tracy, for the great job he did with Colorado.

According to CSNNE.com the Philadelphia Phillies showed some interest in making veteran catcher Jason Andrew Varitek their back up catcher. The 38yo, free agent has not hit above .260 in the past 5 seasons and has observed his playing time decreased dramatically in the last 3 seasons.

Varitek is an excellent clubhouse player and is effective with his pitchers, but is no longer an option with the bat (at least everyday), and cannot withstand the grind of a full season. He hit .232 with 7 home runs in 112 at-bats this season for the Red Sox.

The Toronto Blue Jays, Washington Nationals, and Houston Astros have all shown their interest in Jason Varitek as a possible mentor to a younger catcher who’s getting close to a full workload in the majors. American League sources thinksVaritek has certainly played his last game with the Boston Red Sox and will find for new job this MLB offseason.

The question will be if he is able to land a major league contract, because recent history indicates when your rate is so high, teams will flat out disregard you.

After a World Series and San Francisco Giants victory that fittingly capped the MLB campaign known as the Season of the Pitcher, the sport has slightly skipped a beat before immediately starting its next chapter, open season on free agents. License to begin the search in a season of big spending has been given 10 days earlier than in the past due to rules changes meant to much easier wheeling-dealing.

The top ticket item within more than 150 free agent baseballers is the Rangers pitcher Cliff Lee who has been consistently in the spotlight last month, and as I have said earlier the Yankees already reached out to his agent to show their interest. Cliff Lee, who had gathered a 7-0 postseason record in the past 2 years before 2 uncharacteristic Fall Classic stumbles against the San Francisco Giants, figures to command in the neighborhood of his old Cleveland Indian team-mate CC Sabathia’s deal with the Yanks at $23M yearly. New York might have to sweeten the pot for the best pitcher free after the sour treatment Lee’s wife met at her last visit to Yankees’ new $1.6B stadium. Kristen Lee said she was spat on and cursed at by fans at the New York Yankees Stadium during Game 3 of the American League Championship Series. “It’s hard not to take it personal,” she said to USA TODAY. Lee, an amazing 48-25 with a 2.98 earned run average over the last 3 regular seasons, said he would not hold it against prospective buyer New York Yankees, brushing off the incident to a few “goofballs” among the 50,000 packed into the seats.

The San Francisco triumphed in the World Series with a cast of young, sensational pitchers backed by an offense composed of castoffs and misfits — many of whom are once again available for the taking. The Giants sluggers Aubrey Huff, Juan Uribe, Pat Burrell and World Series MVP Edgar Renteria are on the free agent list. Edgar Renteria’s probable exit after being a key player to a championship would follow the footsteps of 2009 Fall Classic MVP Hideki Matsui of New york. Matsui, who transferred from New York to Los Angeles to play for the Angels, may require to leave another forwarding address as he again has arrived on the free agent list. New York themselves have some dynamic names on the list in captain Derek Jeter and closer Mariano Rivera, though those stalwarts of five New York title teams are both expected to sign juicy offers to continue wearing the pinstripes as much to honor their legacy as their production.

Other big fish in the pool to catch are Tampa Bay Rays’ swift outfielder Carl Crawford, Philadelphia Phillies’ slugger Jayson Werth and Washington Nationals power-hitter Adam Dunn.

A number of potential closers are also open for pick up like J.J. Putz, Brian Fuentes, Kevin Gregg, Jon Rauch, Koji Uehara and all-time saves leader Trevor Hoffman, 43, who hit the 600-save mark last season for Milwaukee Brewers and would like to hook up with a new team if he can continue to close games.

The New York Yankees did not waste any time touching base with the leading free agent in their views. On the 1st day of open transactions for MLB players who turned to be free agents at the end of the World Series, the Yankees officials made a call towards the agent for left-hander, Clifton Phifer “Cliff” Lee .

Based on the report by The Associated Press, New York reached out for agent Darek Braunecker merely to let him know they’ll get back to him shortly with an offer for the leading starting pitcher on the open market.

Cliff Lee is typically recognized as the New Yorks’ top priority among the 166 free agents, after the 32 y.o. veteran had made 12-9 with a 3.18 ERA in a season he split between the Seattle Mariners and the last season’s American League (AL) champion, the Texas Rangers.

Until 2 losses towards the San Francisco Giants in the World Series, Cliff Lee had a 7-0 postseason record that consisted 3 victories over New York, 2 in the World Series in 2009 for the Philadelphia Phillies’ only wins and 1 in last October’s American League Championship Series.

Most of you are celebrating and giving glory to the World Series Champs, the San Francisco Giants. But let us also give credit to other MLB teams like the Texas Rangers who also gave their best and for some other admirable factors that are truly amazing.

The Rangers though did not make it in the World Series, has still to be congratulated for just winning their first postseason division series in team history against the Tampa Bay Rays.

Their big time slugger Josh Hamilton was 1 of the key contributors all the way through this year’s season and is really a candidate for the American League Most Valuable Player this season.

However, the Rangers’ outfielder is a recovering drug addict and alcoholic. When Texas won the division to get to the playoffs the team celebrated with champagne so Joshua Hamilton sat in the trainer’s office to stay away from the alcohol.

When they won the series, Hamilton planned to repeat his procedure of eliminating alcohol but was greatly surprised. He entered the locker room and was doused and sprayed with ginger ale. His teammates were great enough to keep in mind what he has contributed to them and truly gave a heart-felt gesture for him.

I have been living in San Francisco since birth and I’ve never, ever witnessed anything like the turnout for the Giants at their ticker tape parade. There have been throngs, mobs, and oodles of men and women there – and great percentage of them are in black and orange outfit to celebrate their World Series Champions.

If you were in the San Francisco’s parade or seen it live, you would be surely amazed by the number of people. Parade goers literally hung from the top of bus stops, leaned out of windows, climbed high up on trees and some wise spectators carried their own ladders to climb upon for a much better view. There have been also a great number of children whose parents fetched them out of school to see the event and some schools actually made the affair into a class field trip. When favorite players like Brian Wilson, Aubrey Huff, Tim Lincecum and MVP Edgar Renteria have been noticed on the cable cars that made up the parade floats the crowd went completely crazy in a deafening din.

So the intriguing question now is how many people have really been in the San Francisco Giants Parade?

The answer is that this is the most crowd that have ever congregated in San Francisco town center. The Giants organization expected around 150,000 fanatics but that is just a small portion of the total who really showed up. Some head counters are saying that up to a million individuals went to the parade where the route was about 50 people in most areas. We know many of you are also thinking and making some rough estimate. For us, we assume that number of people who joined the parade was about 500,000. But we will let update you again as soon as we get the exact figure so keep coming back.