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The Giants signed catcher Eli Whiteside to a one year deal a week after they looked like they didn’t him a contract last week.  Apparently they did offer him a deal though and he eventually accepted it.  With Posey hopefully coming back, Whiteside will be competing with Chris Stewart for the back up catcher job.

Whiteside had the lowest batting average of any hitter in the National League in the second half with a .163 average.  He finished the season hitting .197.  The Giants also have Hector Sanchez waiting in the wings but someone like Whiteside should fill in nicely until Sanchez is ready to come back.

The Giants resigned Guillermo Mota to one year, $1 million deal.  Mota is getting up their in age (38) but he had a decent enough season where he threw 80 1/3 innings with an ERA of 3.81.  He also had a nice 77/30 strikeout to walk ratio but he’s still prone to the fly ball.

The Giants also met their contract tendering deadline by signing Tim Lincecum, Ryan Vogelsong, Sergio Romo and Santiago Casilla.  I like the Mota move because you can’t go wrong with those one year deals and you don’t need to spend a ton of money on your bullpen to get some solid production.

Here are the top ten Giants prospects as determined by Baseball America.

1)  Gary Brown OF
2)  Tommy Joseph  1b/C
3)  Heath Hembree  RHP
4)  Joe Panik  SS
5)  Francisco Peguero OF
6)  Andrew Susac  C
7)  Eric Surkamp
8)  Kyle Crick  RHP
9)  Ehire Adrianza SS
10)  Hector Sanchez  C