This piece is part of our Hot Stove Takes series, where staff members give quick reactions to the latest notable MLB transactions.
Tom Verducci: With the signing of Willy Adames, the Buster Posey era of the San Francisco Giants (front office edition) is officially off and running. Posey had a huge hole at shortstop and stepped up aggressively in giving Adames a seven-year, $182 million contract. Adames could have waited to see how the post-Juan Soto market shakes out—there was talk he could consider a switch to third base—but San Francisco stepped up with a market value contract, just north of the $177 million, seven-year deal signed by Dansby Swanson with the Cubs.
