Dickey: Giants would be better off without Sabean

Some speak of the future…

The middle of the infield is another problem. Sabean jumped at Edgar Renteria and signed him to a two-year contract at $18.5 million. A scouting report in midseason noted that Renteria was the worst starting shortstop in the league at going to his left, and he isn’t any better going to his right. He’s lost bat speed, too. A lifetime .290 hitter who hit .332 as recently as two years ago, he’s hitting just .250. He’s probably a year from retirement but he’ll take advantage of Sabean’s generosity next season.

Giants fans gave Freddy Sanchez a standing ovation when he finally took the field at AT&T Park. Perhaps they thought they were getting the player who hit .344 in 2006. Nope. They were getting a player whose all-out style is causing more frequent injuries. He missed 17 games last season and has played only 107 games this season, with 16 to go. He had a club option with Pittsburgh that would be triggered only if he exceeded 600 plate appearances, which he won’t, but you can expect Sabean to exercise that anyway.

It’s Sabean’s way. And then, we can watch the further deterioration of Sanchez, along with Renteria.

And let’s not forget the other great Sabean midseason trade — Ryan Garko.

...Not pretty, but Sabean has a way of ingratiating himself with the men running the club, so, he’ll probably be back. For Brian Sabean, nothing succeeds like failure.

And failure’s no success at all…