{"id":8218,"date":"2014-06-15T14:38:30","date_gmt":"2014-06-15T18:38:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/?p=8218"},"modified":"2014-06-15T14:58:06","modified_gmt":"2014-06-15T18:58:06","slug":"giants-among-teams-interested-in-jeff-samardzija","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/2014\/06\/15\/giants-among-teams-interested-in-jeff-samardzija\/","title":{"rendered":"Giants among teams interested in Jeff Samardzija"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/files\/2014\/05\/jeffsamardzija.jpg\" alt=\"jeffsamardzija\" width=\"594\" height=\"412\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7972\" srcset=\"http:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/files\/2014\/05\/jeffsamardzija.jpg 594w, http:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/files\/2014\/05\/jeffsamardzija-300x208.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 594px) 100vw, 594px\" \/><br \/>\nAdd the San Francisco Giants to a list of potential suitors for pitcher Jeff Samardzija reports USA Today&#8217;s Bob Nightengale.<\/p>\n<p>Unable to sign Samardzija to a long-term contract extension, the Cubs have been fielding offers for Samardzija since the winter. The Cubs are reported to have asked for Jason Heyward from the Braves when the two teams spoke during the winter. Whether or not their demands have changed are unclear. <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%23SFGiants&amp;src=hash\">#SFGiants<\/a> are showing strong interest in <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%23Cubs&amp;src=hash\">#Cubs<\/a> ace Jeff Samardzija. Also in picture are <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%23Yankees&amp;src=hash\">#Yankees<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%23Orioles&amp;src=hash\">#Orioles<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%23Angels&amp;src=hash\">#Angels<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%23RedSox&amp;src=hash\">#RedSox<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%23Bluejays&amp;src=hash\">#Bluejays<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Bob Nightengale (@BNightengale) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BNightengale\/statuses\/478189209392406528\">June 15, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Though 14 starts Samardzija has a sparkling 2.77 ERA and a 1.18 WHIP with a 82\/26 K\/BB ratio. <\/p>\n<p>Acquiring Samardzija could mean that Tim Lincecum would head to the bullpen. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Add the San Francisco Giants to a list of potential suitors for pitcher Jeff Samardzija reports USA Today&#8217;s Bob Nightengale. Unable to sign Samardzija to a long-term contract extension, the Cubs have been fielding offers for Samardzija since the winter. The Cubs are reported to have asked for Jason Heyward from the Braves when the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7972,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[499],"tags":[153,503,201,501],"coauthors":[6],"class_list":["post-8218","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","tag-chicago-cubs","tag-front","tag-jeff-samardzija","tag-mlb"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8218","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8218"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8218\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8221,"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8218\/revisions\/8221"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7972"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8218"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8218"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8218"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=8218"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}