report: Blue Jays offer Brian Giles 5 year deal worth 55 million

[Halladay_is_God]

http://torontosun.canoe.ca/Sports/Ba...28545-sun.html

And now Ricciardi is looking for another high-ranking officer/free-agent, making a five-year, $55-million offer to outfielder Brian Giles. The 34-year-old left-handed hitter batted .301 this season with 15 homers and 83 RBIs in 158 games for the San Diego Padres.

also to add

http://tsn.ca/mlb/news_story.asp?id=144983
- The Yankees might be out of the Brian Giles sweepstakes as New York Newsday reports that the team feels that Giles doesn't have any intention of signing in the Bronx. According to the Newark Star Ledger, Giles, who wants to stay on the West Coast, is leaning towards the Blue Jays, unless he gets an attractive offer from the Angels or Dodgers.

[McKain]

Blue Jays are taking a lot of risk this offseason.

11 mil per until he's 39? That's probably going to blow up in their faces, but at least this FA is going to show FAs they care about winning and might pull some weight with a potential signee down the line.

[General]

Read that on Rotoworld. A 4 year, 40 mil dollar deal would have been too much...this is ridiculous.

That being said I really like Giles and he will do well in Toronto.

[Foster]

It would be a big move if he did show up.
VW would get some protection, and the Koskies, and Hillenbrands can now play the roles that made them, not what they were forced into.

[Halladay_is_God]

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/serv...BNStory/Sports/

look like its not true after all

[Foster]

"No, that's way off," the he told the Toronto Star. "We have an offer but it's not for five years. We wouldn't do that on Giles."

tsn.ca article...

So it seems they did make an offer?
Just the big money wasn't involved in it.

[Halladay_is_God]

thats good to hear

but I think Giles will end up signing with the Angels

[SLAM]

I don't mind if we get Brian Giles. He's a great player but he's getting abit old.
Maybe we can sign him just for a couple of years.

[Fishercat]

Yeah, he's resigned with the Pads anyway.