"It has been reported that the Giants were one of the finalists to land Burnes, but missed out when he signed with the Arizona Diamondbacks. After reportedly offering over $210 million to sign Burnes, the Giants could potentially take half of that money and use it towards signing Flaherty instead," Finkelstein wrote.

The San Francisco Giants on Monday added some more infield depth with an under-the-radar move. The Giants signed corner infielder Jake Lamb to a minor league contract, according to the New York Post’s Jon Heyman.