"The Giants cleared their final potential arbitration case besides Tim Lincecum's on Friday when they reached a one-year deal with reliever Sergio Romo worth $1.575 million. Romo gets slightly more than the midpoint between his formal request of $1.75 million and the team's offer of $1.3 million.

The Giants started the offseason with 13 potential arbitration cases, their most ever and most in the majors this year. They traded three (Jonathan Sanchez, Ramon Ramirez and Andres Torres) and acquired two (Melky Cabrera and Angel Pagan).

They also let Jeff Keppinger and Eli Whiteside leave as free agents (before re-signing Whiteside) and settled with Romo, Cabrera, Pagan, Ryan Vogelsong, Santiago Casilla, Pablo Sandoval, Emmanuel Burriss, Nate Schierholtz and Mike Fontenot. Those 10 (including Whiteside as a free agent) will earn roughly $25 million in 2012, or $3.5 million more than Lincecum alone can make if he goes to a hearing and wins."