Edgar Renteria is insulted by the Giants’ offer

Noted: ballplayers don’t necessarily appreciate that postseason heroics are often flukey things that don’t serve as a fair representation of their current value. Case in point: Edgar Renteria’s response to the Giants’ offer of one year, $1 million:

“That offer from the Giants was a lack of respect. A total disrespect. To play for a million dollars, I’d rather stay with my private business and share more time with my family. Thank God I’m well off financially and my money is well invested.”

I’m not going to buy the “lack of respect,” angle because, really, that’s not a terribly unfair offer for Renteria at this point, especially seeing as though he’d be a bench player given the Miguel Tejada signing. But it may very well be more cost-effective for Renteria to attend to his businesses than it would be to play baseball for a million dollars. Based on some stuff I’ve read elsewhere, he’s quite the mogul.

He says that if he doesn’t find a better offer someplace that he’ll just stay home. The Marlins are reportedly interested in him, but I’m having a hard time seeing him get a substantially better offer there or anywhere else for that matter.