One of the most adored Giants is heading to the Dodgers, who are reshuffling their roster in an aggressive attempt to elevate from fourth place and unseat their rivals atop the National League West.

Juan Uribe will wear Dodger blue after winning a World Series ring in San Francisco, and the Giants must figure out what's next at shortstop. They weren't willing to match the Dodgers' offer, a reported $21 million over three years, a contract that's pending Uribe's physical.

The Giants offered Uribe salary arbitration, if only to receive a compensatory draft pick (between the first and second rounds), knowing he wouldn't accept it because he was in line for a multiyear deal. The Giants were willing to go beyond one year but not to the Dodgers' extent, especially after handing a $22 million, two-year contract to Aubrey Huff, who also was pursued by the Dodgers.

In L.A., Uribe primarily is targeted for second base, a position he played in 24 games for the Giants, mostly when Freddy Sanchez was shelved early in the season. Uribe also played shortstop for injured Edgar Renteria (ultimately winning the job) and third base for ineffective Pablo Sandoval.

While making $3.25 million, Uribe collected a career-high 24 homers and 85 RBIs but hit .248 with a .310 on-base percentage. He was a favorite of fans, who chanted "Ooh-ree-bay" when he came to the plate, borrowing a custom used on relative Jose Uribe, a Giants shortstop from the mid-'80s to early '90s.

Uribe hit .149 in the postseason but drove in nine runs on seven hits and had several highlights, including two big swings against the Phillies in the NLCS: a game-ending sacrifice fly in Game 4 and a decisive eighth-inning homer in the Game 6 clincher.

In the World Series, his three-run homer capped a six-run inning that catapulted the Giants to a Game 1 victory over Texas, and he contributed late in Game 2 with an RBI single and bases-loaded walk. In the Game 5 finale, a 3-1 victory, he singled and scored on Renteria's three-run homer.

The Uribe agreement comes after the Dodgers secured three starting pitchers, re-signing Ted Lilly and Hiroki Kuroda and snagging free-agent Jon Garland, making them five-deep in the rotation, including Clayton Kershaw and Chad Billingsley - a sign they're trying to keep up with the pitching-rich Giants.

Swing away

Before you boo that shortstop in Dodger blue, don't forget these highlights from Juan Uribe's Giants years:

1. Greatest sac fly in team history, off Roy Oswalt to score Aubrey Huff in the bottom of the ninth and win NLCS Game 4.

2. Two-out, eighth-inning HR for winning edge in NLCS Game 6.

3. 5 RBIs, 3 runs in five-game World Series.

4. Career highs in HRs (24), RBIs (85) in '10.

5. 16 HRs, .289 BA in '09.

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More to-dos for Sabean

Juan Uribe's signing with the Dodgers forces some changes to the Brian Sabean offseason checklist we first printed last week:

Re-sign first baseman/outfielder Aubrey Huff.

Re-sign shortstop/third baseman Juan Uribe.


Find a shortstop to replace Uribe and Renteria.


Settle on a third baseman, now that Uribe won't be playing there, either.


Work out contracts

for at least some

of the eight arbitration-eligible players, including outfielders Cody Ross and Andres Torres and reliever Javier Lopez.


Monitor Pablo Sandoval (conditioning) and Mark DeRosa (wrist surgery) as they bid to reclaim everyday jobs.

To the winners ...

The commissioner's office released the World Series shares Monday, and a full share for the Giants was worth $317,631. The Giants awarded 50 full shares, 9.89 partial shares and five cash awards.

The figures are lower than last year, when the Yankees' full share was $350,030.

The players' pool was $54.9 million, a drop from a record $59.1 million last year. It includes 60 percent of the ticket money from the first three games of each Division Series, and the first four games of each League Championship Series and the World Series.

Among the shares for other playoff teams and second-place teams that didn't make the postseason, the A's received shares worth $9,832 each.