The Giants were active on a lot of fronts leading into the deadline, placing calls on Jose Bautista, Corey Hart, and a number of others. The only thing they were able to pull off, however, was swinging a trade for a bullpen specialist:
#Pirates also get RHP Joseph Martinez & OF John Bowker from #SFGiants for LHP Javier Lopez. Martinez/Bowker will both report to AAA.
The 33 year old Lopez has made a career out of being a lefty specialist. However, he hasn't been a special one, with a .243 average and .688 OPS against. He does have another year of team control after this one, but he's not an impact addition to counter San Diego getting Ryan Ludwick, or Los Angeles getting Ted Lilly, Scott Podsednik, and Octavio Dotel.
As for what the Giants gave up, Joe Martinez is a 27 year old righty starter with middling stuff. John Bowker is a 27 year old outfielder who has yet to hit in the bigs, but who owns a .975 career OPS in AAA with impressive power. He could end up being the Pirates' new Garrett Jones.
Look for more at McCovey Chronicles and Bucs Dugout. Though they didn't move Paul Maholm, this was a successful Saturday for the Pirates.
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Typical Sabean & A Forever Mediocre Franchise
With the Giants its always the same year after year. They do just enough to not quite get there.
They will miss the playoffs by about three games because Sabean doesn’t and never has had a clue.
The other culprit in the Giants continued mediocrity is Larry Baer. This arrogant jerk won’t move the fences in so that the Giants can attract a power hitting free agent. No good hitting free agent will ever come and play at the worst hitting park in the majors for power. Add to that ownership more interested in the bottom line than rings and you have a franchise who in over 50 years HAS NEVER WON A RING.
by The Sear on Jul 31, 2010 5:05 PM EDT reply actions
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