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Giants just acquired Jake Peavy from the Red Sox in exchange for $$ and AAA pitchers Edwin Escobar (starter) and Heath Hembree (reliever).
Andrew Susac has been called up to replace Hector Sanchez as the Giants backup catcher.
Kinda surprised by the Susac call-up, but he was going to have to get added to the 40 man after the season anyway (rule 5 protection). Still, I figured playing every day in Fresno was better than playing every few days in SF, but hey, he's our best catching prospect.
Hembree was once viewed as the heir-apparent to Brian Wilson, and pitched decently when he was called up last year, but he's been a mess in Fresno this year. During spring training, Edwin Escobar was viewed as Bumgarner Jr, and supposed to be close, but he's struggled in AAA this year.
Anyways, Peavy was Bochy's darling in SD but he's been a mess in Boston, going 1-9 with a 4.72 era and 1.427 whip. Maybe he just needed a change of scenery.
Now we've got 2 guys who have sucked for other teams this year that we're hoping will magically put it together in SF.
Abreu DFA, Duvall optioned, Perez and TRAVIS ISHIKAWA called up.
In other news, Cain is meeting with Dr Andrews.
Are you kidding?!
Are you kidding?!
Angel Pagan looked healthy in his AZL game last night. He's heading to Fresno for a game tonight.
Brandon Belt says he's feeling healthy and ready to go, but the Giants might have him do a rehab game first.
Scutaro's a lost cause and Cain's toast, but we might actually have our opening day starting lineup back shortly (with someone else starting 2nd instead of Arias hopefully).
Angel Pagan will be arriving in Milwaukee a few hours after first pitch. He should be activated by tomorrow's game.
They've been 8 games under .500 since Pagan's been out (18-26). Maybe that magic of his will spark the team for the stretch run?
Nate Schierholtz got DFA'ed by the Cubs today.
I was a big fan of his when he was on the Giants. I thought he had the potential to be like Hunter Pence. Then all of a sudden we swapped him for the REAL Hunter Pence. LOL.
I'm ok with a Panik/Duffy platoon at 2nd for the rest of the year. I like how they have played so far. Not spectacular, but steady defense and some good AB's. and please DFA Arias before I go nuts.
Do we even need a platoon? Panik seems to handle the few lefties he's faced so far (5 for 10).
Do we even need a platoon? Panik seems to handle the few lefties he's faced so far (5 for 10).
I don't know what happened to Arias this year. He was a decent sub/bench guy in 2012 and 2013. His OPS is 200 points lower this year than it was the previous 2 years.