From the Marlins’ official Twitter feed comes word that the Giants have been awarded outfielder Cody Ross from the Marlins on a waiver claim.
Ross, 29, is batting .264/.315/.404 with 11 home runs and 58 RBI in 451 at-bats this season as a full-time outfielder for the Marlins. He’s a fairly versatile defender and will probably play a few different roles in San Francisco’s crowded outfield.
The Giants are doing all they can to give their offense a spark. The arrival of catching prospect Buster Posey lit off a productive July, but things have fallen flat in the month of August. Ross has posted decent power numbers in the past and boasts a respectable .264/.321/.466 batting line. Maybe he can get hot for a month-plus with the Wild Card-chasing Giants.
Andrew Baggarly of the San Jose Mercury News says that the Giants will pay all $1.1 million remaining on Ross’ contract.
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- Blancspot - Aug 22, 2010 at 5:47 PM
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Here’s a good read:
http://ws.blancspot.com/blancspot_web/public/landing/article.php?a=697&u=maxwell
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- JimmyY - Aug 22, 2010 at 5:48 PM
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Is there a player the Giants don’t put a claim on? Throwing stuff at the wall and see if it sticks sounds like they’re desperate.
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- Buccofan - Aug 22, 2010 at 6:17 PM
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I really like Ross, but I don’t understand this move. The SF OF is already crowded, and unless they intend to put Ross in RF and use Guillen as a pinch-hitter, this doesn’t make sense. Ross is stretched in a huge center field like San Francisco (or Florida), and hasn’t been hitting lately while Torres is doing a find job there.
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- walk - Aug 22, 2010 at 6:23 PM
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I hope it works out for them. They have a decent shot at the wild card if lincecum (ok that names hard to spell) figures it out. They really scare me in a short series. On a side note didnt the braves try to trade for him? I thought he was off the table and signing a new contract with florida.
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- Old Gator - Aug 22, 2010 at 7:12 PM
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You have to understand the perspective of Scrooge McLoria and the Chihuahua. The way they look at it, the Giants just paid them $1.1 million for Ross. They clear outfield space for Cameron Maybin, who, I guess, they expect finally to stick in the show this year. And anyway, why should they pay $1.1 million to a 264/.315/.404 with 11 home runs and 58 RBI when they can extend Kindly Uncle Wes’ contract and hang on to a .225 hitter with 4 home runs and 25 RBI for $100,000 less?
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Incidentally, Andrew Miller magically appeared from the minors and pitched extremely well against Huston today – 5 innings, 1 run, 3 hits, 3 strikeouts and 3 walks. It may well be that the Feesh have not yet completely succeeded in destroying the kid’s confidence and resolve when they threw him into the breech a couple of years ago when he was so obviously not ready for it, trying no doubt to make the Cabrera trade look like less of a dump than it actually was. If this is true, the Feesh might wind up with a fine rotation next year, though I still expect that Volstadt and Badenhop remain primo trade bait.
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- bgrant - Aug 22, 2010 at 10:37 PM
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Spammer
