“Heck yeah” Bengie Molina would step in for Buster Posey … if the Giants will have him back
May 27, 2011, 10:47 AM EDT
AP Matthew examined the Giants’ various options to replace Buster Posey behind the plate, noting that bringing back Bengie Molina was an iffy proposition because the hefty 36-year-old “didn’t seem to have a whole left last year” and was “awfully immobile behind the plate.”
Molina, as you might expect, is very much open to the idea of a reunion, telling Andrew Baggarly of the San Jose Mercury News “heck yeah” when asked if he’d be ready to play for the Giants again.
However, as Baggarly notes “he’d probably need a few weeks in the minors first to get in game shape” and “has not received a call from the Giants and he’s not expecting one because he perceives hard feelings from the front office at how his tenure ended.”
Eli Whiteside is no one’s idea of a starting catcher, but his .229 batting average and .644 OPS in 129 career games is basically identical to Molina hitting .249 with a .623 OPS in 118 games for the Giants and Rangers last season.
From the Giants’ point of view, Molina probably isn’t worth the hassle.
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- mrfloydpink - May 27, 2011 at 10:59 AM
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Huh. I thought the GIants had taken Molina out back of the barn at the end of last season and put a bullet in his head.
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- Chris K - May 27, 2011 at 11:17 AM
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What’s Gregg Zaun up to between Jays games?
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- cur68 - May 27, 2011 at 11:38 AM
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Weight lifting if the tightness of his suits are anything to go buy. I’m amazed he can still turn his head, his neck has got so big.
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- ThatGuy - May 27, 2011 at 11:31 AM
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The Twins will trade Drew Butera straight up for Eli Whiteside
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- cur68 - May 27, 2011 at 11:41 AM
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I’m going out and changing my name to “Molina”; Cur “El Gaucho” Molina, their bastard brother. I reckon I can run faster than any Molina created the old fashioned way, and, with some BP, probably out hit them too. As for the catching; well just being named “Molina” should take care of that.
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- seanmk - May 27, 2011 at 11:50 AM
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@commonman suggested they trade for pudge. that sounds too logical to actually happen
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- bigdickjimmy - May 27, 2011 at 1:42 PM
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