Oakland ready to trade Hairston?

Right-handed, decent power, has always killed the Giants. I'd certainly prefer him to spods.

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Didn’t the Giants “kick the tires” on him at the trade deadline last year?

by KCE on Dec 22, 2009 8:14 AM PST reply actions

RECTUM FACE STANDING BY!

WHY IS BOCOCK?!

by Lars The Wanderer on Dec 22, 2009 8:19 AM PST reply actions

A Lewis/Hairston platoon would be pretty productive.

Bay City Ball

by xanthan on Dec 22, 2009 8:24 AM PST reply actions

And would see exactly 0 games in the field next season

:-(

Aaron King is still my homeboy... iffy mechanics and all

McFAQ for all you newcomers out there.

GET THAT VORP AND WHIP SH!T OUTTA HERE!!!

by baetown415 on Dec 22, 2009 8:27 AM PST up reply actions

Lewis will be bolted to the bench (or released) and Hairston would probably be hurt!

Bay City Ball

by xanthan on Dec 22, 2009 8:45 AM PST up reply actions

But its still not a Velez/Torres ~~spittoon~~ platoon

say hey nation is the Ralph Nader of McC.-Xanthan

by say hey nation on Dec 22, 2009 8:33 AM PST up reply actions

Why is it so painful

to agree?

"The BB's are out. The BB's are being arseholes to me." - Brian Wilson.

by hairball on Dec 22, 2009 8:43 AM PST up reply actions

LOL me

For closing the tab that I had the reply I had been working on for about 15 minutes.

Anyway…. after hand-calculating my wOBA splits for both, roughly regressing both down because of sample size, adding in +8 for left field UZR, splitting playing time between the two as Fred 56%, Hairston 44%, and disregarding baserunning, I get their combined production at a conservative estimate of ~3.4-3.6 WAR over the whole season, with only the two splitting time in left field. Including baserunning, that platoon could easily be worth 4 WAR with a chance to be much higher (since I was conservative in all my estimations).

Sorry I don’t have the nuts and bolts anymore but xanthan closed my tab…

Aaron King is still my homeboy... iffy mechanics and all

McFAQ for all you newcomers out there.

GET THAT VORP AND WHIP SH!T OUTTA HERE!!!

by baetown415 on Dec 22, 2009 9:54 AM PST up reply actions

Oh man

We could soooooooo make this team better with the collective research and will of the McCoven.

"The BB's are out. The BB's are being arseholes to me." - Brian Wilson.

by hairball on Dec 22, 2009 10:38 AM PST up reply actions

Playing both of them at the same time in each corner would be pretty productive, too.

Merkin Valdez? Manuel Mateo? A rose by any other name...

by rotorueter on Dec 22, 2009 10:57 AM PST up reply actions

Hell no

"It's too late now."

by ResDog on Dec 22, 2009 8:56 AM PST reply actions

No thanks, we should be looking for a bigger upgrade. If we’re not getting a bigger upgrade then I’d take him but i wouldn’t give up anything worthwhile for him.

And there’s nothing to suggest they’re going to trade him anyway, just a thought given the strange decision by them to sign Crisp.

Proud parent of Waldis Joaquin!

by GiantFan on Dec 22, 2009 9:08 AM PST reply actions

Because there are so many bigger upgrades still available...

"The BB's are out. The BB's are being arseholes to me." - Brian Wilson.

by hairball on Dec 22, 2009 9:12 AM PST up reply actions

Depends on the cost

If we can get him and/or Travis Buck from Oakland for very little then i’d do it but Sabean trading with Beane scares me.

Hoping for BowkerMania to hit AT&T Park in 2010

by Gobroks on Dec 22, 2009 11:38 AM PST reply actions

Mulholland syndrome?

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"We could run a nice blog here if we didn't have all these members getting in the way."
Kevin Frandsen, come back!

by WalrusMan on Dec 22, 2009 12:30 PM PST reply actions

IT'S A TARP

Brian Sabean strongly encourages you to disregard the drudgery of your employment responsibilities and join him in the consumption of spirituous libations.

by satyricrash on Dec 22, 2009 7:56 PM PST reply actions