Josh Willingham

by Hobbes2d on Jun 19, 2009 6:43 PM PDT Comment 19 comments

He seems like a name that has gone largely unnoticed or talked about in terms of being someone the Giants should go after.

He has missed some time this year and still already has 9 HR's, his walk rate looks like it would be the best on the team at 14.1 %. He also is better than I expected defensively. He's around league average in LF, and he also would give us a RH stick to put in a lineup primarily filled with LH or SH's. He also can play a little first base and came up as a catcher, so he could be the team's 3rd catcher if need be. He seems to have durability issues, but his power numbers have been slowly increasing over the past 2 years. He would probably be a cheaper buy than Nick Johnson, and I think we'd be able to keep him longer then just this year.

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He’s the sort of guy who has value despite low batting averages. Therefore, the Giants won’t like him.

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by jcb9 on Jun 19, 2009 6:51 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

good call

But I wonder what their asking price would be an unnamed executive was quoted as saying…."One GM thinks the Nationals are demanding too much in return for their players. He says they want “a dollar and a quarter for a dollar.” from mlbtraderumors.com. If we acquire him i say stick him at first lets face it Ishikawa isn’t our future let alone present 1b. Maybe Pucetas and say Culberson get it done watever I’m just guessing but yea I’d be in favor

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by caincecum on Jun 19, 2009 6:54 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Can he play fi-

Oh.

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by Natto on Jun 19, 2009 7:49 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

I’m not sure what shape he’s in at this point. He virtually hasn’t played in June and most of that time he’s been suffering from some mystery virus, which he came down with right before the Giants came to town. I think he played one series against Cincinnati but then went down again. Whatever it is has supposedly caused him to lose some weight and really sapped his strength. Currently he’s on bereavement leave, but he’s really become the missing man around here. He was just scalding hot before coming down with whatever he came down with, though.

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by Roger on Jun 19, 2009 8:28 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

No. Okay, now I’ll read your post.

Still no.

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by Lyle on Jun 19, 2009 8:36 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

if we make a move, I want it to be someone who’s a no brainer upgrade over what we have. And when I say upgrade, I mean someone who’s even an upgrade over a hot Ishi, a hot Nate, and a hot Lewis. Someone who may be better and who’s just another name to toss in the mix is a waste of whatever player we deal to get him.

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by rxmeister on Jun 20, 2009 6:25 AM PDT reply actions 1 recs

Operation Hot Ishi

Randy Winn is going to catch that. And he'll do it real classy-like too.

by oldjacket on Jun 20, 2009 8:48 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

/golf clap

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by UnleashTheGore on Jun 22, 2009 12:29 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

One ticket please.

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by daveinexile on Jun 20, 2009 9:45 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Willingam’s a catcher like Nate Schierholtz is a third baseman.

"he walked 18; new league record! Struck out 18, another new league record! He also hit the sportswriter, the PA announcer, the bull mascot twice..."

by i did my job on Jun 20, 2009 10:29 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

speaking of catcher, has anyone else noticed how hot Ronny Paulino has gotten lately? As of now, he’s having a better year than Bengie Molina. Brian Sabean makes a good trade, and can’t even make that rarity last for more than a few hours.

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by rxmeister on Jun 20, 2009 11:18 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I'm not really going to worry about this too much

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by FairweatherFan on Jun 20, 2009 5:27 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Although to be honest a guy like Paulino would be the perfect stopgap between letting Molina walk and letting Posey continue his development in the minors for a bit.

by Roger on Jun 20, 2009 8:43 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Ah, but that would require long-term planning…

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by Lyle on Jun 22, 2009 9:30 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Posey’s going to be in the bigs next year. That isn’t an opinion of mine, that’s simply the plan.

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by rotorueter on Jun 22, 2009 10:19 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

All we are saying is Give Ishikawa a chance

We seem to undervalue our own guys, and over value everybody else’s. These guys need some playing time to adjust to the majors. Two years ago, nobody even thought Sandoval was major league material.

by bradleybear on Jun 20, 2009 11:03 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs