Matt Murton on the waiver wire
Well, for those of you who want a litmus test for this front office's understanding of how to value hitters, here it is.
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I’ve liked murton for a while. I highly doubt we get him, but it would be kind of cool.
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by raisingcain on Aug 27, 2009 7:29 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
I bet
he can hit over .300 in Fresno!
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by natteringnabob on Aug 27, 2009 7:58 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Dont the Giants have enough outfielders in their late 20s that can’t get on base more than 35% of the time? Why not give someone younger a chance?
by m34josh on Aug 28, 2009 2:57 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Platooning. Lewis, Schierholtz, Bowker, Ishikawa, and Velez are all vulnerable to lefties. Murton lights up lefties.
by Evan on Aug 28, 2009 7:03 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
The problem is it’s hard to carry Lewis, Schierholtz, Bowker and Murton on the same roster as none can play CF. Of course that’s more of an issue going forward into next year when they’re all out of options.
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by GiantFan on Aug 28, 2009 7:38 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
We’ll cross that bridge when we get to it. The purpose of getting Murton is to make a stronger run at the wild card this year.
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by rotorueter on Aug 28, 2009 8:23 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Of course, which is one of the reasons we should claim him if he gets to us. I’m skeptical that he’ll end up being available or that we’ll acquire him though.
Murton’s one of those strange players who seems to not be given as much of a shot as his numbers suggest he should.
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by GiantFan on Aug 28, 2009 8:37 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Schierholtz is NOT vulnerable to lefties.
Insanity is just a state of mind.
by giants9107 on Aug 28, 2009 12:27 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
You have not been watching have you. He is not in the line up often when lefties start. That means he vulnerable to them.
/sarcasm mode fully engaged.
by toofruss on Aug 28, 2009 3:33 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
September callup
I think Murton would be great as a platoon player for September.
There’s a few different options for who he could replace on the 40-man.
He has to be a better option than Randy Winn against LHP, right?
by aGIANTfan on Aug 28, 2009 8:24 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Yes plz
Platoon plz, preferably with Fred
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by baetown415 on Aug 28, 2009 2:43 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
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