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

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

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

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

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

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

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