Rangers Want Benji Molina

by cuse7284 on Jun 30, 2010 5:13 PM PDT

Jon Paul Morosi of FOXSports.com reports that the Rangers are in serious talks with the Giants about acquiring catcher Bengie Molina.

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This actually takes the sour taste out of my mouth left by the game. Please be true!

by Monkeyking42 on Jun 30, 2010 5:16 PM PDT reply actions

They dont say who for..

ibbucketofballs

by Fire Sabean on Jun 30, 2010 5:17 PM PDT reply actions

Bucket of warm spit would be plenty.

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And I tweet (more often than I blarg).

by can of corn on Jun 30, 2010 5:31 PM PDT up reply actions

I’d take a kick in the groin to get this done….

Proud supporter of the Fightin' Hydrants.

by Little Napoleon on Jun 30, 2010 5:31 PM PDT up reply actions

lol

Agreed

Bork

by CB30 on Jun 30, 2010 5:32 PM PDT up reply actions

/kicks Little Napolean in the groin

Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller

by Johnny Disaster on Jun 30, 2010 5:44 PM PDT up reply actions

Come on, everyone! We're kicking some dude in the groin!

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by Giantsfan4life on Jun 30, 2010 5:45 PM PDT up reply actions

Owwww! My Balls!!

"You can always recover from the player you didn't sign. You may never recover from the player you signed at the wrong price." --Billy Beane

"I am not an idiot."--Brian Sabean

by Sabean's_Folly on Jun 30, 2010 10:46 PM PDT up reply actions

MOLINA 4 GARKO!

VAE PVTO DEVS FIO

by Bhaakon on Jun 30, 2010 5:35 PM PDT up reply actions

Take him.

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by JT Jordan on Jun 30, 2010 5:18 PM PDT reply actions

gold jerry gold

by cuse7284 on Jun 30, 2010 5:19 PM PDT up reply actions

This will make the Dodger sweep like it happened 25 years ago.

Don’t fuck it up, Sabean!

The money lies in the RBIs
-- Jeff Kent

by hokysmksbw on Jun 30, 2010 5:21 PM PDT reply actions

Yes please.

Just get rid of him already!

Bochy and Lincecum better stay out of this decision. DO IT NOW SABES!

by Runz Plz on Jun 30, 2010 5:24 PM PDT reply actions

I just heard the news on Chronicle Live

Please take him.

"Even the Swedes are getting mad."-Randy Hahn
"It's very cozy in the sin bin."-Randy Hahn

by 49er16 on Jun 30, 2010 5:26 PM PDT reply actions

I haven’t been this excited about a trade in years!

I was promised lasagna.

by Cookyman on Jun 30, 2010 5:30 PM PDT reply actions

I haven’t been this excited about a trade in 25 years, and I’m 25!

I'm a better person now.

by jbowl on Jun 30, 2010 5:34 PM PDT up reply actions

I was thinking about this earlier.

I think the last trade the Giants made that I was really excited about was the Schmidt trade.

by chilibean_3 on Jun 30, 2010 6:24 PM PDT up reply actions

Please let this happen

"Even the Swedes are getting mad."-Randy Hahn
"It's very cozy in the sin bin."-Randy Hahn

by 49er16 on Jun 30, 2010 5:31 PM PDT reply actions

I don't care what is offered back

Please let this happen. I doubt it, though.

Proud father of 2-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden

by SFGuy on Jun 30, 2010 5:39 PM PDT reply actions

So does a Bengie trade mean an outfield of Burrell-Torres/Rowand-Nate? Please???

Although I could see Bochy keeping Huff in RF so that Renteria and Uribe can both play.

Insanity is just a state of mind.

by KTJ on Jun 30, 2010 5:39 PM PDT reply actions

That's not necessary.

Uribe can, as I have often pointed out, get close to full time play along with everyone else, with a not-very-difficult-to-assemble player-rotation scheme. (Thus using my quota of hyphens for the day.) Of course, “not very dificult” may well be beyond Mr. Bochy’s accomplishments.

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by owlcroft on Jun 30, 2010 6:34 PM PDT up reply actions

/Bochy ponders the meaning of the above paragraph while attempting to jam the square pegs into the round holes while taking his annual IQ test.

"You can always recover from the player you didn't sign. You may never recover from the player you signed at the wrong price." --Billy Beane

"I am not an idiot."--Brian Sabean

by Sabean's_Folly on Jun 30, 2010 10:48 PM PDT up reply actions

extrabaggs

It made no sense for Buster Posey to sit the previous two games. Turns out Giants might’ve been showcasing Bengie Molina to the Rangers.

"Even the Swedes are getting mad."-Randy Hahn
"It's very cozy in the sin bin."-Randy Hahn

by 49er16 on Jun 30, 2010 5:42 PM PDT reply actions

well that didn’t work out too well…

by FPTV on Jun 30, 2010 5:57 PM PDT up reply actions

Except in Molina’s case, his trade value should go up the less he plays. Sit him on the bench for a week or 2, and then tell the other teams that he’s rested, healed and ready to go for the 2nd half.

"There ain’t much to being a ballplayer, if you’re a ballplayer." - Honus Wagner

by Fla-Giant on Jun 30, 2010 5:58 PM PDT up reply actions

That also makes no sense

since Posey has been primarily playing first.

"I never think I’m a good player or a bad player. This is what I’m thinking: I can play. And I want to play." - Juan Uribe

by EliminateMe on Jun 30, 2010 5:58 PM PDT up reply actions

Yes.

Is this Sabean’s “DFA Casilla” moment?

.277/.399/.518 out of a shortstop?!

Keep on, keepin' on, Ryan Cavan

by ryanmiles on Jun 30, 2010 6:31 PM PDT up reply actions

For Josh Hamilton, straight up!

Or even better (drum roll, please) Ryan Garko!

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by Giantsfan4life on Jun 30, 2010 5:43 PM PDT reply actions

This is all that needs to be said.

These are my principles. If you don't like them, I have others. -Groucho Marx

by RDreamer on Jun 30, 2010 5:43 PM PDT reply actions 4 recs

This is perfect.

I was promised lasagna.

by Cookyman on Jun 30, 2010 5:48 PM PDT up reply actions

I need to re-read all of my Far Sides.

I was promised lasagna.

by Cookyman on Jun 30, 2010 5:48 PM PDT up reply actions

Hahahahahaha

rec’d

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by TrojanCBB on Jun 30, 2010 6:02 PM PDT up reply actions

rec’d

by Into the Void on Jun 30, 2010 6:15 PM PDT up reply actions

I would just like to again say that this is perfect

I was promised lasagna.

by Cookyman on Jun 30, 2010 6:42 PM PDT up reply actions

Is this how they are going to get Bengie on the plane to Texas?

Utter frustration and futility.
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by Johnny Disaster on Jun 30, 2010 6:49 PM PDT up reply actions

He'll have to purchase two seats, of course.

"You can always recover from the player you didn't sign. You may never recover from the player you signed at the wrong price." --Billy Beane

"I am not an idiot."--Brian Sabean

by Sabean's_Folly on Jun 30, 2010 10:50 PM PDT up reply actions

so perfect

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by jponry on Jun 30, 2010 6:51 PM PDT up reply actions

official cartoon of the trade.

Mark DeRosa just got the damn surgery.

by oldjacket on Jun 30, 2010 6:59 PM PDT up reply actions

I will personally drive Molina to Arlington if this is true. No return player necessary.

by out machine on Jun 30, 2010 5:45 PM PDT reply actions

I'll pay for the gas money.

"Even the Swedes are getting mad."-Randy Hahn
"It's very cozy in the sin bin."-Randy Hahn

by 49er16 on Jun 30, 2010 5:48 PM PDT up reply actions

How about food?

That might take a community effort.

Insanity is just a state of mind.

by KTJ on Jun 30, 2010 5:48 PM PDT up reply actions

There isn’t enough money and I know some here have a bit of cash.

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"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden

by SFGuy on Jun 30, 2010 5:50 PM PDT up reply actions

This is good for Bengie, too

Put him on a good team, in the middle of a pennant race, working with good young pitchers. Win win win. And win.

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by Giantsfan4life on Jun 30, 2010 5:47 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs

HE’LL HANDLE THEIR STAFFS!

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And I tweet (more often than I blarg).

by can of corn on Jun 30, 2010 5:56 PM PDT up reply actions

TWGS!!!

G=Gandalf

/auto-defenestrates

by Uribe nee Gonzalez on Jun 30, 2010 10:24 PM PDT up reply actions

This won't happen

We don’t deserve to be happy.

Proud father of 2-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden

by SFGuy on Jun 30, 2010 5:51 PM PDT reply actions

LOL

my initial reaction as well

Mark DeRosa just got the damn surgery.

by oldjacket on Jun 30, 2010 6:03 PM PDT up reply actions

Even if this doesn't work out

There will be other teams sniffing at Bengie as the season rolls on. Right now he’s only due about $2.5M for the rest of his contract, and it goes down as the days roll on. As much as we hate him here, and despise his play, objectively-speaking he’s still in the middle of the pack in terms of catchers starting in the majors right now.

"There ain’t much to being a ballplayer, if you’re a ballplayer." - Honus Wagner

by Fla-Giant on Jun 30, 2010 5:56 PM PDT reply actions

This.

by Unitard on Jun 30, 2010 6:06 PM PDT up reply actions

objectively-speaking he’s still in the middle of the pack in terms of catchers starting in the majors right now.

Yeah, not really.

by taliesin on Jun 30, 2010 6:11 PM PDT up reply actions

I didn’t state that he was in the middle of the pack offensively. Offense is much less than 50% of the game for a catcher. Defense, handling the pitching staff and calling games is much more important, and Bengie still has a good rep where all of those are concerned.

"There ain’t much to being a ballplayer, if you’re a ballplayer." - Honus Wagner

by Fla-Giant on Jun 30, 2010 6:17 PM PDT up reply actions

I’m kinda baffled if this is true. Bengie’s decline on blocking pitches has been dramatic.

Mark DeRosa just got the damn surgery.

by oldjacket on Jun 30, 2010 6:23 PM PDT up reply actions

#82 out of all 90 catchers, says BtB

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by raisingcain on Jun 30, 2010 6:43 PM PDT up reply actions

You want fries with that?

"I never think I’m a good player or a bad player. This is what I’m thinking: I can play. And I want to play." - Juan Uribe

by EliminateMe on Jun 30, 2010 5:58 PM PDT reply actions

Sources say it could be within 24 hours

by Fire Sabean on Jun 30, 2010 6:09 PM PDT reply actions

I will buy you all a beer if this happens.

by taliesin on Jun 30, 2010 6:13 PM PDT reply actions

/Sabes trades Molina and Lincecum to the Rangers for Darren Oliver.

by taliesin on Jun 30, 2010 6:15 PM PDT up reply actions

BUY US OUR BEERS NOW!!

Belted!

by AndYourBirdCanSing on Jun 30, 2010 8:10 PM PDT up reply actions

See you at the Public House tomorrow!

by taliesin on Jun 30, 2010 11:35 PM PDT up reply actions

Personally if I were the Giants I would pay for the rest of Molina’s contract and try and get Tanner Scheppers from the Rangers. Considering the fact that Molina would be a Type A Free Agent I think that this would be a reasonable offer.

by smay24 on Jun 30, 2010 6:16 PM PDT reply actions

And maybe even throw in that Neftali Feliz kid while they’re at it.

by ben p on Jun 30, 2010 6:19 PM PDT up reply actions

Don’t be greedy and miss the boat. The Giants will be lucky to get a B-level prospect for Molina even if they pay his salary. He’s only owed about $2.5M for the rest of the year. No way that amount will buy you Scheppers.

"There ain’t much to being a ballplayer, if you’re a ballplayer." - Honus Wagner

by Fla-Giant on Jun 30, 2010 6:19 PM PDT up reply actions