Giants acquire Marlon Byrd

[Mamba Mentality]

The Giants acquired outfielder Marlon Byrd from the Cincinnati Reds Thursday afternoon in exchange for Double-A right-handed pitcher Stephen Johnson.

Byrd, who turns 38 Aug. 30, is a .275 career hitter with 150 home runs and 660 RBI over 14 MLB seasons.

The Giants will reportedly receive cash in the deal, as Byrd is owed over $2 million for the rest of the season, according to a FoxSports.com report.

Basically got the guy for free, Stephen Johnson wasn't even amongst the Giants top 30 prospects. Good stuff Sabean.

[GS Warriors 1]

Byrd's K rates have skyrocketed in recent years but he's still got a lot of pop in that bat, too.

[Stanford]

Basically got the guy for free

Don't tell that to DreDinis21

[benchmobbin02]

I hope he can at least hit .250 behind Belt til we get . Hopefully Crawford and Posey get hot again but they seem to feed off hitting behind Panik. I would do ungodly things to ruin the Dodgers playoff run again.