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Giants acquire Marlon Byrd
Posted: Thu Aug 20, 2015 9:19 pm
by 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.
Re: Giants acquire Marlon Byrd
Posted: Thu Aug 20, 2015 9:58 pm
by 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.
Re: Giants acquire Marlon Byrd
Posted: Thu Aug 20, 2015 11:23 pm
by Stanford
The Regime wrote:Basically got the guy for free
Don't tell that to DreDinis21
Re: Giants acquire Marlon Byrd
Posted: Fri Aug 21, 2015 1:49 pm
by 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.