Marcus Giles who?

Post #1 » by **HMFFL** » Sat Jan 12, 2008 6:47 am

Former starter and fan favorite only has minor league deals on the table? That's pretty sad!

Ex-Brave Giles agrees to minor league deal with Rockies

Second baseman Marcus Giles and the NL champion Colorado Rockies agreed to a minor league contract with an invitation to spring training.

Giles spent last season with the San Diego Padres, batting .229 with four homers and 39 RBIs in 116 games. He was an All-Star with Atlanta in 2003, when he hit .316 with 21 homers and 69 RBIs.

In Colorado, Giles could compete for the starting second base job following the departure of Kaz Matsui, who agreed to a $16.5 million, three-year deal with Houston last month.

Last season, Giles went 10-for-19 (.526) with two doubles in five games at Colorado's Coors Field.

The 29-year-old Giles was drafted by the Braves in 1996. He owns a .277 career batting average with 76 home runs and 187 doubles in seven major league seasons.

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Post #2 » by **lpsevier** » Wed Jan 16, 2008 6:16 pm

Seems we let him walk at exactly the right time.

High 5 · Post #3 » by **High 5** » Wed Jan 16, 2008 8:09 pm

He's off the juice.

Post #4 » by **HMFFL** » Thu Jan 17, 2008 4:13 pm

High 5 wrote:He's off the juice.

You may have a point. A close friend of mine brought this up to me when the steroid list came out. I need to see some up to date pictures of Marcus.