Todays news revolves around two shortstops, Edgar Reneteria and Khali Greene. First the news that the Giants signed Reneteria was no suprise. Rumors had them looking at Reneteria as a plan B if they could not sign Rafael Furcal. I guess it came down to Furcal wanting 4 years at about 10 mil per. And Reneteria came at 18 mil for 2 years. On the surface signing Reneteria to replace Furcal was a sound enough move. BUT!!!!!! was it what the Giants really need? For a team that was 29th in runs and dead last in homers it would have made more sense to be to try to get one of the big outfield bats that are available. Adam Dunn comes to mind. I do not know what the Giants payroll will be, but if this signing regates them getting a slugger than it does not make sense to me.
As for Khali Greene he is headed for St. Louis. In return the Padres got relieve pitcher Mark Worrell(no relation to Todd) Greene had an awful year in 2008. But he has too much talent to consistantly hit around 220. A change of scenery will probably do him a world of good. Also even in a sub par year he is a upgrade over Cesar Izturis. Mark Worrell is a 25 year old who was a closer in the low minors. I can't believe San Diego could not get anything better for Greene. It appears this is step one for the Padres rebuilding process. Next week Jake Peavy could be next. The latest has him going to the Cubs in a 3 team deal involving Baltimore as the third team. Stay tuned.
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