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Giants Rumors: Winn, Walker, Aurilia

By Tim Dierkes [August 17, 2008 at 11:47pm CST]

Let's dig into a couple of blog posts from Giants beat writers Henry Schulman and Andrew Baggarly.

Schulman says the Giants' front office is divided on whether to trade right fielder Randy Winn this winter. Nate Schierholtz has a .931 OPS in Triple A this year, but can he be a capable regular in 2009? Winn makes $8.25MM in '09, and can block trades to ten teams. The Giants could take advantage of a weak free agent market for center fielders, if Winn can still handle the position.
Tyler Walker, owner of a 4.95 ERA, expects to be non-tendered by the Giants rather than given an arbitration raise from his current $750K. Schulman thinks Walker could still return on a lesser deal.
Baggarly looks at Rich Aurilia, who has drawn little trade interest this year (though published reports have mentioned the Mets and Rays). Baggarly thinks the Giants need to keep him around this year to remain respectable at third base, and could even entertain the possibility for '09. Aurilia has a strong connection to the Giants organization.
Shea has an article up discussing possiblities for third base next year, mentioning Adrian Beltre, Casey Blake, Joe Crede, and Hank Blalock.

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Winn's arm and speed still play in Center, so I don't see why he shouldn't catch on somewhere. Basically Gary Matthews with more consistency at the plate, a little lighter on defense and no real injury issues.

Posted by: AA | August 18, 2008 at 12:43 AM

I think that Rich Aurilia has played good enough to retire a Giant. He has earned it. I think that He could retire after next season. It's not that bad to have a versatile guy like that.

Posted by: Joe505 | August 18, 2008 at 02:49 AM

The Red Sox could be interested in Aurillia. With Lowell going down for a good amount of time, they could use a veteran to step in. I've heard his name thrown around a little bit by local media and as long as it didn't cost much, he'd be worth a look.

Posted by: Papelboner | August 18, 2008 at 07:39 AM

I get the impression that the Dodgers are confident that they can resign Blake. They have focused Blake DeWitt's AAA stint on second to replace Kent, despite the fact that he was the best defensive third baseman in the majors this year during his stint. That suggests confidence in filling that position

Posted by: AA | August 18, 2008 at 03:22 PM

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