Brian Giles Likes Red Sox, Yankees, Angels

I can see the Braves getting him at the deadline if the outfield is still not worked out and they are in contention.

Brian Giles could make some sense for the Mets or Braves, but $11M (once you factor in the extra $2M) is a lot..

Good luck on getting an extension. You're entering your 38 age, which team is crazy enough to give you two years for your old ass?

The Sox?! Seriously?! Then why did you veto the trade last year and be a part of a playoff team?!

Nobody is going to agree to trade for Giles at $11M/year. Not when Bobby Abreu just signed for less than half of that, and a guy like Garret Anderson is still looking for jobs.

I can see Giles wanting to go to Milwaukee...to reacquaint himself with Jason Kendall...

"Giles was an idiot to nix the deal to Boston last season if he would rather be in Boston now."

Rumor was that he wanted a guarantee that Boston would exercise the 2009 option that San Diego did and Boston was NOT going to do it, so he nixed the deal. Boston at that time already had Crisp as a 4th OF and Giles would at that time been below him on the depth chart if they had wanted to even exercise the contract, so why pay a 5th OF 9M? It made -0- sense and Giles nixed the deal the rumors were going.

Come trade deadline teams will be beating down the Pads door to have a gritty OBP guy like Giles for a stretch run.

I think the Angels or the Giants could be possible destinations come July.

"Wilkerson and Baldelli are both better offensively than Giles"

Baldelli potentially could be. Best case scenario, he puts up his 2006 numbers. More likely scenario is his numbers from last year will be similar, 50-100 games. As for Giles, he's 38. Add to that, the Pads will probably ask for something like Bard which the Sox should rightfully balk at or worse will be sneaky and ask for Pimentel. So it's probably in the Sox best interest to try out Carter and Bailey from the minors.

The Angels have NO OBP. They need OBP like they need oxygen.

Actually Wilkerson isn't better than Giles. Giles actually has an impressive career line (.294/.404/.511/.915), but has lost a lot of power and speed in the outfield. He still maintains decent batting averages and will gives you plenty of walks (and even a pretty safe bet of an OPS over .800) but that $9 million figure is just...balky.

Wilkerson has never had a full season with an OPS over .900, has had an OBP over .400 zero times, and has slugged over .500 also zero times. He owns a career .247 batting average. Now, I know Giles is about 6 years older, but I'm pretty sure he'd still give you a better season than Wilkerson. But considering Giles would be a 4th outfielder, he isn't the best candidate.

Baldelli, when healthy, is much better than most outfielders in general. He has all 5 tools, but his durability makes him so fragile that he cannot completely live up to his full potential.

I actually can see the Red Sox, given the right circumstances (i.e. one of their starting outfielders going down, and their 4th outfielders being ineffective, and their prospects not ready) to acquire Giles midseason. But, that is requiring a lot to happen FIRST, before the Red Sox would even be able to consider him.

Best case scenario would have been the Rays passing on Burrell and trading some prospect for Giles. Also, really liked the Cubs reference at the top of the comments. You're right, that would have been too easy.

Come on now, people. You guys are being a tad harsh on Giles. I'm a Padres fan and I don't particularly like him, but to say he is a poor player is just not true.

Overpaid? Absolutely. I loathed that 3 year deal the minute SD gave it to him. That's a lot of money for just walks. Yet I've always felt Giles could be more productive with some protection in the lineup.

Is he worth 11 million? No. But is Zito worth his contract? There are a lot of bad deals out there, and to say that no team will be ready to overpay if they feel Giles can be the missing piece in their lineup (like the Cubs for example) is a little premature.

Objectively, you can do a lot worse at RF.

As for Giles, he's 38. Add to that, the Pads will probably ask for something like Bard which the Sox should rightfully balk at or worse will be sneaky and ask for Pimentel.

The pads would be lucky
to get someone to take him
at 11m for free.

I wouldn't mind seeing Giles in a Sox uniform. He may not have as much power as he used to, but he still has great patience.

The OF is pretty good for now though.

" Not sure SD would have any interest in Lugo though. "

I think BOS is stuck with Lugo for the remainder of his contract unless he completely turns it around this year.

"wow Johns, Wilkerson and Baldelli are both better offensively than Giles? I hope you are not serious..."

Never said he was in my post above.. I stated they were (and Wilky is not anymore IMO BTW) find someone better than Giles better offensively. Quote tags, don't write in what you want others to have posted.

Giles for Lugo, that would sort of make sense, but then you leave no backup infielder and have Kotsay, Baldelli and Wilkerson for outfielders.

Oh, and you have to love all the people bashing Towers since the Peavy trade talks died(I'm guessing bitter Braves or Cubs fans). The guy is consistently listed as one of the top GM's in baseball, but those posters know better.

I guess shooting down a bad trade proposal or trying to get the most out of a trade makes you a bad GM these days. I don't see it.

I do see the quality bullpens Towers usually assembles on the cheap (2008 was a bad year, but he has a great track record) or the great trades he makes (Mirabelli for Bard and Meredith, Eaton and Otsuka for Chris Young and Adrian Gonzalez,...). But he's a bad GM. Whatever.

Kotsay was pretty solid at 1B during the playoffs. If he played that well at that time of year, there's no reason to believe that he couldn't do that here and there during the regular season when the pressure is off.

The real question should be what team likes Giles at 11 mil. and the personal baggage at age 38? Answer, no one unless it's a dump or bad contract swap. Towers has no leverage here.

I can't see the Padres moving Giles, unless it's for a bag of baseballs and a pretzel.*

If we (Red Sox) are looking at a possible replacement for OF/1B to replace Kotsay due to surgery, ect.....why not grab Jim Edmonds? He has a veteran prescence, is a better hitter than Giles and has more 1B experience than Giles. Sign him to an incentivce contract, build up his defense during spring training and if he fails, trade him or dump him.

I may be wrong but have always felt that Marcus Giles was on 'roids and when he stopped using them, his body thinned along with his batting average. I have wondered about Brian, but know less about his "pattern".

Giles had his chance to come to Boston and he turned it down. Screw him.

Giles is not going to agree to a trade unless he gets to start.

If it is not to a team he wants then he will probably ask for an extension as well.

He has two young daughters in school so he is looking for stability and a starting job.

That is commendable.

As for his value:
http://www.fangraphs.com/statss.aspx?playerid=990&position=OF#value
Fangraphs has it at $20.6 million in 2008 so the $9 million it cost the Padres was a bargain and so would the portion of the $11 million it would cost a team to trade for him.

I don't think the Padres are regretting the decision to exercise at all. There was a $3 million buyout on the deal, so it effectively cost the Padres $6 million for a one year deal. Giles is probably a better player than Abreu and Dunn, so, yeah, $6 million for him seems like a no-brainer.