TODAY: Miami has announced the signing of McGehee.
YESTERDAY, 4:38pm: McGehee is actually still on release waivers until tomorrow, MLB.com’s Joe Frisaro tweets. Once he clears, the Marlins are expected to make “a strong push” to sign him. McGehee is represented by Meister Sports Management.
4:12pm: The Marlins have agreed to terms with infielder Casey McGehee, Andy Slater of 940 AM-WINZ tweets. Slater notes that McGehee should join the team on Friday.
The Giants released McGehee yesterday, according to MLB.com’s transactions page. They had previously designated him for assignment after an awful .213/.275/.299 performance in 138 plate appearances. The Giants will still be on the hook for most of the remainder of McGehee’s $4.8MM salary.
With Martin Prado on the disabled list with a shoulder issue, the Marlins have lately gone with Derek Dietrich and Miguel Rojas at third base, the position McGehee has played almost exclusively in the big leagues since last season. Both Dietrich and Rojas have performed well at the Triple-A level this year, and Dietrich is also off to a good start in the big leagues, hitting .259/.333/.481 in 60 plate appearances.
Dietrich is, however, left-handed, as is primary first baseman Justin Bour. One would think the right-handed McGehee would still be able to play first base, so the he could potentially fill for one or the other against left-handed pitching. The Marlins already have righty first base options in Michael Morse and Jeff Baker, although Morse is in the midst of a very poor season and Baker is currently dealing with an oblique injury. McGehee has struggled this season too, of course, although the fact that he performed well with the Marlins in 2014 (after which they traded him to San Francisco) might earn him more chances in Miami than he might receive elsewhere. The corresponding move the Marlins make when they officially add McGehee to their roster will likely help explain how they plan to use him.
So, in the end, the Marlins got 2 minor leaguers from San Francisco for McGehee… and now McGehee is back on their team, with the Giants paying most of his salary…
As a Giants fan, I hope he goes 0-100 just to make it so the Giants don’t completely lose this trade. Yikes.
Was hoping he’d do well for us. Maybe he can enjoy the success he had in Miami again.
of course there was no need for the Mets to have a made a push for this 3B, oh wait …
As a Giants fan, I’m not surprised or should be I that he could go back to the Marlins. But as a Giants fan I’m probably a few of the fans are happy to see him no longer with the Club, Duffy = far better.
I’d say most Giants fans are happy to see the back of him. I’m glad they didn’t stick with him too long and gave Duffy a fair shot at the job, at least.
TWO! A DOUBLE PLAY!!
McGehee was horrible with the Giants. He couldn’t hit for average or power, didn’t field or throw all that well, and certainly didn’t run well. Add to that his ridiculous rate of grounding into double plays and I think he just might be the first minus tool player in MLB history. That said, hopefully Casey can find his way again with the Marlins.
Somebody’s getting traded…..most likely Morse and Prado……a savings of about $9 million for the rest of this year alone……and almost $20 million in 2016.
We’ll continue rooting for him.