The Giants announced that they have released veteran outfielder Cameron Maybin, as Kerry Crowley of the Bay Area News Group was among those to tweet. It is not clear at this time if Maybin opted out of his contract.
While it had seemed at one point that Maybin would likely crack Giants roster out of camp, the club obviously decided to go with another direction. It’s possible that an outside addition will end up filling the need for a reserve outfielder that can step in at times in center for youngster Steven Duggar.
A regrettable mid-spring DUI arrest surely did not help Maybin’s cause. He also failed to do much with his opportunities in the lineup, posting a meager .483 OPS in 48 Cactus League plate appearances.
Over the past two seasons in the majors, Maybin has carried a .237/.322/.351 batting line with 14 home runs and 43 steals in 834 total plate appearances. The 31-year-old has never been a consistent offensive threat, but is still viewed as a quality defender.
Denard Span reunion perhaps?
Nope, Co Co Crisp has better chance for a Giant.
Wouldn’t mind him coming back to Atlanta and get rid of Duvall
2nd that….plus Duvall needs to be an everyday player to find his swing. He’s not a true bench piece
I’d rather have Guyer. Guyer hits LHP pretty good.
My thoughts exactly
Sweet baby Jesus!
1 down, 3 to go.. Sandoval/melacon/okert.. your next!
Uh, no. Go cheer for whatever team you’re actually a fan of, some it obviously isn’t the g men
Pickle_britches I agree with you. I fear we are stuck w Melancon
I agree with pickle too. Panda has to go
Dodgethis, I think they want these 4 guys off the team because they would rather see four young guys get a shot than to give meaningless ab’s/innings to replacement level veterans.
The. 483 ops he has this spring probably hurt as much as the DUI.
Maybin would be a good fit for the Braves 4th OF
He’s not a good fit anywhere. His playing days are over.
Untrue. Some team will pick him up. He’s still better than many 4a players
Why are the other outfield options for the giants now?
Duggar, Parra, Williamson, Solarte, Slater, Shaw, Gerber …
Gerber should be Duggar back up
I think Austin slater should be Duggar’s back up.
Slater got sent back to minors camp already I believe
Wow, that’s a murderers row isn’t? That group will just about get themselves out.
Hey Giants: Check in with the Twinkies on Tyler Austin = to platoon with Belt and either Jake Cave LHB, (option remaining) & Michael Reed RHB (out of options) for 4th OF that can play all 3 positions. What have you got to trade?
You could see this coming, just didn’t hit.. Thinking Slater, Shaw, maybe Gerber all sent down to AAA, Ferguson released so looking like Duggar & Parra for center field.
starting OF left to right will be Williamson, Duggar, Parra.
And that may be the only 3 “true “ outfielders they keep. Belt, Hanson, Solarte and Joe can all play outfield. Hot hand plays. This scenario keeps Pablo in the fold. Boston still paying his salary so might as well let him have this final year.
Dustin fowler for derek rodriguez or andrew suarez, which team says no?
Giants. And, for Suarez, probably the A’s, too.
“Click.” – Giants hanging up.
Giants. Fowler is very underwhelming
What ever happened with his dui
Working its way through city courts – there’s a pretrial conference on 4/29.
Drugs, driving drunk, what’s next? Baltimore Os?
*yawn*
Unfortunately his bat just never got going this spring. I think Joyce took his spot as 4th outfielder.
Unfortunately, over 12 seasons with nine teams, his bat never got going. season highs of 10 home runs and 59 RBI. oof
He’s never been a power guy. There are worse 4th outfielders. Judging him simply by HR and stupid stats like RBIs which has to factor in his teams run production and on base %.
Joyce was released so he didn’t take his spot 😉
This guy needs to be back in Atlanta to ride out the storm and find his form again. I guess none of you guys ever had one too many beers and hit the road.
You can have him! why put your life and others in jeopardy when you can call a friend, Uber, lyft, a cab? And .127 is not one too many it’s likely 3 more after he hit .08.
The Giants are 2 key injuries away from losing 100 games this year. The new GM has his work cut out for him…this is a 3-5 year project to turn this team around (at least).
How do you figure? They had way more than 2 key injuries last season, including their 2 best players, and didn’t lose 100 games.
Should have gave Adam Jones a shot before going after Maybin. Than we wouldn’t be having this discussion.