SF Giants Rumors – Huff, Molina and Posey
Posted on March 15th, 2010 by admin in SF Giants Rumors
Chris Haft of MLB.com published his inbox post with fans questions. Below is a couple of the questions with his answers summed up by me.Do you think Aubrey Huff will provide the Giants with a 30 homer/100 RBI season?
Haft said Aubrey Huff certainly has a chance to reach triple digit RBI’s. He has accomplished that feat three times in his career, so you know that he possesses a run-producer’s mindset. Haft also believes that if the trio in-front of him (Rowand, Sanchez and Sandoval) has decent years. Huff should have plenty of chances. He doesn’t think it’s likely that Huff will pass the 30 homers mark as long as he’s playing home games at AT&T Park.
I am a huge Bengie Molina fan, but if Buster Posey proves he’s ready for the Majors with a strong spring, would the Giants consider trading Bengie? I’m sure we could get one or two decent prospects for him, and I know many clubs, particularly the Mets, could use a catcher.
Haft says “Spring Training performance is illusory.” Tossing aside Bengie Molina would be highly premature. Though the Giants want Buster Posey to be their catcher, they must be sure that his talents are properly developed for the Majors before he receives the chance to entrench himself at AT&T Park. Molina is a proven hitter who the pitchers trust. It’d be foolish to squander a rare asset like him.
King of Cali thoughts: It’s going to be hard for Huff to get back to his 2008 form. Hitting in AT&T park is not going to help his homers. Although he does have enough power to get homers in this park. He’s going to have some splash hits this season. I really think he’s got the power to take it out of any park. The only thing that’s going to hurt him is that death valley in right-center field. Which means some potential homers might turn into triples or very long doubles.
Huff knows he has to prove himself this year to everyone around baseball. This is a one year deal, so it’s a contract year for him. The numbers need to be there at the end of the year if he wants to be a big chip in the free agent market.
I know I was ready to let Posey start and get the Posey era going. I just looked at is as if it’s a job. Anyone that starts a new job gets some training, and then learns the rest on the job. That’s what I wanted to see done with Posey. That’s when I thought Molina was going elsewhere for a multi-year contract.
Now that Molina is back. I say lets start him and Posey can work himself into the mix later on in the season. If Molina goes down early with a flat tire. Then Posey can definitely take over and show us what he can do. This is a win-win situation for the Giants behind the plate.
~King of Cali
I would play to win this season not two years or five years from now. Play the best players. Buster has done everything anyone would expect him to do. I say play him or trade him. There are lots of teams who would love to have him right now and would play him. I am beginning to believe the Giants can not figure Buster out.
Tom,
With pitching like this. It’s hard to not to want to go for it now. The Giants will not start Posey or trade him. He’s the backstop of the future. They also have Molina again, so Posey will have to steal some time from him until he takes over. They will not trade him cause he’s a big part of their future.
King of Cali