Giants Get Orlando Cabrera from Indians

Boo. Me no like this trade. Neal was a good prospect, and Cabrera is not any better than Tejada, in fact I see him as being worse. Tejada was picking it up recently. He was .303 in his last 10 games, before he got hurt. Unless Tejada is gonna be gone for a longer period of time, this is not an upgrade.


CINCINNATI -- Still intent on shoring up their infield, the Giants obtained 15-year veteran Orlando Cabrera from the Cleveland Indians on Saturday night for Minor League outfielder Thomas Neal.

Cabrera, 36, has played 83 games this season at second base for Cleveland, which has Asdrubal Cabrera at shortstop. But moving back to short, where he has played 1,807 games, shouldn't be a problem for Cabrera, who's hitting .244 with four home runs and 38 RBIs.

Neal, 23, had spent six years in the Giants organization. He was batting .295 with two home runs and 25 RBIs in 60 games for Triple-A Fresno.

http://sanfrancisco.giants.mlb.com/n...ews_sf&c_id=sf

Neal was an OK prospect who had no future with this club. He should have been part of a package for someone like Pence. But Sabean felt an overwhelming desire to acquire a short stop capable of hitting .234 Don't we have 5 of those already.

Originally posted by BigRon:
Neal was an OK prospect who had no future with this club. He should have been part of a package for someone like Pence. But Sabean felt an overwhelming desire to acquire a short stop capable of hitting .234 Don't we have 5 of those already.

.234 and under.

With this deal we are officially and OLD team

# Catchers B/T Ht Wt DOB
37 Chris Stewart R-R 6'4" 215 Feb 19, 1982-29
22 Eli Whiteside R-R 6'2" 220 Oct 22, 1979-31

# Infielders B/T Ht Wt DOB
9 Brandon Belt L-L 6'5" 220 Apr 20, 1988-23
6 Orlando Cabrera R-R 5'10" 195 Nov 2, 1974-36
14 Mike Fontenot L-R 5'8" 165 Jun 9, 1980-31
17 Aubrey Huff L-R 6'4" 225 Dec 20, 1976-34
8 Jeff Keppinger R-R 6'0" 185 Apr 21, 1980-31
48 Pablo Sandoval S-R 5'11" 240 Aug 11, 1986-24

# Outfielders B/T Ht Wt DOB
15 Carlos Beltran S-R 6'1" 215 Apr 24, 1977-34
13 Cody Ross R-L 5'10" 195 Dec 23, 1980-30
33 Aaron Rowand R-R 6'0" 210 Aug 29, 1977-34
12 Nate Schierholtz L-R 6'1" 205 Feb 15, 1984-27
56 Andres Torres S-R 5'9" 200 Jan 26, 1978-33