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Burrell raises more questions than answers
By Ken Gimbin and Joe Cronin June 6, 2010 |
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SAN FRANCISCO--Two questions have to be raised about the Giants latest acquisition Pat Burrell, why did he get released if he was that good? Number two they have scouts and they evaluate players and Burrell could hit well in Triple A and not hit very well in the majors. Burrell appeared in his first game with the Giants Sunday in Pittsburgh and got an RBI and is now hitting .250 for the season. Why didn't other teams go after him? Why are the Giants going after him and indeed have signed him? Manager Bruce Bochy is hoping that he can help the club they need the hitting. The other question is is he the answer? No one will really knows until he starts playing, Burrell is in his second year of a $16 million deal of a two year contract with the Tampa Bay Rays and was released May 15th and he hit .202 with two homers and 13 RBIs in 24 games and then last season he was a big disappointment with the Rays batting .221 with 14 homers and 64 RBIs. Those are okay averages but their nothing to write home about if your depending on that as a team your team is in trouble. Those are not impressive averages and coming back the Rays wouldn't have let him go if they thought Burrell could help them and Tampa this year has an excellent shot of the World Series. The question is if Burrell was so good and valuable how come he's not playing for the Rays? It was mentioned that he and Andres Torres would platoon in the outfield but Torres right now is hot and if Torres cools off Burrell could platoon with him. If Torres is hot Torres plays every game. Right now Torres stays in the lineup and he may have cooled off a little bit later but for now Torres is a big spark plug for the Giants so the only way Bochy would platoon the guy is if Torres fell off and he's going to cool off after being hot but right now he's actually carried the Giants. So if one guy is going to play its going to be Torres and we wouldn't rotate a .200 hitter for a guy hitting close to .300. Ken Gimblin and Joe Cronin cover Giants baseball each week for Sportstalk Radio |
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