San Francisco Giants were near trade for second baseman
By Bryan Rose
The San Francisco Giants were one of the earliest teams to strike come the non-waiver trade deadline as they acquired Jake Peavy from the Boston Red Sox days before the actual deadline was to pass.
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It was also expected that given the amount of holes currently on their roster, they’d make another trade or two before the clock struck but shockingly no deal was agreed upon. However, that doesn’t mean that San Francisco Giants general manager Brian Sabean wasn’t close to a couple of moves.
Speaking to Hank Shulman of SFGate.com, Sabean said he was nearing a trade for a second baseman though hinted the price was simply too high.
"Sabean had hoped to add a second baseman and said he was homing in on two, but a source said they were not necessarily the two who got traded: Cleveland’s Asdrubal Cabrera (to the Nationals) and the Cubs’ Emilio Bonifacio (to the Braves)."
The San Francisco Giants were said to have significant interest in both Ben Zobrist of the Tampa Bay Rays and Gordon Beckham of the Chicago White Sox, so it’s possible both of those players could have been Sabean’s targets. Of course, neither Zobrist nor Beckham were moved and both the Rays and White Sox were said to have hefty price tags on their infielders.
Fearing the idea of overpaying, Sabean suggested that he preferred to keep his minor league system intact and hinted the upgrade wasn’t worth the prices being asked.
It is expected that San Francisco will continue to search the market until the waiver deadline passes later this month.