Giants sign Bengie Molina $16m/3yrs

[YUNG $PIDER]

LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. -- Although the Giants are seeking pitching, they beefed up their battery Wednesday by signing veteran free-agent catcher Bengie Molina to a three-year deal worth $16 million.

 

[YUNG $PIDER]

u feel me ?

 

[mannish]

at least we got a catcher that can hit now.

 

[LA Dodgers]

ya, he can hit but he caqnt throw anybody out.

Dodgers gone steal alote on you guys with all our team speed

 

[ThiZZmAtiC510]

lol luis gonzalez could steal on molina. good luck finishing any higher than 4th this season

 

[YUNG $PIDER]

^^^^good luck 2 gettin passed the 1st round in the playoffs

 

[2-0-NINE]

ya, he can hit but he caqnt throw anybody out.

Dodgers gone steal alote on you guys with all our team speed

No actually he's a bit lower defensively from Yadier. He still has an arm. The dodgers have weak fielding, and weak arms. Bad Fielding:Jeff Kent, Furcal, 3b? haha. Bad Arms Luis Gonzales-Pie Thrower, Juan Pierre. Good signings, but with the FA market being so weak, you just have to see if it'll all pan out. Schmidt could still be a Kevin brown, remember, and Luis Gonzales may well indeed be the next Steve Finley. I think Schmidt, Juan Pierre, and Luis Gonzales will do fine.

 

[GTS]

:dead:

 

[ThiZZmAtiC510]

He still has an arm.

68 SB, 15 CS = .181 CS%

that's not very good at all

 

[ThiZZmAtiC510]

^^^^good luck 2 gettin passed the 1st round in the playoffs

thanks. id rather be playing in october and get swept than not make it at all and finish fourth in the division.

 

[2-0-NINE]

68 SB, 15 CS = .181 CS%

that's not very good at all

ouch

 

[MOREBASS]

Well, at least The Giants get to see the World Series ring that they should've had. :dead:

 

[herm96]

I thought the Giants are going young this year. Whats with all the old acquisitions?

they getting younger signing 30 years olds instead of 40 years olds- i guess its a start. then again what young players are there out there anyways.

 

[2-0-NINE]

Todd Linden, and when they mean going young, they mean pitching wise

Molina wasn't a bad signing even though those stats of his arm show. He never had a chance, most of the deliveries of the pitchers were too slow. thus not allowing him to throw runners out

 

[Gringo Starr]

68 SB, 15 CS = .181 CS%

that's not very good at all

Up until last year, Molina was one othe best defensive catchers in the game. If ha can go back to his old form of throwing out runers, then its well worth the money.

ESPN scouting report on him:

The winner of last winter's Jody Reed Award (turning down a big contract, then settling for something much less), Molina fell right back to his normal self at the plate in 2006 after his career year in 2005. He's a 20 runner with a slowing bat and a body that is not aging well, and he's approaching replacement level as a hitter. After years of building up a reputation as one of the best defensive catchers in the game (or, at least, one of the best-throwing catchers), Molina threw out just 18 percent of runners in 2006, looking very slow getting up out of the crouch and into throwing position. It could be a one-year fluke, or a result of working with different pitchers, but given how his body has gone south on him, it has to be a red flag for potential suitors.