Report: Pence deal to Giants 'in place'
KPIX, a television station in San Francisco, is reporting that the Giants "have a deal in place" for Phillies outfielder Hunter Pence. However, Giants vice president Bobby Evans said in a text message that there's "no truth to the rumor" the Giants have a deal in place for Pence.
Report: Pence deal to Giants 'in place'
Daily News staff
KPIX, a television station in San Francisco, is reporting that the Giants "have a deal in place" for Phillies outfielder Hunter Pence. Giants vice president Bobby Evans reportedly denied the report in a text message, saying that there's "no truth to the rumor."
But sources tell Jon Heyman of CBSSports.com that, although no agreeement has been reached, the Giants and the Phillies are indeed discussing a deal.
Pence, 30, is hitting .268 with 17 home runs and 59 RBI. Should there be a trade, the Phillies could bring up Domonic Brown from the minor leagues.
The Phillies are expected to become sellers after a weekend sweep at the hands of the Atlanta Braves effectively eliminated them from playoff contention. The MLB trade deadline is 4 p.m. Tuesday.
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Pence is nice player, but he isn't a $15million player.— regassert6- Pence is nice player, but he isn't a $15million player.— regassert6
- He was a damn good player, that is why we gave up so much for him. All of a sudden he gets the phillies can't hit the ball to save my life curse? Seems like the whole team has suffered from this for 2-3 years. Why do we have coaches? What does Greg Gross do, what did Milt Thompson do? Charlie..the "hitting guru" What? I wouldn't trade Pence or Victorino. Pence still has good power numbers and he will come around, and you can't replace the great defense that Victorino provides and his hitting is improving. Trade Blanton,Pierre,Wiggington and if someone would take the stiff, I would trade Howard in a heartbeat. He will never be the same player again!— kchaz
- Ha! All you people who were screaming for Rube to obtain Pence a year ago found out he was a fraud. Because you knew more then, then you do now, you get what you deserved when Ed Wade duped you and Rube in obtaining him.— sonnybuoy01
- Why don't you and all the other FWF's go root for the Nats or Mets, which you probably do already. Pence is a great player, like many others on the club. If you knew anything about baseball, which obviously you do not, then you would know it's a systemic failure within the whole lineup. The team has no focus or motivation. There are no hitters except Ruiz to protect the other players in the lineup. I am proud of this team, Rube and Cholly and the rest, they built a winning team and have a strong organization. Winning brings in revenue, we now have a payroll and teams with payroll contend, have an off year or two then contend. Like I'm surprised that the few FWF's who always whine and moan no matter what are here gloating saying "I told you so" If it was so easy to win a WS every year there would be 30 teams contending every year. You and the other FWF morons would rather see this team fail every year just so you can say how you were right about something. You don't deserve this team. Thanks Phillies!!! — TexasYankee
- Rube is a pos— Jay Grace 69
- How stupid to help the Giants out. Stupid. Send him to the AL.— Relocator
- They are talking about catcher Tommy Joseph, who just turned 21 two weeks ago. He's playing at AA. He hit 22 hr with 90 RBI at high A last year. He was the starting catcher for USA in the Futures games and had a pretty good game both with the bat and defensively. No question he's a legit prospect. However, I think they need another blue chip prospect to justify giving Singleton, Cosart and Santana to acquire Hunter last year.— EL Zorro
- It would definitely take more than Joseph. Also, while Joseph is good, at times he's not ranked much above Valle. I'd rather see infielders and outfielders picked up. Maybe the Phillies are trying to get a guy like 3B Gillaspie in the deal?
Pence's RH bat would be missed. His fielding can be upgraded though and he's most likely going to get over 14m in arbitration next year which is why you'd move him now. They could probably sign Victorino long term for less money if they wanted to.
— s - Joseph? He mostly plays first, has so-so power, is this some cruel joke? How does this do anything to help us, short or long term? Josh Osich? He's going to be 25, had Tommy John..sheesh, we got robbed, I wouldn't take these two for Blanton, maybe Polance, maybe..what a joke — TexasYankee
- If they make a trade with Texas they should try and get Young, and plug him in at 3B.— Paul SoTX
- Pence is a good player we all agree. This move would not be about cleaning house. Freeing up his 15mil next year would allow the Phils to address almost both OF spots with that money. Thats what this move is about.— philsfan in the atx
- Ok pal, for the last time, they have no issues with salary and that's not a concern. Read a story instead of looking at the pretty pictures — TexasYankee
- a $180 million dollar payroll and this is what we fans get for it???these overpaid bozos should rebate part of their salaries in recognition of the dismal performance they put forth this year...utterly and totally disgraceful...trade anybody who can we get value in return..i guess only papelbon and hamels are untouchable now...and lay off ruben and cholly...the blame for this miserable year lies squarely and solely on the shoulders of the players...they have underperformed spectacularly and last i heard ruben and cholly weren't playing...repeat after me...180 million,180 million..ad nauseam..good luck to comcast and ch.17 in trying to attract viewers for the rest of this forgettable season..— jabac
- The latest weasel words by sports reporters are that a team has a "deal in place" to trade somebody. That locution allows the person who reported the deal to back down gracefully -- "hey, I didn't say the deal was DONE" -- if necessary. Case in point: so-called insiders said there was a "deal in place" for Ryan Dempster to go to Atlanta last week. He didn't.— Dave Clemens
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