Pence a Giant

[WvGambler]

Rapid action

[Brock Landers]

good move

philly giving up

[WvGambler]

Giants Acquire Hunter Pence
By Tim Dierkes [July 31 at 11:23am CST]
The Giants bolstered their lineup today, acquiring right fielder*Hunter Pence from the Phillies and countering the Dodgers' aggressive moves, tweets SI's Jon Heyman.

Pence, 29, is hitting .271/.336/.447 in 440 plate appearances for the Phillies this year. *He's under team control for 2013, though his salary could exceed $14MM. *Pence joined the Phillies one year ago in a trade with the Astros, but amidst a disappointing season GM Ruben Amaro Jr. is cleaning house. *Less than an hour ago, the Dodgers acquired another member of the Phillies' outfield in Shane Victorino.

[RyanLeafOfBets]

Yep...

Jon Heyman of CBS Sports reports that the Giants have acquired outfielder Hunter Pence from the Phillies.

The division-rival Dodgers have been very busy over the past week, so the Giants are making their counter-blow. Pence is batting .271/.336/.447 with 17 home runs, 59 RBI and a .784 OPS this season and should take over the starting right field job in San Fran. The 29-year-old is under team control for 2013. It's not clear who the Phillies will get in return.

[RyanLeafOfBets]

Giants vice president Bobby Evans told Andrew Baggarly of CSNBayArea.com that a report that the club acquired Hunter Pence from the Phillies is "not accurate."


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Source: Andrew Baggarly on Twitter
Jul 31 - 12:41 PM

[WvGambler]

14million for next year is a TON of money for Pence though

[jagaf22]

At this point you might as well move Lee as well.

[RyanLeafOfBets]

At this point you might as well move Lee as well.

They are trying... but he's got a wicked contract.

[Mikail]

Looks like the Phillies are dismantling a disappointing team that never meshed together.