Some Giant changes

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DOWN:

• Freddy Sanchez - 2B - Career .297 hitter - dislocated shoulder
• Buster Posey - C - Career .294 hitter - broken ankle
• Barry Zito - P - Career 3.90 ERA - sprained foot, out half of season
• Miguel Tejada - SS - Career .286 hitter - hitting .242 this season - strained abdominal muscle, out since mid-July
• Pat Burrell - LF - Career .253 hitter - hitting .233 this season - broken foot, out since mid-July
• and a fan was beaten into a coma on opening day, the poor guy

DEPTH:

• Emmanuel Burriss - 2B - Career .253 hitter - hitting .217 this season
• Mike Fontenot - 2B - Career .263 hitter - hitting .208 this season
• Eli Whiteside - C - Career .225 hitter - hitting .209 this season, often into double plays
• Cody Ross - RF/LF - Career .264 hitter - hitting .250 this season - was National League Championship Series MVP last year - missed first few weeks of season with injury
• Nate Schierholtz - RF - Career .271 hitter - hitting .271 this season

UP:

• Brandon Belt - 1B - Rookie - hit .218 - broken wrist - demoted to AAA
• Chris Stewart - C - Career .210 hitter
• Hector Sanchez - C - Rookie - played in three games, only had three at-bats
• Ryan Vogelsong - P - Career 4.88 ERA - Spent last four years in Japan Leagues - 2.19 ERA, 9W, 1L this season
• Brandon Crawford - SS - Rookie - hit .190 - hit a grand slam in his first game - demoted to AAA

DEAD CENTER:

• Andres Torres - CF - Career .248 hitter - hitting .233 this season
• Aaron Rowand - CF - Career .274 hitter - hitting .248 this season - has a ridiculous batting stance

IN:

• Bill Hall - 2B - Career .248 hitter - Acquired June 11 - hit .158 this season - demoted to AAA
• Jeff Keppinger - 2B - Career .284 hitter - Acquired July 19
• Carlos Beltran - CF - Career .282 hitter - Acquired July 28
• Orlando Cabrera - SS - Career .272 hitter - Acquired July 31

OUT:

• AAA pitcher Henry Sosa, one of two players traded for Jeff Keppinger
• AA pitcher Jason Stoffel, one of two players traded for Jeff Keppinger
• AAA pitcher Zack Wheeler, traded for veteran Carlos Beltran.
• AAA outfielder Thomas Neal, traded for veteran Orlando Cabrera.

ETC:

• Aubrey Huff - 1B - Career .280 hitter - hitting .243 this season
• Travis Ishikawa - 1B - Career .265 hitter - Was demoted to AAA before the season started.
• Brian Wilson - P - Career 3.13 ERA - Has a quirky character - Had an entertaining tantrum
• Check out the team's pitching stats. Only the Phillies are better this year.

The Giants' hitting coach is Hensley Meulens. Whatever worked for him in AAA is not working out in the National League. Too many of the team's hitters are in slumps.