According to the San Francisco Chronicle, the Giants traded embattled closer Armando Benitez to the Marlins for relief pitcher Randy Messenger. After Benitez’s balk-a-thon Tuesday night in the 12th inning at New York, a tuna sandwich would have been enough from the Marlins.
Check out Giants’ GM Brian Sabean’s comments after dealing Benitez:
“The first game here (in New York) we had three players who were not available. That was not Armando’s fault. Tonight we had three hits and looked dead as a doornail. That was not Armando’s fault. We are at a crossroads in my mind, and apparently the fans, the press and some people in the clubhouse felt he needed to go…”
Oh please Brian, don’t act like the fans or media made this decision for you. Benitez was a bum in the clubhouse, a bum on the field and was never worth the $21.5 million he duped you into paying him. And the offense that “looked dead as a doornail” the other night was one that you put together big boy. It’s amazing how you still have a job after trading Francisco Lirano, Boof Bonser and Joe Nathan for freaking A.J. Pierzynski.
