On Sunday, the Giants announced they’ve designated 3B Casey McGehee for assignment.
McGehee is owed $4.8 million, making him very likely he will clear waivers.
Giants GM Bobby Evans told reporters he hopes McGehee will accept a minor league assignment should he clear waivers, although he would forfeit the remaining $3.5 million left on his contract he agreed upon with San Francisco to avoid arbitration.
If he were to declare free agency and latched onto another team, his new club would owe him a prorated sum of the league minimum.
The Mets are unlikely to try and trade McGehee given what he is owed and that he’s very likely to clear waivers.
However, assuming he does clear waivers and declares free agency, there’s no harm in at least taking a look at him, considering there’s so much uncertainty surrounding David Wright and their infield. When he’s right, he’s more of a contact-type guy with not a lot of power or speed at this point in his career. He grounds into a lot of double plays – he led the league with 31 last year and already is leading the league with 12 this year.
McGehee has struggled defensively so far this year, committing five errors in 29 games at third base after committing just seven in 158 games last year in Miami.
At the very least, he would certainly come with minimal risk and can’t be worse than they have here at the present time. But he doesn’t really extend the lineup the way the Mets need him to. They could catch lightening in a bottle with him to buy them enough time to know what the deal with Wright will be, but he might be more valuable as a bench piece should the team right their ship.
McGehee, 32, won the comeback player of the year award after hitting .287/.355/.357 with four home runs and 76 RBI in 160 games with the Marlins in 2014. However, he hit just .200/.254/.282 with two home runs and nine RBI with eight walks and 24 strikeouts in 118 plate appearances this season.
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