Marcus Giles Leaving Padres With that Bitter Beer Face

Looks like the reunion of the Giles brothers is coming to an end, as younger brother Marcus is being bought out of the final year of his contract, with no intentions to re-sign him at a reduced rate. Marcus thinks the Padres were less than straight forward with their intentions when he lost his job to Geoff Blum in July.

"It's unfortunate you can't be honest with people and tell 'em the way it's going to be," said Giles, who hit .229 with four homers and 39 RBIs. "We're all adults. We can handle it. It's just unfortunate to kind of get the runaround and get lied to the whole time.

"I didn't expect to sit the bench. That's definitely not what I signed for. I'm definitely ready to move on." (...) Giles said he could have handled the news that he had lost his job. He just didn't like the way the club presented it.

"All of a sudden three days off turns into a platoon situation," Giles said. "I learned about the platoon situation from reading press clips. It's one thing to lose your job and have a guy take your job. It's just unfortunate that people were beating around the bush."

Unfortunately, this is a numbers game, and Giles numbers after a very good April were atrocious. The good thing for the next team that signs Marcus Giles is that they will be getting a 29-year-old player with a chip on his shoulder, along with something to prove to the team that thinks he can't play anymore.

Or they'll be getting a .229 hitter.