He will be if his bat perks up as a result of being in a playoff race and his attitude calms down again as a result of being in a playoff race. His 3 year / $36 million deal ends after this season, so he's strictly a mercenary at this point. The PTBNL is an issue, but as long as it is not an upper tier prospect, this is a low-risk, high reward pick up.
Guillen should be well motivated to keep his nose clean and produce. I'm sure his agent will advise him as much. No guarantee, but I'm not sure there was an impact bat out there that could be had as reasonably as this one.
This looks like a good get. His numbers this season are 16-62-.255 with a .743 OPS a little below his career OPS of .762. If he can goose that number as much as Pat Burrell or Aubrey Huff is so far this season, we might be able to begin to think seriously about the playoffs. There's still a lot of baseball left but this weekend Padres series is shaping up as rather large.
According to the AP:
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP)—The Kansas City Royals have traded outfielder Jose Guillen(notes) to the San Francisco Giants in exchange for a player to be named later and cash considerations.
The Royals announced the deal Friday, hours before the Giants hosted San Diego in an NL West showdown.
The 34-year old Guillen was hitting .255 with 16 home runs and 62 RBI in 106 games for the Royals prior to being designated for assignment on Aug. 5. Kansas City had 10 days to trade or release him.
Guillen, an outfielder-designated hitter, was signed three years ago to a $36 million, three-year contract that made him the Royals’ highest-paid player per year in team history. He is owed approximately $3.93 million from his $12 million salary this season.
The Giants will be Guillen’s 10th major league stop.
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