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July 28, 2012

Transaction Analysis

Scutaro to San Fran

by Ben Lindbergh and Kevin Goldstein

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Acquired 2B-R Charlie Culberson and cash from the Giants for IF-R Marco Scutaro. [7/27]

A supplemental first-round pick in 2007, Culberson has been a slow-to-develop infielder whose 2010 step forward looks to be more and more like a product of the California League. He's a thickly built infielder with solid-average power and speed, but he's consistently undone himself with a poor approach, taking an aggressive cut and swinging at far too many pitches outside the strike zone. Culberson has good defensive fundamentals but lacks the tools to play on the left side, and he doesn't have the bat to profile as an everyday player at second. —Kevin Goldstein

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