Buzz: Giles claimed by Mystery Team
According to Ken Rosenthal of FOXSports.com, Padres OF Brian Giles has 
been claimed off waivers by an unknown team.
Rosenthal reports that the Padres will attempt to make a trade with the team that claimed Giles, who will be due $9 million next season, after which he can be a free agent.
According to Rosenthal, Giles can block a deal to the Orioles, Red Sox, Tigers, Rays, Marlins, Brewers, Pirates and Nationals.
In the days prior to the Trade Deadline, ESPN’s Buster Olney said the Mets and Padres had discussed Giles, adding, however, that talks never got ‘serious.’
Later in the day, in a post to his blog for the New York Post, citing ‘team officials,’ Joel Sherman wrote that the Mets had not talked to the Padres regarding Giles.
…there is no indication that the Mets are the mystery team…that said, i’d take him…at this point, given how inconsistent the team’s offense has been, acquiring a guy who hits, hits at home, hits on the road, hits lefties, hits righties, etc., and who gets on base at a consistent rate, he could be a perfect fit batting behind Jose Reyes and Dan Murphy, and ahead of David Wright, Carlos Delgado and Carlos Beltran…
Giles is batting .316 against left-handed pitchers this season and .285 against righties. He is batting .294 with no one on base, and .298 with runners on base.
Update 12:10 p.m…
According to the San Diego Union-Tribune, the Red Sox have claimed Brian Giles and now have 48 hours to work out a trade with the Padres.
