The Giants have placed 26-year old righty swinging infielder Ryan Rohlinger on the 15-day disabled list with a left hamstring strain. Rohlinger has played in 10 games for the Giants this year and he is 3 of 14 (.214 avg, .527 OPS) with 1 run scored and 1 RBI. The Giants have recalled 26-year old righty swinging infielder Matt Downs to replace Rohlinger on the roster. Downs has played in 26 games for the Giants earlier this season and he is 18 of 73 (.247 avg, .695 OPS) with 6 runs scored, 1 homer and 6 RBIs.

The Giants have signed 33-year old outfielder Pat Burrell to a minor league deal. Burrell played in 24 games earlier this year for the Rays in which he was 17 of 84 (.202 avg, .625 OPS) with 9 runs scored, 2 homers and 13 RBIs. He has now played in 1,452 games in his major league career and he is 1,274 of 5,031 (.253 avg, .834 OPS) with 709 runs scored, 267 homers and 904 RBIs. The Giants will send him to the minors for a couple of weeks to get him ready for a return to the outfield as he has been a DH the last 1 1/2.

The Giants have called up 23-year old lefty swinging C/1B Buster Posey. Posey will likely be the starting 1B for the Giants from now on with Aubrey Huff switching to LF. Posey was the Giants’ #1 prospect coming into this season according to Baseball America. He played in 47 games in AAA-ball this year and he was 60 of 172 (.349 avg, .995 OPS) with 31 runs scored, 6 homers and 32 RBIs. Posey also was showing improving plate discipline in the minors as he walked 28 times while whiffing 30. Posey got his first taste of the majors late last season playing in 7 games for the Giants in which he was 2 for 17 (.118 avg, .235 OPS) with 1 run scored. The Giants think he will do much better this time around and despite using him at 1B his future will still be at catcher.

With the Giants being at fully near strength with the return of Freddy Sanchez and Edgar Renteria I think they should make a move for a RF. Luke Scott (Orioles), Austin Kearns (Indians) and David DeJesus (Royals) will likely all be available at the trade deadline or before. Of those three I think that Luke Scott would cost you the most but he is probably the best player. I think the Royals would jump at the chance to get someone like Sergio Romo from the Giants. But in the end, Austin Kearns would be the cheapest route in terms of what the Giants would have to give up to get him. With that in mind I would trade with the Indians who would likely be willing to take Eugenio Velez and Ryan Rohlinger for him.

The Giants have activated 33-year old righty swinging shortstop Edgar Renteria off the D.L. He has played in 20 games for the Giants this year and he is 24 of 76 (.316 avg, .764 OPS) wtih 8 runs scored, 1 homer, 10 RBIs and 1 stolen base. The Giants have sent Ryan Rohlinger back to AAA to make room on the roster for Renteria. Rohlinger played in 7 games for the Giants this year and he was 2 for 10 (.200 avg, .473 OPS) with 1 run scored and 1 RBI.

UPDATE: (5/27/2010) - Well that didn’t take long. The Giants have placed Edgar Renteria back on the D.L. with a strained right hamstring. Renteria played in 3 games before reinjuring himself in which he was 4 of 10 (.400 avg) with 1 run scored, 1 RBI and 2 stolen bases. Juan Uribe will move back to SS to start.