Giants send Kevin Pucetas to Royals, complete Guillen trade

The San Francisco Giants and Kansas City Royals have finally completed the Jose Guillen trade.  Giants minor leaguer, Kevin Pucetas, will go the Royals as the player to be named later.

Pucetas was in the Giants farm system for five years with his last two years in AAA, playing for the Fresno Grizzlies.  During those two seasons, he posted a 5.34 ERA in 54 games.

Year	Tm	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
2006	Salem-Keizer	7	1	.875	2.17	15	70.2	57	22	17	2	19	60	1.075	7.3	0.3	2.4	7.6	3.16
2007	Augusta	15	4	.789	1.86	27	145.1	124	40	30	7	21	104	0.998	7.7	0.4	1.3	6.4	4.95
2008	San Jose	10	2	.833	3.02	24	125.1	115	46	42	6	27	102	1.133	8.3	0.4	1.9	7.3	3.78
2009	Fresno	10	6	.625	5.04	28	159.0	173	95	89	15	50	96	1.403	9.8	0.8	2.8	5.4	1.92
2010	Fresno	5	7	.417	5.69	26	136.0	172	90	86	17	61	95	1.713	11.4	1.1	4.0	6.3	1.56
5 Seasons		47	20	.701	3.73	120	636.1	641	293	264	47	178	457	1.287	9.1	0.7	2.5	6.5	2.57
AAA (2 seasons)		15	13	.536	5.34	54	295.0	345	185	175	32	111	191	1.546	10.5	1.0	3.4	5.8	1.72
A (1 season)		15	4	.789	1.86	27	145.1	124	40	30	7	21	104	0.998	7.7	0.4	1.3	6.4	4.95
A- (1 season)		7	1	.875	2.17	15	70.2	57	22	17	2	19	60	1.075	7.3	0.3	2.4	7.6	3.16
A+ (1 season)		10	2	.833	3.02	24	125.1	115	46	42	6	27	102	1.133	8.3	0.4	1.9	7.3	3.78

Provided by Baseball-Reference.com: View Original Table
Generated 10/15/2010.

There is not a big loss for the Giants in this deal.  Pucetas was never going to crack the starting rotation in the next couple of years and he simply doesn't have good enough command to pitch out of the bullpen.