New York -- Matchups against Dodgers co-aces Zack Greinke and Clayton Kershaw aren't exactly ideal housewarming gifts, that is the conundrum newly promoted Giants second baseman Dan Uggla will face Friday and Wednesday night at AT T Recreation area.

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Manager Bruce Bochy had hoped to get Uggla in excess of the seven at-bats His got on Triple-A Fresno, but with Ehire Adrianza and Marco Scutaro placed on the actual 15-day disabled list Friday day and Joe Panik nursing a great ankle injury, the Leaders couldn't afford to not get in touch with Uggla and fellow infielder Tony Abreu.

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In a span of a week, the 34-year-old past Braves All-Star has gone from free agent to help everyday starter for a first-place group.

'It is what it is; you've got to face those guys some time or any other,' Uggla said Friday while asked about his tough very first opponents with the Giants. 'This is just one of those battles you look toward.

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'You can try to draw out the perfect picture of how to join an organization, but what does it really issue? They wanted me the following now, and I'm more than happy being here. It doesn't matter who it truly is against. I'm looking forward to helping this team win.'

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Summer reclamation tasks are nothing new for the Leaders, who have previously tried to revive the careers of Jeff Francoeur (2013) and Pat Burrell (This year), but catching lighting in a very bottle with Uggla might be all the more improbable.

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Uggla hit just .162/.241/.231 together with two home runs in addition to 10 RBIs in the Majors this season along with Atlanta and was released previous Friday after His dropped his starting job at second base to rookie Tommy La Stella. Uggla hit .179/.309/.362 with Twenty two homers and 55 RBIs last period. In two games this week along with Fresno, His was 2-for-7 with an RBI and a couple of walks.

'Is His quite prepared? It would have been nice to obtain him a few more at-bats down there, however it just wasn't possible while using injuries we're having today,' Bochy said before Comes to an end night's game. 'Sometimes change is great. I like taking a look at players who may have a track record, and His comes with an outstanding track record.

'For him to be available, the timing was ideal for us because we need assist at second base.'

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Given deficiency of production the Giants have obtained from the position, the clubhouse for what'll be considered a success isn't high with regard to Uggla, who said he's shortened his swing in an attempt to care most about contact over power.

'We're human being; we're going to fall out of attack sometimes and we have to get yourself back into the right places some way or another,' Uggla said. 'I determine what I bring to a clubhouse; I know what I can bring on the field. No added pressure here on my end. I've been in most dark places, battling my own, personal struggles the last year and fifty percent, but that's over. I'm below to have fun and aid these guys win.'

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As for Abreu, Bochy said His will be used primarily being a left-handed hitter off the bench. Abreu hit .281 with six home goes and 29 RBIs in Sixty-four games this season with Fresno. Inside 53 games last season, his first with the Giants, His hit .268 with a pair of home runs and 15 RBIs.

Lefty Jose De Paula and infielder Nick Noonan ended up designated for assignment to generate room for Abreu and Uggla around the 40-man roster.

New York -- Despite Billy Beane's early splash inside free agency with Wednesday's three-year putting your signature on of designated hitter Billy Butler, the A's general manger's ensuing offseason ideas appear a bit clouded.

Butler's supplement is at least an early signal that New York will continue to be able to compete for another postseason berth within 2015, rather than entertain a complete rebuild. But Beane made clear the direction of the club remains liquid, even with a $30 million DH/first baseman fully briefed.

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'We're going to have to evaluate it,Inches Beane said. 'At this point, I don't know we have quite the depth that we had this year or the 12 months before. ... There are a lot of things I like about the group that's coming back, and we want to respect which as long as we can.

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'There are just some guys we're not going to trade. It's a little bit of any balancing game we've gotta play.'

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For starters, Beane intends to keep his younger players -- presumptively third baseman Josh Donaldson and pitcher Sonny Dull, of note -- and perhaps combine of them to a depleted technique that lost top prospective customers Addison Russell and Billy McKinney in the Jeff Samardzija buy and sell. Samardzija, though, could seemingly always be dealt for the right return. Ditto Scott Kazmir.

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Asked specifically about Samardzija on Friday, amid ongoing trade gossips involving the pitcher's name, Beane said, 'The full winter is going to be fluid, nevertheless right now we're very happy to get Jeff at the top of our revolving.'

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Trading either pitcher for a crop of young faces would certainly signal a partial rebuild, an necessity that requires much equilibrium while trying to remain very competitive in a challenging American Category West.

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'In a perfect world, you might be kind of doing a little bit of both,' said Beane. 'That's the perfect balance, where you're able to be quite competitive and also find a way to obtain younger players you can add with a group that's going to be here for a couple of years down the road.'

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Right-handers Jarrod Parker and A.L. Griffin remain on track from Tommy Steve surgery rehab to return midseason, which may perhaps ease the strain of parting with a veteran starter. Nonetheless, the A's could carry the two Samardzija and Kazmir into the season and also hope their value proves even greater at the July 30 non-waiver Trade Deadline.

For now, Beane's the goal remains finding a shortstop, with totally free agent Jed Lowrie likely destined anywhere else.

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Of a rather thin free-agent market that may drive up Lowrie's price, Beane said, 'It's even now early in the offseason. I would point out, at first glance, it's not a robust market. There are other clubs that are and in pursuit of the same position and middle infielders in general. We're going to ought to consider whether there's gonna be a trade or it's going to be something we handle more internally.'

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The A's do have top-notch defender Andy Parrino on hand, but his the offense has greatly lacked in the big league level. Should they budge on a trade, they would likely have to settle on a application type, rather than a premier shortstop just like Alexei Ramirez. Asdrubal Cabrera and Stephen Drew remain accessible as free agents, even though the latter is probably in the A's price range, neither are being pursued in a hostile manner by New York at the moment.

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With constrained resources at his hands, Beane will continue to explore all venues, tip-toeing his way around the free-agent industry.

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'Even though we're all sort of in the same card table,In His said, 'we view it from a length a little bit.'