The San Fransisco Giants have reportedly hired Jim Riggleman as a scout, a move which has been speculated for about a week now. Riggleman will reportedly serve as a special assignment scout, focusing on teams in the NL East.
The Jim Riggleman hire is official. He's a special assignment scout. Sabean lauded his knowledge of NL East, baseball experience.less than a minute ago via web 
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Andrew Baggarly
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Is it possible that the Giants are so threatened by the Nationals that they needed to use Jim Riggleman's expertise and knowledge of the club to gain a competitive balance? Is the team just that good? Probably not. But I have to admit, I was a little surprised that Riggleman was able to find a second job at all, let alone this quickly.