The Giants have considered first baseman Lyle Overbay as a potential bench bat, Henry Schulman of the San Francisco Chronicle reported Tuesday. 

Overbay fizzled in July for the Diamondbacks, recording just two hits in his final 25 at-bats with the team. Even with the slump, though, Overbay owns a .292/.367/.448 line on the season and has always been a formidable opponent for right-handed pitchers, with a career .824 OPS in the split. 

The Giants have been awful in pinch-hitting roles, with just a .160/.234/.244 line off the bench. Their OPS+ in the split is just 43, meaning Giants pinch hitters have produced less than half the offense of pinch hitters league-wide.

Ostensibly, Overbay would replace one of the worst offenders for the Giants in that split: Aubrey Huff. On top of his atrocious .148/.284/.246 overall line, Huff is 1-for-13 in pinch-hitting opportunities.

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