[Giants]

Mellow Yellow ?  Good one. 
I’ll miss Dubon.  But so good to get a catcher who can’t hit. Boo

There are very few catchers who can hit. Papierski has a .358 career OBP in the minors (.379 last year in AAA) so he's not a total zero.

Dubon was going to be put on waivers once LaStella returns.  Since he had no options left, he would have been picked up by someone for nothing more than a small sum of cash.  Therefore, I think obtaining a catcher who hit .246 in his last full season (2021 in the PCL) was a reasonable deal.  The Giants are thin at C at the top of their minor league system (prior to the trade, SF had no minor league catchers on the 40 man roster).

[Giants]

Mellow Yellow ?  Good one. 
I’ll miss Dubon.  But so good to get a catcher who can’t hit. Boo

There are very few catchers who can hit. Papierski has a .358 career OBP in the minors (.379 last year in AAA) so he's not a total zero.

Dubon was going to be put on waivers once LaStella returns.  Since he had no options left, he would have been picked up by someone for nothing more than a small sum of cash.  Therefore, I think obtaining a catcher who hit .246 in his last full season (2021 in the PCL) was a reasonable deal.  The Giants are thin at C at the top of their minor league system (prior to the trade, SF had no minor league catchers on the 40 man roster).