What they need are more complimentary players who aren’t first pitch slop hackers, but who know how to work counts, draw walks and get on base ahead of him. Repeat: They need more players who can get on base more frequently. Nick Johnson is such a guy. The Giants could probably sign him to a 1-year deal for relatively cheap and he could hit 3rd ahead of Sandoval.

Second, Molina has to go. It sounds as if the team will offer him arbitration, which is a mistake imo, unless they’re absolutely 110% positive that he won’t accept. But he is awful and perhaps the worst everyday hitter in baseball. Surely, Posey can do better. They could sign Jason Kendall to platoon with Posey, but who will primarily be a backup. That would probably be a relatively inexpensive one year deal and provide some security for Posey’s expected rookie struggles as well as ease his transition to the majors and help keep him relatively fresh for September and hopefully October. Posey may not hit for 20+ homers as a rookie but I would expect 10-15 homers and 30+ doubles out of him. he also will be able to work the count and draw walks and I’d bat him 2nd. Simply replacing Molina in the lineup will be a net-plus for the offense, plus it’d save some dough.

Unfortunately, the team is hamstrung by the FA market and their prior bad moves (Zito, Rowand, Renteria). There isn’t much that can be done about any of these players, without trading them in a bad contract swap or just eating the money (Which won’t happen in Zito or Rowand’s case.)

Also, there aren’t any good SS’s available on the FA market and the trade market is pretty thin as well, so the team will just have to live with Renteria at SS unless they can re-sign Uribe, which doesn’t sound likely. Or they can go with Frandsen/Burriss/Rohlinger, which options aren’t that appealing, though Rohlinger would be the best of them.

If they could deal Rowand for Bradley (as has been suggested) it might work out on paper, but Bradley is quite injury prone and a total headcase, so that’d be a huge risk.

Unfortunately (again), the Giants are quite limited in what they can do, unless they are willing to deal prospects Mad Bum, Neal, Crawford, et al, but they wouldn’t likely get the return that would make it worth it and it’d probably still bust the budget. That’s why, unless something unexpected happens and they really shake things up, 2010 will look like a combo of 2008 and 2009 and the team will not be making the playoffs.

At the time this Q&A was started with Dibley this rumor did get brought back up by a few different media outlets. Thats why at the time it was a good question to ask. It’s fine, I don’t mind your comments. That’s exactly what this site is for. To get fans to speak out about what they think the team should or shouldn’t do. Express how they feel on topics. It’s always nice to have fans with different perspectives to even debate them. Everyone thinks they’re a GM, so it’s nice to see everyone’s thoughts on what moves they would do. Feel free to share your thoughts with us. We can even post something with different fans thoughts on a certain topic. Look fwd to hearing back from you soon.

~King of Cali

I didn’t mean to blast you, but that trade will never happen, yet it has been discussed ad nauseum by Giants fans. It is the proverbial dead horse. The way the question was asked made it seem like its a current and active rumor, which it isn’t.

I’ll respond below regarding my own ideas.

~King of Cali

~King of Cali