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Richie Ballgame has had my vote since he's left. A great Giant who was pretty lousy wherever else he went -- and thus far underappreciated -- would be a great utility infielder and undoubtedly a great clubhouse guy.

For the fifth starter, how 'bout Danny Almonte. Fool was great when he pitched in the LLWS. Now he's probably like 25.

Is MIKE Sweeney on the trade block?

2.) Kaz Matsui in a trade of useless problem for useless problem. Nomar is going to get too much.

3.) Jason Johnson - let him soak up the innings. Still have the pipe dream of Millwood.

4.) No clue, right now I am seeing 1000 PA for Niekro and Feliz. Not loving it, until Chavez or Blalock is put on the market after a slow start.

I would think about Dotel for an incentive laden contract and Eli Marrero on a minor leagure deal.

1. Todd Greene (don't fall all over yourself for a retread with a .600 OPS just because he hits left-handed, Sabean. Matheny is going to play 80-90% of the time anyway... let Greene hop in there and swing out of his ass against a lefty once a week.)
2. Kaz Matsui (Rich Aurilia is the winner if we can't get Matsui. D'Angelo Jimenez is now off the table.)
3. Byung-Hyun Kim, unless the Giants can't afford him, then I'll go with Kip Wells, unless the Pirates aren't interested in Feliz, then I'll go with Kevin Brown, unless he holds out for a few million guaranteed, then I'll go with Joe Kennedy, unless the A's tender him a contract, then I'll go with Brad Hennessey.

3. Brad Hennessey.
4. Russell Branyan.

1.  Trade Alfonzo along with at least half his salary for a bag of broken bats to anyone who will take him.  Heck, send all of his salary if that's what it takes.
2.  Robert Fick or Todd Greene for catcher.  I prefer Fick because he's a lefty bat and can play other positions too.
3.  Rich Aurilia for backup infielder.
4.  Jeromy Burnitz for 4'th OF.
5.  Rudy Seanez for Setup.  That would move Worrell and Kline to the 7'th inning where they belong.  Seanez would be a horse in the 8'th.
6.  Keep Hennessey as the #5 starter.

For my 4th outfielder, I'd take a chance and try to bring in Matt Lawton.  LAWTON????  Well, he's still "okay"; he's probably not very coveted in MLB; and I respect him for being a grown up and dropping the mea culpa on his use of PEDs last year.

I really don't want to see Kaz Matsui, even for Fatty.  I watch a fair amount of Mets games here in San Juan and Matsui hits weak grounders to 2B...like...every AB.

(We won't be signing Ian Kinsler or Adrian Gonzalez or a host of other young guys.  The first two probably aren't even available any longer, but they were last season, when I was pushing for 'em.  I'm interested in seeing how they turn out.)

Back-up infielder = Anybody but Rich Aurilia (Angel Chavez is okay)

5th starter = I'm fine with Hennessey, but if Benson can be had in a trade...  Don't bother with the Kip Wells, Josh Fogg, Joe Mays, or BY Kims of the world.  In a perfect world, we trade whatever we have to (save lowry and cain) for Barry Zito.

3rd Baseman = Eric Hinske

1st Baseman = Niekro

4th/5th Outfielder = Jeromy Burnitz would be a nice addition, but I am of the opinion the Giants should put the rest of their open payroll and try to get Jacque Jones.  I'd also like Finley, but I just don't see the Angels making that Alfonso for Finley deal.

Aurilia seems to be a popular choice here, but am I the only person that remembers him grounding into a double play or popping up to the shortstop whenever there was a runner in scoring position his last 2 seasons with the Giants?  He just can't cut it anymore.

Jacque Jones, to me, seems to fit a number of holes.  He'll play in a good number of games with Bonds and Alou resting/injured, he's left-handed, he hits for power (20-25 HRs) and has historically hit around .300 (except last season).  He's relatively young and can play above an above average outfield.  I don't know how much money he's demanding, but throwing the rest of the ~5M the Giants have left at him wouldn't hurt.  Then let knoedler, chavez, feliz, niekro, and hennessey fill the other spots, unless sabean can make equal money trades (and it sounds like he's planning to have niekro, feliz, and hennessey in those spots anyway, so how much difference does your back-up catcher and back-up infielder make?)  To answer that, the back-up middle infielder should be more than a scrub because I just don't trust Durham to stay healthy all year.  Whomever is backing up matheny can't be worse than Haad was last year, so...