didn’t we do Uggla already?? Let’s pick another player to talk about that we won’t get.

Uggla and Gregg would address a couple weaknesses the Giants need to address. At this time penciling in Lowry might not be wise. Let Lowry get healthy and then SF could have some needed depth.

You wouldn’t figure they’d take Winn because of the $, but he certainly would help them improve their defense. I guess Nate looked good in the field as well, but I’d bet that they’d try to pry Lewis instead. Schierholtz is not going to do it.. I wouldn’t feel great about giving them Freddie, but Uggla is a big-time target. And let’s face it, Eugenio is not going to help them with what they want to achieve.

As far as I can tell, they are going to want young pitching and good fielding. As much as I’d like to propose a Bocock package, I think that they’d be more interested in a guy like Travis Ishikawa, who would shore things up defensively (A kid named Gaby Sanchez does seem to be nearly ready for them at first, though.

What I can’t decide (and what I’d love to hear from other on) is whether it’d be preferable to send Sanchez or Alderson as the primary in the deal. I’ll bet that most folks would part more easily with Sanchez, but isn’t this just because we’re still at the fantasy stage with Alderson. In BP’s Goldstein’s estimation, he is not 1- or 2-slot material. Don’t we think that Sanchez still could be? Dont’ get me wrong, though: if we shipped off Alderson tomorrow, I’d be very, very upset.

BTW, I really like a Gregg acquisition, and have been throwing him into my prospective deals as often as possible. He does have a tendency to walk some guys, though, so maybe the Giants will steer clear in an effort to right that ship.

lowry will never throw another pitch in the bigs
i like lowry, but his rehab scenario reminds me of what Nen went thru.

I think that a Winn, Molina and a mid level prospect for Willy Aybar and Reid Brignac. This may seem like a lot to give up but these are the types of deals the Giants need to do in my opinion.

The Rays would get an upgrade at two major positions and not have to give up any of their current starting talent. The Giants get two potential pieces of their future IF and make room for Shierholtz and Sandoval.

The Giants probably don’t improve in 2009 but likely improve the team in the future. Their line up would look like this:

C- Sandoval
1b- Ishikawa
2b- Burriss
3b- Aybar
ss- Brignac
lf- Lewis
cf- Rowand
rf- Shierholtz

I don’t know if that team wins 72 games but it sure is younger and more exciting to think about. Perhaps this coupled with a Sanchez + ? for Uggla and the signing of C.C. could make the team competitive.

Who else is a potential match for the fins regarding Uggla?

Buster Olney reported yesterday (for what it’s worth) that Marlins’ ownership has given a blank check to the GM to retain every one of the players that are arb eligible if he so desires. They think they have the talent to win the NL East next year, and they probably do.