I mean, make a list of Giants AA and up and rank them in order of guys you actually want.

Now, drop off the top 2.  That's the Lincecainium, you don't want to be messing with that stuff.

Aaron Rowand is probably 3... and he was just signed to a "market value" contract, so it's highly unlikely anyone really wants him more than we did.  We'll call him worth zero.

Who else?  Sanchez?  Misch?  Fred Freakin' Lewis?  Kevin Correria?  Brian Wilson?   I guess that those guys are all "keepers".

Lowry I guess was worth something.. but that was pre-surgery, so now he's just a flyer for someone with an open roster spot.

But the rest... if they were waived, would anyone pick up their salary? (And yes, I realize that's not how it works)

BECAUSE WE HAVE A LOT OF THEM.

Young does NOT equal good.  It certainly doesn't equal great.  And it does not promise either in the future.

We're trying to trade them so we don't lose one and get nothing back.

This is especially true in the bullpen.  Has anyone been paying attention?  We have more guys out of options than we do spots.  What the heck do you people want...to hold onto all of them until the roster gets to the point that we have to put one on waivers and lose them for nothing?

As much as you people want to see it, cutting Kline isn't happening.  Or Chulk.  Or Roberts.  Or Zito.  Cutting assets, even poor ones, is bad asset management.  It's the way even good owners go bankrupt.

So get what you can now.  If you can't trade Davis...trade Lewis.  But seriously, what good will it be to the team to keep both and not have Schierholtz getting playing time?  If you can't trade Merkin, trade Threets or anyone else.  But get something rather than lose them for nothing.

However those 2 aren't particularly surprising candidates, they may be young players, but they're both at positions where we have a surplus of young players (Relief pitching & Outfielders)

Neither are the best of the surplus, Davis has less upside than Schierholtz & Lewis. Valdez whilst pitching well so far, is still somewhat of an unknown, coming back from injury.

If we could get a young player at a position of need (such as corner infield) or at a different stage (someone who's further away, with options or with more upside) then that'd be good management.

I thought I heard him in the mid-90's on the radio but I can't be sure, I may have made that up. I had heard earlier reports before ST that he wasn't throwing that hard.