Sabean on KNBR

I know AT&T kills lefties and righties, but I always thought that - Bonds aside - it murdered lefties whereas it merely manslaughtered righties. I guess I could be wrong, though.

Makes me think of Smoak or Hosmer. I doubt Alvarez will be around by our pick.

I'd say Alonso also, but I don't think that he fits the "athletic" profile we covet so very much.

The "prefer a left handed hitter part" was in reference to a player who could help the club this year - not the draft pick.

If SF has a pitcher rated very high (Crow possibly) and he is available they should also consider the pitcher.

why no interest in matt murton? why not try to pry the guy away for kline, and hand him the first base job? if it doesnt work out you havent lost much and he would almost undoubtedly be better than ort/aurilia. it could even give sabes more reason to trade winn/roberts to an of needy team like tampa bay or san diego. has the murton idea already been brought up here and i missed it or why no talk about him at all?

While I think Matt Murton is a good player, he's never played first base in his life. Why do people think it's so easy to play first base?? Just hand him a glove and he's JT Snow. He's never played it before so hand him a mitt on Opening Day and expect to compete with pitching and defense?? If it was this easy I would just hand a first baseman's mitt to Fred Lewis or Nate Schierholtz and let them play first everyday, and forget about giving up something valuable for Murton.

when Sabaen came to the Giants', it was bereft of pitching prospects, and had been for years. We all thought William Van Landingham was the bee's knees. The orgaization (especially Dick Tidrow) chose to concentrate on growing pitchers, and they have been very successful. That, and the absoulete faliure of several hitting prospects (EME comes to mind) has left the system thin on position players at a high level.

Most teams can try to win, or can try to build a farm system because of revenue. The two teams mentioned in the posts above that win while going WAY overslot for their draft picks happed to be the two franchises with the most $$ so spend. Give Sabaen this contract before we all hoist him on his own pitard. It will end up a lot better, a lot faster, than we all think. Throw in a switch hitting first baseman who is a free agent this winter, give Cain and Lincecom another year to mature, and you have an above average team next year, and 2010 when An-Vil arrives you have a serious contender.

Sabean is a moron who should be fired immediately.

who could have known that Bonds would get older and slow down and become a greater injury risk after he reached 40?

What do you mean it took ten years? Have you seen all the decent pitchers who have come from the Giants system? Bonser, Grilli, Liranio, Nathan, Taschner, Cain, Lincecom, Russ Ortiz, Lowry, and that's just off the top of my head. Don't let your disappointment of the last two (and upcoming) season color the truth.

Sabaen wanted to start this rebuilding process two years ago, but ownership chose to keep Bonds.

I'm not a pollyana, I am a realist who know good pitching. The Giants' have a lot of good young pitching, and will have a lot of money to spend on hitters before Villalona gets here.

Tracy Ringolsby of the Rocky Mountain News :

Overheard

* San Francisco is serious about moving veteran second baseman Ray Durham, who is guaranteed $8 million this year, and outfielder Dave Roberts, guaranteed $6.5 million this year and next. The Giants admit they will pick up part of the salary for both.