SO FAR 

MAJOR LEAGUES

First off, I must admit I am shocked to find this team in third place as of June 8th 2008 if you want to think about it this way were ahead of the reigning NL champions and a preseason contender in the pad's. In my mind Brian Wilson has been only one of the pleasant suprises this season he's 2nd in the league in converted saves and has only blown 2. Tim Lincecum has been absolutely dynamite he's currently 2nd in the league in era and k's and up there in wins as well he's exceeded everyone's wildest, most optimistic expectations and tis is only the beginning. AAron Rowand has earned every cent of his 5 year 60 million dollar contract is 5th in the nl in batting and is leading the gigantes with 8 hr and had 36 rbi's 2 boot. Benji has been arguably the best catcher in the nl of not all of baseball and is fourth in the nl in batting leading the team in rbi's and had 6 hr's. Jonathan Sanchez has been great so far providing a steady diet of k's and a fancy 3.7 era to boot Fred Lewis has shown flashes of promise but inconsistent as of late, Merkin "Lerkin" Valez pre-injury and Alex Hinshaw have emerged as long term bullpen fixtures. Zito had been a GIANT (no pun intended) dissapointment and has made Brian Sabean and co the joke of baseball. And to think were only 1 and a 1/3 into a 7 year 126 million dollar deal for a pitcher that resembles Pat Misch. Cain has been wildly inconsistent, yes he has pitched better than his numbers would indicate but I expect a big rebound, going into the season I expected another step forward unfortunately it's been a step back but theres time to re-coup. I'm not going to comment on other players because most won't be wearing a giants jersey after this year 

DEADLINE 

Thanks to some decent play by some veterans we have roster flexibility.

We need to trade Benji at the deadline for a solid b level prospect. Yes you might think I'm crazy but, Molina is 34 he won't be here past next year and your re-building and he's a good piece to use to acquire a young infielder or outfielder  

Trade Randy Winn for a bag o' chips in order to call Up killer Nate from Fresno whoose hitting .295 9 hr 40 rbi's (i think) and a lovely ops of .900 he'll be starting for us next year time to bring him up for good 

Trade Durham for anything 

Callup Travis Ischiwsa (however u spell it) to Fresno it seems he's figured it out putting up good numbers in a terrible hitters park. 

Callup Eddy Martinez Esteeve from Conneticut to he's rakin' and woken up from the dead

Minors

Madison Bumgarner has been outstanding this year in the South Atlantic League and is 5-2 with an absurd 2.2 era which comes out to a 1.49 era for the season if you take out his first start of the season in 57.1 ip and 64 k's not 2 shabby!  

Charlie Culberson has been struggling mightily in Low A and is batting around .189 with 24 errors and an ops in the mid 400's however he has risen his average 100 points in a month so he's heating up 

Jackson Williams our all glove no stick C from Oklahoma in the first round last year is hitting a robust .138 1 hr and 1 .410 ops and 33 k's compared 2 nine walks ouch ....

Nick Noonan is meeting expectations in Low A and is hitting .285 with 3 hr and 33 rbi's but also has 14 doubles so more power can be comming 

Thomas Neal a converted of playing 1b who is a good prospect in his own right got off to a blistering start before settling into a may slump has hit .271 7 hr and is slugging .450 on the year 

Angel Villalona has gone through his share of growing pains and is hitting .237 with 7 hr

in low a he also has 13 doubles so more power should be on the way, don't forget he's only 17

and only a month older than me. 

Tim Alderson has been doing great in the extremely tough high a california league with a 6-2 record and a 3.27 era in 65 ip and 50 k's he has exceeded expectations and then some and has more k's than Porcello with only a slightly higher era in the tough cal league and don't forget the league Porcello pitches in (Florida State League) is the hitters equivalent of the Cal League. 

My Personal Fav Wendell Fairley is in extended spring training refining his skills before he makes his debut in short season ball most likely but also arguably has the highest upside on this list 

Henry Sosa has returned from injury to dominate the cal league so far who is 1-1 with a 2.03 era and 16 k's in 13 ip and batters are hitting .216 against him expect a callup to AA by the end of June 

Pablo Sandoval has been raking and then some he's hitting .368 with 10 r and 47 rbi's as the Sj giants catcher however, before u freak out realize that he's repeating a league though he is age apprpriate and his defense at catcher is still shaky at best 

Clayton Tanner has been putting up a respectable 5-4 with a 3.99 era and 41 k's in 57 ip 

Jesse English my breakout canidate comming into the year has been downright disgusting in san jose with an 8-2 era ans a 2.88 era with 59 k's in 62 ip he's been the ace of the san jose staff  

Adam Cowart has been ok with a 5-4 record and a 3.41 era which doesn't look all that bad until you look at the fact that people are hitting .297 off him so those numbers are luck 

I already touched on Nasty Nate

THE DRAFT 

At first I was upset by the Posey pick becuase the switch hitting 35-40 hr power gold glove d sounded too good to be true but after my initital anger subsided I realized a couple of things. How many 35 hr first baseman are there compared to .300 20 hr 80 rbi gold glove catchers? I then realized that unlike Smoak Posey's value lies in his ability to handle a game, call a game his defense and then his bat which just happens to be very good ( i knw college stats are "worthless" supposedly) but he outhomered Smoak and it's not like he plays for a team that plays nobody. "If faced with the question if you are a rebuilding team would you rather have Pudge or Justin Morneau I would choose pudge" here's the thing yea I'll be the first to admit Smoak will out homer Posey and drive In more runs however, a 30 hr 1st baseman isn't nearly as rare as a franchise gold glove Catcher that provides sustainability to your team for a decade. Also the Giants had Posey ranked higher than Smoak so it clearly wasn't for need we also have another big bopper in Angel V Smoak might have Been the sexier pick but he was the right one. Quickly: I loved the Connor G pick provides a future sweet swinging 3b that drives in runs and hits for a robust average I like the Roger Kieshneck pick who has the tools of a 1st rounder but "played" himself out of the 1st round same for Brandon Crawford