The Two

Don’t rightly care where.

Trade Winn for something.

As much as it pains me, Walker stays. His numbers warrant it. YOU CAN’T GM WITH YOUR HEART, GRANT!

1. Fred Lewis to DL where he can get a head start on his 2009 season by having surgery today and rehabbing over the winter. Need him to be ready to leady in 2009.

2. Promote Ishikawa to be the everyday 1b so SF can get an evaluation on his talent prior to winter meetings. This will then allow Bowker to play everyday in OF.

1. DFA Jose Castillo, Call up 2B Travis Denker.

Denker can play 2B, Aurilia moves to 3rd, and Burriss plays SS. Ochoa can be a UTIL player. This move also ensures that we don’t have to be intrigued by Jose Castillo any more.

2. Send Bowker to AAA and call up Ishikawa

This seems to be on the horizon if the Rholinger move turns out to be bunk. Bowker has struggled and Ishikawa has been good in AAA, so it makes sense on that level. I’m not sure if Ishikawa will ever be more than a RHP Platoon 1B, but he deserves a chance.

No need to be repetetive, Grant.

Richie and Randy to the Rays since Longoria and Crawford are hurt. Bowker down.

Ishi, Rolinger and Pablo up.

Ishikawa is already on the 40-man roster.

Lets see…

1. DFA Walker and bring up Justin Hedrick. I am not sure why he isn’t in Fresno but he has some nice numbers in AA, although it is his 2nd stint.

Hedrick 61.2ip, 72k, 1.46 era, .97 whip

I am not familiar with his stuff so if anyone can fill us in that would be great.

2. DFA Castillo and bring up Rohlinger. Rohlinger is rumored to be coming so there would be no point in having Castillo around unless Richie is traded. Even then, there is no point in keeping Castillo around.

Runner-up: Bowker down Ishikawa up(he is already on the 40-man). Not having to see Walker and Castillo anymore trumped having Ishikawa up. I can wait another couple of weeks if it meant these two were gone for good.

I’d say get Nate and Ishikawa up here and see what they can do for two months (if I can be GM I can eliminate the Olympics, too).

Get them here by sending Bowker to Fresno and Winn to anywhere. Good news is we don’t have to find a spot for TI on the 40 man, he’s been there for two years.

After the season (I say this in trepidation because the last time I suggested it it seemed to touch a nerve) I’d shop Wilson and see what his league leading save total and high 90s heat could fetch me in the way of a 3B and/or SS (let’s say for instance that KRod leaves Anaheim…). I’d give first place on the closer tryout line to Hinshaw I think.

I’d leave my boy Pablo where he is for the last three weeks of the minors season, see if he can raise CT up to the AA playoffs and let him enjoy. Then bring him around in September for a SF treat. I want him to stay in the minors, work on his right handed hitting, and enjoy one entire fully successful season. I don’t want him up here on the bench or fighting for ABs with Molina, Ishi, Aurilia et al.

Grant, you did the two most obvious moves. Thus, the Giants won’t do either.

1) DFA Castillo call up Ishikawa

Castillo is case No. 1 for why young players don’t always give you hope. There’s nothing there. Nothing. I would rather give the AB to Aurilia, as pointless as that is for a rebuilding team.

2) Bowker sent down, Denker called up

I still like Johnboy, but he needs some time to concentrate on his offense, get some AB against lefties, and generally, you know, get better. .

1. Trade Winn and Richie to the Rays for whatever. Bring up TI and Rohlinger.

2. Shutdown Sanchez for the rest of the year. Call up Misch to make those starts.

1. Winn to whomever for prospects (even if the Giants have to eat some of the contract). I’m okay with Aurilia staying around since his contract expires at the end of this season anyway. Bring up Ishikawa.
2. Give Grant season tickets for that Club Level seat where he gets free sodas. Watch the number of home wins increase by 80%.

1. DFA Castillo
2. Accidentally DFA Matt Cain…Wait! Nooooo!

This GM thing is not as easy as it looks

1 – Fire Bochy and hire someone who understands stats and doesn’t give a shit if you are getting paid 10 million a year and will sit you if you suck. (allow new manager to choose his entire staff ie: bye bye Rags)

2 – Sign Bonds

I’m stealing from everyone.

Fire Bochy.
DFA Castillo and just let Rohlinger play third the rest of the way.

1. DFA Castillo, bring up Rohlinger to split time with Richie at 3B. Make it clear to Ryan that he is NOT being Bococked – this is just an early Sept. call up as a reward for a good year, and we still expect him to start 2009 in Fresno (all the while secretly hoping he proves us wrong and claims the job next Spring).

2. Trade Winn and/or Roberts to anybody for anything. Randy and Richie to Tampa is fine. Whatever. Just create some space in the OF for Nate.

2B & C. I wouldn’t be opposed to shopping Wilson and Molina, either, IF they returned a promising (i.e., young) 1B or 3B with power. I’d throw in extra players (pitchers?) if the return seemed worth it.

1) Let the Bowker feed on some AAA pitching or Lewis fix his tires. Lose Joe Castle or Richie while Roberts has a sever hang nail and visits the DL tell the 28th.
Add Travis Ish , Hammond and Misch( or other fungible young arm that could absorb a dozen or more MLB innings in the next couple weeks). This is so Sanchez, Tim and Cain can get some rest and not be as likely to burn out.

We waited this long with Rohlinger might has well wait the couple weeks more so we don’t burn an option for just a couple weeks of Boulder Skull making him ride the pine.

Walker goes through waivers and becomes the new innings sponge out of the Pen tell the 28. Then he follows a trail of fired chicken buckets and is stuck in a large catch and release trap. Mysteriously the key is not to be found in this city.

2) Winn is traded for a large supply offresh fried chicken in buckets. They are used in part 1. The Roberts hang nail is miraculously cured if the Olympic team is not returned to the States yet.

I’d set up a “Truth Commission” to determine

1. whether or not it was Sabean who made the trade that shall not be named, or let Ned make the trade without running it by ownership first; AND

2. investigate who negotiated the Albatross contract and whether there was any “pressure from ownership” to sign him for whatever it takes; AND

3. who made the decision to not pursue Vlad and whether having Flippy as the manager had anything to do with the decision.

from Yahoo! box score:

ATLANTA MANAGER BOBBY COX WAS EJECTED BY THIRD BASE UMPIRE JOE WEST IN THE TOP OF THE FIFTH INNING FOR ARGUING A DELAY IN THE GAME INVOLVING THE LIGHTS.

Can’t say I’ve ever seen that before. That man can get ejected for anything. (though, it is a day game…Lights?)

Ish up to 1b (moves Bowker to RF and Winn to bench or trade)
Sandoval up (moves Molina to bench or trade)

1) play Roberts some more
2) play Aurilia even more

1) DFA everybody we don’t like

2)

3) Profit!

...I’d DFA Castillo and send down Holm and bring up Rohlinger and Sandoval in their places.

Oh, and if I could do a third transaction, I’d send down Bowker and replace him with Ishikawa.

How’s that for creative thinking?

Two GM moves. . .

1. Disallow Amy G. from ever entering The Phone Booth again. The girl hasn’t a clue, sounds like a moron, says nothing; she almost makes Bip Roberts cogent. Instead, use Raj What’s – his-name from NBC11 on the sideline — if you must.

2. Stop the f***ing load music and video commercials between innings. Instead, let Huey Lewis and the News, and other talented Bay Area musians play/sing “Take Me Out to the Ballgame” during the 7th inning stretch only.

These two moves will greatly enhance the Giants experience — whether home or at the park — despite the non-existent offense and the misery caused by Peter McCheap and his GM.