The Giants should and will choose Sweeney over Ellison. Jason will then move onto another team, where he'll undoubtedly rake the ball, make Sports Center's "Web Gems" at least 10 times this season, and fill us all with a deep sense of regret. That's the way it usually works.

Brring, brring!

Billy Beane: Hello?
Brian Sabean: Billy! MoneyBilly! BillyB!
BB: Sigh. Hi Brian.
BS: Hey, just perusing the ol' Arizona Republic, and I saw...
BB: I'll take Ellison and Jonathan Sanchez for Marco Scutaro.
BS: Wha...how did you know I was going to ask...
BB: OK, OK, you're killing me, my bad, see what I get for trying to outfox you. Ellison and Sanchez, throw in that utility whatsisname, Frandsen, and you can have Scutaro AND Chad Bradford.
BS: But...Bradford...isn't he...
BB: Did I say Bradford? Sorry -- Gaudin. Chad Gaudin. Good looking kid. He's not really French, it just sounds like it.

etc.

WTFGAS

Against lefties we can have Winn play CF with Linden in right. I realize Winn is inferior against lefties , but I'll take Randy Winn vs anyone over Jason Ellison.

Give me the 2 pure lefty bats off the bench por favor. The Giants will be going with 3  inexperienced players on the bench (Frandsen, Linden, Alfonzo) all of whom have little pinch hitting experience. Then we have Klesko who has been an everyday player most of his career and will likely see lots of starts when he's healthy here.

Sweeney is a proven pinch hitter and I don't feel Ellison brings anything to the table that outweighs Sweeney's PH ability and his clubhouse presence. If Ellison were a Bill Hall type (solely in the sense that he could play INF and CF) than I might feel differently but he is not

But I'll admit, it kind of depends on how Bochy deploys the roster. I'd like to see a Klesko/Aurilia/Feliz platoon at the corners where Klesko starts against most righties and Aurilia plays most of the time -- either at third or at first. This would make Sweeney the top lefty pinch hitter off the bench, a job he's well suited for.

Second, I don't think Linden's defense is all that bad. He's fine in left and right. I'm willing to tolerate Linden in center, but Winn can certainly handle that position regardless.

I say we see what kind of return a Benitez and Ellison offer would get us from the Marlins, who are desperate for a center fielder.

Also, I'm drunk.

The kid has some talent and tons of desire, but he goes noodles when he's in our outfield -- those painful goofs in critical situations. He needs to go somewhere else, probably following the raking-for-another-team scenario suggested by Kitspool, and probably via a harebrained trade as suggested by LeftyMalo.

Besides, the Bonds/Sweeny thing will develop into a great Martin-and-Lewis act as the season goes on...

Sweeney is pretty ineffective, despite being, I am sure, a nice fella.  Ellison likewise, and frankly, I am well past tired of the excuses for Ellison of "not enough playing time" or whatever. A baseball being hit off a bat and traveling in an arc is the same phenomenon whether it occurs at AT&T Park, Fresno's park, Ellison's high school field, his Little League fields, and every point on Earth that is below 3000 feet and still on land. DEFENSE is the ONE CONSTANT in ALL sports.  Ellison is and always will be a chucklehead.  

And as for not getting enough playing time to improve his batting, OTHER GUYS manage to earn their way into more playing time one way or the other, but he hasn't. Therefore, the fact that he hasn't gotten enough ABs to improve his hitting is also properly placed at his (quick but randomly directed) feet.

Yes, that's right, you heard me. I called Jason Ellison a chucklehead, and I'll take on the lot of you.

I still go with Sweeney here. I think we need a reliable bat off the bench more than BBPLIDR.