SF Giants: 2008 Mock Roster part 3
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by Trecole696
There really hasn't been much going on with the San Francisco Giants since they signed Aaron Rowand a few weeks ago, and it doesn't look like much will happen until after the new year. Even though the off-season is starting to wind down, the Giants are nowhere near complete and Brian Sabean is going to have to be active in the month of January in order to tune this team up. Here is my 3rd look at a possible roster for opening day 2008, my first since the Aaron Rowand signing.
Trade: LHP Noah Lowry, OF Dave Roberts, and OF Fred Lewis to the St. Louis Cardinals for 3B Scott Rolen, OF/1B Chris Duncan, and $18 million
FA Signings: RHP Akinori Otsuka (2 yr. $10 million + incentives), LHP Jeremy Affeldt (2 yr. $6.5 million) Freddy Garcia (1 yr. 2 million + incentives)
LINEUP RF Randy Winn LF Rajai Davis/Nate Schierholtz 1B Chris Duncan 3B Scott Rolen CF Aaron Rowand C Bengie Molina 2B Ray Durham SS Omar Vizquel
Bench: 1B Tony Clark IF Kevin Frandsen IF-OF Eugenio Velez C Elezier Alfonzo OF Nate Schierholtz/Fred Lewis
Rotation: RHP Matt Cain LHP Barry Zito RHP Tim Lincecum RHP Kevin Corriea RHP Freddy Garcia/LHP Jonathon Sanchez
Bullpen: RHP Brian Wilson (closer) RHP Akinori Otsuka RHP Tyler Walker RHP Brad Hennessey LHP Jeremy Affeldt LHP Steve Kline/Jack Taschner LHP Jonathon Sanchez/RHP Randy Messenger
The Giants were looking at free agent Kris Benson last week, which could indicate that a Lowry trade could still be in the works. I would rather see them take a flyer on Freddy Garcia if that were the case. I doubt the Cardinals are looking to part with Duncan, but they desperately want to get rid of Scott Rolen and if the Giants include Lowry, they might be able to pry Duncan away as well. I'm not an advocate of trading Lowry, but I think it's only a matter of time before it happens and getting a guy like Duncan in return would make it a lot less painful than getting a guy like Hideki Matsui. My proposed lineup, if healthy, would actually be a decent lineup and put up some runs. Not a ton of speed, but more athleticism than past lineups as Bengie Molina is the only guy who doesn't run well with Barry Bonds and Pedro Feliz gone. The rotation would still be a strength, even with the loss of Lowry. The bullpen would be much improved with the addition of Otsuka and Affeldt, but Sabean is ignoring the pen again this winter so I'm not expecting any big changes like that.
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