SF Giants: Lincecum for Rios?
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by Agent0
The Toronto Blue Jays and San Francisco Giants have been going back and forth adding players to the deal and taking them away. The deal that started out as a one for one remains a one for one. The big question is, will the Giants pull the trigger? The Toronto Blue Jays have offered up an amazing young hitter in Alexis Rios for a part of the foundation of the San Francisco Giants, Tim Lincecum. Both of these players seemed to be the building blocks for their respective teams. Giants GM Brian Sabean had already stated earlier this off-season that the two Giants aces, Matt Cain and Lincecum, were virtually untouchable, but now with this deal he could go back on his words. The Giants are in a position to trade away a great young pitcher for a great young hitter. The Giants need to think of this, if they do give up Lincecum for Rios they still have Cain, Noah Lowry, and Barry Zito in their rotation and Rios filling the HUGE hole in the middle of the line-up. They keep Lincecum then they have a great rotation, but still no hitting. The Giants also need to keep on their minds that they might not see a deal like this come across again this winter. They might not get offered another great young hitter and they might try to settle with an older player like the have in the past. Give up Lincecum and you ahve Cain to build around in the rotation and Rios in the line-up. I feel this benifets the Giants in many ways, all though hurting them too. You have to make sacrifices though, with this current offense the Giants are going NO WHERE. I know I was a strong supporter of the Giants keeping both Cain and Lincecum, but that was until the Blue Jays offered up Rios, Sabean don't be scared, pull the trigger! For the sake of tickets sales and Giants fans everywhere!
OF Alex Rios .297AVG---24HR---85RBI---17SB
RHP Tim Lincecum 4.00ERA---150K---146.1IP---.226AVGA
