Hot Stove begins....

Andrew Baggarly of the San Jose Mercury News did some quick blogging from Brian Sabean's press conference today. Here's a full transcript. Hot stove notes:

Rich Aurilia could be re-signed, but Omar Vizquel won't be back. The Giants will buy Vizquel out for $300K.
With Pablo Sandoval penciled in at first base, the Giants may be reluctant to trade catcher Bengie Molina (my own speculation on the Molina part).
Matt Cain is said to be "untouchable" in a trade. So we'll stop with the Cain trade scenarios for now.
Possible offseason needs include bullpen help and a run-producer. The relief help could come via free agency, while the bat would probably come via trade. That bat would not be a guy with one year left on his contract (Matt Holliday comes to mind).


So I ask ya, what is wrong with my idea of signing C.C. Sabathia, who WANTS to come to the Giants which would make it easier to trade ANY of the pitchers for a bat. Any bat....except Prince Fielder and his veggie burgers. Someone needs to tell him that yes, they are healthier for you but NOT when you apparently are eating them 12 at a time. I actually watched him run the bases after hitting a dinger and I swear, his jelly was rolling. He rolled his gut around the bases. Okay, so Cain is untouchable. Deep down I can live with that. I'm just still amazed a quality player wants to come to the Giants! Stay tuned kids....
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