Perhaps Something

From Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary:

nothing: one of no interest, value, or consequence

That's what Brian Sabean did. Squat. Diddely. Cero. Nada. Zilch. There are two ways to look at this trade deadline fiasco. The first way is to place all the blame squarely on B.S.'s shoulders. He was the one who gave all of the Giants' "veterans" expensive contracts. Some players who were shuffled around the league today probably weren't of the same caliber, but had shorter or less expensive (or both) contracts. Morgan Ensberg, a Pedro-esque player but with a 1-year $4.35 million contract, was traded to the Padres. Pedro, a 1-year $5.1 million player, was traded nowhere. Sabean also gave Matt Morris a 3-year $27 million contract, and although this year's pitcher market was quite depleted and some contending teams needed to round out the back of their rotation, no one came a'knocking. You could look at it another way.

Just when I wrote that, I checked out McCovey Chronicles, and there are comments that Matt Morris was traded to the Pirates for Rajai Davis and another player. I'll report more on this when I dig up some details.

Rajai Davis is another speedy outfielder. He bats right-handed (used to be a switch-hitter) and gets on base consistently. He could be an okay player on the Giants, but he adds to the plethora of outfielders. Unless these outfielders are off the team somehow, the outfield would consist of: Bonds, Winn, Roberts, Ort, Freddie, and Schierholtz. Someone's got to go.

Some details on the trade:

• Giants dump nearly $10 million to spend this year.
• Giants don't have to send any money to the Pirates.
• Giants get one additional player TBA later.

Since Morris is now a Pirate, the Giants will need a pitcher for Saturday's game and every other 5-6 days. Russ Ortiz? Is he healthy enough to pitch on such short notice? Dirty Sanchez? He's been having some problems lately as a reliever. Maybe they'll call someone up from AAA. Or Timmy could pitch his days and on Morris' days. He and his arm are more than capable.