This past week was a busy time for Brian Sabean. He made two aquisitions; one a pitcher and one a shortstop. Bob Howry and Edgar Renteria respectively. Both these moves were to fill holes that were needed to be filled. Sabean wants to go into the winter meetings without having to make too many moves. It is a lot harder to make moves when you have so many to make then when you only have to focus on one guy. Now he can focus on getting the big name pitcher or big name hitter in Las Vegas.
Neither of these guys particularly gets me excited, although Renteria does a little more because of all his hardware and his ability to hit in the N.L. Bob Howry is a pretty solid pitcher who has posted a 3.68ERA over his career, but he is coming off his worst season where posted a 5.35ERA. I haven't really liked either of the pitchers Sabean has gotten so far. He said he wants to make his bullpen more reliable but both of the pitchers he has acquired have been ok at best. Both pitchers have never really been big name guys and the both have had some bad seasons in the league. Right now I have more faith in the yoing guys then Affeldt and Howry.
Edgar Renteria is coming off a poor season with the Tigers. Analysts have said he is looking past his prime. Two reason why I don't think he is are that he was in the American league last year and he is a way better National League hitter, and he was playing for a team that was terrible last year. Because the team was so bad, nobody really played at a high level. He has been to the All-Star game multiple years and has won a Golden Glove. And, if you think about it any upgrade hitting wise at the shortstop position would be an upgrade. Renteria certainly is that and more. He is a .290 lifetime hitter and hits 25-30 homeruns a year.
In a way these moves may turn out better than people think at first look. This gives Sabean time to acquire a Sabathia or Randy Johnson instead of filling up his smaller holes. Jut think of our rotation if this happened.
1. Tim Lincecum
2. C.C. Sabathia
3. Matt Cain
4. Barry Zito
5. Noah Lowry
or
1. Tim Lincecum
2. Matt Cain
3. Randy Johnson
4. Barry Zito
5. Noah Lowry
Those would be two unstoppable rotations. He also can make a trade to get his first/third baseman. Getting rid of Jonathon Sanchez could get him someone like Casey Blake, Joe Crede or Adam Dunn. I am looking forward to what gets done this week at the Winter Meetings. If any of things that I mentioned happen, then I think that Giants fans have a reason to hope for good things this coming season.
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