Cast away me boys

We’re going notes style today because, well … because I’m lazy. Take that.

• Jonathan Sanchez and Russ Ortiz are imminent. Sanchez will be up today with Ortiz following soon after. That means two relievers are taking the long trip to Fresno as Bochy said that Sanchez isn’t ready to spend time in Fresno to be converted to a starter just yet. Apparently Pat Misch had two long innings because the team wanted to give him some time before a demotion and Lefty suggests we send down Jack Taschner for the other spot.


• Wednesday I started thinking about how much Boston wants to be rid of Wily Mo Pena and wondered in my head whether they would take someone such as Steve Kline just to be rid of him and clear room for a different trade. Seemed like a good idea. The Giants need to get young power hitters and get rid of old everybody. Perfect match. But Pena isn’t an ideal player. Tell me, which of these two career lines belongs to Pena and which belongs to Pedro Feliz?
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

  Player A	.251	.287	.434
  Player B	.256	.311	.468

  
  If you’re a Giants fan you’ll probably guess Pena is the one with a slight lead in each category, which is correct. But still. Not so good. Of course Pena is seven years younger than Pete Happy and has had plenty of potential-establishing seasons, including his .301/.349/.489 line in 276 AB in 2006. His BABIP was over .400 that season but he does have a .339 career mark in that category. Basically he’s not the perfect player for the Giants but at this point they aren’t in a position to gripe. It’s going to take chances on guys like Pena to try and fins the next Jack Cust or Carlos Pena, who can give the team cheap power to supplement whatever hopefully comes up through the farm system.
  
  Well apparently I was just a little off in my speculating as both Boston papers said today that Pena is indeed a marked man, but that the team wants a right handed hitting outfielder how can play center. Where could they find one of those?
  
  And to prove I’m not insane, not only does the Herald mention Roberts and Winn by name today, but Chris over at Bay City Ball notes the same thing. Two Giants bloggers named Chris citing the same article on the same day? Let’s hope it’s a happy coincidence.


• Just for old time’s sack I wanted to acknowledge all of the Salomon Torres trade rumors that have been flying around. This game is still one of my favorite as a Giants fan so Torres will always have a special place in my memory. Right now Torres is being linked to, who else, the Red Sox.


• I also wanted to link to this article at The Hardball Times (even if it's written by a Padres fan), going over the top young talent in the NL West. Cain, Sanchez and Lincecum are all mentioned and itseems to be somewhat optimistic predictions for what it's worth.
  


• Last and probably least, I’ve been listening to the new Against Me! Album, New Wave, since it came out last week. It’s still a good record, I love American’s Abroad and The Ocean, but seems to have more 70s and 80s style pop riffs embedded in the music. Still better than most of the music I listen to, but not the best the band has done.