Giants Rumors: Lincecum, Tejada, Molina, Fukudome

I bet the Rays offered Delmon Young for Tim Lincecum. We heard this one before, and the Giants obviously didn't want to do it.

I'm with JD, I bet the Rays inquired about him with Delmon as the centerpiece. I hope so anyways, makes any decision Freidman makes a solid one in my mind if he did make an offer. If the Rays did inquire about Molina, I would expect it would have been in a package with Lincecum for Delmon and whatnot. They should forget about Molina now though, don't need another tubby to platoon behind the dish over here.

close that door brian, close it quick!

"If wayne krivsky would hold his breath and serve up jay bruce in a deal for a santana/bedard/lincecum then i think the reds could take the central this year. he's shown some guts in shelling out the cash to get cordero, adding an ace would be a real coup for them."

Man, Lincecum is a nice young pitcher, but what makes you think he's an ace in the same class with Santana and Bedard who can lead the Reds (who play in an extreme home-run park that will always be a liability for power pitchers) to an NL Central crown?

I guess you like that Kool-Aid, yeah.

Only chance they cash in on lincecum is for bruce and votto and something else. And thats just to start a real conversation.

Ill bet as well that the mystery team was The Reds for both. Lincecum and Molina. It wouldnt surprise me if the Reds end up making a deal for Molina and Lowry.

Giants want a stud OF, so maybe it was the Mariners with Adam Jones going after the one that got away.

Clearly, this is from the first day of the meetings, so the rumor must be something new, not related to Delmon Young or other deals.

Reds sound like a match, since they can solve the Giants 1B and 3B problems plus middle of lineup problems with Votto and Encarnacion. Or perhaps the Reds offered Encarnacion and Bailey for Lincecum.

I wouldn't see why the Giants would have to include another prospect, Encarnacion is nice but even the Reds aren't happy with him, and Votto is totally unproven at the major league level (same with Bailey), while Lincecum dominated in the minors and then the majors, his PQS DOM% was 67% in 2007. Only the elite pitchers sniff 70%.

Still, personally, I wouldn't do such a deal, nice as either would be, I prefer the bird in the hand and this bird is special and can be even more special. I would rather risk attaining greatness, than filling holes in our lineup.

I agree that Lowry to the Reds make a lot of sense, I had thought of that previously, but wasn't sure what would be a fair deal from the Reds side to give to the Giants.

Ah, just what the Giants need...more veterans!

I heard that both the Yamiuri Giants and the SF Giants were talking to Fukudome but the SF talks didn't result in much.