Wednesday, July 28, 2004

 

Event Horizon

Seventy-two hours to go until the trade deadline.

I wanna be sedated.

Don't expect anything major or even significant to come out of the trade deadline, folks. The sad truth is that deadline deals rarely make up for a 3-game deficit in a playoff race. The Giants need not just a tweak to their bullpen. They need a major infusion of talent. As it stands, you simply cannot trust the bullpen to protect any lead. Can you imagine the Giants in the playoffs? Alou would probably pitch Schmidt every inning, every game until his arm fell off.

There just aren't any real impact players available to the Giants via trade. The one guy who could make a huge difference is Randy Johnson, and he has his sights set on one team--the damn Yankees. I think the best we could hope for is adding one or two relievers who are better than the crap we currently have.

The Giants still have a great chance to make the postseason. The Dodgers are going to cool off, no question. They're not going to play .900 ball the rest of the way. The Giants need to break out their .500 month and have a nice little run of .600 ball. They don't need another 10-game winning streak, but they have to escape from 10 games over .500.

One last note--didn't you just know that Aurilia would kick the Giants' collective asses?

Jefferson 8:02 AM

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