Renteria is a Giant

Hola, Jax here en el Garage. I'm listening to Spanish lessons on tape here. Kinda bored.

Anyway, the Giants signed Edgar Renteria to replace SS Omar Vizquel. Hopefully he isn't on a downward spiral and can put up numbers more like 2007 (.332 avg) than in 2008 (.270). (Renteria photo: hollywoodcollectibles.com, and yes, he's been with the Red Sox, Braves, Marlins ... Jorge Cantu photo www.sportsillustrated.cnn.com)

Whatever. I just hope Giants GM Brian Sabean doesn't make his big off-season signing CC Sabathia. Last year was a fluke with the Brewers. This guy needs to go a diet yesterday (6-7, 290lb), and pitching is not the problem on the Giants at the moment.

Do I need to spell it out? G.E.T. A. B.A.T.
The rumor is that mediocre Giants pitcher Jonathan Sanchez will be traded for the Marlins' Jorge Cantu. Go for it.

Cantu is 26, batted .277 and could be relatively cheap. Not that the Giants would stoop to actually driving a hard bargain. They seem to shower players with money (Exhibit A: Barry Zito) and go for players just past their prime. Basically the oppposite approach to Billy Beane's A's.

Please let there be a hitter in the Giants future.

Adios, muchachos, y Feliz Navidad.

Jax