Rashard Mendenhall and Tony Romo for Michael Vick and Anquan Boldin?

Will Vick keep it up, the "experts" say the schedule gets harder, but from the offensive side of the ball for the Eagles I just don't see it. Is Boldin for real? Is Flacco good enough week in and week out to get him the ball? Is Mendenhall for real? Is Romo the most overrated player in football? Even in the fantasy world. Let me have your thoughts. Thank you.

Dan Haren for Jimmy Rollins and Edinson Volquez? Or Marcum for Rollins? Or neither. I like the one that gets me Volquez a little better. I currently have Furcal at SS but I'm looking to upgrade. My pitching consists of Haren, Lester, Liriano, Baker, Lilly, Scherzer, Edwin Jackson, Jair Jurrjens(DL), Marcum, Gavin Floyd, Neftali Feliz, Joakim Soria, Fransisco Cordero, and Jon Rauch. Do you think Volquez will be the 2008 Volquez? He should be back in about a week. How about Rollins? Does he stay off the DL? Head to Head, 12 team, Points. 1=K, 1=TB, 3=IP, etc.

Wandy is available on the waiver wire and I have a #3 pickup. Do I pick up Wandy and drop Lilly? Do I stick with Lilly? I don't like the way Houston is playing at all and Wandy looks like he could take a lot of loses. I don't like Wrigley either. Lilly has been pitching pretty well this year other than a few bad innings here and there have killed him. Not even a bad start. Just a bad inning or two in a start. Head to Head points. 12 team. No keepers. Thanks for your input.

Ryan Ludwick for Joel Pineiro. What do you see from Pineiro the rest of the year? He has looked good in all but a couple starts. He won't be the same as last year. No keepers. I couldn't get any other biters for Ludwick(Santana, Hanson, Gullardo)Pitchers of that caliber. So I think Pineiro is 3rd/high 4th tier pitching. 1st(Lincecum, Halladay, etc), 2nd(Named previously) These are my thoughts. Let me hear yours? If there are any LAA fans, how does Pineiro look this year?

Some popular underachieving waiver wire pitchers. Tell me who you think will turn it around.

Edwin Jackson

Mark Buehrle

Rick Porcello

Gavin Floyd

And into July and August,

Jair Jurrjens

Max Scherzer

I like Buehrle and Jackson. I like Jackson the most because he pitches in the NL West. Gavin Floyd had a horrible start last year also, but it's hard to say a guy is a slow starter just because one year he started slow. I think Scherzer can get it together in AAA also and be a force late in the season. All of these guys are available in my 12 team league and almost all(except Buehrle) are available in 50% or more of ESPN leagues.

My OF are stacked. 12 team Head to Head points. My SP is good, but I'm looking to bolster it. My OF are Matt Holliday, Andrew McCutchen, Justin Upton, Jason Heyward, and Chase Headley as a 3B/OF. Which one of these guys do you think could end up with the worst season? Which do I look to trade to get a top 25 SP? What caliber SP should I look for? A Ricky Nolasco? Better? Worse?

This will be short and sweet. I couldn't find a link for a fanshot either. I'm very sorry.

As much as I want success and I LOVE seeing the improvement and I get excited for this years games. How amazing would the backcourt of John Wall and Tyreke Evans be? Just think about it. Maybe the NBA will repay us for last years Draft Lottery(according to the league being fixed by Tim Donaghy).

Where to start?  I know where.  Last night.  I was watching the game with my girlfriend and I turned to her and said that Aaron Rowand will strike out on a slider that starts in the middle of the plate and break into the dirt low and away.  It was an easy call.  How many times has he done that this year?  It amazes me?  Well, here it is,

Slider, swinging, any count:  (Sigh)

How about any pitch in which he swings and misses?  Really?

This really is truly amazing to me.  Mostly the slider he has swung and missed, time and time again.  I do realize Marmol has one of the best sliders in the game, but wouldn't rowand realize that after two straight there will probably be a third?  This is a really good link so just tinker around with it and see what else you can show MCC.  The possibilities are endless.  I just wanted to show MCC, that if you were to ever get the chance to pitch against Rowand, throw him a slider, low and away.

I can't get over one little thing that I want McCovey Chronicles fans to help me understand/cope with.

The Giants drafted a catcher in the second round.  The Giants drafted a high school catcher in the second round. Thomas R Joseph.  I understand this will be a need for the Giants and I do not disagree with drafting a catcher just in case Buster Posey is not what we want him to be.  I also can see how the Giants were drafting in 2009.  They were trying to get as many power hitters as they could.

However, help me understand why the Giants didn't go with Max Stassi instead.  Hear me out.  I may be a little bias because I grew up with Stassi, however, since little league people were talking about how he will be in the pros someday because his talent was far superior than anybody around.  I have had my success pitching against Max Stassi and I am very proud(Just had to throw that in there). Anyway, I understand Max was asking for above slot money.  Top 20.  The A's are saying it's 1.5 million.  I understand that this is a lot of money and would be tough for the Giants organization.  The kid is in your backyard though.  He has grown up a Giants fan, obviously this would help the negotiation process.

Help me understand why the Giants did not go after him and take a chance?  His dad was drafted by the Giants organization and worked his way up to triple-A.  Wouldn't you think this would help their chances of signing him?  I understand that I may be bias because I know how good Max is and Thomas Joseph.  I'm happy for him that he's on the A's because more likely than not he will develop into a better ballplayer because the A's develop their players better than any team in the MLB.  I wish Max the best of luck, and I ask Giants fans, why Joseph over Stassi?  I really don't think signability should have been an issue for the Giants because of their past with Jimmy Stassi(his dad), and because his childhood team is the Giants.  I don't know about you but I would give an arm and a leg to play for the Giants, my team for life, but then I wouldn't be physically capable of playing with one arm and one leg.  Stassi or Joseph?  If you agree with me please tell me.  I am not JUST asking why Joseph over Stassi.

I am sorry if I wasted your time.  Also, please understand I am not an English major nor do I intend to be.

First, I would like to apologize if somebody has already touched basis on this subject.

Second, BASEBALL IS HERE!

And, third, the actual post.  Here it goes, give me your thoughts.

The Giants currently have the NL Cy Young winner, and two previous Cy Young winners.  I know it's still spring training, but to me Randy Johnson looks as good as ever.  Nine strikeouts in 5 innings.  You do the math.  Tim Lincecum, is a freak, and is NOT made of porcelain.  And Barry Zito, for some reason I still have hope, maybe it's hope that he will live up to at least half his contract, or maybe because I'm a Giants fan.  If he was on the Yankees I would be laughing.  The Giants also have a guy named Matt Cain, who I believe, if could cut down on his pitch count and get guys out early could pitch multiple complete games.  He has the ability to win a Cy Young also, WITH RUN SUPPORT!  It amazes me to think "In 2007, Cain finished 10th in the National League in ERA (3.65), but had fewer wins (seven) than legends such as Byung-Hyun Kim and Jorge Sosa" as said by Danny Penza.

Now for the real reason I post this.  I did some thinking.  With a freak in Lincecum who every fan of baseball is expecting and hoping to repeat, with Randy Johnson pitching GREAT, with a full spring this year, AND after how he pitched last year with the great E.R.A. And Matt Cain, who with run support is dominant.  Do the Giants have a chance at 3 pitchers who could be in Cy Young discussion this year?  That is CRAZY to think about.  It's scary.  Should I be so excited that I've been using run on sentences?  Or am I just a die hard Giants fan hoping for too much.  Really, all I'm asking for is a little run support.  Is that too much to ask of this young lineup?  Give me your thoughts?  It's something that has made me so excited for the year to start.