If I was the GM of the Giants...

The lineup I would like to see next year, is a fairly young one. Here is my starting lineup for opening day:

LF: Lewis
SS: Burriss
1b: Ishikawa
RF: Schierholtz
C: Bengie
CF: Rowand
3B: Pablo
2b: Frandsen
P: Lincecum

This offseason, the Giants should have 1 focus: pitching. Now, most Giants fans would question me in this decision. The Giants have a pretty good staff right now and very few consistent hitters. I think all Giants fans can agree that the Giants need a brand new bullpen, besides Brian Wilson.

C.C. Sabathia has spoken of great interest to be a Giant next year. He wants to be close to home (Vallejo) and he doesn't want to play for the A's, a team that can't afford him. If the Giants can package Jonathan Sanchez, Barry Zito, and Randy Winn for a couple mediocre prospects, along with taking part of Zito's contract, the Giants can easily afford C.C. and have the best pitching trio in baseball.

Starting Rotation:

Lincecum
C.C.
Cain
Lowry
Correia

As well, I think the Giants should go after some relievers like: Kyle Farnsworth, Casey Fossum, and Juan Rincon. As well as signing a few relievers, the Giants need to continue to work with their young talented relievers like Matos, Romo, Sadler, Otero, and Hinshaw.

The 2009 season will be a year of preparation for 2010. We will get to see which of the youngsters pan out and which don't. For the ones that don't pan out, we replace them with free agents the following offseason, especially the position players. In 2010, the following big bats will be available at each position to replace a possible young bust:

1B
Aubrey Huff
Wes Helms

2B
Adam Kennedy
Placido Polanco
Brian Roberts

3B
Adrian Beltre

SS
Miguel Tejada
Bobby Crosby

OF
Rick Ankiel
Jason Bay
Coco Crisp
Carl Crawford
Matt Holliday
Magglio Ordone

As well as the youngsters I mentioned, the Giants should have Buster Posey, Angel Villalona, Nick Noonan, Conor Gillaspie, Madison Bumgarner, and Tim Alderson ready for 2010.

I think if all pans out well with the young players and the Giants can get rid of Zito's contract, or at least part of it, then the Giants will be in contention for NL West, considering the lack of competition in the divison, and primed for a pennant run in 2011.