Chris Chaft from MLB.com reported on The Officical Site of the San Francisco Giants, "at this point, 70-75 percent of our conversations are about trades," Sabean said recently as he and his assistants prepared to head for the meetings in Nashville, Tenn., which begin Monday and run for four days. "We've had more conversations than we've had in a while ... I'm optimistic that the whole industry seems to be more engaged in talks and more layers of talks. This is the year you could see three-way trades."
Finding a third baseman remains the Giants' top priority. They were mentioned as a potential suitor for Florida's heavy-hitting Miguel Cabrera, but that buzz has subsided. The Giants either lack the talent to put together a sufficiently attractive package of players for Cabrera, or they're unwilling to part with Tim Lincecum or Matt Cain, the prized right-handers the Marlins certainly would covet. Lincecum's name has been liberally sprinkled on trade rumors for the past few weeks. "That's all I've heard," one Major League scout said.
Although Sabean hasn't completely ruled out trading Cain or Lincecum, their status as Giants appears increasingly safe. Sabean indicated this by saying, "Teams have come to us on people that it's probably very doubtful we'll be in a position to want to trade or will trade."
Asked about Cabrera, Sabean said, "Some of the things we're talking about are cost-prohibitive, and some of the things we've looked at may be more palatable."
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