Juan Uribe is the obvious start over Renteria because Renteria has been hurt a lot of the year. Despite Renteria hitting .326 AVG and a .372 OBP compared to Uribe's .272/3.43, Uribe should get the start because the Giants need more guys knocking runners home and not just hitting to get on base. Also, Uribe displays the most power on the team, and that's a rarity.  

Uribe's six home runs and 27 RBI's lead the team and he's pretty close in runs scored. Why bench the leading run producer when Renteria gets healthy? Is it just for the money?  

The other position that should be changed is at center field. Aaron Rowand may be an okay CF, but journeyman Andres Torres presents the better option. In the field, Torres covers much more than Rowand and will let Schierholtz play more towards the RF line than the gap.  

At the plate, Torres is a much better fit at the top of the line-up. Torres has an AVG/OBP/SLG of .296/.386/.496 compared to Rowand's .236/.272/.417. Just from that, Torres should get the nod.  

In 30 fewer AB's, Torres has the same amount of hits, more doubles, less strikeouts, and more walks. How many times has Rowand gone up there, take hacks at three pitches, and sit right back down on the bench? At lead-off, he should at least take the first strike and make the pitcher throw over the plate. And I say that because Rowand isn't the Albert Pujols of the Giants.  

In the rest of the NL West, every other CF is fast and gets on base, except for Tony Gwynn Jr. of the Padres. What Bochy and the organization should come to realize is do what wins, not just for money.  Keep Uribe at SS and Torres at CF, and move Rowand over to left field. Torres should bat lead off and Uribe at five and Rowand in the eight spot.  

The Giants should change the line-up to try and win games and stay consistent instead of constantly moving two of the most explosive players. Consistency is key, and at the rate they're going, the only thing consistent the Giants will have is .500.  

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Really?  

It appears so, because I saw Lincecum struggle through his second start in a row, and the bullpen blow another lead that would have given him six wins.  

Sure, Lincecum struggled, but the entire staff needs improvement.  

My main point of emphasis is the wild pitches.  

The Giants let another game get away with another WP thrown to give the Dbacks the lead. It's happened too many times already this season, and not just a few are at fault.  

Guillermo Mota and Barry Zito have both thrown four.

Jeremy Affeldt and Todd Wellemeyer have both thrown three.

Waldis Joaquin is at fault for two.

Matt Cain, Dan Runzler, Tim Lincecum, and Jonathon Sanchez have all thrown one.

Twenty wild pitches in 40 games?  

That's ridiculous for a staff that (on paper) looks to be the best in the NL.  

This means every other game, there's a good chance Zito or Affeldt will throw one past Molina and give the go-ahead run away.  

Not all 20 have yielded runs, but it does present cause for concern. Starting with Zito, I love watching him throw the curve, and I understand that it can get wild.  But it's up to him and the catcher to realize what the count is, what the situation is, and how confident he is with that pitch on a given day.  

Lincecum and Sanchez we've seen can be wild youngsters, Sanchez more often than the former.  

With Lincecum winning back-to-back Cy Youngs, I'm not going to tell him what he needs to do, but someone should talk to them and get them more focused and committed on each pitch.  

Jeremy Affeldt is having all sorts of problems this year. In just 17 innings, he's given up 15 hits and five earned runs. On top of his three wild pitches, he's also hit two batters.

The Giants' woes are not solely on the offense (believe it or not).  

The bullpen has blown four wins for Lincecum—and the game three other times.  

There's a lot of frustration when the team can only put up a couple runs every day, but the pitching staff must re-focus and concentrate on the remaining month and a half until the break.  

With Sanchez coming back, Renteria and DeRosa coming back soon, and Pablo Sandoval getting healthy, the pitchers should get a renewed confidence with some spark adding to the lineup.  

Because the hitters and fans are always thankful for the fantastic pitching. 

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First, the pitching has been excellent, but Bochy has come up with a way to weaken the squad.  Many games he leaves the starter out too long and after a couple batters get on base at the start of the inning, he then decides to pull them.

This may seem like a great idea for fans watching, but looking back, Bochy has decided to let pitchers continue in the 7th and 8th innings even though they have not had their best stuff in the game and their pitch count is well past 100.  This has happened to all the pitchers: Lincecum, Cain, Zito, and especially Jonathon Sanchez. 

With the Giants having arguably the best bullpen in baseball, why not hand the ball off when you're winning?  And do so at the start of the inning so the relief pitcher can start fresh from the slab and focus solely on the batter. 

The question will arise that the reliefs like Affeldt, Miller, and Romo will not be perfect every time, but the group will mostly sit every batter down if not faced with one, two, or even three batters on with a one-run lead. 

Offensively, the Giants definitely need some help.  Their starting offense should be able to muster enough runs to win if the pitching problem mentioned earlier is done with.  That said, Bochy cannot afford to sit his regulars only for much-needed rest in the middle of a chase. 

Which brings up my point: Bochy has sat his most dominant 4 hitters the past two games. 

Pablo Sandoval, Bengie Molina, Freddy Sanchez, and Nate Schierholtz have all been out of the line-up two games straight.  Granted, they have won the previous two against a bad Arizona Diamondbacks team, but they cannot afford to lose with the Rockies playing the 1st place Dodgers. 

Not to mention the last two games were won by come-from-behind victories.  If they expect to make the playoffs, a playoff-bound team fighting for a spot plays the best players everyday.  The Giants have not done so, and consequently, I do not think they can with bogus decisions from the skipper. 

Especially when he decides to sit the big hitters on back-to-back games when the two worst starting pitchers take the hill.  It's understood that Sanchez and Martinez are not the pitchers who will guarantee a win, so they need all the help they can get.

I can't wait to see a new face in San Francisco come Spring.

C: Molina (Whiteside has proven a good backup until Buster Posey comes up).

1B: Ishikawa—Great defense, offense is picking up.

2B: Uribe (This is a toss up.  I'd like to see more of Kevin Frandsen, and Burriss has played okay.  No more of Velez though).

SS: Renteria (Not long-term.  Frandsen or Burriss may be that solution).

3B: Sandoval

Lf: Schierholtz (Would like to see it, but also between Fred Lewis and Bowker).

Cf: Rowand

Rf: Winn

For the rotation in 2010:

Tim Lincecum

Alderson/Bumgardner

Matt Cain

Barry Zito

Alderson/Bumgardner/Sadowski/Sanchez

I am assuming Randy Johnson will not go on to pitch another year and either Alderson or Bumgardner is ready to come up from the minor leagues.  The fifth spot is a toss up and probably will be decided in spring training.  I would like Sanchez either in a trade for a hitter or out of the bullpen.

Bringing up the Sanchez trade, I think a hitter with 25-30 homers and 80-100 RBI's is ideal.  Bringing in a power hitter may not be possible and would not suit the team.  That would be like having a Barry Bonds and someone who compliments Sandoval is better than a player with the big bat of the team.