Aaron Rowand News

The Giants played well and what's more is that deadbeat, anchor of an offense we're always ragging on is actually somehow... good, really good.

Cabrera is an interesting, interesting case. I'm not suggesting there's no chance he'll be worth 5/$60M. If he plays as well as he did last year -- and he's been even better this year -- he'd be worth every penny.

Because Melky Cabrera's been a huge asset for the Giants 35 games into the season and because he's gone HAM ever since Pablo Sandoval went down with an injury, there's been lots of chatter about a possible extension for the Melkman.

St. Louis Cardinals outfielder Carlos Beltran is off to a blistering start after signing a two-year contract worth $26 million this offseason.

As fed up as manager Bruce Bochy gets with Giants hitters at times, it's impossible to imagine him saying publicly following an extra-inning loss, "After the ninth inning, they all sucked." Or A's manager Bob Melvin complaining that "one day we're good, three days we're bad.