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Programming note: We'll have an Open Thread here, starting around 5 pm, for the Rookie of the Year Announcement show on MLB Network (which starts at 6). Let's look at it this way: at least it's not...

What's in store for the Giants at this year's Winter Meetings?

As the Giants host the D'backs for a three game set, there's no time to lose to start getting hot again.

If Fred Lewis is cut by the Giants, the Mets should sign him.

Evaluating Fredy Sanchez' new 2 year, $12 million deal with the San Francisco Giants.

The Giants gave Brian Sabean and Bruce Bochy two year extensions. This comes off the club's 88-74 finish to the 2009 season.

Which NL West team has the best projected starting pitching for 2009? This is the fifth in a series of columns projecting the Wins Above Replacement for the 2009 MLB starting rotations, going division-by-division, and using data from the three best publicly available projection systems: CHONE, ZiPS, and PECOTA.