I'm aware of the suspension, but some guys on jsonline are claiming 1250 AM (not sure how reputable they are) reported Salome is in the deal.

Are the Giants close to dealing second baseman Ray Durham to Milwaukee? Team officials would not touch that question with the proverbial 10-foot pole Saturday, but there were several hints of such a deal.

The Brewers are looking for a bench player who hits left-handed and are expected to announce a trade this morning.
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Durham's agent, Ed Setlik, answered the phone in his office Saturday night but had no comment.

There was a rumor Saturday of a blockbuster deal that had the Brewers sending second baseman Rickie Weeks to the Giants, but that could not be substantiated at all.

General manager Brian Sabean has acknowledged that he wants to move his potential free agents to contenders. Durham is in the final season of a two-year, $14.5 million contract. If Sabean can deal him, he can remove some or all of the roughly $4 million left on Durham's contracts from the Giants' books.

Huston Street is good for what 20-30 innings the rest of the way? Toss BB some scraps and leave it at that.

(no offense, but which team leads the league in blown saves?

This would be the first trade the Giants have made at the Major League level since they sent Armando Benitez to Florida for Randy Messenger around the end of May 2007. Both of those guys are no longer active, which I suppose isn't very interesting.

Ryan Howard is hardly a random slugger to pick for the "ML debut" test

If anything other than a suspect prospect is sent for either player Melvin is losing it.

And you can't trade for a second baseman and not include Weeks in the deal.

If it's Weeks for Durham I guess I am ok with that. Though of course Ray will proceed to lose all sense of the strike zone. Bound to happen

The best part of tonight was when for like 30 minutes he was trying to report that Darren Ford was gonna be traded for Huston Street.

Doesn't matter if the heart of a team's order reads Ruth/Williams/Bonds/Gehrig

I'll wager that Howard ends up with more MLB HR's than Fielder does.

Joe:

You do know that Prince has gone vegetarian and lost about 20 lbs?

Durham said it was too weird to sit in the Giants dugout during the game, so he retreated to the clubhouse after three innings. But he told me he had no qualms about waiving his trade veto right.

"This was better for both teams," said Durham, who was acquired for minor leaguers Steve Hammond and Darren Ford. "The Giants are going young and the Brewers are dying for a playoff spot.

"This is a great team. I hope I can help them get to the promised land. I think it's a win-win situation for both teams.

Durham had a provision in his contract that paid him $200,000 if he was traded, and Brewers GM Doug Melvin said his club picked up that cost. But a Giants source said that team picked up about half of the $3 million remaining on Durham's contract.

Manager Ned Yost said he hadn't thought it out yet but would probably play Durham at second base "a couple of times" a week.

Fielder will reach 300 lbs before he reaches 300 HR's.

Brewers centerfielder Mike Cameron did something in the eighth inning that isn’t easy to do, and it was painful to watch. Cameron fouled off a pitch that bounced up and struck him directly in the groin. Cameron went to a knee, and it took several minutes for him to shake it off. “I’ve come close before, but that was a direct hit,” Cameron said.

When [Durham] learned Saturday that general manager Brian Sabean struck a deal to send him to Milwaukee, he did not want it announced until after Sunday's game so he would not have to suit up against the black and orange.

"It was out of respect for the guys in this locker room," Durham said as he stood inside of it for the final time.
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Sources said the Giants will send the Brewers roughly half of the $3 million remaining on Durham's contract, which means the Giants still save $1.5 million.
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"We stayed true to our word," Sabean said. "No matter where we were in the standings or what we thought our chances were, we needed at some point to turn our fortunes to our younger players. Our older players, if they were good enough in the market to be able to be acquired by somebody else, we were willing to do that. Thus, Ray is the first transaction."

The deal happened quickly, facilitated by a long friendship between Melvin and Sabean and the Brewers' presence in San Francisco, which created awkward moments for Durham on Sunday. He suited up as a Giant and spent the first few innings in the home dugout. He caught himself watching the scoreboard to see how the Cubs and Cardinals were doing but finally went inside.