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I'm a Giants fan and I'm not sure what to make of this trade yet. He will be an 8th inning guy that the Giants need. True, he sucks as a closer but he is still pretty good in the 7th & 8th. As for what the Giants gave up, Aardsma is the best of the two. Williams was good for a year, but he just lost it this year. His velocity has been down and he didn't throw hard to begin with. Aardmsa has a live arm. The Giants turned him into a starter this year, but I think he will be good in the pen.

I don't know, unless Bonds comes back soon it's not going to matter for my Giants.

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I'm very surprised the Giants would give up two young pitchers with the ability of Aardsma and Williams for Hawkins.

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I am to, especially since LaTroy is not the one missing piece we need. However, the Giants are stocked with young arms in the minors: Cain, Foppert, Valdez, Hennessey (up with SF now).