Pitchers and catchers anyone?

"I always wondered why they were called roofies, 'cause your more likely to end up on the floor then the roof."

And thus has been the Giants plight since BLB, Mr. Motorcycle, and young Richie were mashing in the middle of the line-up.

Much more likely to end up in the cellar than at the top of the NL west mountain.

Or, to be "face down in a ditch somewhere..." (you know where that one is going) than finding $80,000 worth of Bellagio chips in a satchel.

But if Rain Man, "a retard" can count cards and nearly take down Vegas than Brian Sabean can draft Tim Lincecum and sign Pablo Sandoval.

Lincecum, the strike-throwing, pot-smoking wiz kid from Washington is the best pitcher, this young, since the Rocket won back-to-back Cy's like Timmy did in the late '80's at the same age.

In Sandoval, the Giants have the best pure hitter this side of Albert Pujols (a side, all but maybe five-10 players in ML history are on) in the National League.

Camp Panda workouts this off-season should mean a trimmer, more effective Pablo. A better line-up should mean more opportunities to drive in runs and even a little more plate discipline could mean scarier numbers.

But where having two of the best players in the game is a "this ain't working for me no more!" moment, the contracts of Barry Zito, Aaron Rowand and Edgar Renteria sure feel a lot like getting tased by some grade schoolers.

But there will be plenty of time to jump back on the bashing bandwagon come April so let's explore some offseason moves, with the million-dollar question in mind: What has been done to improve the offense?

Versatile veteran Mark DeRosa joins the black and orange. The soon-to-be 35-year-old has played all but three positions in his big league career and averaged 22 homers and 83 RBI's the last two seasons on the Northside of Chicago, and with the Indians and Redbirds.

He can provide more pop in the Giants line-up but does not hit for a great average (like every one not named Pablo), has had some injuries recently and may not be very sound defensively despite the myriad of places he can play.

He does however have a .358 career average in the postseason with 53 AB's, and could be a valuable piece should he help carry the team past the first weekend in October.

The other free-agent acquisition is designated hitter, errr first baseman, Aubrey Huff.

Forced to find a position for Huff in the National League he will play at first for the G-Men. The metrics in the field for Aubrey are not very good. He has played third and right field as well but it would stand to reason he would sit on days that Ishikawa gets the starting nod in the infield.

At the plate Huff has mashed more than 200 homers and driven in more than 750 runs in his 10-year big league career. He's had six season with 20+ dingers and five where he has 85+ RBI's.

He hit .304 with 32 HR's and 108 RBI's in 2008 with the Orioles and boasts a .282 lifetime mark.

The Giants are hoping he rebounds from an awful 40-game stint in Detroit where he hit just .189 to finish out the season and the Tigers squandered the AL-Central lead and lost to the Twins in a one-game playoff. Huff has never been in the playoffs.

If the Boys by the Bay can get second baseman Freddy Sanchez healthy, the line-up looks much better. Although that is a big "if" when you consider the point Tim Kawakami made last month. Freddy has as many surgeries as he does extra-base hits with the G-Men (two).

But the defense may also suffer and for a team that has trouble scoring runs and their biggest strength is pitching that sounds like addition and subtraction.

Much more on the rest of the line-up, timely hitting, the defense, the young guys and the pitching staff to come.

After all, its only February. It's a little early to start letting the dogs out.