A San Francisco Treat?

It has been whispered that the Reds and Giants have been in talks about the Giants young potential ace Tim Lincecum. The name the Giants keep bringing up is Jay Bruce and hopefully at that point Krivsky either turns their attention to any other player or turns his back and leaves the room. Lincecum is more than likely going to be a stud as soon as next year, but with Homer Bailey and Johnny Cueto holding that kind of potential I would hate to see the Reds trade away their best offensive (and defensive) prospect. Now the Giants do need young bats and they have been reported to be interested in Edwin Encarnacion so I wouldn't expel all rumors of a deal with San Fran. Perhaps since they have an obscene amount of starting pitching Eddie could fetch more from the Giants than he could elsewhere. As I am writing this I'm reading such a notion from Jerry Crasnick of ESPN.com. Crasnick also mentions the possibility of the Cubs wanting Josh Hamilton for Sean Marshall. I pray this deal doesn't happen; it reeks of Dave Williams. This has no merit, but I think Krivsky should do what he can to trade Norris Hopper to the Nationals. Jim Bowden seems to be a little trade happy and reportedly has an interest in moving Jon Rauch and Chad Cordero. Bowden loves Reds players maybe he'd like Ryan Freel and Norris Hopper for Jon Rauch. Sadly, I think he'd make that deal. One last note on Dontrelle Willis, it turns out the Marlins would want Homer Bailey and to that I say forget it. The Winter Meetings are so exciting, this is like an early Christmas. Even if no deals get done at least it's fun to talk about.