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The Giants expressed interest in both Jeff Suppan and Gary Matthews Jr. during a recent discussion with agent Scott Leventhal.
It was known they'd be one of the teams after Matthews, and that GM Brian Sabean also likes Suppan shouldn't come as any sort of a surprise. "Jeff is from Southern California, an hour away. He has a comfort zone in California," Leventhal said. "I talked to Supe about his feelings about San Francisco, and it's something that's exciting to him." To sign Suppan, the Giants would likely have to ante up even more than the $27 million they paid for Matt Morris a year ago. Such a move could easily work out just as poorly.
Suppan is not that dependable to pay him all that money.