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The Associated Press is reporting that the Giants’ Tim Lincecum has won the NL Cy Young Award and received 23 of 32 first-place votes.

Brandon Webb of the Diamondbacks finished second, and Johan Santana finished third.

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The Blue Jays are looking to move OF Alex Rios for pitching, and have set their sights on Giants RHP Matt Cain and Tim Lincecum, the San Francisco Chronicle repors.

According to the report, the Giants and Blue Jays met on Tuesday.

The Jays prefer Cain, who went 7-16, but had a 3.65 ERA and held opposing hitters to a .235 batting average against, says the Chronicle, since he is viewed as more ‘proven’ than Lincecum and less of an injury risk.

Later in the day, Giants GM Brian Sabean told MLB.com that he is not yet ready to trade Lincecum, despite having an ‘interesting proposal’ on the table.

The Jays had been shopping Rios to Baltimore in a deal for Erik Bedard, as well, according to MLB.com’s Seth Everett during an appearance on SNY’s Daily News Live.

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In a pre-GM meetings report for FOXSports.com, the always-informative Tracy Ringolsby writes that the Giants have let teams know that 23-year-old RHP Tim Lincecum can be had.

In 24 starts this season for the Giants, in his rookie season, Lincecum struck out 150 hitters through 146 innings while winning seven games with a 4.00 ERA, during which opponents hit .226 against him.

As noted earlier, during a discussion with reporters yesterday, Giants GM Brian Sabean said in order to acquire a young position player, who can help the team’s offense, he may have to trade a young pitcher.

…hat tip to Hot Foot for the link…

…as i noted earlier, the buzz from the bay area has long been that 27–year-old LHP Noah Lowry can be had for an under-contract, lead-off hitting, young center-field type…

Similarly, Ringolsby notes that the White Sox are looking to also acquire a young centerfielder for RHP Jon Garland.

…by the way, i am glad to see ringolsby writing a weekly column for foxsports, in addition to his day-job at the rocky mountain news…he and Ken Rosenthal are going to be an impressive team and will provide a ton of information…

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