Andrew Baggarly of the San Jose Mercury gives us the latest updates on the San Francisco Giants:

• GM Brian Sabean said that John Bowker wouldn’t be a candidate to play every day in right field so that should clear the way for Nate Schierholtz to inherit the right field job from former Giant Randy Winn.
• The Giants are waiting to hear back from Todd Wellemeyer and Hasanori Takahashi on Minor League contracts that were offered to them.
• Guillermo Mota could make the big league team and take over the setup up role that Bob Howry had before he left for the Diamondbacks this off season.