Earlier this week, I wrote about the Giancarlo Stanton debacle and the ensuing presumptive options the Giants still had to fill a Bonds-sized hole in the outfield. Marcell Ozuna is gone, McCutchen is reportedly too expensive, Yelich will likely bring back more than the Giants can offer, Piscotty is gone, the list goes on. But Billy Hamilton is still on the table! And the Giants have interest in him! I haven’t been this excited since I stubbed my toe this morning.

But the Giants are reportedly struggling to even afford Hamilton. The Reds apparently asked for Heliot Ramos, the Giants only top prospect. Ramos is still a teenager, so projecting his big league career, or even if he’ll have a big league career, is purely speculative at this point. That being said, Ramos looks like a stud, a bona fide five-tool outfielder, something the Giants haven’t had since…since…Willie Mays? Hamilton looks suspiciously like a guy with a career OBP below .300 which, for those of you keeping score at home, is, uhh, bad. Bobby Evans seems unwilling to part with Ramos, especially for a player like Hamilton.

So talks have stalled between the Giants and Reds, which might not be the worst thing in the world. Billy Hamilton would improve this team, but is he worth Heliot Ramos? Bobby Evans seems to think not.