The Giants as sellers at the trade deadline? San Diego Padres general manager Kevin Towers will believe it when he sees GM Brian Sabean inside the Giants' clubhouse yanking uniform tops off the backs of his experienced players. "I've never known Sabes to be a seller," Towers said. "The type of franchise here, year in and year out, is a perennial contender. It's built to win. If they end up being sellers, I don't see it happening unless, at the deadline, they're still 10 or 15 games out. Definitely I think their hope is to be buyers." Perhaps, but with the trade deadline 33 days away, Giants players have not given management and ownership two hints that they can rise from their seemingly permanent home in the National League West cellar.