The top two free agents still available are starting pitchers James Shields and Max Scherzer, and though it appears neither is anywhere near the finish line in terms of finalizing a deal, it sounds like we can safely eliminate one major potential suitor from their lists. According to ESPN's Jim Bowden, the defending World Series champion San Francisco Giants are out, or more specifically, they're out on Shields, and were never really in on Scherzer. Giants are out on Shields, never in on Scherzer and still trying to work a deal on Zobrist according to sources — Jim Bowden (@JimBowden_ESPN) January 3, 2015 If all true, that's notable information. After making a strong push to sign Jon Lester, San Francisco was fully expected to compete for the services of Shields, with Scherzer considered a long shot given his $200 million asking price. Now it would appear they're going to miss out on all three, leaving the re-signing Jake Peavy to a two-year, $24 million as their biggest offseason move . Not that Peavy is a bad consolation, but San Francisco's aspirations have been much higher. In addition to missing on the big trio of pitching free agents, they also failed to bring back...