Cain and Lincecum both played in the majors last year. For Cain it was his second full season. They are both very young potential Cy Young winners in the future, especially Lincecum.

As you quoted in one of your earlier posts, the Blue Jays are willing to trade Alex Rios for either of them. A five-tool, two time all-star just coming into his prime for one of these two young pitchers says a lot.

I don't think the Yankees would unload Matsui "just to unload him" as you said. They want to bolster their pitching staff and teams like the Giant's and A's are loaded with pitching deep into their farm system. So some sort of a trade including Matsui wouldn't surprise me.