Giants News and Notes: Bill Hall Designated for Assignment, Emmanuel Burriss Optioned

I figured I'd catch up on the news and notes from today, as Carlos Beltran gets set to make his San Francisco Giants debut...

• In order to clear a spot on the 40-man roster for Beltran, Bill Hall was activated from the 15-day DL and designated for assignment.
• In order to clear a spot on the 25-man roster, the Giants optioned Emmanuel Burriss back to Triple-A Fresno.
• Miguel Tejada says he feels great, and should be ready to return from his injury (ab strain) next week.
• Per Andrew Baggarly: Sabean hopes to use the $4 million in savings to help the club in other areas, but the market for a catcher or shortstop has not gotten any riper. He notes that if they do end up addressing those needs, it's more likely in August via waivers.
• Similarly, Jon Heyman tweets that the Giants "still wouldn't mind" a catcher, and suggest Ramon Hernandez could be a trade target. I looked at the Giants' catcher trade options earlier today. 
• Also via Baggs, VP Dick Tidrow assured Brian Sabean "that the farm system has enough power arms to absorb the loss" of Zack Wheeler.
• Based on conversations he's had with people, Henry Schulman listed the reasons why Aubrey Huff is starting at first base over Brandon Belt: Bochy trusts his veterans more down the stretch; he has faith that Huff will start hitting; Huff's making $22MM; Bochy prefers the team chemistry with Huff starting and Belt off the bench; and Belt struggled when he played every day.
• Barry Zito's start on Sunday is now listed as "TBA." According to Schulman, "Bochy confirms Sunday is TBA. Not saying much else. Said Zito is healthy."
• Baggs is speculating that it's possible that Eric Surkamp could make his major-league debut on Sunday, and that a trade could be in the works.