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The oft-asked question.
Yes, we’re once again asking the question. Yes, there’s once again no clear answer. Should the San Francisco Giants be buyers or sellers at the 2024 MLB Trade Deadline?
Here are a few reasons why they should be sellers:
- They’re currently 5.5 games out of a postseason spot, with many teams between them and said spot.
- They’re playing remarkably uninspired and flat-out bad baseball and it’s getting harder and harder to envision that changing.
- They’re starting to build an exciting young core and an exciting farm system to supplement that core, and they could add to that.
- They just sacrificed their second and third-round picks in the draft, so getting back some assets would be nice.
Here are a few reasons why they should not be sellers:
- With Robbie Ray’s return, Alex Cobb’s impending return, Blake Snell’s return to excellence, and Hayden Birdsong’s existence, the Giants legitimately might have a top-three rotation in the Majors. That, in turn, makes their bullpen better. And for all the recent fecklessness, the Giants are 3rd in the National League in runs scored since May 17, 5th in position player WAR, and 6th in wRC+.
- They still have the easiest schedule in baseball remaining. They still have four games left against both the Colorado Rockies and Oakland A’s, and three against the Chicago White Sox and Miami Marlins. 31 of their remaining 58 games are at home, where they’ve been excellent this year.
- Realistically, the players they’d actually be willing to trade — Snell, Ray, Cobb, Matt Chapman, Michael Conforto, Mike Yastrzemski, Wilmer Flores, and Thairo Estrada — probably have limited trade value.
- If the Giants give up on the season they miss the playoffs. If the Giants miss the playoffs, people probably get fired.
Here are a few reasons why they should be buyers:
- I dunno, why not, you only live once, and none of this really matters ya know?
What time do the Giants play today?
The Giants kick of an extremely critical four-game series against the Rockies tonight at 7:15 p.m. PT.