The Giants have no business treating 2027 like the only season that matters.
That’s the wrong lens for a team that just finished 65-97, parked at the bottom of the National League West, and spent too much of the year looking like a club with holes everywhere. Nobody in San Francisco wants another 97-loss season. But wanting better and building it are two different jobs, and the offseason has to be about more than chasing a calendar.
Buster Posey made his stance clear at the team’s season-ending press conference: “If you are asking, ‘Do you think we can contend next year?’ I do. I do believe that we can,” he said.
That confidence matters. It should.
Leadership has to project belief. The problem comes if that belief turns into the only thing guiding the front office.
The Giants’ issues are too broad for a quick fix. Start with the pitching staff.
The rotation and bullpen never found enough consistency, the relief group was shaky, and injuries only made things worse. By the end, San Francisco’s staff ranked 23rd out of 30 MLB teams in ERA.
In saves, only one team in baseball was worse.
The offense wasn’t much cleaner. The Giants finished 26th in runs scored and runs per game, and their on-base percentage was only one notch above the bottom of the league. That’s not the profile of a team that gets solved by one splashy addition.
Yes, the roster has talent. With Rafael Devers, Matt Chapman, Willy Adames and Logan Webb on it, it’s hard to look at 97 losses and feel like that’s the true ceiling. But the answer still isn’t to burn future value just to say the team can compete in 2027.
That’s where the Giants have to be careful. There’s room to spend, and they should spend where it makes sense.
The farm system can’t patch every weakness on its own. But dealing away a pile of young talent for a veteran who only helps for a year or two would miss the point.
That matters because the organization’s minor league system was one of the bright spots of 2026. The Giants were named Farm System of the Year, a sign of how much depth they’ve built and how much the pipeline has improved. There are promising young players now who could eventually supply affordable production and give the roster some stability.
Still, that kind of payoff doesn’t arrive overnight. Posey has to weigh every move against more than just 2027. The real question is whether a deal pushes the organization forward in a meaningful way, not whether it just helps avoid another ugly season.
There’s also more youth on the way. Bryce Eldridge, Casey Schmitt and Marcelo Mayer still have development left in front of them.
Several other young pitchers are either working back from injuries or climbing through the system. That means the Giants need time, patience and a realistic view of where they are.
If San Francisco can make smart moves, compete in 2027 and keep building toward something more durable, that’s the path. Making decisions with 2027 as the only target would be a mistake.
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