The Giants’ season has gone from bad to hard to ignore, and this weekend’s four-game set with the Rockies has only sharpened the spotlight on where San Francisco stands.
At 38-56, Colorado is still in last place, but the Rockies are the ones with momentum. Hunter Goodman, an All-Star, is front and center in what the source describes as a new generation of promising talent in Denver. San Francisco, meanwhile, keeps sliding and is now just one game ahead of Colorado, with the possibility of being passed by the younger team staring them in the face.
That’s a brutal place for a club carrying a 2026 budget of around $225 million. The return has not matched the spending, and the biggest reason is the weight of long-term deals that have not paid off, especially for Willy Adames and Rafael Devers. The source notes that the two former All-Stars are tied up in more than $300 million combined.
Buster Posey made it clear two weeks ago that the Giants would need to win a lot to avoid a selloff, but those wins have not come. After the team hit rock bottom yesterday, the trade-deadline pressure has only grown.
The contrast with Colorado is hard to miss. The Rockies have spent years gathering draft picks and using them to build what could become a contender, even if they are still in last place right now. The source suggests that could change by the time this series ends.
If San Francisco drops three of four and slides into the West basement, the conversation gets even uglier. The source frames that as a point where the Giants would have to be viewed as baseball’s biggest failure of the year.
For now, the message is simple: the Giants are no longer operating like a powerhouse or even a contender. Prospects are there to help, but the veteran money is mostly being wasted, and a youth movement appears to be the only real answer.
That leaves Posey with a difficult task. The source questions whether he is in over his head or the right man to fix the mess, but either way, he has to look ahead - for the team and for himself - and find a way out. The blueprint, at least, is sitting right across the field this weekend.
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