The Giants are heading into the Trade Deadline with a long list of names drawing calls, and general manager Zack Minasian says the interest has gone well beyond the obvious trade chips.
San Francisco sits at 46-62 and is just 4.5 games out of last place in the NL West, so the front office has to get this stretch right between now and Aug. 3. The club was expected to do better than this, but the deadline now looks like a chance to turn expiring deals and other attractive pieces into real returns.
Minasian has several players who could bring back value if he handles the market well. Robbie Ray, Heliot Ramos and Luis Arraez are among the names that immediately stand out as possible moves.
Still, the number of players other teams have checked in on is larger than that. According to KNBR on X (formerly Twitter), Minasian said:
"It's probably been over 10, maybe over a dozen players. But some of it, too, is that we try to sift through everything and really determine: Is this team serious about acquiring a player, or is this just a random check-in?"
That kind of traffic makes sense when a team is known to be selling. Rival clubs are going to poke around, even on players who haven’t been publicly linked to the market.
Logan Webb does not appear to be going anywhere, though one team may have at least asked enough for San Francisco to shut the door and stick with its plan to keep him.
Rafael Devers also seems unlikely to land a trade partner, mostly because of his contract. He has been much better since his slow start, and from June to July he has hit 15 home runs and counting.
Recent reports also say Jung Hoo Lee will remain in San Francisco, while Bryce Eldridge is off limits because the Giants want to build around him. The real question now is how many of the 10-12 players that have drawn interest Minasian actually moves before the deadline arrives.
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