The MLB draft and All-Star festivities are over and we San Francisco Giants fans don\u2019t have much to look forward to other than the looming trade deadline.<\/p>\n
Of course, the Giants should be one of the busiest teams during the next couple of weeks as they sell away the bitter memories of lost season. Depending on who you believe, we could see a massive fire sale with most of the current 26-man roster available if the price is right. So, it could get wild as San Francisco has a chance to add some real firepower to an already much improved farm system. Yes, reading updated top 30 prospect lists has become much more enjoyable than scouring the MLB standings.<\/p>\n
Still, there are some veteran players I\u2019d like to see the Gaints resist dealing. Lets take a look:<\/p>\n
I was excited when Arr\u00e1ez mentioned last week that he\u2019d like to stay with the Giants. I\u2019ve been screaming for weeks that Buster Posey needs to extend him, not trade him. Arr\u00e1ez is the type of player who the Giants can easily build around in the next half decade. He likely won\u2019t be unbearable to absorb financially and he is just 29 years old. He is such a special player with the bat and his drastic defensive improvement shows he is still an ascending player who cares. You keep these types of players. Also, I wouldn\u2019t expect another team to part with a top prospect for a non-power hitting middle infielder on an expiring contract. Just sign him now and move forward.<\/p>\n
The Lee rumors ramped up when ESPN recently included him as one of the more likely players to be dealt at the deadline. I have my doubts the Giants will actively shop him and that\u2019s my hope. He was signed two years ago to be a core player and after some growing pains in MLB and some injuries, that\u2019s exactly what he has become. At 27, Lee has a chance to be a premier hitter for the next several years. Now that he is the player tge Giants envisioned him becoming when the signed him out of KBO. Why would they cut bait now? He and Arraez give the Giants some serious OBP juice. Why mess with that? Let\u2019s see this guy become an all-time San Francisco Giant.<\/p>\n
Look, I\u2019m as disappointed in the outcome of his trade last year as you are and his body language drives me nuts. But let\u2019s just move on with Devers. Let\u2019s face it; the Giants won\u2019t get much if they give up on Devers either in player return and financial burden relieved. So, they might as well just embrace having him and move forward. Yes, he hasn\u2019t been as good as advertised and he\u2019s been frustratingly streaky in his 13 months as a Giant. But, there is no denying the guy can hit and he will hit for the next decade. Let\u2019s bookend him with Bryce Eldridge for the next several years and enjoy it. Let\u2019s forgive the shortcomings and just hope breaks the streakiness and rakes regularly like he can.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The MLB draft and All-Star festivities are over and we San Francisco Giants fans don\u2019t have much to…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":805081,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[558],"tags":[64,63,591,378250,85],"class_list":["post-805080","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mlb","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-mlb","tag-san-francisco-giants-roster","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/805080","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=805080"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/805080\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/805081"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=805080"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=805080"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=805080"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}