The Giants Are Open for Business. Rafael Devers, Willy Adames, and Matt Chapman Could All Be Moved.
The San Francisco Giants are 29-43, and the front office has officially given up on the 2026 season.
Multiple reports this week have indicated that the Giants are open to offers on first baseman Rafael Devers, shortstop Willy Adames, and third baseman Matt Chapman. The team is not actively shopping any of them, but they are willing to listen if a contender wants to make a serious offer. That is the front office way of saying they are ready to make moves.
The Devers situation is the most complicated. The first baseman is owed $211 million on the remainder of his contract through 2033, and nobody is going to take that deal at face value. The Giants would have to eat a significant chunk of the money to make a trade work. Devers is also a name brand player who would draw fan attention wherever he goes, even if his production has not matched the contract.
The 29-year-old has been a solid hitter for the Giants since they acquired him last year, but solid is not what they paid for. They paid for an MVP-caliber bat, and what they have gotten is a slightly-above-average hitter who is showing some defensive limitations at first base. Moving him is going to be hard, but it is the kind of move a rebuilding team has to consider.
Adames is a different conversation. His offense has been okay. His defense has been a problem. He is making real money, and his trade value is not what it was when San Francisco signed him in 2024. He could still be moved, but the return is going to be a step down from what the Giants might have hoped.
Chapman has the cleanest profile of the three. He has been productive on both sides of the ball, his contract is more manageable, and his veteran presence would appeal to a contending team looking for a steady third baseman down the stretch. The Giants could get real prospects back for him, and there is no reason not to make that move if the right offer comes in.
The Giants are not going to move ace Logan Webb. They are not going to move any of their core young players. The fire sale is going to be focused on the veteran position players, which is exactly the right call for a team that needs to reset its competitive timeline.
This is the part of the rebuilding process where a front office has to be honest with the fan base. San Francisco has been pretending to be a contender for the last three years while building rosters that have not delivered. The team has not made the playoffs since 2021. The 2026 season was supposed to be different, and through 72 games it has been the same story all over again.
Buster Posey has been running the baseball operations side, and he has earned some leeway from the fan base because of his playing legacy. But that leeway is finite. Posey now has to demonstrate that he can build a baseball front office that produces results, and the next few weeks are going to define whether his tenure is heading in the right direction.
The contenders will be lining up. The Dodgers always want infielders. The Yankees need help at the corners. The Phillies, the Mets, and the Braves are all going to be in the conversation depending on which player gets moved. There is going to be interest, and the Giants have to make sure they get real prospect value back rather than salary relief that does not improve the roster long-term.
The trade deadline is August 3. The Giants have six weeks to make their moves. The signals from the front office suggest they are ready to act, and the next big trade of the summer might come out of San Francisco.
The fire sale is on. The only question is who goes first.
A longtime sports reporter, Carlos Garcia has written about some of the biggest and most notable athletic events of the last 5 years. He has been credentialed to cover MLS, NBA and MLB games all over the United States. His work has been published on Fox Sports, Bleacher Report, AOL and the Washington Post.
