Comings and goings

Everything must go. Yes, even you.

🎧 Podcast: Kerry and I break down everything the Giants did (and didn’t do) at the trade deadline. Listen on Apple, Spotify, or wherever you get your pods.

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The Giants did what I thought they wouldn't do.

I thought Buster Posey would be stubborn, choosing not to invest more in this team but also not subtract from it. I thought he'd refuse to send a clear signal to the clubhouse that We Don't Believe In You. I thought any trades would have to improve the major league roster immediately.

Wrong, wrong, and wrong.

After years of sitting on their hands during the trade deadline, passing up opportunities to move players on expiring contracts like Madison Bumgarner, Carlos Rodon, and Blake Snell, it was Buster Posey of all people to pick a firm direction: Sell.

Tyler Rogers is a Met, Mike Yastrzemski a Royal, and Camilo Doval a Yankee.

The front office could have done even more. It's a mild surprise that Wilmer Flores, Justin Verlander, and Dom Smith are still Giants. It's a bigger surprise that only one new player (Jose Butto) will join the major league roster immediately.

Debate all you want whether this was the right approach, but at least there was an approach.

Up next: The Giants will try again to beat the Mets. It’ll be Robbie Ray (9-5, 2.93 ERA) against David Peterson (7-4, 2.83 ERA) in New York at 4:10 pm.