Farhan Zaidi San Francisco Giants team president might need to be a buyer before the trade deadline as the Giants needs some wins to be competitive to get into the Wild Card race. (KNBR file photo)

Big Giant Sale

That’s Amaury News and Commentary

By Amaury Pi-González

2024 was not the year Giants management envisioned; if anything, they had a dream of the postseason, at least as a wild-card team. But, today, they will have to pass the Reds, Cardinals, Padres, Diamondbacks, and Pirates, and that is only for a wild-card spot.

The division is out of reach for the Giants, as it looks like only the Padres and Diamondbacks might have a chance at catching the Dodgers. The Dodgers, who always have a great farm system and have been holding to first place for ‘dear life’ with serious injuries to Mookie Betts and pitcher Yoshinobu Yamamoto, among others, are also looking for starting pitching, very seriously.

Giants Pitcher Blake Snell, on his first year of a $32 million contract, with a player option for next year, is now the talk of at least a half-dozen contending teams, teams like the Yankees, Dodgers, Mets, and others with bottomless checkbooks, ready to trade for him.

The two-time Cy Young winner has been pitching just like during his good years, but for the Giants it is “thanks Blake, but too late”. To be honest Blake Snell has been besieged by injuries

However, the Giants have more on the showcase window for teams, with just a couple of days until the trade deadline this Wednesday, July 31. Players like Mike Yastrzemski, Wilmer Flores (Hispanic Heritage Baseball Museum player of the year in 2023), and Michael Conforto, who looks the Mets want back today, they might soon go Adiós San Francisco.

For the last few years, during off-season months, the San Francisco Giants have been trying to lure a superstar to the city, guys like Shohei Ohtani, Aaron Judge, Carlos Correa, and such, but have failed. As we get closer to this trade deadline, President of Baseball Operations Farhan Zaidi is glued to the telephone, trying to deal with and improve this team in a last-minute effort, not only for the team and fans sake, but also for his job.

Good luck to the Giants the rest of 2024.

Amaury Pi Gonzalez is the lead radio voice for the Oakland A’s Spanish network at 1010 KIQI San Francisco and 990 KATD Pittsburg and does News and Commentary at http://www.sportsradioservice.com