Giants ace Madison Bumgarner has submitted an eight-team no-trade list to the club, according to The Athletic's Ken Rosenthal.
The list includes the Braves, Red Sox, Cubs, Astros, Brewers, Yankees, Phillies and Cardinals. Bumgarner, who is set to become a free agent in 2020, strategically put together the list of contending teams that might want to acquire him from the Giants before the trade deadline. The list is not made of teams the lefthander wants to avoid, reports Rosenthal.
Bumgarner could be motivated to approve a trade because players dealt in the season are not eligible to receive a qualifying offer in free agency during the offseason.