On the day of the “waiver trade deadline”, the last day for a contender to trade for a player and have them be eligible for the postseason, the San Francisco Giants helped out the New York Yankees with a waiver trade. Outfielder Andrew McCutchen is on his way to New York, and two minor league prospects are heading back to San Francisco.
The Giants made the necessary deal by offloading McCutchen before the final month of his contract. Despite the team’s insistence that they weren’t out of the race, consistent losses on the field told a different story.