Ok, let me caveat a few things here. First and foremost, I’m highly skeptical that the Giants will trade anybody major this month in any jaw dropping deals. That includes moving players of some value like Andrew McCutchen or Will Smith, and it certainly includes long-time valuable Giants like Brandon Belt. I have greater belief that I could flap my wings and fly than that the front office would move Madison Bumgarner.
Second, the current state of the industry is one that values control-ability, cost-effectiveness, and youth. That won’t help the Giants’ efforts to offload older players with big contracts like Johnny Cueto, Jeff Samardzija or (shudder) Mark Melancon.