Well, that was anticlimactic.
The trade deadline came and went yesterday, with the Giants sitting on their hands. A top-of-the-rotation starter like Justin Verlander? Pass. Offensive upgrades like Paul DeJong or Teoscar Hernandez? Nope. Rotation reinforcements like Jack Flaherty? Move along.
No, the Giants’ only move was a puzzling trade for A.J. Pollock, an outfielder whose best days are seemingly behind him. He’s hit lefties well in his career, so that’s something, but it’s not a needle-mover in any way.
So the Giants, a team in the thick of contention in a wide-open wild card race, basically stood pat at the deadline while a number of their competitors made moves to better themselves.