[Giants]

Baseball free agency is different.  For example, Boras, the agent-king, likes to hold his big-name clients guys out of the mix until late in the game. 
Generally, the higher-end players don’t sign until the winter meeting in December (at the earliest).  
Since Bellinger/Nola (Ohtani is in a class by himself) will set the market, many guys will wait until they sign before making a move.  
And, of course, Yamamoto’s signing is dependent upon when he is officially posted (followed by a bidding period of 30 days).  Only then will we know where he is going.  

In other words, in baseball, it isn’t the teams that call the shots, it is the agents who run the show.  SF will be in the mix throughout the process for all their targets, signing guys (or not) only after the agents have finished wringing every last dollar from the winning bidder.

[Giants]

Baseball free agency is different.  For example, Boras, the agent-king, likes to hold his big-name clients guys out of the mix until late in the game. 
Generally, the higher-end players don’t sign until the winter meeting in December (at the earliest).  
Since Bellinger/Nola (Ohtani is in a class by himself) will set the market, many guys will wait until they sign before making a move.  
And, of course, Yamamoto’s signing is dependent upon when he is officially posted (followed by a bidding period of 30 days).  Only then will we know where he is going.  

In other words, in baseball, it isn’t the teams that call the shots, it is the agents who run the show.  SF will be in the mix throughout the process for all their targets, signing guys (or not) only after the agents have finished wringing every last dollar from the winning bidder.