[Mick]

By the way, the Giants have four consecutive series against sub-.500 teams (five if you count the Rockies), including the A's, Reds, Nationals and Tigers. Maybe they can go 10-2 in the next 12 games.

I think Farhan has to be a buyer, otherwise he's tacitly admitting his strategy and tactics are colossal failures...

Gotta disagree.  Selling off the guys who do not figure to be in the mix next year is the right move. They should be giving all the playing time possible to the young guys who may be on the team next season.  Given SF’s CBT situation, I don’t expect any big salaries to be added to the roster in 2025. They need to figure out who can help while getting back under the tax limit.

Who are we really talking about, then? I'd already posted that if they Giants want to get rid of Casali, Conforto, Estrada, Flores, Lee (for the right price), Schmitt, Murphy, Villar, Doval, Hill, Hicks, Winn, Rogers (Ta), Jackson, Black, Teng, Baumann...I'm good with it. Keep the rest.

For some reason, Conforto's a hot ticket. No idea why. He had a hot first two months and has been ice cold for the last two months. But apparently, the Royals want him. They want Yaz too, but Yaz has been extremely hot in June and July, so...let's keep him:

https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/mlb/al-...1046&ei=10

I don't dispute any of those. The only one I'd dispute is Snell, who's gone 29-28 since Tampa Bay gave him up to the Padres for prospects. Keep him for the stretch run. He's got 10 starts left. He's 0-3 with a 5.10 ERA. Best he'd finish is about 8-3. I don't think he'll get any major offers from that, I think he'll opt in for next year and have another Cy Young type year. After that, let him go.

[Mick]

By the way, the Giants have four consecutive series against sub-.500 teams (five if you count the Rockies), including the A's, Reds, Nationals and Tigers. Maybe they can go 10-2 in the next 12 games.

I think Farhan has to be a buyer, otherwise he's tacitly admitting his strategy and tactics are colossal failures...

Gotta disagree.  Selling off the guys who do not figure to be in the mix next year is the right move. They should be giving all the playing time possible to the young guys who may be on the team next season.  Given SF’s CBT situation, I don’t expect any big salaries to be added to the roster in 2025. They need to figure out who can help while getting back under the tax limit.

Who are we really talking about, then? I'd already posted that if they Giants want to get rid of Casali, Conforto, Estrada, Flores, Lee (for the right price), Schmitt, Murphy, Villar, Doval, Hill, Hicks, Winn, Rogers (Ta), Jackson, Black, Teng, Baumann...I'm good with it. Keep the rest.

For some reason, Conforto's a hot ticket. No idea why. He had a hot first two months and has been ice cold for the last two months. But apparently, the Royals want him. They want Yaz too, but Yaz has been extremely hot in June and July, so...let's keep him:

https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/mlb/al-...1046&ei=10

I don't dispute any of those. The only one I'd dispute is Snell, who's gone 29-28 since Tampa Bay gave him up to the Padres for prospects. Keep him for the stretch run. He's got 10 starts left. He's 0-3 with a 5.10 ERA. Best he'd finish is about 8-3. I don't think he'll get any major offers from that, I think he'll opt in for next year and have another Cy Young type year. After that, let him go.