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MLB Rumors: Would the SF Giants trade Michael Conforto?

The San Francisco Giants are one of the hottest teams in baseball right now, but not hot enough to warrant a buying at the trade deadline, apparently. Farhan Zaidi and this Giants front office knows exactly what this team’s ceiling is, and while they are playing well right now, that could all change come late-July. It proves that much can change between now and the trade deadline.

Michael Conforto is a candidate for MLB’s comeback player of the year. He’s been one of the best outfielders in baseball, and could very well represent the Giants in Seattle at the midsummer classic. That makes his contract all the more valuable.

"“A candidate for Comeback Player of the Year, Conforto has hit 12 homers, scored 37 runs and had 37 RBIs after missing the entire 2022 season. He has an opt-out clause in his contract after this season. The Giants would like to keep him long term, but if they falter, they could trade him,” Jim Bowden writes."

San Francisco risks alienating the fanbase should they trade away a player like Conforto while they are winning. He’s been vocal on and off the field, and this team continues to prove pundits — like myself — wrong. Most of us assumed the Giants would fall in line behind San Diego, Los Angeles and even Arizona in the NL West pecking order.

Instead, they’re just 2.5 games back of the Diamondbacks and fighting for an NL Wild Card spot. Surely, that has to be worth some good will with the front office, right?