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By Kristen Wong
MLB Rumors: Red-hot Giants could flip from sellers to buyers
There’s no official report on what the San Francisco Giants — or any MLB team, for that matter — plans to do at the trade deadline. The most people can do is speculate, and right now, the Giants’ red-hot form seems to suggest the Bay Area club is leaning toward buying in August.
The Giants, currently second in the NL West with a 45-35 record, have been on a tear in the last two months. Since May 1, San Francisco have won 34 and lost 18; that pace would have them at 105 wins over the course of an entire season.
Whereas other teams have fallen far down the pedestal or are wiggling back and forth between selling and buying, the Giants have played like one of the league’s best teams recently and will likely act like one at the deadline.
The San Francisco Giants are 34-18 since May 1st—which is a 105-win pace and the second-best record in baseball during that timeframe.
— MLB Deadline News (@MLBDeadlineNews) June 28, 2023
They’ve quietly been one of the best teams in baseball over the last two months. Expect them to be aggressive trade deadline buyers. pic.twitter.com/qpeCUYi5En
Again, there’s no official word on what the Giants will exactly do. The Giants president of baseball operations Farhan Zaidi did say the team will be “aggressive” buyers at the deadline at the start of June, and the Giants’ blistering streak thus far supports that claim.
After the rough offseason San Francisco went through, who would have guessed the team would be in this fine position?