Giants Willing To Trade Star Players But Have One Firm Exception

June 17, 2026
San Francisco Giants infielder Rafael Devers rounds the bases during 2025 game.

The San Francisco Giants are 29-43, tied with the Los Angeles Angels for the second-worst record in baseball, and sitting nine games out of the third NL Wild Card spot.

The franchise that spent nearly $600 million assembling a roster around Rafael Devers, Willy Adames, and Matt Chapman is now putting out feelers on all three of them.

Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic reported that the Giants have not fully committed to becoming sellers at the August 3 deadline but are moving closer to that determination, and that in recent days the organization has begun testing the trade market for interest in some of their veteran players.

"The Giants are open to offers for their three highest-paid position players — Rafael Devers, Willy Adames, Matt Chapman — among other obvious trade candidates, like Luis Arraez and Robbie Ray," Buster Olney of ESPN wrote on X.

The Complications That Make This Hard

The willingness to listen is not the same as the ability to execute.

Rosenthal noted that a deal involving Devers or Adames is doubtful given how both have been mediocre at the plate and subpar defensively, making it nearly impossible to move those contracts without significant salary retention.

Devers is owed approximately $225 million through the 2033 season.

Adames signed a seven-year, $182 million deal last summer with roughly $161 million remaining.

Both contracts are among the most difficult in baseball to trade without the Giants absorbing a significant portion.

Chapman is the more actionable name.

He has rebounded from an early-season slump to post a 1.232 OPS over his last 16 games, which Rosenthal noted makes him another possible trade candidate, though his six-year, $151 million deal with a full no-trade clause creates its own complications.

Arraez, hitting .319 this season, and Robbie Ray, who is a pending free agent and carries a 4.42 ERA across 73.1 innings, are the two names most likely to generate legitimate deals given their more manageable financial situations.

Logan Webb has been explicitly taken off the table.

Zack Minasian said simply that the Giants are "looking for Logan Webbs," which is not the language of a man preparing to sell his ace.

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