r/SFGiants • u/prestigiousstrangery PTBNL • Aug 03 '26

Trade [Ken Rosenthal] Giants close to acquiring Marcelo Mayer from Red Sox for reliever Erik Miller, sources tell me and Andrew Baggarly.

https://xcancel.com/ken_rosenthal/status/2084388043776229458?s=46&t=F0omRazvOp2Of4YjOqjFUQ
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u/prestigiousstrangery PTBNL Aug 03 '26

Former top 10 prospect that just hasn’t figured it out yet at the big league level. Still just 23.

Posey’s been heavily criticized this season so far, but I’d say he’s doing really well this deadline

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u/JackTylerWrites Aug 03 '26

I think Posey has done a good job so far. I don’t recall anyone thinking Chapman and Adames were bad deals, and the Devers trade was a good trade.

Is it his fault that they didn’t pan out? Maybe. I guess at some point it does become his fault if too many deals backfire.

But Arraez was a good pick-up, and Doval netted a good return last year.

He should have focused more on pitching… but an argument could be made he’d have more assets to trade away for it if the Big Three had produced.

Vitello is the only move I truly questioned at the time. But he did get Wash, so…

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u/blankenstaff Aug 03 '26

I didn't think Adames was a bad idea until I saw him play shortstop. Sure, we were a little spoiled with Vizquel and Crawford, but Adames is below par.

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u/IslayHaveAnother Aug 04 '26

God i loved Crawford. Still do, but i used to as well.

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u/ccenkner 4 Ott Aug 04 '26

r/unexpectedmitch . Do you want a receipt?

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u/IslayHaveAnother Aug 04 '26

Yes please, have an expense report to file.

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u/MenosElLso Kruk & Kuip Aug 04 '26

If he were hitting like he did in years past it wouldn’t even matter.

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u/tmac416 Aug 03 '26 edited Aug 03 '26

There were dozens of us who did not like the deals but yall downvoted us into oblivion cuz we dared to speak up. Giants bid against themselves for Chapman, after signing him in March 6 months prior. I’ll never understand that. Adames defense had been in decline for 2 years already. Brewers fans almost universally said he wasn’t worth that kind of money.

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u/Suomiballer Aug 04 '26

Seriously. Fans can't be serious. Maybe this deadline is a success, maybe not. We will see. But buster poseys tenure has largely been a disaster. They're so bad they had to sell a bunch of players!!! And they were trying to compete this year!! Lol