The San Francisco Giants are expected to be sellers at this year's trade deadline, and some of their big contracts could be available.
Rafael Devers, Willy Adames and Matt Chapman are all very expensive players and have underperformed. Devers has actually been playing well in July and has a .799 OPS on the season. His contract will be hard to trade, but MLB insider Jon Heyman noted that at least one team has called about him.
“Any contract is movable if you pay enough of it down,” Heyman said on MLB Network on Tuesday. “Certainly, with $225 million to go at this point, you have to pay some of it down. Now, do they want to pay any of it down? Well, they took the contract and gave away prospects, basically a year and a month ago; I would think it’s probably unlikely. There was a team, at least one team, that did call on Devers, but I do think that is an extreme long shot at this point. Because he’s still a good player. And do they want to pay it down as you suggested? I don’t think so."
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Devers has not been as great a hitter since he was traded to San Francisco. It's not the biggest surprise since it's not an easy place to hit, and it has been known to suppress power for many sluggers. Still, Devers leads baseball in doubles and has 22 homers. His batting average is well below his career norms, but in a different home ballpark, he could thrive.
He is a three-time All-Star and could slot in as an elite designated hitter for many teams. There is obviously the experience at third base if a team wants to play him there. He has played first base for the Giants, and trading him could actually open the door for Bryce Eldridge to take over there.