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It’s been a disaster of a season for the San Francisco Giants. And unless things dramatically turn around over the next month, that means they’ll be big sellers at this year’s deadline.
The silver lining there is twofold: the Giants have some intriguing pieces to deal, and arguably
Buster Posey’s best work since taking over has been the deadline deals he made a year ago when flipping Camilo Doval, Tyler Rogers, and Mike Yastrzemski for prospects.
San Francisco is looking to unload some big contracts, and they’ll likely field offers on some of their younger players as well. But the moves we can expect revolve around the players on expiring contracts. And they have two who should have quite a bit of value: Robbie Ray and Luis Arráez.
So which of those two has more value, and will return a better haul to the Giants? On the one hand, Arráez has been the better player this year, and is almost sure to be in the All-Star Game as an offensively brilliant Gold Glove candidate. On the other hand, Ray had an exceptional June, and pitchers usually have more value at the deadline than position players. That’s compounded by the fact that Ray could slide into any team’s rotation, while there are a limited number of playoff-bound squads that have a roster hole to fill with Arráez.
Who do you think has the most value?
