Madison Bumgarner and Will Smith, the Giants’ foremost trade chips, survived deadline day. A whole bunch of other pitchers, including Drew Pomeranz, Mark Melancon and Sam Dyson, did not.
Bumgarner had a very Bumgarner-y response to his staying with his only MLB club.
Madison Bumgarner said Giants never brought a trade to him. His reaction to staying: “I feel the exact same, honestly. I feel like I’ve done a good job of not letting that creep into my head.”
— Alex Pavlovic (@PavlovicNBCS)
July 31, 2019 President of baseball ops Farhan Zaidi addressed the decision to hold onto Bumgarner, the October legend.
“When he’s on your side, you always feel you have a chance," Zaidi said, per
Alex Pavlovic of NBC Sports Bay Area
Here’s the recap on what was a wild Wednesday for Zaidi and friends:
OFFICIAL: The #SFGiants made the following trades today:• RHP Sam Dyson traded to Minnesota Twins in exchange for RHP Prelander Berroa, OF Jaylin Davis & RHP Kai Wei Teng.• RHP Mark Melancon traded to Atlanta Braves in exchange for RHP Daniel Winkler & RHP Tristan Beck.
— San Francisco Giants (@SFGiants)
July 31, 2019 • LHP Jacob Lopez traded to Tampa Bay Rays in exchange for OF Joseph McCarthy.#SFGiants
— San Francisco Giants (@SFGiants)
July 31, 2019 The Giants filled the void on the pitching staff by summoning RHP Dereck Rodriguez, RHP Jandel Gustave and LHP Andrew Suarez from Triple-A Sacramento.
