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Still relatively fresh off a series with the Seattle Mariners, it seems like there's a world where the San Francisco Giants add a pitcher from the Mariners staff.
Absolutely no one expects this Giants team to be buyers at the trade deadline, but recently they were linked to 28-year-old George Kirby.
Kirby is a New York native who is 8-8 this season with a 3.57 ERA. Compared to previous seasons, that number is par for the course.
Knowing Kirby had a 4.21 ERA last year, it's impressive to see that he's trending in the right direction. That said, his career ERA is 3.58, so one could say that 2025 was an outlier.
Regardless, Kirby would be a rental. He's on a one-year, $6.55 million deal. The Giants are currently 18 games under .500 and are 22.5 games back in the National League West, so why would this rental even be worth exploring?
With the trade deadline right around the corner, The Athletic's Jim Bowden compiled a list of five realistic trades that could become done deals sooner rather than later.
His first trade idea sees the Mariners sending Kirby to the Giants for utility man Casey Schmitt and left-handed pitcher Erik Miller.
Clearly, this would be a move of the Giants selling rather than going all-in on a rental like Kirby.
"San Francisco would land another top starting pitcher in Kirby to slot behind Logan Webb in its rotation," Bowden wrote. "Adding Kirby would give the Giants a head start on replacing southpaw Robbie Ray, who is expected to be traded between now and the deadline. Kirby, 28, is making just $6.55 million. He is arbitration-eligible and controllable for 2 1/2 more years."
Realistically, this deal seems far more beneficial to the Mariners than it is the Giants. San Francisco seemingly hasn't made up their mind as to whether or not they're going to trade Schmitt, but in no world should they move on from him to bring in a pitcher they likely aren't going to lock up to a long-term deal.
Bowden knows the Mariners want a right-handed bat and high-leverage reliever, but this deal simply doesn't work for the Giants. At some point they'll need to concede and host a fire sale, but in no world should they move on from Schmitt, a 27-year-old sensation who's playing the best baseball of his life, for a pitcher who's trying to get back to his career average and won't be with the team beyond 2026.
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Absolutely no one expects this Giants team to be buyers at the trade deadline, but recently they were linked to 28-year-old George Kirby.
Kirby is a New York native who is 8-8 this season with a 3.57 ERA. Compared to previous seasons, that number is par for the course.
Knowing Kirby had a 4.21 ERA last year, it's impressive to see that he's trending in the right direction. That said, his career ERA is 3.58, so one could say that 2025 was an outlier.
Regardless, Kirby would be a rental. He's on a one-year, $6.55 million deal. The Giants are currently 18 games under .500 and are 22.5 games back in the National League West, so why would this rental even be worth exploring?
Jim Bowden explains this potential trade
With the trade deadline right around the corner, The Athletic's Jim Bowden compiled a list of five realistic trades that could become done deals sooner rather than later.
His first trade idea sees the Mariners sending Kirby to the Giants for utility man Casey Schmitt and left-handed pitcher Erik Miller.
Clearly, this would be a move of the Giants selling rather than going all-in on a rental like Kirby.
"San Francisco would land another top starting pitcher in Kirby to slot behind Logan Webb in its rotation," Bowden wrote. "Adding Kirby would give the Giants a head start on replacing southpaw Robbie Ray, who is expected to be traded between now and the deadline. Kirby, 28, is making just $6.55 million. He is arbitration-eligible and controllable for 2 1/2 more years."
Realistically, this deal seems far more beneficial to the Mariners than it is the Giants. San Francisco seemingly hasn't made up their mind as to whether or not they're going to trade Schmitt, but in no world should they move on from him to bring in a pitcher they likely aren't going to lock up to a long-term deal.
Schmitt shouldn't be traded
Bowden knows the Mariners want a right-handed bat and high-leverage reliever, but this deal simply doesn't work for the Giants. At some point they'll need to concede and host a fire sale, but in no world should they move on from Schmitt, a 27-year-old sensation who's playing the best baseball of his life, for a pitcher who's trying to get back to his career average and won't be with the team beyond 2026.
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