Hold onto Bumgarner, trade Smith?

Isaiah J. Downing-USA TODAY Sports The Giants’ playoff odds continue to rise even as most of us still haven’t shook off all of Giants Baseball from July 2016 through May 2019. The big news is that there are at least ten teams interested in acquiring Will Smith (among them, the Braves, Astros, and Dodgers) while at least the Braves are still showing interest in Madison Bumgarner.

A healthy contingent of Giants fans want the team to be stripped for parts and the fans saddened by the act to be laughed out of public spaces, while another contingent wants the team to not do what most teams do and solely enrich team ownership for 5+ years while the team stacks 100-loss seasons. Of course, the…