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Report: San Francisco Giants tried to trade Madison Bumgarner a month ago

The San Francisco Giants tried to trade their star pitcher Madison Bumgarner a month ago, according to a report from ESPN baseball writer Jeff Passan on Wednesday.

"The Giants tried to jump the deadline on a Bumgarner deal a month ago," he wrote in a column about the status of the MLB trade market with two weeks left before the league's trade deadline. "When nothing substantive came of that, they resolved to wait -- and interested teams believe that waiting will continue until close to July 31."

The Giants have experienced a hot streak since the beginning of June, including Bumgarner's 11-strikeout win against the Colorado Rockies in late June, and are three games back in the wild-card race.