It seems like just yesterday that the San Francisco Giants were poised to be one of, if not the biggest seller at the 2019 MLB trade deadline.
A bad record and attractive veteran trade chips gave them the prototypical profile of a team ready to be raided by playoff hopefuls come trade season.
Then, just when that season was about to kick off, the Giants flipped the switch in a major way.
Suddenly the pitching went from below average to above average, while the offense did a complete 180, going from the bottom tier to the best in baseball in July.