The San Francisco Giants have hit that cross-roads with Madison Bumgarner. Do you pay him? With the current situation in terms of talent ready to compete at the big league level, do you trade him and try a quicker rebuild? It’s a tough conversation the Giants have to have.
They want to compete, and they’ve been vocal about that from the start of this offseason, making it a point with who they hired, and that person has also followed suit with ideas of how to compete. The Giants have frankly been miserable since 2016, and are relatively devoid of young talent, especially for position players, that can come in and remedy an aging, expensive roster.