Should SF Giants Buy, Sell, or Hold After Dominant Sweep Brings Them Back Into Fringe Contention?

Following the San Francisco Giants' extremely frustrating 2-5 road trip to begin the second half, it was looking like they were trending strongly towards selling at Tuesday's 3 PM Pacific trade deadline. The Giants had one more series—four games against the Colorado Rockies—to prove to upper management that the team should be held together or added to. And the SF Giants absolutely took care of business on the field, sweeping the Rockies in dominant fashion with historic pitching performances. Now the Giants find themselves just two games under .500, at 53-55, and 3.5 games back of the NL's final wild card spot. Based on other teams' games tonight, the SF Giants could be as few as three or as many as four games back by Tuesday's deadline. Given their recent performance, and the fact that the Giants' starting pitching is finally coming together, it's hard to see Giants president of baseball operations tearing this team apart. He hasn't done so yet in five previous deadlines at the helm, which makes it even harder to see it happening this year. Instead of moving high-end players on short-term deals—namely, Blake Snell, who struck out 15 Rockies in six historically excellent frames in Game 1 of Saturday's double-header—the Giants could opt to thread he needle and perhaps moves players such as Michael Conforto, Taylor Rogers, or Alex Cobb, freeing up playing time for younger players without substracting too meaningfully from their core of talent. Camilo Doval, Thairo Estrada, Wilmer Flores, and Mike Yastrzemski are also possible candidates to be dealt, but selling Snell seems unlikely. Tragically, the baseball world learned last night of the passing of former Giants reliever Reyes Moronta, who died in a car accident in the Dominican Republic. Moronta was universally well-liked and was just 31 years old. Locked On Giants extends its deepest condolences to those who knew and loved Moronta. 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