The Giants have informed other teams that they’ll listen to offers on some of their bullpen, reports Jon Morosi of MLB Network. Francys Romero reports that Camilo Doval, in particular, has drawn interest from several teams. San Francisco has dropped five consecutive games and is now sitting .500 on the season — nine games back in the NL West and five games out of a Wild Card spot.
Doval, 28, popped up in trade rumblings back in the offseason, but the Giants held onto him rather than sell low on the heels of a down season. That’s proven to be the right call, as Doval has bounced back with a 3.15 ERA, a 25.1% strikeout rate, 15 saves and seven holds on the season. His 12.8% walk rate is too high but is down from last year’s even uglier 14.4% mark. Doval sits 98.1 mph with his cutter and can run the pitch up over 100 mph, though his velocity is down a bit from the past three seasons, when he sat over 99 mph. Doval couples the cutter with a slider and what’s now a seldom-used sinker.
The 2025 season is Doval’s first year of arbitration eligibility. He’s earning $4.525MM and is slated to receive raises in each of the next two seasons. He’s a free agent in the 2027-28 offseason. If the Giants are amenable to a deal, he’d join names like David Bednar, Dennis Santana, Jhoan Duran, Griffin Jax and Cade Smith as one of the market’s more appealing relievers with some remaining club control.
Presumably, if the Giants are open to trading any veteran players, righty Tyler Rogers would be available. The submariner has been a steady member of San Francisco’s bullpen since 2019 but is in his final season of club control before free agency. The 34-year-old has pitched to a pristine 1.80 earned run average in 50 innings this year. Rogers has never missed many bats but has a 20.2% strikeout rate this season that — while still lower than average — represents a step up from the 17.3% mark he posted over the past four seasons. His command has long been a strength, but this year’s minuscule 2.1% walk rate is a career low.
Rogers offsets his lack of strikeouts with that plus command and also by inducing some of the weakest contact in the sport. His unique arm angle and 83 mph sinker regularly prove difficult to square up. Opponents are averaging just 84.8 mph off the bat against him this year, and Rogers has allowed just a 32.2% hard-hit rate. He’s also kept a massive 64.4% of batted balls against him on the ground.
Doval and Rogers stand as the two most logical trade candidates in the San Francisco bullpen, but if the Giants wanted to pursue an even more substantial return, they could hear out teams who have interest in Ryan Walker or Randy Rodriguez. Walker is in the midst of a down season but was one of the National League’s top relievers just last year, when he notched a 1.91 ERA, 32.1% strikeout rate and 5.8% walk rate. He’s controllable for four years after the current season but is a late-blooming arm who’ll turn 30 in November.
The 25-year-old Rodriguez would be overwhelmingly difficult to pry away. He’s controlled for another five years after the 2025 season and currently boasts a 1.20 ERA with a massive 36.3% strikeout rate against a 5.3% walk rate. Rodriguez sits 97.4 mph with his four-seamer, pairing it with a plus slider that’s helped him land in the 90th percentile of big league pitchers in both whiff rate and chase rate on pitches off the plate, per Statcast.
Adios Camilo!
Oooo. So The Giants have entered the discussion. I did not see that coming
Lots of people making interesting drawings these days.
Hopefully Doval’s are landscapes….
Time for big changes even if it means trading players Giants may not want to lose. Can’t afford to stand pat at trade deadline
I wouldn’t like to see rogers moved but I think that one of either walker or doval is definitely movable – also one of hjelle, bivens or lucchesi since they are really all the same guy so far as long men in the pen goes and you have a number of young starters that you could give time to replace any of them
Rather keep Walker (and Rodriguez is next year’s closer), but the others, adios.
Let’s see… Giants need a big upgrade at catcher and Buster Posey is in the building. Meanwhile, Mariners need at least one shutdown reliever, preferably with some control left. Harry Ford is killing it, but is blocked by Cal Raleigh. Ford for Randy Rodriguez straight up? At the very least, is there a case for a trade of Ford +1 prospect for both Doval and Rogers?
Nope, on Rodriguez. I can see a package for any of the others though
Or Tigers send Liranzo + another prospect below him on the depth chart for Doval and Rogers.
I like it
I do like Ford if the same package were offered.
As a Giant fan I’d love to have Ford—he makes so much sense. But Rodriguez is going nowhere. The other bullpen arms, sure.
Doval should’ve been traded last year but his stock was super low!! I’d trade him, Rogers and Yaz as well
I’d trade for the future but also for this year as well. Trade for an other starting pitcher or 2 get another outfielder hitter(Robert) put Birdsong and Loupp in the bullpen
They should trade Raffy to the Mariners for a couple starting pitchers
Nah, they’ll use him as a building block with Adames, Chapman, Lee, and Ramos.
Raffi is still adjusting. He’s not a bust. He may not get to his usual production numbers this season but lookout in 2026
He’s also learning how to play defensively at 1B. Raffi’s a pro & will be successful
Think back did anyone question why Bochy played Posey occasionally at 1B while not catching
I think it would be smart to trade their assets. Last week they were supposedly looking for rotation help, but that makes no sense with 2025 being a lost cause. They need to look at improving for next season with the trade chips they have, and get extended looks at guys like Beck, Winn, Seymour, Black, etc. for any rotation spots they need to fill.
Yeah. Post all star game funk has taken me to the depths of despair. Very disappointing.
I’m not big on giving up, so I’d be good with staying as is and riding it out. In saying that, I suppose it depends on what’s on offer as incomings.
Agree that it depends on the returns. There’s no point in trading guys just to trade them. If they can’t take advantage of some other team’s desperation then there’s no point.
But I guess I have given up as a fan. It’s distressing to me that the hitters seem to make every pitcher they face look like a CY candidate.
Yes….it……is. Just can’t get both sides of the ball going at the same time. It hurts.
Anyhow, onwards and upwards. The common fan belief seems to be that the first return is worth it.
To say nothing of the Clown Show on the bases and in the field. It’s embarrassing and I think BoMel and his coaches aren’t likely to return next season, even though most of the fault falls on the players.
I just wish I could understand the approach the hitters have going to the plate. What I don’t understand most is they’re hyper-aggressive early in the count. It seems like they’ll swing at the first thing that’s close to the strike zone. If it’s within 2-3 inches they’ll offer at it.
But then, when the count is full, so many hitters seem to get called out on balls at the edge of the zone. Pitches they would have swung at early. People used to say those pitches were too close to take. It seems like they’re aggressive early, but get conservative, when the count is full, looking to draw a walk. I just don’t get it.
Black is a trade chip and a #4 or #5. Time-as you say—to bring in some prospects from other teams.
Yeah, I’ve never been of a Mason Black fan. But based on what we’ve seen from him, trading him would be when his value is cash considerations level. Might as well see if he can contribute better, and increase that value.