"Free agency is here, and the Giants need pitching - a lot of it. They need starters, and they need relievers. The pitching staff isn't the only area that worth addressing, but there is no confusion about San Francisco's top priority: pitching, pitching and more pitching. "That's going to be a focus of ours is trying to reinforce the staff - starting pitching and relief pitching," president of baseball operations Buster Posey said in early October."
"As things stand, the Giants' starting rotation definitively features Logan Webb and Robbie Ray and likely includes Landen Roupp. That leaves, at the minimum, two spots to fill. San Francisco's current internal options are Hayden Birdsong, Carson Whisenhunt, Blade Tidwell, Trevor McDonald, Kai-Wei Teng and Carson Seymour. The Giants will likely get some starts from this group, but they'll have to look outside the organization for more established arm."
San Francisco's primary offseason objective is to add starting pitchers and relievers for a staff that projects Logan Webb, Robbie Ray and likely Landen Roupp as rotation anchors. At least two rotation spots remain, and internal candidates Hayden Birdsong, Carson Whisenhunt, Blade Tidwell, Trevor McDonald, Kai-Wei Teng and Carson Seymour should provide some starts, though established additions will be sought externally. The team has payroll committed to Webb, Ray, Willy Adames, Rafael Devers, Matt Chapman and Jung Hoo Lee, but retains flexibility because many players are pre-arbitration and recent Super Two and luxury-tax developments reduced costs. Top free-agent targets include Framber Valdez, Dylan Cease, Ranger Suárez and Tatsuya Imai.
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