San Francisco Giants After a mediocre year, they enter the offseason with many question marks.

It was another tough season for the Giants in 2024 as they missed the playoffs for the third straight year. With Buster Posey As the new President of Baseball Operations, the team is hopeful he can help the team return to success in what has become an extremely challenging National League West.

This summer, San Francisco will look to improve, but most of their plans will likely begin this season: Blake Snell and Robby Ray decides on player options. While Ray will likely stay, Snell will opt to test free agency again.

Snell signing a big contract in free agency will likely result in the Giants replacing him.

Lately, Bleacher Report’s Kerry Miller He mentioned San Francisco as a suitable landing spot for World Series Champion Walker Buehler in free agency.

“The Giants are a strong candidate to sign Buehler because they like to do short-term deals with player options. Over the past few years, they’ve done this with Carlos Rodón, Michael Conforto, Sean Manaea, Ross Stripling, Mitch Haniger, Matt Chapman and Blake Snell. If one has incentives “And if anyone is going to draft a slightly complicated contract with options, it’s probably the G-Men.”

If Snell does indeed leave and goes to a contract worth over $100, the Giants will likely try to replace him with a deal similar to what they’ve distributed to veterans in recent years; This is a one-year deal with an option for a second year. .

These types of deals are appealing to veterans looking for a prove-it deal because it gives them some insurance in case they struggle or dislike the potential market in free agency.

For Buehler, this kind of deal makes a lot of sense. While he excelled in his last few games in the playoffs, he struggled mostly in 2024 when he returned from Tommy John surgery.

Even though he’s a big part of it Los Angeles Dodgers He’s unlikely to get many multi-year contract offers because he won the World Series. If the Giants offer him a lucrative one-year deal with a player option for a second year, they’ll have a great chance to steal him away from their archrival.