Logan Webb Isn’t Going Anywhere. The Giants Must Trade Everyone Else.

The San Francisco Giants are 36-50. That’s the third-worst record in the National League. This was supposed to be a contending year. It’s not. The trade deadline hits August 3 and Buster Posey’s front office has a clear path forward. They need to sell. But there’s one move that would wreck everything.

Trading Logan Webb. Don’t even think about it.

Let’s be real for a second. Webb is signed through 2028 and the Giants have already told teams he’s off limits. But when you’re staring at a fire sale, you start getting calls. Desperate offers. Big prospect hauls. Teams willing to take on his entire contract. None of that matters. Webb is the guy you build around, not the guy you flip for a pile of maybes. He’s the ace, the identity, the one piece that makes any future rotation work. Moving him would set the franchise back half a decade. Maybe longer.

So what do you actually do? You go hard after the rentals. Luis Arraez is hitting .319 and he’s a rental. Every contender wants a contact hitter like that in October. Robbie Ray has allowed zero earned runs in four of his last five starts. Name value plus performance. Tyler Mahle has a 5.67 ERA but teams always overpay for back-end rotation help at the deadline. Move these guys. Stock the farm system. That’s the simple part.

The hard part is the expensive veterans. Rafael Devers, Willy Adames, Matt Chapman. Combined they’re owed $451 million after this season. Posey has said he’s open to offers. But Chapman has a full no-trade clause. Adames has one too. Devers is on a deal that looks worse by the day. You can’t just dump these contracts. You have to eat salary, take back lesser prospects, or wait for a desperate contender. The mistake here is holding on because of pride. This team is not turning it around in 2026. If someone calls with a reasonable offer, even if it means paying down part of the contract, you do it.

Let Bryce Eldridge play. Let Jung Hoo Lee get everyday at-bats. Let the kids define what this team looks like going forward. And let Logan Webb be the anchor. Everything else is movable.