4 SF Giants players who have already proven they don’t belong on roster after May 1

While most San Francisco Giants fans agreed that the rest of the league was sleeping on this team heading into the season, few expected the team to start off this strong. The offense has been inconsistent, but the pitching staff has been tremendous through the team's first 12 games with a 2.78 ERA overall and that is with Justin Verlander off to a rocky start.

However, not every Giants player has been particularly good to start the 2025 season. In fact, there are a few of the team's players whose play thus far could have their jobs very much in jeopardy if they don't turn things around in April.

Here are the SF Giants players that could be out of a job by May 1

This is not a list of the Giants players who are struggling the most to start the season. While it is deeply annoying that guys like Verlander, Tyler Fitzgerald, and Willy Adames are off to slow starts, there is no chance that they will get the hook. Instead, these are players that realistically could find themselves off the Giants' roster sooner than fans may think.

Spencer Bivens

Bivens was one of the more heartwarming stories from 2024 as the career grinder forced his way to the big leagues and posted a 3.14 ERA in 27 appearances. When he made the Giants' Opening Day roster this year, the hope was that he could provide some much needed bullpen depth.

Unfortunately, the 2025 season is not treating him nearly as kindly. Unlike last season, Bivens is struggling mightily with walks (4.91 BB/9) and he has easily been one of the worst performing relievers in the Giants' bullpen to start the season. Given that he has two minor league options remaining, expect San Francisco to start entertaining other relief options if he can't get it together.

Camilo Doval

Okay, this is a tough one because it wasn't that long ago that Doval was one of the better relievers in baseball. For some, his down year in 2024 was a function of some rotten batted ball luck and command issues that hopefully were going to be temporary. He was still missing bats and while he had lost his closing job, Doval still looked like a guy that could bounce back and provide some value.

Instead, Doval has seen his strikeout rate absolutely crater in 2025 while his issues with walks remain. His fastball is down at least a tick and opposing hitters haven't been chasing his pitches out of the zone nearly as much. With Doval's stuff strictly worse these days and he is both giving up a lot of walks and not missing bats, that is a recipe for disaster and may indicate an underlying problem the team has to address.

Sam Huff

Huff was pressing into service as the Giants backup catcher after Tom Murphy got hurt. Normally, this wouldn't be that big of a deal as the Giants have a really good catcher in Patrick Bailey who was going to get most of the playing time anyways.

However, Bailey isn't off to a great start and the dreadful -14 wRC+ that Huff has put up at the plate combined with his already questionable defensive prowess has made him more of a liability than he normally would be. Murphy should return at some point in the first half, but the Giants may want to look into another backup catcher option soon if this keeps up.

Christian Koss

It was an upset when Koss made the Giants' Opening Day roster on the bench, but he played well in spring and the favorite, Brett Wisely, didn't exactly make a strong case for the job last season or in camp. Unfortunately, Koss hasn't been able to carry over that success to the regular season.

While Koss' playing time has been understandably limited, going hitless in his first seven plate appearances of the season is not ideal. He may get a longer leash than the end of the month as a bench guy as they matter less than they used to, but it wouldn't be all that shocking to see San Francisco pivot back to Wisely either if Koss can't provide any real value.