Buster Posey confirms what we already guessed about SF Giants’ lack of aggression in free agency

SF Giants president of baseball operations Buster Posey spoke to the media at the GM meetings in Las Vegas on Tuesday. His comments on Harrison Bader and other subjects drew the most attention, but one comment he made about whether the Giants would go after free agents who received a qualifying offer confirms what was already suspected.

According to Alex Pavlovic of NBC Sports Bay Area, Posey made it sound like the Giants won’t really pursue players who received the qualifying offer from their teams since it would cost San Francisco a draft pick and international bonus pool money if they were to sign them under the current CBA, but that could change under the new CBA.

Last week I wrote about how the Giants would probably avoid any of the players who received a qualifying offer so this does not come as any sort of major shock, it simply confirms what we already knew which is that the Giants will likely only be fishing in the mid-tier of free agency.

That’s not necessarily a bad thing. While it would be fun to see them go out and get a big name closer like Adrian Morejon or David Bednar and throw down a bunch of money on an outfielder like Seiya Suzuki or Randy Arozarena, that just doesn’t really make any sense for this team.

The Giants are going to try to be competitive in 2027, but they aren’t going to do it by risking any of their future. Posey talked about the team’s farm system and how some of their better prospects are still a few years away from the big leagues, so San Francisco really seems to be targeting a few years down the road as a more realistic timeline for contention rather than 2027.

Giants could potentially compete in 2027 if things go right

Weird things can happen, though. No one thought the Chicago White Sox were going to do anything in 2026 and they were a win away from making it to the ALCS so crazier things have happened, but the Giants just aren’t likely to try and spend their way out of the hole they dug for themselves last season.

Posey’s belief seems to be that the way back to contention will be through the farm system so that probably means short-term deals for pitchers this offseason which, if they pick the right guys, should make them a more competitive team but won’t mortgage their future by forcing them to give up a draft pick or sacrifice money that could be used on an international prospect.

Time will tell if that strategy proves to be a wise one, but for now it’s probably safe to cancel those custom-made David Bednar City Connect jersey orders. 

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