How SF Giants bullpen pecking order now stands after reshuffle

The SF Giants decided to sell at the trade deadline and shipped away two of their longest-tenured and most reliable bullpen arms in Tyler Rogers and closer Camilo Doval. Here is how the bullpen pecking order now shakes out for the Giants.

The Giants seem to have gotten a good haul for Rogers and while the return for Doval felt a little light, we will have to reserve judgment on both deals until we see what the players San Francisco got develop into.

How SF Giants bullpen shakes out after deadline trades

In the short-term though, the Giants' bullpen look considerably different. Once the team's strength earlier in the year, it is now obviously not as strong or as deep after the trade deadline moves.

The bullpen fared well in the first game following the shakeup as Ryan Walker pitched well and Randy Rodríguez shut the door in his first game as the closer.

With Rodríguez being an All-Star this season, he is the most trusted arm remaining in the bullpen and makes complete sense as the team's closer. There are lots of question marks after that, though.

Walker began the season as the team's closer, but his struggles coupled with Doval's strong start to the year got him removed from the role. He is just one year removed from being one of the most elite relievers in the game, so if he can find more of the form he had in 2024 he would be a very strong option in the eighth inning.

While Erik Miller is injured, whenever he is healthy and able to return from his elbow injury he is also a strong candidate to pitch in the eighth inning as he was sporting a 1.50 ERA on the season before landing on the IL. The team will surely miss the reliability of Rogers in the eighth inning though.

After that things get a bit dicier. Recently acquired José Buttó makes sense as a seventh inning guy. He has a 3.59 ERA on the season and looked decent in his debut with the Giants on Friday night.

Spencer Bivens, Matt Gage, and Joey Lucchesi will all have to take on greater responsibilities as well with them probably seeing action mostly in the sixth or seventh inning going forward.

Then they have their long-relief options in Tristan Beck and Carson Seymour who will probably come in mostly to eat up a few innings if a starter has to leave a game early.

The moves by San Francisco were probably necessary, but they do leave the bullpen in a much different state. It will be interesting to see how manager Bob Melvin deals with this reconfigured bullpen for the rest of the season.

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