3 Free Agent Giants Could Sign to Return to Postseason in 2025

The San Francisco Giants shocked the baseball world in 2021 when they won 107 games and captured the NL West from the Los Angeles Dodgers. But they quickly came back down to Earth, being bounced from the NLDS and going .500 or below in each of the next three seasons.

San Francisco hasn’t reached the postseason the past three seasons, but its division rivals, the Dodgers, Padres and Diamondbacks, have made it in that span. The Giants are in dangerous territory of becoming an afterthought in the NL West if they don’t quickly turn around their franchise.

Heading into free agency this winter, there are some big names the Giants could sign if they want to get back to the postseason in 2025.

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The Giants need a second baseman. Boosting the middle infield will be high on his list of priorities this winter, for good reason.

Last season, the Giants played Thairo Estrada at second base for 94 games. For the season, Estrada slashed .217/.247/.343 with single-digit home runs and just 10 walks all season. He wasn’t doing any damage with the bat and rarely, if ever, walked. The Giants could upgrade their middle infield if they’re willing to take a chance on Yankees second baseman Gleyber Torres.

The Yankees may not be trying to bring him back. If they decide to bring him back, New York could probably offer him more money. But assuming the Yankees want to go in a different direction, Torres would be a perfect candidate for a change of scenery for the Giants.

Last season, Torres slashed .257/.330/.378 with 15 home runs. He was above 100 in OPS+ again, having been above league average in every year except 2021. Torres already hit 35+ home runs in a previous season and could be back in the 25-30 range if recover the rhythm.

He is the perfect piece for the Giants to consider adding this offseason.

The Giants desperately need to add some different things to their lineup. They need to add some outfielders, especially with how many free agents they have, and they need to add a powerful and consistent bat. Bonus points if this addition can play every day.

The perfect player for this scenario will enter free agency as long as he declines his player option, which is expected. It’s Cubs first baseman/outfielder Cody Bellinger.

Bellinger was signed late last season, ending up back with the Cubs after some speculation he might leave on his own. He signed a contract that gave him a player option in 2025 and many expect him to decline it and return to the open market.

Bellinger is coming off a year in which he slashed .266/.325/.426 with 44 extra base hits. In 2023, he slashed .307/.356/.525 at comparable bats. Bellinger is likely looking for a longer contract with more stability built in.

The Giants need a player like him. They can afford to pay a four- or five-year contract that would bring Bellinger to San Francisco. He could be the missing piece to transform your lineup into a real threat in 2025.

The Giants’ number one priority this offseason will be finding a way to get their star forward, Blake Snell, back to San Francisco next season. The difficult part of this is that Snell’s market is expected to be very hot, with him increasingly likely to get the big contract he was looking for last offseason.

Snell has a $30 million player option with the Giants that he must opt ​​out of. Opting out of a $30 million player option would mean the Giants would need to pay him a little more than that, while also adding several more years to his contract if they wanted to bring him back.

But if San Francisco wants to compete in the NL West, they need an ace and that’s exactly what Snell is.

Snell made 14 starts from July 9 until the end of the season. In that span, he pitched 80.1 innings, allowed 33 hits, 30 walks and 11 earned runs while striking out 114 batters. He finished half of his 14 starts in that span without allowing an earned run. He allowed three earned runs in one start, two earned runs twice and one earned run five times. Snell has not allowed more than three earned runs in a game since April 22.

As much as the Giants need to pay, they should offer. Snell needs to be a giant for the rest of his career because otherwise this team probably won’t compete for a division title anytime soon.