Analyzing the San Francisco Giants' dizzying trade deadline

Buster Posey hasn’t come close to building a winning team. But the Giants’ president of baseball operations has successfully traded major league players off disappointing clubs for promising prospects who could play pivotal roles in the future. Posey’s dramatic deadline selloff Monday made a bad 2026 team even worse, but it also helped the Giants stockpile pitching prospects who should be able to contribute when the team is better positioned to contend. On the “Section 415” podcast, John Shea joins host Kerry Crowley to discuss Posey’s dizzying deadline and how the sacrifices the organization made in trading Luis Arráez, Robbie Ray, Heliot Ramos, and others could pay off in 2027 and beyond. 0:00 Intro 0:51 Inside the Giants clubhouse as trades went down 4:14 Marcelo Mayer: The most intriguing deadline pickup 9:06 Buster Posey refuses to call this a rebuild. But it's a rebuild. 13:11 Should the Giants trade Logan Webb? Kerry and John debate. 17:54 Kent and Bonds reunite in the farm system 20:06 Credits Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices