Are the San Francisco Giants just waiting it out until their minor league system starts producing star talent? It really does seem that way, since the Giants have put together competitive yet older rosters these last couple of years, and they haven't broken the bank on top tier talent in free agency. If you look at how Farhan Zaidi helped build the Los Angeles Dodgers, it was from the ground up. It does feel like the SF Giants are attempting to follow that same model. It's important to remember that the Dodgers didn't make these big external moves for Mookie Betts, Trea Turner, and Freddie Freeman until their own roster was loaded with homegrown stars.

Are the SF Giants the most boring team in baseball? Should they be sellers at the trade deadline? Would it make sense to trade Carlos Rodón, Joc Pederson, and Brandon Belt? All of these questions, and many others, are addressed on today's show. There's still a month until the trade deadline, so the Giants have time to figure out who they really are. So far, they've looked more like a .500 team than anything else (they're 27-29 over the last two months), but they are 40-34 thanks to a 13-5 start to the season. Giving up on the season when they're clearly in contention doesn't make any sense, since in baseball any team can get hot at the right time and go on a run. It happened last year with the World Champion Atlanta Braves.

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The best daily San Francisco Giants podcast. Whether the Giants are winning championships or retooling for another title run, Locked On Giants host Ben Kaspick—a lifelong Giants fan and former contributor for RotoGraphs and Beyond the Box Score—breaks down every game, rumor, and transaction in a way that's data-driven and rational but also simple, passionate, and accessible to all.

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