Giants predicted to trade for 3.42 ERA All-Star starting pitcher

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The San Francisco Giants, all told, had a very disappointing 2025 season. 

They had high hopes at the start of the year, and those only grew when they traded for Rafael Devers early in the campaign.

But the Giants didn't even make the playoffs.

Their offseason is a tricky one, because most of the team is slated to come back. There's not a lot of room to make a splash.

But one way they could improve is in the trade market.

And a new Bleacher Report article has a suggestion: Trading for pitcher Joe Ryan of the Minnesota Twins. The righty had a 3.42 ERA in 2025.

This is how B/R analyzed the possibility:

With two more years of arbitration control, including an extremely team-friendly $5.8 million projected salary for 2026, Joe Ryan might end up being the top trade chip on the market this winter.

The Minnesota Twins waved the white flag with one of the most aggressive fire sales in recent memory at the trade deadline, and there is no reason to think they will stop selling this winter, so Ryan should feature prominently on the wish list of more than a few teams.

One of those teams could be the San Francisco Giants, who need a third quality starter to join Logan Webb and Robbie Ray at the top of the rotation if they are going to make a serious playoff push out of the NL West.

High-ceiling young shortstops Josuar Gonzalez and Jhonny Level could be attractive centerpieces in a blockbuster deal, while a controllable young arm like Landen Roupp or Hayden Birdsong could fill Ryan's spot in the 2026 rotation.

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The Giants have a pretty full batting lineup. It is that rotation that could make or break their season to come.

Ryan was a popular target at the July trade deadline, nearly being dealt to the Red Sox, but in the end stayed put. That gives the Twins another chance to trade him, if they so choose. And if Ryan is available, the Giants should pick up the phone.

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