The San Francisco Giants got here into the 2026 season with a high-profile roster.
That mentioned, they missed the 2026 MLB playoffs.
Finally, the Giants handled plenty of accidents (and made trades).
San Francisco Giants Make Deal With Nationals
This week, the Giants introduced that they’d made a commerce with the Washington Nationals.
They wrote (by way of X) on November 6: “The #SFGiants and Nationals accomplished a commerce in the present day with RHP Robert Cranz becoming a member of the Giants group in change for LHP Reiver Sanmartín.”
Sanmartin is coming off his first season pitching for San Francisco.
He went 3-0 with a 4.22 ERA in 24 video games.
Social Media Reacts

Right here’s what individuals had been saying concerning the information:
@C2Cbsbl: “Robert Cranz rolled by means of A+ and AA, punched a ton of tickets (few too many walks) Hit a reasonably huge highway block in AAA on the finish of the 2026 marketing campaign At the least barely intriguing as a depth piece”
Mark Zuckerman: “Nationals have acquired LHP Reiver Sanmartin from the Giants for RHP Robert Cranz. Sanmartin, 30, had 4.22 ERA, 1.359 WHIP in 24 video games this season, was DFA’d earlier this week. Cranz, seventh spherical choose in ’24, had sturdy yr with Wilmington and Harrisburg, struggled at Rochester.”

@natsfanatics_: “The Nats purchase LHP Reiver Sanmartin from the Giants for Robert Cranz. 👀 A 63.8% floor ball price. Is that this the best first step for a bullpen that blew 42 saves?”
Alex Pavlovic: “The Giants traded the recently-DFA’d Reiver Sanmartin to Washington for minor league reliever Robert Cranz. Nationals have ended up with a number of of the gamers they let go throughout their roster purge. Cranz reached Triple-A final season.”
Jeff Younger: “For these protecting rating at dwelling, Robert Cranz was not on the Nationals’ 40-man roster and is eligible for the Rule 5 draft subsequent winter.”
@Orange_BlackPod: “Robert Cranz cruised by means of A+ & AA with a ton a strikeouts however walked his fair proportion. AAA was an enormous roadblock for him. 17ER in 11.2 IP.”
Wanting At The Giants Proper Now
The Giants final made the MLB playoffs in 2021.
They had been the fourth-place crew within the Nationwide League West with a 65-97 document.
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