Giants’ Matt Chapman receives intriguing ‘hopeful’ trade update originally appeared on The Sporting News.
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The San Francisco Giants might be the one team that’s already begun exploring moves as a seller this season, rather than play coy about the future of the franchise.
Looking across their roster, there are a few players who make sense as trade chips who surely will receive interest and are likely to be moved. Those are Luis Arraez and Robbie Ray, rentals who are solid rental veterans. But what about their other assets?
Of the big three, in Matt Chapman, Rafael Devers, and Willy Adames, the Giants got a very intriguing and “hopeful” trade update on their $100 million Gold Glove third baseman from USA Today’s Bob Nightengale.
Giants get ‘hopeful’ Matt Chapman trade update
“The San Francisco Giants are hopeful of moving third baseman Matt Chapman – who is owed $100 million over the next four years and has a full no-trade clause – along with starter Robbie Ray and Luis Arraez,” Nightengale writes.
The Giants being “hopeful” that they can actually trade Chapman is a very noteworthy development. If they can actually trade him, that would be a huge help.
Chapman is making $100 million over the next four seasons, from 2027 through the 2030 season. He’s going to be very expensive.
Trading him away and getting out of his contract would be a huge win. He’s playing well this season, and based on this update from Nightengale, it seems there might be interest.
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Ironically enough, a team like the Boston Red Sox could make sense, as they could take on the salary from Chapman, upgrade their third-base spot, and help make up for the mistake they made with Devers and Alex Bregman during the 2025 season.
But, even if it’s not the Red Sox, there seems to be more interested teams in Chapman this summer, based on this report from Nightengale.
Being hopeful of trading Chapman is a very intriguing update on the Gold Glove third baseman. He might be on the move this summer, which would be very interesting because of how much money he’s owed and how this potential trade would be constructed.
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