Would the SF Giants sign Trea Turner, Carlos Correa, or another SS?

Free agency is upon us. San Francisco Giants will do things. They might be actual things, like signing baseball players. Or they might not.

The Giants are interested in signing a shortstop in free agency. Aaron Judge is the top player on Fangraphs' list of free agents. Trea Turner, Carlos Correa, Xander Bogaerts, Dansby Swanson and Aaron Rodgers are the next top players.

Farhan Zaidi doesn't want to part ways with Brandon Crawford. Crawford finished fifth among Giants position players in fWAR last year. Since the start of 2012, Crawford has started at shortstop in 1,390 of the 1.680 regular season games. Trea Turner plays 50 games at short, 50 at second base, 30 in the outfield, and 20 at designated hitter in 2023. $200 million is not going to fix Crawford's problem.

The Giants have six shortstops in their system. Marco Luciano is the top prospect. Casey Schmitt is a breakout star of 2022. Ryan Reckley has played 11 games as a pro and just turned 18. Aeverson Arteaga can celebrate Easter in 2024 by buying his first legal drink. The odds of any of these prospects being as good as Trea Turner are about as high as the odds that I will do something that we all know I won't do. If they happen to succeed, and you have an MVP-caliber player blocking them, well ... that's why god invented a sport.

The Giants tried running back the 107-win team and it didn't work. They are expecting to compete year in and year out. The last time they signed a free agent position player was Ken Griffey Jr. in the 1990s. Bryce Harper was offered $300+ million. The Giants are in a unique position. There have been rumors about the team's offseason approach.

The Giants are interested in Trea Turner, Carlos Correa, Jacob deGrom, Brandon Nimmo, Andrew Benintendi and Carlos Rodón or degrom. They would rather sign an outfielder and replace Carlos Rodriguez. If the Giants don't sign one of these players, they will sign Brandon Brandon or Andrew Bintend.