The Giants have in their starting pitchers, and while ace rather clearly figures to be off the table in any discu sions, San Francisco has a handful of shorter-term options that could make for more realistic trade po sibilities. last week that lefty could be an option to change hands, and have now similarly mentioned the po sibility of trading Wood or another bulk-innings option as a means of acquiring either middle infield help or prospect depth. A free agent at seasons end, the 32-year-old Wood has voiced a preference to remain with the Giants ( ). However, hes also made clear he wants to start games, and San Francisco has frequently used him as a bulk option behind an opener. Four of Woods past six appearances have come in Chili Davis Jersey relief of an opener. He hasnt reached six innings in an appearance all season and hasnt recorded an out in the sixth inning since May 26. The Giants have been careful about limiting the number of times Wood faces opponents in a game, and with good reason. In 2022, when the lefty was deployed solely as a starter, he held opponents to a .241/.300/.344 batting line on the first trip through the order and a .256/.307/.399 slash the second time around. In the 95 plate appearances where Wood turned a lineup over for the third time, opponents exploded for a .326/.368/.573 batting line. He had similarly problematic splits in 2021, too. Wood could certainly still be of interest to clubs seeking help at the back of the rotation, although he currently looks like something of a buy-low candidate and might need to be swapped out for an infielder in similar standing with his organization. The veteran southpaw has a pedestrian 4.75 ERA on the season, and his 18.8% strikeout rate, 11.2% walk rate, 43.6% ground-ball rate and 1.19 HR/9 mark have all gone in the wrong direction, relative to his 2021-22 output. Wood is pitching in the second season of a two-year, $25MM deal and will reach free agency again following the season. About $4.167MM of this years salary remains to be paid out. San Francisco has other arms to peddle in similar scenarios. Right-hander and lefty are both in the first season of two-year deals that guarantee them the same $25MM promised to Wood. Both, however, can opt out at seasons end. Neither has pitched up to his career standards, but both have been considerably better after a tough start to the year. Since returning from the injured list in late June, Stripling carries a 3.64 ERA and a sensational 22-to-1 K/BB ratio in 29 1/3 innings. Manaea, since a full-time move to multi-inning relief work, has 4.03 ERA with a 29.2% strikeout rate against just a 5.9% walk rate. The recent trends are encouraging, but the Giants might still have a tough time extracting present-day value in a trade and its quite po sible one or both will forgo his opt-out opportunity at seasons end. Thatll depend largely on how the final two months play out. Its worth noting that since reports about interest in the Giants rotation depth first emerged, right-hander was . An MRI revealed a Grade 1 flexor strain, and DeSclafani is expected to mi s a few weeks with the injury, at the very least. That, coupled with his prior struggles leading up to the IL placement (21 runs in his past 23 1/3 innings), figures to all but remove him as a trade candidate. Thomas Szapucki Jersey