The San Francisco Giants are bracing fans for disappointment in MLB Free Agency

The San Francisco Giants they are desperate for an injection of excitement into the fan base after missing the playoffs in seven of the last eight seasons and seemingly missing out on superstars year after year in free agency.

Ownership acknowledged fan discontent when they relived the president of baseball operations Farhan Zaidi of his duties and in a subsequent move that was wildly popular, installed franchise legend Buster Posey in his place. If anyone knows what it takes to build a championship roster, it’s a member of the team that won three World Series titles in five years in the early 2010s.

When it comes to building a championship roster, it seems like it’s long past time for the Giants to land a mega-deal superstar. San Francisco in just the past few seasons has missed out on every top name available in men’s ca Aaron Judge, Shohei Ohtaniand Yoshinobu Yamamoto. Each time, all I heard was that the Giants were “close” or “finished second or third” in the various sweepstakes. Now with another generational superstar available this winter Yankees slugger Juan SotoThe giants were regarded as one of potential suitors. Scott Rogust of FanSided believes the team is setting fans up for another disappointment when it comes to Soto coming to the Bay Area.

“For Giants fans, they heard Zaidi mention that their priority was to bring in a superstar to help them contend for the World Series again,” Rogust wrote. “But that superstar never arrived as they opted to sign elsewhere… We’ll see if the Giants can actually land Soto or if it will be another case of ‘we were close.’

Ultimately, it appears that Soto will likely remain in New York, either with the Yankees or migrating to Queens to play for Mets. Unlike when Judge rejected the Giants, fans probably shouldn’t head into the offseason with high hopes that they can get the best player available.

But as the offers get ready to start pouring in for his services, it’s hard not to daydream about the best hitter in baseball playing in a cream Giants jersey and smashing home runs in McCovey Cove.