The Giants are in search of outfielders this offseason. The Dodgers have a surplus of outfielders and could look to trade one.
So could Yasiel Puig be on the move from Los Angeles to San Francisco? The case was made on Tuesday for why the Giants should pursue a potential trade.
On Tuesday afternoon, NBC Sports Bay Area caught up with Giants broadcaster Mike Krukow to get his thoughts on all things Puig.
"If Puig came in and had a good year, I think he would definitely win the hearts of the Bay Area," Krukow said during a phone interview. "It would be wonderful to see the Giants win a division and have one of the major contributors be Puig and beat the Dodgers on the last day. I could sit here and paint a scenario for you that would be quite golden. But bottom line, do I think it will ever happen? Hell no."
The chances of the two bitter rivals making the trade are slim, but with former Dodgers GM Farhan Zaidi running the show in San Francisco, anything is possible.
Even though Krukow doesn't think a trade will go down, if it were to occur, he wants to see it happen soon.
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"I think if it ever indeed happens, I hope it happens during the tenure of Madison Bumgarner," Krukow said. "And they could locker next to each other. I think that would be fitting."
Bumgarner and Puig have had a long history of heated ferfuffles. The Giants ace doesn't like it when Puig shows emotion on the field. But Krukow believes the two could co-exist if forced to be teammates.
"It happens when you are in this game long enough. You're going to play with a guy you didn't necessarily like when you played against him," Krukow said. "But one thing that Madison Bumgarner likes is guys that win, guys that prepare, guys that come and play hard. And if this guy came in and showed those tendencies and played hard, I don't think anyone in that clubhouse would have a problem with him. Bottom line is, if he helps you win, and you win, you're going to love him."
Following the 2017 season, after Puig hit a career-high 28 home runs, Krukow had this to say about Puig on the Giants.
"I'd have said I don't want him to come near the Giants organization," Krukow told KNBR 680. "But I think now I'd love to have him in the organization because of what we saw last year."
The Giants want to win badly. They want to get back to their championship ways. They want to dethrone the Dodgers from their six-year perch atop the NL West. Should they look into Puig? As Zaidi said during his introductory press conference in relation to a possible Bumgarner trade, "everything has to be on the table in terms of how we move this team and roster forward."
So, Giants fans, maybe that means Puig in Orange and Black.
