The San Francisco Giants missed the postseason for the third straight season in 2024, finishing with an 80-82 record.
Dwelling in the National League West may be why the Giants struggle to make the postseason.
The Giants bullpen appeared to struggle towards the end of the regular season, and that included their 2023 star closer Camilo Doval collapsing and losing the closer role.
According to B/R Walk-Off’s ‘X’, Giants beat writer Susan Slusser found that there are several teams interested in Doval.
There are “several teams” interested in Camilo Doval @susanslusser:
He lost the shutdown role to Ryan Walker last year in SF pic.twitter.com/61IHcpB006
— B/R Walk-Off (@BRWalkoff) November 5, 2024
Doval struggled toward the ladder part of the season with the Giants and eventually lost his closer role to Ryan Walker.
After a career-high 39 saves and a three earned run average in 2023, Doval struggled in 2024 as he had 23 saves with a 4.88 earned run average.
Things got so bad for Doval that he was sent down to Triple-A Sacramento at one point in the season with the Giants.
Slusser revealed that even with his down year, there are still several teams interested in adding Doval to their roster next season.
Doval has shown that he is capable of being a dominant closer, but the question will be whether he can get back to that form.
The Giants must improve their roster if they want to compete with the Los Angeles Dodgers for the 2025 National League West title.
Although they have missed the postseason in the last three seasons, the Giants have won three World Series titles in the last 15 seasons.
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