It’s our first ranking following the trade deadline where the San Francisco Giants unloaded two key relievers. On the one hand, it sort of worked out. Somehow, the bullpen improved. Their 4.09 ERA in July (15th in MLB) dropped to 3.69 (10th) and they gained +0.2 fWAR in value; but, the month ended with the loss of Randy Rodriguez, so, was it really a good month?

On the whole… sure, why not? The Giants climbed back into the Wild Card race in part because they went 14-14, a rare winning month since 2016, and we have to admit that this reconfigured bullpen had something to do with it. Given that his arm troubles led to a terrible month (6.35 ERA / 6.32 FIP in 5.1 IP, -0.68 Win Probability Added), I’m omitting Randy Rodríguez from the power rankings for the rest of the season. Hopefully, he’l

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