Update: the Giants have traded Kyle Crick and Bryan Reynolds for Andrew McCutchen.

The good news: the Giants still have Tyler Beede, Andrew Suarez, Heliot Ramos, Steven Duggar, and Chris Shaw in their system. For all the talk of the lack of quality in the Giants farm system four of those guys may be positive contributors as soon as this year. Ramos could be a stud, or a center piece in yet another trade (hello, Jackie Bradley Jr.).

The bad news: Kyle Crick had the potential to be a major weapon in this bullpen, and Bryan Reynolds was pretty good in San Jose last year:

Reynolds was 2017 #SJGiants team MVP. .312/.364/.462, 26 2B, 9 3B, 10 HR in 121 games. Played all three OF positions. I had him ranked #5 on my SF top 10 prospect list. https://t.co/8k1Co94XmD

— Joe Ritzo (@JoeRitzo) January 15, 2018

That being said, unless McCutchen has a terrible injury this is a solid trade for the Giants. It’s actually kind of hard to believe they made these two moves and held on to those 5 guys.

Opening Day Lineup:

• Panik 2B
• McCutchen RF
• Posey C
• Belt 1B
• Longoria 3B
• Crawford SS
• Pence LF
• Duggar CF

Bench:

• Hundley C
• Hernandez OF
• Parker OF
• Panda INF
• Tomlinson INF

Starters:

• Bumgarner
• Cueto
• Samardzija
• Stratton
• Blach/Beede/Suarez

Bullpen:

• Melancon CL
• Dyson
• Smith
• Strickland
• Gearrin
• Blach??
• Law/Okert/Someone

I don’t know how they do it, but there is still work to be done to add depth pretty much everywhere. Still, this is better than where we were in September.